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Dr Ian Fairlie

An independent consultant on radioactivity in the environment.

My publications

2010

  • Hypothesis to Explain Childhood Cancer near Nuclear Power Plants. Int J Occup Environ Health 16:341–350 (2010)
  • Childhood Cancer Near German Nuclear Power Stations. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C. 28:1–21 (2010)
  • Chernobyl: Consequences Of The Catastrophe For People And The Environment. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. Book Review. 141(1): 97-101. (2010)
  • Commentary on J. F. Bithell, et al Childhood Leukaemia near British Nuclear Installations: Methodological Issues and Recent Results. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2010 Jan;138(1):87-8; author reply 89-91. Epub 2009 Oct 19. (with Alfred Körblein)
  • Commentary on UNSCEAR 2006 Report: Annex C–the new effects of radiation. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2010 Feb;138(2):190-3.
  • Review of epidemiology studies of childhood leukaemia near nuclear facilities: commentary on Laurier et al. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2010 Feb;138(2):194-5; author reply 195-7. (with Alfred Körblein)

 2009

  • Commentary: childhood cancer near nuclear power stations Environmental Health 2009, 8:43. 12 pages. http://www.ehjournal.net/content/pdf/1476-069X-8-43.pdf
  • Childhood Cancers Near German Nuclear Power Stations: the ongoing debate. Medicine, Conflict and Survival Vol 25, No 3. 2009, pp 197–205.
  • Childhood Cancers Near German Nuclear Power Stations: hypothesis to explain the cancer increases. Medicine, Conflict and Survival Vol 25, No 3. 2009, pp 206–220.

2008

  • Depleted uranium: properties, military use and health risks.  Medicine, Conflict and Survival. Vol 25:1. 2008 pp 41-64
  • The health effects of depleted uranium. Disarmament Forum. UNIDIR (2008) Vol 3. pp. 3 – 16. United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.unidir.ch/pdf/articles/pdf-art2756.pdf
  • The hazards of tritium – revisited. Medicine, Conflict and Survival. Vol 24:4. October 2008. pp 306 -319. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a904743144~db=all~order=page
  • New evidence of childhood leukaemias near nuclear power stations.  Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Vol 24:3, pp 219 – 227. August 2008. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a794966247~db=all~order=page
  • Reasonable doubt. (Child Leukemias near German Nuclear Power Stations) New Scientist. 26 April 2008. Page 19. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826535.300-comment-lets-take-cancer-clusters-seriously-this-time.html

2007

  • Dispersal, deposition and collective doses after the Chernobyl disaster. Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Vol 23:1, pp 10 –30. June 2007. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a770375304~db=all~order=page
  • RBE and wR values of Auger emitters and low-range beta emitters with particular reference to tritium. Journal of Radiological Protection. Vol 27 pp 157-168. (2007) http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0952-4746/27/2/003/
  • Global warming: is nuclear power the answer? Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Vol 23:3, pp 228 – 233. June 2007. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713673482
  • Tritium Hazard Report: Pollution and Radiation Risk from Canadian Nuclear Facilities. Published by Greenpeace Canada. June 2007. http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/Energy/end-the-nuclear-threat/Resources/Reports/tritium-hazard-report-pollu/
  • Tritium Hazard Report on Cernavoda 3 and 4: Environment Impact Analysis: Report for Greenpeace Romania. Published by Greenpeace CentralEurope. November 2007. http://www.greenpeace.ro/uploads/articole/Cernavoda%20Report%20for%20GP%20Central%20Europe.pdf

2006

  • The Other Report on Chernobyl (TORCH). An independent scientific evaluation of the health-related effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster with critical analyses of recent IAEA/WHO reports. Ian Fairlie and David Sumner. Commissioned by Rebecca Harms, MEP, Published by Greens/EFA in the European Parliament. April 2006. www.chernobylreport.org
  • New Information on Radiation Health Hazards. In “Nuclear or Not. Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future?” Editor David Elliott. Palgrave Macmillan. London. May 2006. http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=0230507646

2005

  • Uncertainties in Doses and Risks from Internal Radiation. Medicine, Conflict and Survival, Vol 21:2. pp 111 – 126. (2005) http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a714004320~db=all~order=page
  • New Information on Radiation Health Hazards. Energy and Environment. Vol 23. October 2005.

2001

  • Possible Toxic Effects from the Nuclear Reprocessing Plants at Sellafield (UK) and Cap de La Hague (France). Report published by the Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA) Panel of the European Parliament. Xavier Coeytaux, Yacine Faid, Ian Fairlie, David Lowry, Yves Marignac, Emmanuel Rouy, Mycle Schneider and Gordon Thompson. April 2001. Commissioned by European Parliament, Directorate General for Research.
  • Transfer of radioactivity to fruit: significant radionuclides and speciation. Ould-Dada Z, Fairlie I and Read C. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. Vol 52 pp 159-174 (2001)

2000

  • In Defence of Collective Dose. Fairlie I and Sumner D. Journal of Radiological Protection Vol 20 pp 1–10. (2000)

1997

  • A Nuclear Waste. How Ending Reprocessing Can Benefit Public Health, Protect the Environment and Save up to £6 Billion.SERA Publication. Socialist Environment and Resources Association. June 1997.
  • Radioactive Waste: International Examination Of Storage And Reprocessing Of Spent Fuel. PhD Thesis. Centre for Environmental Technology. ImperialCollege ofScience, Technology and Medicine.London. September 1997.
  • No Dose Too Low. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.  Ian Fairlie and Marvin Resnikoff. Nov/Dec 1997 pp 52-56.
  • Spent Fuel Storage Visited. CEES Working Paper No 137. Centre for Energy and Environment.PrincetonUniversity.PrincetonNJUnited States. December 1997.

1996

  • Radiation and Health. In “Health and the Environment”. Published by SERA and SHA.

1994

  • Government forces NRPB to Back Down Safe Energy. Vol 102. Autumn 1994. available from http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/articles/se102-Fairlie.pdf

1993

  • Magnox Gamma Shine Safe Energy. Vol 95. June-July 1993. available from http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/articles/se95-Fairlie.pdf

1992

  • Tritium: The Overlooked Nuclear Hazard. The Ecologist. Vol 22 No 5. 228-232 (1992)
  • Tritium – the cause of leukemias? Safe Energy. Vol 91. Oct-Nov 1992. available from http://www.no2nuclearpower.org.uk/articles/se91-Fairlie.pdf
  • Estimation of Radiation Doses to Critical Groups near Dungeness Nuclear Power Station. MSC Thesis.MedicalCollege of St Bartholomew’s Hospital.London (1992)
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