Mortality of workers at the Sellafield plant of British Nuclear Fuels.

摘要: The mortality of all 14,327 people who were known to have been employed at the Sellafield plant British Nuclear Fuels any time between opening site in 1947 and 31 December 1975 was studied up end 1983. vital state 96% workers traced satisfactorily 2277 found died, 572 (25%) from cancer. On average suffered a causes that 2% less than general population England Wales 9% Cumberland (the area which is sited). Their cancers kinds 5% 3% Cumberland. In five years after their first employment had an overall 70% Wales, probably due healthier members being selected for employment. Raised death rates several specific sites found, but only those ill defined secondary excess statistically significant (30 observed, 19.7 expected). For liver gall bladder there deficit deaths (four 10.5 Workers areas where radiation exposure likely issued with dosimeters measure external ionising radiations. Personal dose records maintained entered such other infrequently. personal ("radiation" workers) lower combined cancer two groups similar. Compared deficits cancer, lung Hodgkin9s disease. There excesses myeloma (seven 4.2 expected) prostatic (19 15.8 these not no evidence leukaemia (10 12.2 or pancreas (15 17.8 Non-radiation (one 5.1 (13 5.8 type ratio observed expected significantly different non-radiation workers.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)