Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations Near Nuclear Facilities: Phase 2: Pilot Planning (2014)
Chapter: Front Matter
ANALYSIS OF CANCER RISKS IN
POPULATIONS NEAR NUCLEAR FACILITIES
Phase 2
Pilot Planning
Committee on the Analysis of Cancer Risks in Populations
near Nuclear Facilities—Phase 2
Pilot Planning
Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board
Division on Earth and Life Studies
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.
This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. NRC-HQ-13-G-04-0051 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.
Cover image: Regional map of northeastern states and populations living in census tracts within 30 miles of nuclear power plants. Maps were created by Phase 1 committee member Lance Waller (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia).
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COMMITTEE ON THE ANALYSIS OF CANCER RISKS IN POPULATIONS NEAR NUCLEAR FACILITIES—PHASE 2 PILOT PLANNING
JONATHAN M. SAMET, Chair, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
HAROLD L. BECK, Environmental Measurements Laboratory (retired), New York, New York
STEVEN M. BECKER, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia
ANDRE BOUVILLE, National Cancer Institute (retired), Bethesda, Maryland
JEAN D. BRENDER, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station
CHRISTIE R. EHEMAN, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
R. WILLIAM FIELD, University of Iowa, Iowa City
DANIEL O. STRAM, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
MARGOT TIRMARCHE, Nuclear Safety Authority of France, Cedex
JONATHAN C. WAKEFIELD, University of Washington, Seattle
Staff
OURANIA KOSTI, Study Director
JENNIFER A. HEIMBERG, Senior Program Officer
KEVIN D. CROWLEY, Board Director
TONI GREENLEAF, Administrative and Financial Associate
ERIN WINGO, Senior Program Assistant
NUCLEAR AND RADIATION STUDIES BOARD
ROBERT C. DYNES (Chair), University of California, San Diego
BARBARA J. MCNEIL (Vice Chair), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
JOHN S. APPLEGATE, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington
DAVID J. BRENNER, Columbia University, New York, New York
MARGARET S. Y. CHU, M.S. Chu & Associates, LLC, Albuquerque, New Mexico
MICHAEL L. CORRADINI, University of Wisconsin, Madison
TISSA H. ILLANGASEKARE, Colorado School of Mines, Golden
CAROL M. JANTZEN, Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina
ANNIE B. KERSTING, Glenn T. Seaborg Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California
MARTHA S. LINET, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
FRED A. METTLER, JR., New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque
NANCY JO NICHOLAS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
LAWRENCE T. PAPAY, PQR, LLC, La Jolla, California (deceased)
DANIEL O. STRAM, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
RICHARD J. VETTER, Mayo Clinic (retired), Rochester, Minnesota
SERGEY V. YUDINTSEV, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Staff
KEVIN D. CROWLEY, Director
JENNIFER A. HEIMBERG, Senior Program Officer
OURANIA KOSTI, Senior Program Officer
TONI GREENLEAF, Administrative and Financial Associate
LAURA D. LLANOS, Administrative and Financial Associate
DARLENE GROS, Senior Program Assistant
ERIN WINGO, Senior Program Assistant
Contents
Procedural Considerations for Conducting the Pilot Study
General Methodological Considerations for Health and Dosimetry Data Processing
Specific Considerations for the Pilot Case-Control Study of Childhood Cancers
B NAS Staff Progress with Responding to the Statement of Task
