both molten and solidified The Elephant’s Foot is a large mass comprised of black corium and has many layers. It resembles tree bark on its surface. In order to get to where it was discovered in ...

Deep in the ruins of Chernobyl’s Reactor 4, hidden beneath layers of radioactive debris, lies one of the most dangerous objects on the planet: the Elephant’s Foot. A grotesque, wrinkled mass of molten ...