Swiss distribution of potassium iodide to continue

Zurich (Platts)--29Dec2004

Swiss authorities will begin distributing potassium iodide tablets in
mid-January to businesses and public offices in a 20-kilometer radius of the
country's five reactors. The pills can prevent thyroid absorption of
radioactive iodine if taken shortly before or immediately after exposure to
radiation, such as from a nuclear accident. A program to distribute tablets to
about 1.2-million residents in the same radius was completed in December. The
new tablets are to replace those distributed in 1994 that had reached their
expiration date.

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