From the abstract of Morton & al. which is one of the studies linked at the bottom: > The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident increased papillary thyr

From the abstract of Morton & al. which is one of the studies linked at the bottom: > The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident increased papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) incidence in surrounding regions, particularly for 131I-exposed children. [...] > Radiation-related genomic alterations were more pronounced for those younger at exposure. Transcriptomic and epigenomic features were strongly associated with driver events but not radiation dose. Our results point to DNA double-strand breaks as early carcinogenic events that subsequently enable PTC growth following environmental radiation exposure.