Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities: Phase 1

by Division on Earth and Life Studies, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risk, et al.

In the late 1980s, the National Cancer Institute initiated an investigation of cancer risks in populations near 52 commercial nuclear power plants and 10 Department of Energy nuclear facilities (including research and nuclear weapons production facilities and one reprocessing plant) in the United States. The results of the NCI investigation were used a primary resource for communicating with the public about the cancer risks near the nuclear facilities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309255716
• ISBN13: 9780309255714
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 424 Pages