New protective shield for Chernobyl reactor To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video12/03/2016December 3, 201630 years ago, the Chernobyl disaster released a radioactive cloud. Soviet authorities rushed to encase the reactor with a concrete sarcophagus, but that's reached the end of its life span. Now, the ruins have been secured for a second time.https://p.dw.com/p/2TfuyAdvertisement