Quote Originally Posted by [XC] riptide View Post
Boron also. It worked very well. IN fact it was one of the key factors that brought it to a close. The limiting factor was the sheer weight of the material they had dropped as it would weaken the foundations of the reactor even more. The immediate deaths from Chernobyl are numbering about 50-60. The all time deaths are estimated by the UN to be *only* 4000.
My point was that is was very difficult and dangerous to drop that stuff from the helicopters. Hopefully the Japanese will figure out some other easier way of doing it.

Those figures you mention are way too low. There is plenty of confusion and desinformation regarding this. Total death toll is likely in the 100000-200000, if not even higher.