Much more information about the problems to keep the plant from causing more damage is in the NYT article from 2014, the one where the state of health of Artur

Much more information about the problems to keep the plant from causing more damage is in the NYT article from 2014, the one where the state of health of Artur Korneyev is given: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/27/science/chernobyl-capping-a-catastrophe.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/27/science/cherno... "These days Mr. Korneyev works in the project management unit, but because of his health — he has cataracts and other problems related to his heavy radiation exposure during his first three years — he is no longer allowed inside the plant. “Soviet radiation,” he joked, “is the best radiation in the world.”"