Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities - National Research Council a Division on Earth and Life Studies a Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board a Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations near Nuclear Facilities—Phase I

In the late 1980s, the National Cancer Institute initiated an investigation of cancer risks in populations near 52 commercial nuclear power plants and 10 Department of Energy nuclear facilities (including research and nuclear weapons production facilities and one reprocessing plant) in the United States.