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Nuclear company Exelon sued over child’s brain cancer

The demand came about after the parents of a girl sued Exelon claiming their daughter developed brain cancer as a result of living close to the nuclear plant,  Dresden Generating Station in northern Illinois.

Judge Orders Exelon to Divulge Radiation Data in Child Brain Cancer Lawsuit, AllGov – News, -Noel Brinkerhoff, David Wallechinsky, September 03, 2011, Energy company Exelon has been ordered by a federal judge to turn over data regarding radiation leakage from one of its power plants.

 The demand came about after the parents of a girl sued Exelon claiming their daughter developed brain cancer as a result of living close to the Dresden Generating Station in northern Illinois.
The judge’s ruling also involves Unitech Services Group, which had a nuclear facility, the Braidwood Generating Station, in the area. Braidwood is now also owned by Exelon.
Plaintiffs Joseph and Cynthia Sauer won access to more than a decade’s worth of data on Dresden’s discharge of radiation into nearby groundwater supplies.

In 2001, the Sauer’s daughter, Sarah, then seven years old, was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma, a highly malignant brain tumor, about three years after the family moved to Grundy County.
The Sauers do not consider themselves anti-nuclear. “I have no problem with any industry making a profit,” she has said, “but the health of their profit margin should not come at the health of their neighbors.” AllGov – News – Judge Orders Exelon to Divulge Radiation Data in Child Brain Cancer Lawsuit

September 5, 2011 - Posted by | Legal, USA

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