Review of Reported Increases of Childhood Cancer Rates in the Vicinity of Nuclear Installations in the Uk

During the last few years several studies of childhood cancer in the vicinity of nuclear installations in the UK have been undertaken. These studies have looked in particular at leukaemia rates around specific nuclear sites but also around groups of installations. Attempts to control for potential confounding variables in some of the analyses have not explained the excess, and its cause-whether related to radiation or to other factors-is still unclear