List of nuclear and radiation fatalities by country explained

This is a partial list of nuclear and radiation fatalities by country. Not all fatal incidents are included, and not all included incidents were fatal.

This list only reports the proximate confirmed human deaths and does not go into detail about ecological, environmental or long-term effects such as birth defects or permanent loss of habitable land.

Brazil

Costa Rica

Estonia

Greenland

India

Japan

Mexico

Morocco

Panama

Soviet Union/Russia

Spain

Thailand

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

See also

References

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