chernobyl death count

[William McCabe <WMCCABE@tnrcc.state.tx.us>]

In one of Sandt Perle's news articles was the statement :

     "Ukraine estimates 4,300 people have died because 
      of the disaster, the world's worst nuclear accident."

This seems a bit high to me.  Does anybody know how this
number was arrived at or where it came from?

William J. McCabe, Health Physicist
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
P.O. Box 13087
MC-131
Austin, Texas  78711-3087
wmccabe@tnrcc.state.tx.us
(512) 239-2252     fax: (512)239-6362