Global & Disaster Medicine

The German city of Aachen is issuing free iodine tablets to some 500,000 residents because an ageing Belgian nuclear plant is seen as a risk.

BBC

 

“….There have been German protests over Belgium’s Tihange nuclear plant, some 70km (43 miles) from Aachen.  Reactors there and at Belgium’s other nuclear plant, at Doel near Antwerp, have been shut down repeatedly for safety checks. There are seven reactors in total.  There have been shutdowns because of water leaks and the discovery of micro-cracks in some reactor units….’


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