Sunday, August 12, 2012

US Nuclear Plants - Cancer Deaths

Please read this part of a report from PA

UMMARY OF CANCER DEATHS
One mile from nuclear plant:
Midland, Pa. 149.6 per hundred thousand (1958, when plant opened) to 426.3 (1970), 184%
Other Towns/Cities Near and Downwind from plant:
Beaver County, Pa. 40% increase cancer deaths 1958-1968 (147.7 to 204.7
Pittsburgh, Pa., up 31% (1958-1968)
East Liverpool, Ohio (ten miles), 40% increase in cancer (1958-1968) and 67% increase (1971)
Steubenville, Ohio (thirty miles, across from Wheeling, WV), 25% increase cancer deaths , (1958-1968)
Cincinnati, Ohio (300 miles) , 24% increase cancer deaths
The report goes on to document meltdowns that have occurred in the area:
WALTZ MILLS MELT DOWN ACCIDENT APRIL 1960
This reactor located 20 miles upstream from McKeesport, Pa., which was on the Youghiogheny River had an accidental release of radioactive isotopes from fuel element melt down. Within a year, infant mortality in McKeesport DOUBLES
SHIPPINGPORT TEMPORARY SHUT DOWN DUE TO HYDROGEN GAS EXPLOSION, 1974-1976
Aliquippa, Pa. Infant mortality all-time low 11.3 per 1,000 babies (1976)

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