NEI questions value of study on health risks near reactors
The
Nuclear Energy Institute criticized a proposed pilot study by the
National Academy of Sciences that would examine cancer risks near
nuclear plants using data from Dominion's Millstone nuclear plant in
Connecticut and five other facilities. "The committee is recommending
that significant resources be applied to a project that is looking for a
needle in a haystack -- when a needle may not even be there in the
first place," said Ralph Andersen, chief health physicist at NEI. "Based
on our initial review of the report, it is not clear how the
recommended study would produce scientifically defensible results that
would serve to allay public concerns." The Day (New London, Conn.)
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