Cancer mortality in a rural population living in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant

In the last period, some minor incidents at the Kozlodui Nuclear Power Plant, placed on the left bank of the Danube, have been notified. The mass media and the population living on the romanian Danube's bank closed to Kozlodui - having still in mind the Chernobyl disaster - became more concerned about the possible health effects as a consequence of these events. On the other hand from the 1995 the cancer mortality in our country has an ascendant evolution. In this context the public health authority considered as a duty to pay attention to the possible influence of the Kozlodui Nuclear Power Plant on the local population health