Page 2-Friday, May 4, 1979---The Michigan Daily HEW releases doubled radiation statistics (Continued from Pag 1) greater health risks than the general population." However, Califano said risk figures had not yet been calculated for these workers. He said he expects an even higher figure will be reported in a fuller analysis of the data which is expected to be completed and made public next week by the Nuclear Regulatory Com- mission (NRC). Califano said he based his projections on the traditional formula for com- puting the link between radiation doses and cancer. But, he noted, "scientists who believe that traditional theory un- derestimates the risk of low-level radiation would predict up to ten ad- ditional cancer deaths for this population." "ALTHOUGH one additional fatal cancer or even 10 fatal cancers may seem small statistically . . . it is nonetheless ultimately, significant for the individuals who become these statistics," he said. During the NRC meeting, the agen- cy's staff said 721 people living within three miles of the nuclear plant were checked from April 10 to 18 but no radioactivity from Three Mile Island was found. CALIFANO SAID that in any general population of two million, some 325,000 individuals will ultimately die of some form of cancer. He told senators that one reason the government initially underestimated the dose from Three Mile Island was that, during the first three days of the accident when releases were the highest, fewer than 20 radiation monitors were in place. Some areas had no radiation monitors and, "moreover, it is uncer- tain how many persons were located in each area," Califano testified. BUT HE SAID refined calculations and more sophisticated monitoring, plus the fact that some substances released by the plant continue to emit radioactivity, gave federal health of- ficials the new, higher figures released yesterday. Despite prodding from subcommittee members, Califano declined to take a stand on the future of nuclear power in light of the accident. "It is not for me to determine how fast we should move with nuclear power," he said. "But we do believe - and I speak for all the top health of- ficials at HEW - there should be a penetrating re-examination of all of our nation's nuclear standards, many of which were set years ago." At the same time, staff members of the NRC told a commission meeting that no dangerous levels of radiation were found in samples of air, water, soil and milk in the Harrisburg, Pen- nsylvania, area near the plant. LEO HIGGINBOTHAM, of the NRC's inspection division, said several hun- dred samples had been taken since the March 28 accident caused a crisis during which pregnant women and children were advised to evacuate the area temporarily. Higginbotham said high levels of radiation were found at the plant site and within the damaged reactor. 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