Monthly Archives: January 2012

I’ve been asked to comment on the recent Costes/Bissel paper (see http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/12/16/1117849108.full.pdf+html) which concluded that “extrapolating risk linearly from high dose as done with LNT could lead to overestimation of cancer risk at low doses.” The Study This in vitro … Continue reading →

Geocap study confirms findings in Germany, Great Britain, and Switzerland A new French study [1] (GEOCAP) of childhood leukaemia near nuclear power plants (NPPs) has found a statistically significant increase in leukaemia in children below age 15 in 2002-2007 within … Continue reading →

Spikes in Emissions from Nuclear Power Stations (NPPs) Up until very recently, it had proved impossible to obtain information on the time patterns of radioactive emissions from NPPs.  Despite requests, UK nuclear utilities and Government regulators repeatedly refuse to publish … Continue reading →