Both the zone and the former power plant are administered by the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management. The three other reactors remained operational after the accident but were eventually shut down by 2000, although the plant remains in the process of decommissioning as of 2021.

Are the Chernobyl reactors still running?

In fact, Chernobyl is shut down but not fully decommissioned, meaning that the reactors still need to be taken apart and decontaminated. They also need remove the depleted uranium fuel rods, which are highly radioactive.

Is Chernobyl reactor 4 still burning?

The team estimates half of the reactor's original fuel is still locked up inside 305/2, so it's not great news that neutron levels have doubled in the past four years. Reactor 4 several months after the disaster.