Misc 16th Dec '24 Chernobyl’s Legacy The Chernobyl disaster killed 60 people and an estimated 60,000 from radiation poisoning. However, abandoning nuclear led to 4 million deaths from air pollution as the world moved to coal-fired power for base load. Source. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)