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Originally Posted by Fearer2010SS
The estimates from Chernoybl were over a million by some counts from radiation related deaths. Might be Chernobyl level but its certainly is still going to kill plenty of people.
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A million??? That is just nonsense. That is just enviormentalist numbers made up to scare people away form nuclear energy. The facts are that 31 people died as an immediate result of the accident and fighting the resulting fire (28 from radiation injuries, two from non-radiation blast injuries and one due to a coronary thrombosis), and 134 were diagnosed with acute radiation syndrome. Of the latter, 14 people have since died, but their deaths were not necessarily attributable to radiation exposure. In addition, about 800 cases of thyroid cancers have been reported in children, of whom three have died. The total of 48 deaths, tragic as it is, has to be compared with the hundreds that die in other natural and man-caused disasters. The real fear from a meltdown is the fear in our minds.