potassium iodide tables

Howlin

Do anyone know where i can get potassium iodide tables in dublin or online?

alan89

Howlin wrote: »

Do anyone know where i can get potassium iodide tables in dublin or online?

Is this because of Japan because if so :eek:. There is no need to worry.:cool:

www.amazon.com - http://www.amazon.com/iOSAT-Potassium-Iodide-Tablets-130/dp/B00006NT3A

Howlin

its better to be safe than sorry and who says there is no need to worry?

effluent

Howlin wrote: »

its better to be safe than sorry and who says there is no need to worry?

You won't need to worry, it isn't as bad as you seem to think. Honestly it is impossible for it to have any negligible affect on us here in Ireland.

I thought our government gave them out before.

alan89

Howlin wrote: »

its better to be safe than sorry and who says there is no need to worry?

The unfolding Japanese nuclear crisis did not represent a significant threat to citizens here however, according to a spokesman from the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland. - http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0316/1224292265206.html

Howlin

they did, but they are out of date now

from what i found each nuclear plant has 7 pools dedicated to spent fuel roods. each pool holds 3,450 fuel rod assemblies and the common pool holds 6,291 fuel rod assemblies. Each assembly hold 63 fuel rods. so each fukushima daiichi plant can hold over 600,000 spent fuel rods, a masssive amount of radiation can be released.

alan89

Howlin wrote: »

they did, but they are out of date now

from what i found each nuclear plant has 7 pools dedicated to spent fuel roods. each pool holds 3,450 fuel rod assemblies and the common pool holds 6,291 fuel rod assemblies. Each assembly hold 63 fuel rods. so each fukushima daiichi plant can hold over 600,000 spent fuel rods, a masssive amount of radiation can be released.

Dude you have looked into this way to much!:eek:

Howlin

well its better to be safe than sorry
and i could either look of info on this or study

Edwardius

Ya don't need to worry. I'd be more worried about an earthquake and a big wave than that (y'know, the things that actually killed people in japan)

deadlybuzzman

Howlin wrote: »

they did, but they are out of date now

from what i found each nuclear plant has 7 pools dedicated to spent fuel roods. each pool holds 3,450 fuel rod assemblies and the common pool holds 6,291 fuel rod assemblies. Each assembly hold 63 fuel rods. so each fukushima daiichi plant can hold over 600,000 spent fuel rods, a masssive amount of radiation can be released.

Is there an imminent danger of the whole thing blowing? If it did how much would it increase the background radiation levels in Ireland?
You wouldve had fun back in 1986

BadCharlie

I think the out of date stuff would still work. Maybe not to the degree in which it would when new, i would not be binning them any time soon.

**Timbuk2**

You have absolutely no reason to worry about radiation from Japan having any ill effects on your health. There is radiation in the very air you are breathing now - it's normal. If you are on a plane, there is an even higher level of radiation because you are above the atmosphere.

But it is much much much less than what is needed to have any ill-effects on health.

Edwardius

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

Is there an imminent danger of the whole thing blowing? If it did how much would it increase the background radiation levels in Ireland?

There is zero chance of a "nuclear" explosion, reactor fuel is nowhere near enriched enough for that. Exposed rods are not fantastic things for the immediate area but Ireland is grand.

JayEnnis

Hello Stephen

alphabeat

you should worry ,

chernobyl dumped alot more **** on us than you were told.

if you were around from 1986 on, then you may already of had a dose
and yes the japanese one may bring it here in the jet stream .

'dont worry' - the words of the stupid.

Doug Cartel

I think the biggest worry for me is that the economy gets so bad they decide to strip mine the uranium out from under the Burren.

Seriously though, this country has fairly high levels of natural background radiation - double the world average - and it hasn't done us much harm. Japan is on the other side of the world and so far no long lived radioactive isotopes have been released into the atmosphere from the plants. Just irradiated seawater with such a short half-life that it's finished being radioactive within a few meters of the plant.

There's no point in panicking until they start spewing out major amount of heavy metals and even then I can't see how iodine tablets are going to be that useful, as with the distance we are from Japan you're talking about long term, low level exposure (if anything), which is not what the tablets are supposed to deal with. They're supposed to stop you absorbing iodine 131, but I think that may have a short enough half life that it would be spent by the time it got over here form Japan. The other one is iodine 129, which lasts a long time, but is much more rare and I don't think there would be enough concentration to have much effect beyond the level of background radiation we get here anyway.

