Why are they trying to call this another Chernobyl instead of another 3 Mile Island? Oh right, no one died from the 3 Mile Island partial meltdown so that doesn't really help with the fearmongering. Only about ~30 people died directly from the Chernobyl disaster. The other ~4000 died from various cancers in the area that was irradiated. While it is possible that some or even all of the cases could be attributed to the irradiation, it is still only speculation.