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Early reports after the Soviet nuclear accident at [[Chernobyl]] estimated radiation deaths at 10,000 to 100,000 people. But a UN report released recently put the actual death toll at 50 people.
The highly publicized death estimates were thus 200 to 2,000 times higher than the actual number.
==Links==
*[http://europeandcis.undp.org/files/uploads/Press_Clippings_on_Chernobyl_Forum/Voice%20of%20America%20-%20Effects%20of%20Chernobyl%20Less%20than%20Expected%20-%2008.09.05.pdf Effects of Chernobyl Less than Expected]