HSE investigation of leukaemia and other cancers in the children of male workers at Sellafield.

  • Health and Safety Executive
Date:
1993
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Credit: HSE investigation of leukaemia and other cancers in the children of male workers at Sellafield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Absorbed Dose: ABA: AECB: Alpha-in-air: Beta-in-air: BNFL: Case-control study: CIDI: Classified worker: Classified person: COM: The fundamental dose quantity. It is the energy absorbed per unit mass of material. See UKAEA. Atomic Energy Control Board of Canada. A term used when referring to air borne contamination by radioactive materials (such as plutonium or uranium) which emit alpha radiation. A term used when referring to airborne contamination by ratioactive materials (such as strontium-90, caesium-137 and other fission products) which emit beta, and in some cases, gamma radiation. The measurement of radioactivity in urine and faecal samples as a means of estimating znternal radiation dose from radioactive material taken into the body. British Nuclear Fuels plc. A type of epidemiological study in which the occurrence of possible explanatory factors for a disease is compared between those with the disease (cases) and a representative sample of non-cases (controls) from the same population. Central Index of Dose Information. The HSE’s national database of occupations] exposure to radiation. It is operated on an agency basis by NRPB. See classified person. A person designated as such by his employer under JRR8&5 Regulation 9. Employees who are likely to receive doses in excess of 3/10 of any relevant dose limit set out in IRR 85 are required to be so designated. Committee on Mutagenicity.
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