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The World Health Organization (WHO) provides guidelines for potassium iodide use following a nuclear accident. The dosage of potassium iodide is age-dependent: neonates (<1 month) require 16 mg/day; children aged 1 month to 3 years need 32 mg/day; those aged 3-12 years need 65 mg/day; and individuals over 12 years and adults require 130 mg/day ...
The non-radioactive iodide "saturates" the thyroid, causing less of the radioiodine to be stored in the body. Administering potassium iodide reduces the effects of radio-iodine by 99% and is a prudent, inexpensive supplement to fallout shelters. A low-cost alternative to commercially available iodine pills is a saturated solution of potassium ...
Nuclear fallout is residual radioactive material propelled ... (0.4 inch) of lead, 6 cm (2.4 inches) of concrete, 9 cm (3.6 inches) of packed earth or 150 m (500 ft ...
The element is then dissolved in a mildly alkaline solution in the standard manner, to produce 131 I as iodide and hypoiodate (which is soon reduced to iodide). [13] 131 I is a fission product with a yield of 2.878% from uranium-235, [14] and can be released in nuclear weapons tests and nuclear accidents.
The radiation source in the Goiânia accident was a small capsule containing about 93 grams (3.3 oz) of highly radioactive caesium chloride (a caesium salt made with a radioisotope, caesium-137) encased in a shielding canister made of lead and steel.
Aug. 11—WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) will offer free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets on Aug. 22 to Pennsylvanians who live or work within 10 miles of the state's ...
Potassium iodide in a dose for nuclear emergencies. Iodine absorbed by the body is almost completely stored in the thyroid gland and has a biological half-life of about 120 days. If the iodine is radioactive (131 I), it can irradiate and damage the thyroid gland in high doses during this time. Because the thyroid gland can only absorb a limited ...
The term 'biological shield' is used for absorbing material placed around a nuclear reactor, or other source of radiation, to reduce the radiation to a level safe for humans. The shielding materials are concrete and lead shield which is 0.25 mm thick for secondary radiation and 0.5 mm thick for primary radiation [8]