Mad Mat wrote:Out of interest, how many died as a result of what happened at the Fukushima power plant?
None yet.
There were no deaths or serious injuries due to direct radiation exposures, but a few of the plant's workers were severely injured or killed by the disaster conditions resulting from the earthquake. At least six workers have exceeded lifetime legal limits for radiation and more than 300 have received significant radiation doses. Future cancer deaths due to accumulated radiation exposures in the population living near Fukushima have been estimated to be between 100 and 1,000. Fear of ionizing radiation could have long-term psychological effects on a large portion of the population in the contaminated areas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_nuclear_disaster
Keep in mind the Chernobyl diaster:
Estimates of the number of deaths potentially resulting from the accident vary enormously: Thirty one deaths are directly attributed to the accident, all among the reactor staff and emergency workers.[10] A UNSCEAR report places the total confirmed deaths from radiation at 64 as of 2008. The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests it could reach 4,000 civilian deaths, a figure which does not include military clean-up worker casualties.[11] A 2006 report predicted 30,000 to 60,000 cancer deaths as a result of Chernobyl fallout.[12] A Greenpeace report puts this figure at 200,000 or more.[13] A Russian publication, Chernobyl, concludes that 985,000 premature cancer deaths occurred worldwide between 1986 and 2004 as a result of radioactive contamination from Chernobyl;[14] this estimate has been criticized as "rather science fiction than science" however.[15]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
