Better Counter-measures for Curtailing Whole Body Retention of Radiostrontium

Accidents are always sudden. They happen despite considerable developments in the safety techniques/warning systems, affecting not only the workers directly involved, but also the people around. This is evident from the reported article on the 15th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, entitled: “15 years on, Chernobyl survivors relive the nightmare” by Philippe Coumarianos (Times of India, April 26, 2001). Herein, the author reports, that an estimated 15,000 to 30,000 people have died as a result of the nuclear explosion, which spewed radiation into the atmosphere equivalent to 500 times that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. This is in direct contrast with the official figure that total fatal cases were only 29 workers.