The paper describes the essence of the problem arisen when arranging the protective geotechnical measurements during the elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station (NPS). In spite of the 18 years passed after the accident, still now the existing normative documents do not envisage an obligatory arrangement of protective geotechnical measurements at the NPS being designed and constructed. The author carried out an analysis of the situation turned out and proposes the recommendations to solve these problems.