r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Feb 23 '26
Cancer Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants. In Massachusetts, residential proximity to a nuclear power plant (NPP) was associated with significantly increased cancer incidence, with risk declining sharply beyond roughly 30 kilometers from a facility.
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/cancer-risk-may-increase-with-proximity-to-nuclear-power-plants/Duplicates
energy • u/tjock_respektlos • Feb 24 '26
Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants. In Massachusetts, residential proximity to a nuclear power plant (NPP) was associated with significantly increased cancer incidence, with risk declining sharply beyond roughly 30 kilometers from a facility.
Radiation • u/233C • Feb 25 '26
Health and Safety Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
immortalists • u/GarifalliaPapa • Mar 14 '26
Biology/ Genetics🧬 Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants. In Massachusetts, residential proximity to a nuclear power plant (NPP) was associated with significantly increased cancer incidence, with risk declining sharply beyond roughly 30 kilometers from a facility.
NuclearPower • u/daveysprocks • Feb 25 '26
Can someone who has experience in such studies with a statistical background give their opinion on this study?
ScienceUncensored • u/Zephir-AWT • Feb 23 '26
Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants
uninsurable • u/pintord • Feb 23 '26
Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants. In Massachusetts, residential proximity to a nuclear power plant (NPP) was associated with significantly increased cancer incidence, with risk declining sharply beyond roughly 30 kilometers from a facility.
economy • u/xena_lawless • Feb 25 '26
Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants. In Massachusetts, residential proximity to a nuclear power plant (NPP) was associated with significantly increased cancer incidence, with risk declining sharply beyond roughly 30 kilometers from a facility.
u_boscobilly • u/boscobilly • Feb 23 '26