The Lingering Shadow of Chernobyl: Nuclear Energy's Fear and Progress.

The Chernobyl disaster caused fewer deaths than previously estimated, according to the United Nations. The UN has concluded that the accident likely caused only a few hundred deaths at most, with only 28 of the 134 workers and emergency personnel who had suffered from Acute Radiation Syndrome dying. The UN also found that there was no measurable increase in levels of autoimmune thyroiditis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and all solid cancers combined. The Chernobyl reactor, the Soviet-designed RBMK-1000, blew up because of design flaws not shared by any reactors today.