ML20004F936

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Responds to FOIA Request for NRC-sponsored Studies of Incidences of Cancer Found Near Nuclear Power Plants & U Mills.Forwards NUREG/CR-0635 & NUREG/CR-1728.W/o Encls
ML20004F936
Person / Time
Issue date: 06/17/1981
From: Felton J
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM)
To: Spanel A
AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
References
FOIA-81-217 NUDOCS 8106260256
Download: ML20004F936 (1)


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%,i...f June 17, -1981 Ms. Ann Spanel 210' Riverside Drive IN RESPONSE REFER:

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-TO F0IA-81-217

Dear. Ms. ' Span'el:

This is in response to your letter dated June 1,1981, in which you requested, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, copies of the following:

~~ ) All NRC-sponsored -studies of incidences of cancer found near a

. nuclear power _ plants, and b) Any_ NRC-sponsored ' studies of incidences of cancer found-near -

uraniun mines, -that is, both cancers.among the' general'

- population and among uranium miners.

Please find enclosed the two documents listed below, which may be of interest:

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NUREG/CR-0635 - Excess. Cancer Incidence in Mesa County, Colorado,

. dated July 1979, ar.d 2.

NUREG/CR-1728 --The Feasibility of Epidemiologic Investigations of the-Health Effects of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation, dated November 1980.

The NRC has no jurisdiction over uranium mines.

You may wish to contact the Occupational Safety.& Health Administration or the Mine Safety & Health Administration of the Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.

This completes.NRC action on your request.

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