1. The advisory opinion given by Professor Jöckel and his colleagues on the childhood cancer study is not kept under wraps; neither by the Federal Office for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) nor the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS). It will be – as promised in the German Bundestag session from 16 January 2008 – forwarded to the ecology committee of the German Bundestag together with the BfS’ assessment and will subsequently be published on the BfS’ web pages.
2. The number of childhood cancer cases in the vicinity of nuclear power plants of between 121 to 275 cases within a 50 km radius was already stated by the BfS on 10 December 2007 during the presentation of the KiKK study findings (see press release No. 12 dated 10 December 2007).
3. The BfS’ assessment of possible causes is as follows: Based on a significant correlation between the risk and the distance to a nuclear power plant location, there are indications for a possible link, but no proof (see Bernd Grosche, Thomas Jung and Wolfgang Weiss: "Häufigkeit von Krebs bei Kindern in der Umgebung von Kernkraftwerken", in: "atomwirtschaft" No. 3/2008, pp. 174-178). The complete article can be found here (in German only).

More information

• Epidemiological study about childhood cancer in the vicinity of nuclear power plants (KiKK study) (in German)
• Background information on the KiKK study
• Statement by the Federal Office for Radiation Protection on the KiKK Study
• Statement by the external BfS panel of experts on the KiKK study
• Press Release as of 10 December 2007
• Grosche, B., Jung, T., Weiss, W.: "Häufigkeit von Krebs bei Kindern in der Umgebung von Kernkraftwerken", in: atomwirtschaft No. 3/2008, pp. 174-178 (PDF, 924 kB, in German, not barrier-free)