"Japanese Chernobyl" sounds scary but the tsunami is far greater disaster

[Bonobo]

Look at the numbers below and compare it to the over 20,000
that will have died from the tsunami.

http://www.oasisllc.com/abgx/effects.htm

Question 2. How many cancer deaths have occurred among
atomic-bomb survivors and how many of these can be attributed
to radiation?
Analyses of deaths due to cancer among the Life Span Study
cohort of atomic-bomb survivors from 1950 through 1990,
published in Radiation Research (146:1-27, 1996), are
summarized in Table 2. These results are for survivors who
were exposed to significant radiation doses (See Question 11).


Table 2. Summary of cancer deaths in the Life Span Study
cohort of 
atomic-bomb survivors, 1950-1990
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                                  Estimated number    
Percentage of deaths
 Cause of      Total number         of deaths due          
attributable
  death         of deaths           to radiation            to
radiation
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 Leukemia          176                    89                  
  51%

 Other types
 of cancer*      4,687                   339                  
   7%

 Total           4,863                   428                  
   9%

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*Solid cancers, such as stomach, lung, breast, colorectal and
liver cancers

The number of cancer deaths among the 36,500 Life Span Study
survivors who were exposed beyond 2.5 km is 3,177, including
73 leukemia deaths and 3,104 deaths from cancers other than
leukemia.
The proportion of cancer deaths attributable to radiation
exposure is higher among those who were exposed closer to the
hypocenter, as in the case of deaths due to injuries from the
blast, heat, or radiation. Table 3 presents data on the size
of the studied population and the number of cancer deaths in
relation to distance from the hypocenter for the approximately
50,000 survivors with significant exposures (See Question 10).


Table 3. Cancer deaths among atomic-bomb survivors, 1950-1990,
by distance 
from hypocenter
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                                  Leukemia               
Other cancers*
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 Distance
   from                                Percent                
   Percent
 hypocenter   No. of      No. of     attributable     No. of  
 attributable
   (km)       persons     deaths     to radiation     deaths  
 to radiation
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   <1            810        22           100%           128
         42%

 1.0-1.5      10,590        79            64%          1156   
      18%

 1.5-2.0      17,370        36            29%          1622   
       4%

 2.0-2.5      21,343        39             4%          1781   
     0.5%
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