Belgium Issues Iodine Pills to All Citizens in Nuclear Emergency Plan – NBC News

The move, which has yet to be finalized by officials, was triggered by a review of emergency plans initiated in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan, De Block said.

 

However, it also follows the discovery in that a senior researcher at a Belgian center which produces a significant portion of the world’s supply of radioisotopes had been spied upon by a terror cell.

 

Secret film of the scientist was found Nov. 30 during a raid on the home of Mohamed Bakkali, an ISIS-linked suspect who has since been charged with involvement in the Paris attacks that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds more.

 

Last month it emerged the film was recorded by brothers Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui, who were among the bombers responsible for the March terror attacks in Brussels.

 

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