Thread: Chernobyl
View Single Post
  #12  
Old April 21st, 2004, 11:19 PM
Krsqk's Avatar

Krsqk Krsqk is offline
Lieutenant Colonel
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 1,259
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Krsqk is on a distinguished road
Default Re: Chernobyl

As far as radioactive iodine goes, much of what we know about it was learned at Chernobyl. The medical applications of that knowledge saved my wife's life--radioactive iodine is used as a treatment for thyroid cancer. At least there's usually some good in everything.
__________________
The Unpronounceable Krsqk

"Well, sir, at the moment my left processor doesn't know what my right is doing." - Freefall
Reply With Quote