Abstract :
This paper discusses previous researches regarding the link between childhood leukaemiaand proximity to nuclear power stations. The said research used real data from individual children. This case-control study, dubbed the "KiKK study", was expected to yield more reliable results than past ecological studies that had compared cancer incidence rates in an area 5 km from a reactor to rates in a region with no reactor. The research paper concluded that based on the available radiation emissions from German nuclear power plants, a direct relation to radiation seems implausible. The results were not to be expected under current radiation epidemiological knowledge.
