Finland has strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety and made progress in recent years, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded. The Integrated Regulatory Review Service mission team recommended expediting a planned amendment of the legislation so that it covers all stages of the life cycle for nuclear and radiation facilities.
Finland has strengthened its regulatory framework for nuclear and radiation safety and made progress in recent years, an International Atomic Energy Agency team of experts has concluded. The Integrated Regulatory Review Service mission team recommended expediting a planned amendment of the legislation so that it covers all stages of the life cycle for nuclear and radiation facilities.
Many Finnish pharmacies ran out of iodine tablets Wednesday, a day after the Nordic country s health ministry recommended that households buy a single dose in case of a radiation emergency amid increasing fears of a nuclear event due to Russia s war in Ukraine.
The Finnish Health Ministry said Tuesday that "an accident at a nuclear power plant could release radioactive iodine into the environment, which could build up in the thyroid gland."
HELSINKI (AP) Many Finnish pharmacies ran out of iodine tablets Wednesday, a day after the Nordic country's health ministry recommended that households