Kepti

alphabeat wrote: »

you should worry ,

chernobyl dumped alot more **** on us than you were told.

if you were around from 1986 on, then you may already of had a dose
and yes the japanese one may bring it here in the jet stream .

'dont worry' - the words of the stupid.

"Worry!" - The cry of the paranoid and ignorant?

Tigger

bananas are good for potassium and seasweed is good for iodine so just make banana ans seaweed smoothy; witha bit of whey for protein

Doug Cartel

Tigger wrote: »

bananas are good for potassium and seasweed is good for iodine so just make banana ans seaweed smoothy; witha bit of whey for protein

The OP is not looking to supplement their levels of potassium or iodine. OP is looking to inoculate themselves against radioactive iodine.

Tigger

the concept is the same

if he wants medcine or medical advice he should go to a doctor

HOW TO USE: Take this medication by mouth with a full glass of water (8 ounces or 240 milliliters) as directed by your doctor or public health and safety officials. To avoid stomach upset, take after meals or with food. Drink plenty of liquids with this medication unless otherwise directed. If you are taking the tablets, do not lie down for 30 minutes after taking this medication. If you are using the drops or liquid medication, use the dropper that comes with the bottle or a medication spoon/device to measure the correct dose. Liquid forms of this product may be mixed in water, milk, formula, or juice before taking. Do not use this medication if the solution turns brownish-yellow.Dosage is based on your medical condition and response to therapy. In children, dosage is also based on age. Do not increase your dose, take it more often, or take it for longer than prescribed or recommended because of the increased risk of side effects.In a radiation emergency, take this drug only when public health and safety officials tell you to do so

It works by shrinking the size of the thyroid gland and decreasing the amount of thyroid hormones produced.In a radiation emergency, potassium iodide blocks only the thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine, protecting it from damage and reducing the risk of thyroid cancer.

Doug Cartel

Tigger wrote: »

the concept is the same

Actually it's quite different. The idea with the iodine tablets is that they contain a huge dose of non-radioactive iodine and are hermetically sealed. You take the tablets and then you're so loaded with iodine that it stops you absorbing radioactive iodine form your food/the environment.

Mr. Loverman

Howlin wrote: »

Do anyone know where i can get potassium iodide tables in dublin or online?

Did you worry about swine flu?

Tigger

Doug Cartel wrote: »

Actually it's quite different. The idea with the iodine tablets is that they contain a huge dose of non-radioactive iodine and are hermetically sealed. You take the tablets and then you're so loaded with iodine that it stops you absorbing radioactive iodine form your food/the environment.

No they work by shrinking your thyroid which will cause thyroid deficiency and should nt be taken unless the risks are outweighed by the rewards

Where did you get this nonsense about radioactive iodine and being so full or "good" iodine that the "bad" iodine can't get you

Did you just make it up lol. That's exactly why boards dosent allow discussions on medicine or medical advice

Doug Cartel

Tigger wrote: »

Where did you get this nonsense about radioactive iodine and being so full or "good" iodine that the "bad" iodine can't get you

I got it here http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/pub_meet/Iodine_Prophylaxis_guide.pdf

Tigger

Doug Cartel wrote: »

I got it here http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/pub_meet/Iodine_Prophylaxis_guide.pdf

i read throught that and can't find what you said i think you missinterperted the "blocking" mechanisim as saturation blocking rather than the acual mechanisim which is to shrink the thyroid in advance of exposure to the radioactive elemnt

the issue is that if a person were to shrink and keep shrunk their thyroid on an uinfounded fear then they will do far more harm then good

read the article you quote on trhe risk v reward and the under40/children/over 40 sections it explains it clearly

also i apoligise for accusing you of "making it up"

a quick google can up with this

How does KI work?
The thyroid gland cannot tell the difference between stable and radioactive iodine and will absorb both. KI
works by blocking radioactive iodine from entering the thyroid. When a person takes KI, the stable iodine
in the medicine gets absorbed by the thyroid. Because KI contains so much stable iodine, the thyroid
gland becomes “full” and cannot absorb any more iodine—either stable or radioactive—for the next 24
hours.

which is what you said to the letter

it is however: wrong


i'll say it again the op should go to a doctor if he/she wants KI

metamorphosis

I'm closing this thread now.