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I wonder why they practice distributing iodine pills rather than just distribute them ahead of time? The article reminds me of fraudulent material certificates

I wonder why they practice distributing iodine pills rather than just distribute them ahead of time? The article reminds me of fraudulent material certificates at South Korean nuclear plants. As much as I advocate for nuclear power, I am fearful that more disasters will occur due to human error.

nikaspran 6y ago
Iodine pills have been distributed already. This is most likely for subsequent doses.
- rmind 6y ago
  Yup: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1256930/vilnius-hands-out-iodide-pills-as-belarus-nuclear-plant-nears-completion https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1256930/vilnius-han...
maury91 6y ago
That power plant has a LOT of human error, from the news, it appears they made many mistake while building the power plant ( breaking stuff, pouring concrete in the wrong way, ... ) and they did try to hide it. And many incidents after turning the power plant on. I also think that Nuclear plants are safe, but only when constructed and operated properly, and this doesn't seems the case. - tanks imploding: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1288877/belarusian-ngo-reports-incident-at-astravyets-nuclear-plant https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1288877/belarusian-... - transformers exploding: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1272842/incident-reported-at-belarus-nuclear-plant-days-after-launch https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1272842/incident-re... - broke a reactor vessel: https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-05-rosatom-replaces-reactor-core-that-technicians-dropped-at-its-belarusian-plant https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-05-rosatom-repl...
- cbmuser 6y ago
  Lithuania was operating an RBMK (Chernobyl-type) reactor just 140 km away from that new Generation III+ design and the majority of Lithuanians opposed the closure of the plant in Ignalina. And that reactor vessel was never used, it’s actually still lying on the compound of Atommash in Volgodonsk. Furthermore, transformers have been failing at NPPs in the West as well.
  - maury91 6y ago
    The point is not that they are using a broken reactor vessel, but that they tried to hide it. The construction of the plant was problematic, and it had several incidents while running. You can't trust a government that tries to cover up every incidents that happens and could have international repercussions.
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nikaspran 6y ago

Iodine pills have been distributed already. This is most likely for subsequent doses.

rmind 6y ago
Yup: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1256930/vilnius-hands-out-iodide-pills-as-belarus-nuclear-plant-nears-completion https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1256930/vilnius-han...

maury91 6y ago

That power plant has a LOT of human error, from the news, it appears they made many mistake while building the power plant ( breaking stuff, pouring concrete in the wrong way, ... ) and they did try to hide it. And many incidents after turning the power plant on. I also think that Nuclear plants are safe, but only when constructed and operated properly, and this doesn't seems the case. - tanks imploding: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1288877/belarusian-ngo-reports-incident-at-astravyets-nuclear-plant https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1288877/belarusian-... - transformers exploding: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1272842/incident-reported-at-belarus-nuclear-plant-days-after-launch https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1272842/incident-re... - broke a reactor vessel: https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-05-rosatom-replaces-reactor-core-that-technicians-dropped-at-its-belarusian-plant https://bellona.org/news/nuclear-issues/2017-05-rosatom-repl...

cbmuser 6y ago
Lithuania was operating an RBMK (Chernobyl-type) reactor just 140 km away from that new Generation III+ design and the majority of Lithuanians opposed the closure of the plant in Ignalina. And that reactor vessel was never used, it’s actually still lying on the compound of Atommash in Volgodonsk. Furthermore, transformers have been failing at NPPs in the West as well.
- maury91 6y ago
  The point is not that they are using a broken reactor vessel, but that they tried to hide it. The construction of the plant was problematic, and it had several incidents while running. You can't trust a government that tries to cover up every incidents that happens and could have international repercussions.

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