Ian Fairlie is a U.K. based Canadian consultant on radiation in the environment and former member of the three person secretariat to Britain's Committee Examining the Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters ( CERRIE). He is a radiation biologist who has focused on the radiological hazards of nuclear fuel and he has studied radioactive releases at nuclear facilities since before the Chernobyl accident in 1986. Fairlie has published papers relating to nuclear issues, dating back to at least 1992, in ''

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'', '' International Journal of Cancer'', and '' Radiation Protection Dosimetry''.Dr Ian Fairlie publications.
/ref> Fairlie and David Sumner were commissioned by the

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to write the 2006 TORCH report, a health impacts report, for the twentieth anniversary of the

Chernobyl disaster On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine), exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only ...

. In 2016, an updated TORCH report was written. Both Fairlie and Sumner are members of the

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.International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
/ref>Nobel Peace Laureates 1985.
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Academic and consulting work

Fairlie studied chemistry at the

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in Canada and

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at Barts Medical College in London. His doctorate examined the impacts of

radioactive contamination Radioactive contamination, also called radiological pollution, is the deposition of, or presence of Radioactive decay, radioactive substances on surfaces or within solids, liquids, or gases (including the human body), where their presence is uni ...

around

Sellafield Sellafield, formerly known as Windscale, is a large multi-function nuclear site close to Seascale on the coast of Cumbria, England. As of August 2022, primary activities are nuclear waste storage, nuclear waste processing and storage and nucle ...

and

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nuclear facilities. He completed doctoral studies at the

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in London and

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(USA), about the health impact of nuclear waste disposal on human health.Nuclear Energy Conference 2016 speakers
/ref> Fairlie is a radiation biologist and independent consultant who has focused on the radiological hazards of nuclear fuel. He has acted as a consultant to the British government and was the scientific secretary of the British Government's Commission for investigation of radiation risks of internal emitters ( CERRIE). He has researched radioactive releases at nuclear facilities since before the Chernobyl accident in 1986. Fairlie lives in London.'' If You Love This Planet'': Dr. Ian Fairlie is interviewed by Helen Caldicott.

Selected publications

Fairlie has published some papers relating to nuclear issues, dating back to at least 1992. He conducted a detailed epidemiological research study of childhood leukemia cases near nuclear facilities and the hazards of working with

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. As a response to the 2006 Chernobyl Forum report he and co-author David Sumner were commissioned by the

to write the TORCH report: The Other Report on Chernobyl, a health impacts report, for the twentieth anniversary of the

. In 2016, an updated TORCH report was written. Both Fairlie and Sumner are members of the

, an organization awarded the

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in 1985. Fairlie's publications include: * Energy and Human Health, ''

'' March 2013, Vol. 34: 159-188 (with Kirk R. Smith, Howard Frumkin et al.) * Hypothesis to Explain Childhood Cancer near Nuclear Power Plants, ''International Journal of Occupational Health'' 2010;16:341–350. * French study confirms increased leukemia risks in young children near nuclear power plants, '' International Journal of Cancer'', 11 April 2012, (with Alfred Koerblein). * When the party's over ... the financial spectre at the end of nuclear power, ''

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'', 1 October 2015. * Comment on "Updated investigations of cancer excesses in individuals born or resident in the vicinity of Sellafield and Dounreay: premature all-clear for nuclear power", ''

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'' (2015) 112, 1836–1837 (with A Körblein). * Uncertainties in Doses and Risks from Internal Radiation, '' Medicine, Conflict and Survival'', Volume 21, Issue 2, 2005. * The risks of nuclear energy are not exaggerated. Most scientists in this field agree that there is danger even in small doses of radiation, ''

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'', 20 January 2010. * Hypothesis to Explain Childhood Cancer near Nuclear Power Plants. ''Int J Occup Environ Health'' 16:341–350 (2010) * Childhood Cancer Near German Nuclear Power Stations. ''Journal of Environmental Science and Health'', Part C. 28:1–21 (2010) * Chernobyl: Consequences Of The Catastrophe For People And The Environment. '' Radiation Protection Dosimetry''. Book Review. 141(1): 97-101. (2010) * Commentary on J. F. Bithell, et al. Childhood Leukaemia near British Nuclear Installations: Methodological Issues and Recent Results. ''Radiat Prot Dosimetry''. 2010 Jan 138(1):87-8; author reply 89-91. Epub 2009 Oct 19. (with Alfred Körblein) He has published 17 papers (as of June 2020) which are listed in the

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database, his

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is six.

References

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Academic and consulting work

Selected publications

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