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COMARE 14th Annual Report on low-level radiation and response to the KIKK report – a critical analysis (2011)
| Author | I.Fairlie, NFLA |
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6-01-4-60-54.pdf |
| Date | May 2011 |
| Classification | 6.01.4.60/54 (RADIATION - AROUND FACILITIES) |
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Date: 16th May 2011 No.82
Subject: COMARE 14th Annual Report on low-level radiation and response to the KIKK
report – a critical analysis by Dr Ian Fairlie
NFLA Secretariat Introduction
This briefing provides member authorities with a critique of the independent government committee
COMARE’s (Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment) 14th Annual Report by
Dr Ian Fairlie. Dr Fairlie is an independent consultant on radiation in the environment. He was a
member of CERRIE - the independent government ‘Committee Examining Radiation Risks of
Internal Emitters’.
It has been kindly reproduced in full with the permission of Dr Fairlie. The NFLA Secretariat would
like to thank Dr Fairlie for allowing it to publish the report as a NFLA Policy Briefing to contribute to
the debate on the COMARE findings. The briefing will be of particular interest to environmental
health officers and public health officers.
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Dr Fairlie expresses his thanks to Dr Alfred Körblein for his help, particularly on statistical tests.
Comments on Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE):
14th REPORT. Further consideration of the incidence of childhood leukaemia around nuclear
power plants in Great Britain.
A. Leukaemia increases near nuclear power stations
1. The main aim of the 14th COMARE Report was to undertake a further review of the incidence of
childhood leukaemia near most UK nuclear power plants (NPPs). In 2008, a previous study1
commissioned by the Department of Health had found a 36% increase in acute childhood
leu