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> How many people died from Chernobyl? About 50, despite over 100,000 people working at the site on cleanup. The adjacent reactors continued to run and provide
by protastus 5y ago
> How many people died from Chernobyl? About 50, despite over 100,000 people working at the site on cleanup. The adjacent reactors continued to run and provide power for about a decade after the incident.
I am surprised you're quoting official Soviet numbers. Numbers that weren't updated since the early days of the accident.
> How many people died of radiation poisoning at Fukushima? Zero.
At what cost?
- jacquesm 5y agoBesides the spike in thyroid cancers, from the Baltics to Poland, Romania and Ukraine on down. https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/04/1008292 https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/04/1008292
- sam_lowry_ 5y agoThis is 4000 deaths spread statistically over I do not remember how many tens of years. Check for yourself: https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub913e_web.pdf https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub913e_web.p...