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by jcranmer 1724 days ago
> a nuclear accident that was covered up for decades

The cover-up of Chernobyl lasted barely days.

> with no good estimate of the indirect deaths and illness from exposure.

Only a multitude of studies. The current consensus in the scientific community is that somewhere around 20,000-30,000 total deaths attributable to Chernobyl have or will occur.