iran, planning to use them in ukraine, which has also had its own success using drones meanwhile, inspectors with the international atomic energy agency arrived in kyiv, making their way to the russian held zaporizhzhia nuclear plant tomorrow to assess safety at the plant, where there are fears nearby attacks could spark a nuclear disaster both russia and ukraine blaming each other for the recent violence there you cannot have a military occupying a power plant. reporter: today we spoke to u.s. senators rob portman and amy klobuchar, here to show bipartisan support for ukraine. this is all about nuclear safety and that would make a big difference to get this area off of the wartime grid and back in the hands of those that know how to run it reporter: now the european union is sending 5 million iodine tablets for residents bracing for the worst. lester megan fitzgerald, thank you. and as russia s war with ukraine grinds on, there is a
Back-and-forth shelling between Russia and Ukraine stoked fears of a potential nuclear disaster from Europe's largest nuclear power plant located right in the middle of the war zone. Igor [.]
radiation, and nuclear accidents is absolutely terrifying. but even so, just a little bit of understanding is helpful, because just like with table salt, just a little bit of understanding is enough to get you to an understanding of this one very practical consequence. again, we need iodine in our bodies. we absorb iodine in our thyroid gland. but, we don t do so infinitely. the thyroid takes an iodine, but he can only taken so much. it can become saturated with iodine. and once saturated with iodine, it won t take in anymore. so, you see where this is going, right? in the event of a radiation disaster, where a lot of people will be exposed to radioactive fallout, one of the things that you do in that circumstance is you make sure that people have iodine tablets. that they can take right away before they re exposed to any follow. if you take an iodine tablet, that will mean that your thyroid is saturated with healthy, non radioactive iodine,
the thyroid takes in iodine but the thyroid can only take in so much. it can become saturated. once it s saturated it won t take in any more. so you see where this is going, right? in the event of a radiation disaster where lots are people will be exposed to radioactive fallout, one of the things you do in that circumstance is make sure that people have iodine tablets. that they can take number right away before they are exposed to fallout. if you take an iodine tablet your thyroid is saturated. when the radioactive iodine comes your way, your thyroid is already full. you will avoid getting thyroid cancer. the cdc explains it this way. think of filling a jar with blue marbles. if you then pour green marbles over the jar, there won t be any room for them inside the jar. they will just spill out.
nuclear accidents is terrifying. even so, just a little bit of understanding is helpful because just like with table salt, just a little bit of understanding is enough to get you to an understanding of this one practical consequence. again, we need iodine in our bodies. we absorb iodine in our thyroid gland. but we don t do so infinitely. the thyroid takes in iodine but the thyroid can only take in so much. it can become saturated. once it s saturated it won t take in any more. so you see where this is going, right? in the event of a radiation disaster where lots are people will be exposed to radioactive fallout, one of the things you do in that circumstance is make sure that people have iodine tablets. that they can take right away before they re exposed to any fallout. if you take an iodine tablet your thyroid is saturated.