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New study on nuclear plants and cancer

“…..the 1990 study as limited to cancer deaths and not covering a wide enough area, and he also said it did not factor in nuclear plant workers nor take into account weather or geography…..”

New US study on nuclear plant health risks hailed, CNBC: The Associated Press | 02 May 2010 Pennsylvania officials and activists say they are glad the federal government is taking another look at whether people who live near nuclear plants have a higher risk of getting cancer.

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced last month that it was asking the National Academy of Sciences to do a “state-of-the-art study” on cancer risk for populations surrounding nuclear power facilities……..”I think this is a positive development,” said Eric Epstein, of the anti-nuclear group Three Mile Island Alert. “What we’re hoping for is an objective, empirical and unbiased effort. It’s long overdue.”

Epstein was among those who criticized the 1990 study as limited to cancer deaths and not covering a wide enough area, and he also said it did not factor in nuclear plant workers nor take into account weather or geography.

“This was the study that gave the industry a clean bill of health, so we need to go back to square one and re-examine past assumptions,” he said. New US study on nuclear plant health risks hailed – CNBC

May 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, cancer, nuclear, nuclear technology, radiation