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Why a national cancer study near US reactors must be conducted before any new expansion of nuclear power.

Nuclear power reactors were introduced in
the United States during the 1950s. Despite concerns about potential health
hazards posed by routine radioactive emissions into the environment, few
research articles have been published in professional journals. The only
national study of cancer near reactors was conducted by federal researchers
in the 1980s and found no association between proximity to reactors and
cancer risk.

But since then, articles on individual nuclear facilities have
documented elevated cancer rates in local populations. Current proposals to
expand US nuclear power, along with concerns about protracted exposures
near aging reactors, make it imperative that an objective, current national
study of cancer near existing reactors be conducted.

 Bulletin of Atomic Scientists 12th Sept 2025, https://thebulletin.org/2025/09/why-a-national-cancer-study-near-us-reactors-must-be-conducted-before-any-new-expansion-of-nuclear-power/

September 20, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | health, USA