How Many People Actually Died Because of Chernobyl?

Decoding The Unknown

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Chernobyl’s official death toll is 31—but estimates range up to a million. This video dives into the cover-ups, chaos, and radioactive aftermath of history’s worst nuclear disaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:45.5	the worst disasters that, you know, energy disasters. It was like renewable energy and that killed
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1:59.7	my life. So, yeah, let's just dive into it,
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2:13.2	Trying to answer the main question of this episode is like the attempts to stunch the flow of radiation out of the plant after the accident occurred.
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