Research and analysis: Childhood cancer incidence around Sellafield and Dounreay

In this report, the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment presents a review of the incidence of childhood leukaemia and other cancers around the Sellafield and Dounreay nuclear installations, updating previous analyses with data from 1963 to 2006.The report also includes:an analysis of the incidence of thyroid cancer in northwest Englandan update on cancer risk from radiation exposure to children in the vicinities of Sellafield and Dounreaya review of paternal preconceptio