Chernobyl

I'm amused at the conflicting results of energy analyses (the current one is on how much energy is needed to produce corn ethanol). I have a suspicion that the analyst first decides on the answer and then looks for support - just as Christopher Columbus did 500 years ago (see the bio by Adm. Morrison).

A good example is Chernobyl:

Deaths Resulting from 1986 Chernobyl Reactor Accident

Deaths Source

56 World Nuclear Association
4,000 U. N. Chernobyl Program
16,000 International Agency for Research on Cancer
30,000 - 60,000 European Green Parties
140,000 Greenpeace

Note that the estimated number of deaths depends strongly on the organization's stance on nuclear power.

(I can't get this table to format correctly! but it makes the point)