There is quite clearly not even remotely 100.000 premature deaths from Chernobyl. The only cancer that clearly went up in immediate connection to Chernobyl was

There is quite clearly not even remotely 100.000 premature deaths from Chernobyl. The only cancer that clearly went up in immediate connection to Chernobyl was thyroid cancer, and that was in most cases very treatable. It's also unclear how much of the increase in incidence, was due to increased screening. Thyroid cancer seems to have affected the general population, but in a dose-dependent manner, where the increased risk became really low when looking outside the cleaning crew. On top of that there is some evidence to suggest that the risk of leukemia and other blood cancers increased in the cleaning crew. (But still really low numbers). And as far as I know no signs of increased blood cancer rate was seen in the general population. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28929329/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28929329/ It actually appears that the largest loss of human life from Chernobyl happened because of panic. Women chose abortion because of the perceived increased risk of malformation in offspring. As far as I am aware, the actual increased risk of malformations has not been detectable, and I presume it to be negligible. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8516187/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8516187/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywyqzv/why-hundreds-of-thousands-of-women-ended-their-pregnancies-after-chernobyl https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywyqzv/why-hundreds-of-thous...