Nuclear cancer-risk study faces challenges to accuracy - The York Daily Record - 0 views
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Energy Net on 03 May 10"Deeper and more advanced resources might be available today for a study on nuclear neighborhood risk. Members of the atomic energy industry and nuclear watchdogs alike welcomed a new study of cancer risks around nuclear facilities requested by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week. Unlike a previous similar study, this one will look at cancer incidents instead of just cancer-related deaths. Its official scope -- how it would be performed -- has yet to be determined, a representative for the National Academy of Sciences, which is overseeing the study, said Wednesday. Still, reasons the NRC has given for requesting the study, including advances in information technology since the previous study about 20 years ago, might point to resources that researchers could lean on."