The future of Chernobyl
According to the Soviet union's estimates their were 300,000 involved in the clean up effort in the 30km evacuation zone, but it took as long as two years for many of them to enter this zone. The radiation around Chernobyl was about one hundred times less then the radiation of mid 20th-century atmospheric nuclear weapons. A confinement structure is in planning to be built over the Chernobyl sarcophagus. This will cost an estimated $1.2 billion. This structure will also be the largest movable structure ever built.
Technological Advances
The core catcher helps the new power plants have a higher safety records . This new technology came after Chernobyl and was only discovered because of the disaster.