From Boston 25 News yesterday:

All kinds of cancer’: New study will assess radiation risk from old nuclear plant in Plymouth – Seven years ago, the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station stopped generating electricity, but that doesn’t mean concerns about radiation exposure have gone away.

A new study is about to get underway to determine just how great the cancer risk is along the South Shore and Cape Cod. The views along Priscilla Beach in Plymouth are beautiful, but residents believe there is something ugly in the air. Plymouth resident Joanne Geary said, “So many people have had health issues, all kinds of cancers.”

Joanne Corrigan, another Plymouth resident, added, “My street, we’ve had testicular cancer on both ends of the street, one guy twice. We’ve had lung cancer, thyroid cancer and those are only the ones I know of.” These residents are concerned about elevated levels of radiation associated with the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station even though the facility powered down in 2019.

and:

Professor Petros Koutrakis, Ph.D., of the Harvard Chan School of Public Health added, “Unfortunately, one problem with retired nuclear power plants is what to do with the waste, the nuclear waste.”

This spring, Koutrakis will start a new project to monitor the health impacts of people living near the plant.

For Koutrakis, one lesson is already clear.

“I think there is no place that is free of risks, but I personally would not live near a nuclear power plant.”

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kinds-cancer-study-assess-radiation-101528327.html

Finally, how the research by Prof Koutrakis relates to Scotland:

Top 1% US researchers find ‘significantly increased cancer incidence’ for those living near nuclear power plants at a level that would mean an additional 10 000 avoidable cancer cases 30km around Hunterston if Scottish Labour get their way