Bonjour Armelle,
C’est une question importante et qui a fait couler beaucoup d’encre. Si l’on analyse les résultats de la dernière étude publiée en Finlande, il y a moins de 6 mois, la conclusion est « Il n’y pas d’augmentation de l’incidence des leucémies chez l’enfant autour des centrales nucléaires finlandaises. Les limitations de l’étude sont la taille limitée de l'échantillon en raison de la faible population autour de ces zones. De ce fait ces résultats ne sont pas applicables à des habitations dans un rayon de 5 km autour des centrales et pour les leucémies pour les enfants âgés de 0–4 ans. Ces résultats sont comparables à l’étude française publiée en 2006 dans le British Journal of Cancer.
Le principe de précaution existe mais en l’absence d’incident et de fuite, rien n’a été montré à ce jour et l’ensemble des études publiées, à ce jour, dans les revues scientifiques de références avec comités de relecture indépendants vont dans le sens d’une absence d’augmentation significative du risque.
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