Plant disaster

"The meltdown at Chernobyl in 1986 was the worst plant disaster ever recorded."

Though 31 people were initially killed at the Russian nuke facility the toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India two years before immediately killed over 2000 and injured 150,000.

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Health Organization say that ...50 deaths can be directly attributed to the disaster, and that, at most, 4,000 people may eventually die from the accident. Other organizations put the number much higher--at least for those who develop cancer.