Corrigendum to the scientific article “Valid versus invalid radiation cancer risk assessment methods illustrated using Swiss population data”, published on 24 November 2021 in the Journal of Radiological Protection.

Luana Hafner, a specialist in radiological safety at ENSI, has been awarded the “Cousins Award for Young Scientists and Professionals” at the Sixth International Symposium on the System of Radiological Protection, in Vancouver.

Using data derived from Japanese atomic bomb survivors, previous calculations of the risks of radiation-induced solid tumours overestimate the risk. This is the conclusion of a scientific paper by ENSI employee Luana Hafner. In cooperation with epidemiologists Linda Walsh and Werner Rühm, she presents a model with which these tumour risks can be calculated using…