Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University
Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University
Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: - Clark University
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Contents iii<br />
Rocky Flats .......................................................................................................... 78<br />
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory .......................................................... 78<br />
Savannah River Site ............................................................................................. 79<br />
Los Alamos National Laboratory ......................................................................... 80<br />
Portsmouth Uranium Enrichment Plant ............................................................... 80<br />
The Mound Facility .............................................................................................. 81<br />
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works ............................................................................. 81<br />
Linde Air Products Company Ceramics Plant ..................................................... 81<br />
Feed Material Production Center (Fernald site) ................................................... 82<br />
6.3 UK facilities ................................................................................................................ 82<br />
Sellafield .............................................................................................................. 82<br />
Other UK facilities ............................................................................................... 83<br />
6.4 Multi-site studies ........................................................................................................ 83<br />
Pooled UK data .................................................................................................... 83<br />
Pooled Canadian data ........................................................................................... 84<br />
Pooled US data ..................................................................................................... 85<br />
Pooled international data ...................................................................................... 86<br />
6.5 Discussion ................................................................................................................... 86<br />
Leukemia and multiple myeloma ......................................................................... 87<br />
Solid cancer .......................................................................................................... 88<br />
Female workers .................................................................................................... 89<br />
Age at exposure .................................................................................................... 89<br />
7. MAYAK WORKERS ......................................................................................................... 97<br />
7.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 97<br />
7.2 Helath effects .............................................................................................................. 97<br />
Lung cancer .......................................................................................................... 97<br />
Bone cancer and liver cancer ............................................................................... 98<br />
Leukemia and related cancers .............................................................................. 99<br />
Non-cancer disease .............................................................................................. 99<br />
7.3 Summary ..................................................................................................................... 99<br />
8. URANIUM MINERS ....................................................................................................... 103<br />
8.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 103<br />
8.2 US studies ................................................................................................................. 104<br />
Navajo miners .................................................................................................... 106<br />
Pathological observations .................................................................................. 106<br />
8.3 Studies <strong>of</strong> miners in other countries ......................................................................... 106<br />
Australia ............................................................................................................. 106<br />
Canada ................................................................................................................ 106<br />
China .................................................................................................................. 107<br />
Czechoslovakia .................................................................................................. 107<br />
France ................................................................................................................. 107<br />
Germany ............................................................................................................. 107<br />
Sweden ............................................................................................................... 107<br />
8.4 Combined estimates <strong>of</strong> risk ...................................................................................... 107<br />
8.5 Discussion ................................................................................................................. 108<br />
Comparisons with residential radon studies ...................................................... 108