Worried about a nuclear disaster, Poland distributes iodine tablets

Iodine tablets are used to fight against radiation (illustration).

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The Polish government is preparing for a nuclear disaster.

With the war on its borders and the growing radioactive threat, Poland sends potassium iodide tablets, useful in the event of a radiological disaster, throughout the country,

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With our correspondent in Warsaw,

It is the fire stations which receive the potassium iodide tablets and which will, if necessary, be responsible for distributing them.

And the Ministry of the Interior assures it, the stocks will be sufficient for the entire population.

Neighboring

, Poland is worried about a possible radiological disaster and the risk has gone up a notch this week after Vladimir Putin's speech during which he raised the specter of atomic weapons.

But it was the latest reports of the fighting around

that prompted the Polish Interior Ministry to distribute these pellets.

On Sunday, a rocket reportedly fell near a nuclear reactor in the Mikolaiv region.

► To read also: Ukraine: the specter of a nuclear disaster at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant

Although he insists that, for now, there is nothing to worry about, it is a standard procedure provided for by law and the distribution plans will only be triggered in the event of an emergency.

In the west of the country, a leak at a German nuclear power plant earlier this week also raised fears of a major accident which ultimately turned out to be inconsequential.

But in Poland,

is still present and this constant threat remains a source of concern for the population.

The Poles had already rushed to the potassium iodide tablets available in pharmacies at the start of the conflict in Ukraine.

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