Cork charity voices fears over Chernobyl project and suspends cardiac surgery programme due to crisis

Chernobyl children campaigner Adi Roche has warned that political turmoil in Ukraine is jeopardising the safety of the damaged nuclear reactor which she said was “a ticking time bomb”.

Chernobyl was the scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident when its reactor began to leak in April 1986.

Work on a huge containment shield has been continuing with a scheduled completion date of October 2015, but the turbulent political situation between Ukraine and Russia has threatened progress.