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Answer to Question #4999 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"Category: Nuclear Power — Nuclear Accidents The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field: Q
I was teaching a Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation course and
a student posed this question: What do you give someone after a
nuclear power plant exposure if that person is allergic to iodine?
A
This is a good question which provides me with the opportunity to address two important and often misunderstood concepts which you can convey to your students: (1) the difference between exposure to radiation and contamination and (2) limitations of stable iodine (in the form of potassium iodide or KI) as a countermeasure. For communicating the subtle but important distinction between exposure
to radiation and contamination, you may find a fact sheet from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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