> > A few thousand were estimated to eventually die from cancer related to the incident. > How many people could conceivably be downwind of a nuclear meltdown?

> > A few thousand were estimated to eventually die from cancer related to the incident. > How many people could conceivably be downwind of a nuclear meltdown? I think it could be much much more than that. I can't imagine why we would not include the people who eventually die of cancer. The several thousand figure does include the people who are predicted to eventually die from cancer. Only 31 people died as a direct consequence of the meltdown.