Re: Sydney Morning Herald says 5000 died of radiation at Chernobyl

["Otto G. Raabe" <ograabe@UCDAVIS.EDU>]

At 10:03 AM 5/8/03 -0700, Vernig, Peter G. wrote:

>Group,

>

>"One of the four reactors at Chernobyl exploded on April 26, 1986, after a

>safety test went wrong. About 5000 people have died as a result of the

>accident, many of them within days of being exposed to high radiation as

>they tackled the ensuing fire.

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May 8, 2003



Besides the early worker deaths, UNSCEAR calls attention to about 2000

thyroid cancer cases, but thyroid cancer is not usually fatal. They found

no increase in leukemia or indication of other cancer. More than likely,

this 5000 deaths is a mathematical estimate based on some LNT risk model

rather an actual body count.



Otto



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