Published March 7, 1985 | Version v1
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Sellafield: the nuclear legacy

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The paper concerns Sir Douglas Black's independent inquiry into cancer in young people living near the Sellafield Reprocessing Plant. The inquiry followed a Yorkshire Television documentary on the subject. Childhood cancer and the statistical methodology employed in the report are discussed, as answers to criticisms of the report. Also discussed are the Sellafield discharges and the incidence of childhood leukaemia near Sellafield. (U.K.)

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Journal Title
New Sci. (London)
Journal Volume
105
Journal Issue
1446
Series
New Sci. (London).
Journal Page Range
12-13
ISSN
0028-6664

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Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
16049950
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
CHILDREN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; MAN; NEOPLASMS; RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS; SELLAFIELD REPROCESSING PLANT; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; DISEASES; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; IRRADIATION; MAMMALS; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PRIMATES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; VERTEBRATES; WASTES