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Chernobyl nuclear accident: figures for deaths and cancers still in dispute. â¢ Suspected infant mortality rise difficult to prove. â¢ Predicted deaths range from 4,000 to half a million.
Posted April 18, 2011 12:28:52. Photo: The 'sarcophagus' covering the destroyed 4th power block of Chernobyl's nuclear power plant. With the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl tragedy falling next Tuesday, a debate is brewing over the death toll from the world's worst nuclear accident. The debate over Chernobyl turns on the broader debate over the health effects of low-level radiation - and in particular the cancer risk it poses.