Nuclear: what is the impact of exposure to radiation on the risk of cancer?
Researchers examined the links between exposure to ionizing radiation of 300,000 former nuclear workers and their risk of developing hematological ...
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Fukushima: increased risk of diabetes for nuclear power plant rescuers
Japanese researchers have shown that exposure to low doses of radiation may contribute to a high risk of diabetes. THE ...
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Nuclear risk: Does France have enough stock of iodine?
© ShutterstockAsked about the stock of iodine available in France by our colleagues of the Parisian (March 21 edition), Olivier ...
Read moreGetting out of nuclear… Are you serious?
In France today, there are 56 nuclear reactors of different power levels spread over 18 sites. They produce 70% of ...
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In Polynesia, an epidemic of cancer after nuclear tests carried out in the 1970s
© Getty ImagesBetween 1966 and 1996, France carried out 193 nuclear tests in Polynesia, off the atolls of Mururoa and ...
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Nuclear threat: why shouldn’t iodine be taken as a precaution?
With the nuclear threat linked to the war in Ukraine, some French people are looking for iodine… But taking it ...
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It is possible to diagnose acute radiation syndrome with a single drop of blood
American researchers have developed a test capable, with a single drop of blood, of identifying the biomarkers of illnesses due ...
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Electric. “Green” nuclear power for Europe benefits France
Once it leaves the factory and until it is scrapped, an electric car powered by nuclear electricity emits little indirect ...
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Nuclear safety: 29 reactors threatened in the event of an earthquake
The Nuclear Safety Authority warns against the rust that has eaten away at the piping of 29 reactors. Their cooling ...
Read moreIn Polynesia, an epidemic of cancer after nuclear tests carried out in the 1970s
© Getty ImagesBetween 1966 and 1996, France carried out 193 nuclear tests in Polynesia, off the atolls of Mururoa and ...
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Nuclear tests in Polynesia: the tortuous path of compensation
The President of the Republic has promised a review of the procedure for compensating victims of nuclear tests in Polynesia. ...
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Nuclear risk: 500 municipalities receive iodine tablets
In January, the inhabitants of 500 municipalities near nuclear power plants will receive iodine tablets, at the request of the ...
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Nuclear power plants: many residents have not removed their iodine tablets
© IRSNIn 2016, the government decided to extend the area of the areas affected by the Special Intervention Plan (PPI) ...
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Nuclear tests: 9 veterans finally compensated
150,000 people would have been irradiated by the French nuclear tests carried out between 1960 and 1996. Nine soldiers will ...
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French nuclear medicine singled out
The IAEA has conducted an audit of French nuclear security. While the copy is good on the whole, gaps persist ...
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The traces of plutonium found in the Seine are harmless
While abnormal traces were found in the sediments at the bottom of the Seine, ASN specifies that if people were ...
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Cancer: living near a nuclear power plant does not increase the risk
A study concludes that there is no link between the proximity of nuclear power plants and the increased risk of ...
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X-rays: the Nuclear Safety Authority sounds the alarm
© FuseAccording to its annual report on nuclear safety and radiation protection in Midi-Pyrénées, more and more French people are ...
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Growing up near a nuclear power plant does not increase the risk of leukemia
© iStock A British study by the British Childhood Cancer Research Center was set up to understand the links between ...
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