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Nuclear Safety > ... > Statement on the report by the German Commission on Radiological Protection (SSK)
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BfS publishes statement on the report by the German Commission on Radiological Protection (SSK) about the KiKK study
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On the occasion of an expert discussion that took place on 26 February 2009 in Bonn, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) publicly presented its final evaluation of the German Commission on Radiological Protection's (SSK) report on the KiKK study. The BfS took as a basis the SSK evaluation volume of September 2008 and the justification volume presented by the SSK in February 2009.
The central finding of the study on childhood cancer in the vicinity of nuclear power plants - KiKK study – is: The risk for children under five years of age to contract leukaemia increases, the closer they live to a nuclear power plant. The BfS sees these findings, even after the submission of the rationale, confirmed. The BfS’ concluding statement can be found here (in German only).
The so-called KiKK study is an epidemiological case-control study on childhood cancer (leukaemia) in the vicinity of nuclear power plants, commissioned by the BfS. After the publication of the KiKK study’s results in December 2007, the BfS itself as well as the Federal Ministry for the Environment entrusted scientists with the evaluation of the study’s quality.
The now present assessment carried out by the SSK on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment confirms the KiKK study’s key findings.
The evaluation of the KiKK study, initiated by the BfS, was already concluded in March 2008 and also confirms the KiKK study’s key findings. Professors Jöckel’s, Greiser’s and Hoffmann’s advisory opinion can be found here (in German only).
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