Back in the 80's it was said the the soviet army was given iodine to counter radiation exposure?
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Iodine is a vital nutrient.  It is necessary for the function of the thyroid gland.  Since not everyone eats shellfish, which is a natural source, someone decided it would be a good idea to add it to table salt.\n\nSodium iodide is given for radiation exposure.  There are some communities near some nuclear reactors where the people are given sodium iodide tablets to take in case of a radiation release.  Although I am not sure of the exact mechanism, I believe that it is given because the iodine can bind with certain radioactive isotopes you may have inhaled (or otherwise gotten into your body) and help you eliminate it from your body before it can do a lot of harm.
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It wasn't. The USSR lied about having missles in Cuba aimed at the  United States. We found out about it from spy photos and told the Russians to remove them or we'd nuke them until they glowed.\n\nThey blinked first and removed the missles.
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No more USSR so the near future needs some amending..but how about one of these?\n\nWormwood Dawn (Chernobyl means wormwood)\n\nFinal repast (Last meal)
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They shouldn't have been so lax in dealing with the USSR.  An extra involvement in a foreign war; such as a well-placed nuke on the Kremlin, would have helped end the cold war and negated the modern influx of communism and socialism into Western Europe.
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The man was poisoned with a radioisotope called polonium210.\n4 grains of this substance is enough to kill and is tasteless when ingested.\nThe reason that it took so long to detect is because it is an Alpha emitter. Alpha particles are not detected by a Geiger counter and the didn't suspect polonium210 because its so rare.  It can only be obtained from nuclear reactors by bombarding a substance with neutrons.  Polonium210 only attacks living tissue meaning it can be stored in a paper bag and be safe but once ingested you are doomed.  A horrible way to go.
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They prevent pollution from oil and other fossil fuels, and thus help reduce CO2. \nBut they also pose the problem of radioactive waste that we have to get rid of properly. I don't think that there is any radiation outside the plant, unless it explodes, which is very unlikely, but possible. In that case a lot of land around it will be uninhabitable for like 500 years or so (I am guessing according to the half life or Uranium). I am NOT making this up it happened in Russian many years ago. Can't remember the date or place but it did and wasn't good.
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It was more a political move than anything else.  It was equipped with radio transmitters to show the world that the USSR did it first.
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You mean communism?  If so it was practiced in Soviet Union(Russia) and in its satalite countries(mostly Eastern Europe nations controlled by the Soviets), but spread into Vietnam and China where it still is today.
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No, be nice, but Reagan couldn't make it work. We're testing a system aboard a mod 747, and ground based systems, but nothing powerful enough yet to penetrate the atmosphere. Other anti-missile missile systems being tested for regional defense. Japan is partnered with us on that among others.
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In Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia citizens were urged to spy on each other.  Children were told to inform on their parents.  This sounds like the same thing.\nAMERIKA ERWACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If you are really interested in this topic, I recommend reading "The Plutonium Files," a recently published book. It reports on the negative health effects of uranium and plutonium, specifically the results of secret tests performed on civilian citizens and members of the military, by our government. (Almost all of whom were unaware they had unwittingly become guinea pigs.) Very interesting and informative.
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There is a real sign of intelligence writing you to tell you they don't know or giving you a stupid answer.  The Japanese culture was made up of honor, heritage and rituals. The helmets of that time did little more then hold your hair and ear pieces in place. They wore their helmets as they did their short swords because it was part of their uniforms.\n\nNote: Are you aware the Russians, Germans and even the US to an extent had a Kamikaze group? The Russians used to use their props to cut into the tails of German fighters. \n\nThanks for the chance to help. God Bless You and the Southern People.
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Yep. True story.\n\nBut not real nukes.
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Nuclear contamination is removed. In areas where cleanup is feasible, the soil is dug up, the trees and vegetation are removed. This contaminated mass is moved to a safer place where people are less likely to come in contact with it. Or it is blended away. Low level radioactive waste is blended into cement to make roads in the US at a very low level. The amount of radiation from roads is harmless because it is so highly diluted.\n\nAs an alternative to cleaning, sometimes cement is poured into the area to "bind up" the contamination in a large mass of concrete. But this doesn't solve the contamination problem. It just makes runoff less likely.\n\nPeople responsible for this wear biohazard suits to keep their bodies from coming in contact with readioactive mass. Contrary to pop-culture and cartoons, they don't typically wear "lead-lined" suits because the amount of lead needed for most applications would make the suit way too heavy. \n\nThese peole do limit their exposure to the radiation. For example Chernobyl is still a mess, but during part of the cleanup process, military personnel were permitted two minutes of exposure per person as the shoveled contaminated dirt onto trailers for removal from the area. The two minutes was not a daily exposure limit, it was a lifetime exposure limit.
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Iodine does not block the formation of T3 and T4, but the key element. During the process of transformation, iodine binds with other polymers and become ionized, a state called iodide. Only when ionized, can iodine be active and interact with other elements. \n\nThe cause of goiter is iodine deficiency, and the body tries to compensate the deficiency with enlarged thryroid gland. T3 and T4 both are beneficial to goiter. The difference is T4 is usually converted to T3 by deiodinases, so T3 is considered as the major thryroid hormone, altough the plasma concentration of T4 is much higher.
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It's a lie, it's like cell phones causing gas stations to blow up. I work for a package delievery service and we ship optic mice, cell phones and what not all the time, and if something edmits radioactivity it's required to be labeled, even if it doesn't emit the radiation when it's turned off. the only thing you have in ur home that is slightly radioactive is ur smoke detectors.which are class 1, meaning as long as u dont eat them you'll be fine
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James's answer about the amounts you would need to inhale/absorb are correct, but I would disagree with his "rare" statement.  A lot of depleted Uranium is used by the military in armour piercing rounds as it is about 10 to 100 times denser than lead.\n\nUnfortunately its use is hazardous and exposes the operators and the target to highly absorbable vapourised and finely powdered depleted Uranium.  This has been linked with Gulf war syndrome in our troops from both Gulf wars where a lot of armour piercing  ammuntion was fired.  The effects on the target are unknown, and we should be watching for signs of radiation sickness in the Iraqi population and rise in birth defects etc as this toxic material builds up in the population.