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That was then, this is now: Chernobyl’s legacy and Australia’s uranium : Comments
By Dave Sweeney, published 26/4/2016Five million people in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia still live in highly contaminated areas with a further 400 million living in regions with a continuing radioactive fingerprint.
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There were certainly additional deaths but - although the lowest estimate sounds like a very large number - no statistical blip was detected against the backdrop of deaths from all causes in any area with reliable records. The only other, unequivocal affect is a heap of thyroid cancers in children which, fortunately, were mostly cured.
All that said the Chernobyl accident was an example of Russian disorganisation and failure to take basic steps such as ensure reactors have a containment shield, or to ensure that lunatics are not in charge of reactors. It doesn't say much about the nuclear industry