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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.
The initial explosion at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Chernobyl killed two people. But the radiation that spread in the aftermath of the explosion killed thousands in the months and years to follow. Yuryi Litvinov was just 4 years old when the accident happened. At age 19, he was diagnosed with cancer.