Table 1 Distribution according to distance of observed (O) and expected (E) cases of leukaemia among children aged 0–14 years living less than 20 km away from one of the 29 nuclear sites in France (1990–1998)

From: Incidence of childhood leukaemia in the vicinity of nuclear sites in France, 1990–1998

 

0–5 km

5–10 km

10–15 km

15–20 km

Total

Nuclear sites (yeara, powerb)

O

E

O

E

O

E

O

E

O

E

EGNS:

 Belleville (1987, 2600)

0

0.26

0

0.53

2

1.44

3

1.05

5

3.28

 Bugey (1971, 3600)

0

0.21

2

2.62

5

3.67

7

5.58

14

12.07

 Cattenom (1986, 5200)

0

0.92

5

5.95

3

4.25

3

6.48

11

17.61

 Chinon (1963, 3600)

1

0.68

6

1.47

2

0.94

5

3.55

14

6.64

 Chooz (1966, 2800)

0

0.59

0

0.75

0

0.54

0

0.01

0

1.90

 Civaux (1997, 2800)

0

0.08

1

0.51

1

0.88

5

1.48

7

2.95

 Cruas (1983, 3600)

0

0.48

3

3.21

4

2.20

3

3.18

10

9.07

 Dampierre (1980, 3600)

0

0.38

2

1.48

1

1.02

0

1.07

3

3.95

 Fessenheim (1977, 1800)

0

0.36

0

0.68

0

0.88

0

3.59

0

5.51

 Flamanville (1985, 2600)

0

0.29

1

0.63

0

0.53

1

1.02

2

2.48

 Golfech (1990, 2600)

0

0.53

1

0.57

1

0.87

2

2.37

4

4.33

 Gravelines (1980, 5400)

1

1.67

2

2.03

6

6.49

5

10.12

14

20.31

 Le Blayais (1981, 3600)

0

0.00

1

1.09

2

1.55

1

1.28

4

3.91

 Nogent (1987, 2600)

1

0.55

2

0.60

0

0.77

1

2.98

4

4.90

 Paluel (1984, 5200)

0

0.21

1

1.17

0

0.69

2

1.26

3

3.34

 Penly (1990, 2600)

0

0.42

1

0.85

3

4.17

5

2.21

9

7.65

 St Alban (1985, 2600)

4

1.69

4

2.56

0

1.88

4

9.59

12

15.72

 St Laurent (1969, 1800)

1

0.43

0

1.28

2

1.36

2

1.41

5

4.48

 Tricastin/Pierrelatte

0

0.88

2

3.17

1

2.09

1

0.79

4

6.92

(1980, 3600)

          

Total EGNS

8

10.64

34

31.13

33

36.21

50

59.03

125

137.01

SIR (95% CI)

0.75

(0.32–1.48)

1.09

(0.76–1.53)

0.91

(0.63–1.28)

0.85

(0.63–1.12)

0.91

(0.76–1.09)

Other nuclear sites

 Cadarache (1963)

0

0.05

1

0.70

1

0.86

2

2.49

4

4.09

 Creys-Malville (1985)

1

0.19

1

0.94

1

0.66

5

2.41

8

4.20

 Grenoble (1956)

14

14.47

9

11.10

5

4.13

10

7.48

38

37.18

 La Hague (1967)

2

0.31

0

0.43

1

0.73

2

5.22

5

6.69

 Marcoule (1956)

0

0.19

5

4.89

5

2.11

1

1.95

11

9.14

 Romans-sur-Isère (1962)

2

3.79

1

0.76

3

2.32

2

2.03

8

8.90

 Valduc (1962)

0

0.03

0

0.09

0

0.21

0

0.64

0

0.96

 Bruyères/Saclay/Fontenay

38

45.43

114

124.25

171

203.54

148

147.68

471

520.91

 (1955/1950/1948)

          

Subtotal (EGNS and other except B/S/Fc)

27

29.68

51

50.05

49

47.22

72

81.24

199

208.18

SIR (95% CI)

0.91

(0.60–1.32)

1.02

(0.76–1.34)

1.04

(0.77–1.37)

0.89

(0.69–1.12)

0.96

(0.83–1.10)

Total (EGNS and other)

65

75.11

165

174.30

220

250.76

220

228.92

670

729.09

SIR (95% CI)

0.87

(0.67–1.10)

0.95

(0.81–1.10)

0.88

(0.77–1.00)

0.96

(0.84–1.10)

0.92

(0.85–0.99)

  1. EGNS=electricity-generating nuclear sites; SIR=standardised incidence ratio; (95% CI)=95% confidence interval for the SIR.
  2. aYear of start-up.
  3. bElectric nuclear power in MWe of an EGNS given by the number of units on site multiplied by the power of each unit.
  4. cB/S/F=Bruyères/Saclay/Fontenay.