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by atombender 2574 days ago
Not sure this refutes anything, since the episode doesn't show anyone immediately dying from radiation sickness. They all died in the weeks following the explosion. Wikipedia has a list [1]. At least 10 plant workers who were present at the time of the explosion died in the first two weeks of May, 1986.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_di...