more “health” benefits of heavy water
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8/29-30/2006
Iranian Officials on the Health Advantages of Heavy Water Produced by Iran’s
Nuclear Project http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1…
Following are excerpts from interviews with Iranian nuclear experts on the
various uses of heavy water, which aired on the Iranian news channel (IRINN)
on August 29 and 30, 2006.
Reporter: Iranian experts have obtained the technology for producing heaving
water, and this is not only a tremendous development in nuclear science, but
will also open new horizons in the treatment of some incurable diseases. It
is used for the diagnosis of various types of cancer. Heavy water is also
used for labeling chemical reactions and syntheses.
Manouchehr Madadi, Director of the Arak Heavy-Water Facilities: [Heavy
water] is an environment that is completely resistant to decomposition, and
therefore, vaccines, organic substances, and some medications are usually
stored in this environment, and do not decompose.
Reporter: The heavy-water reactor in Iran is a research reactor for
conducting nuclear reactions. It has unique uses in diagnosing and treating
cancer, producing radio-medicine, developing industry and agriculture, and
conducting research activities.
Mohammad Sa’idi, Deputy for International Affairs, the Iranian Atomic Energy
Organization: In various diseases, especially incurable diseases, such as
cancer and AIDS, heavy water is now known to be a factor that can prevent
the disease from spreading and can even eradicate it. Medical science in our
country may become very active in this field, and we may be able to cure
many diseases in the country, and in many cases, surgery may be avoided. The
same goes for the difficult and lengthy treatment of AIDS.
Reporter: One of the advantages of operating the Arak heavy-water facilities
is the production of light water. Light water may play an important role in
preventing cancerous tumors and in controlling them.
Manouchehr Madadi: [Light water] can be included in people’s diets, and can
be consumed like regular water. Thus, even healthy people will become
resistant to cancerous tumors, and the condition of sick people with
cancerous tumors will improve, and the tumors will stop growing. In
principle, the membrane of the cancerous cells is made of a certain type of
protein. Deuterium-depleted water severely damages the membrane of the
cancerous cells, and consumes the protein of the membrane.
Reporter: According to the research, when animals sick with cancer consumed
light water, the tumor stopped growing in 70% of the cases, and in 59% of
the cases, the cancerous cells were destroyed.
[…]
Azim Arbabi, former advisor to the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization: The
water we use daily, which is in the sea and everywhere - each 5 cubic meters
contains less than one liter of heavy water. Heavy water is not dangerous to
anyone. If you give me a glass of heavy water - I will drink it. It is not
dangerous.
[…]
Heavy water can be used for nuclear research. This is very useful. In the
past, in order to moderate the speed of the neutrons coming out of the
uranium, regular water was used. Before that, graphite was used. Now one can
see that heavy water is more economical and works better. Heavy water is not
dangerous at all and is not radio-active. As I said, anybody can drink heavy
water up to one tenth of his weight, and nothing will happen to him. If you
drink more than that, you will have problems - even if it’s regular water.
Moderator: Regarding the water heavy water is produced - is it extracted
from running water, which, as you said, contains a small amount of heavy
water, or is it produced?
Azim Arbabi: That’s a very interesting question. It is not produced, but
extracted from regular water or sea water - just like you extract gold, for
example, from river sand. In a similar way, you extract heavy water. In
other words, it is separated by various methods. There is a variety of
methods, and this is not the place to elaborate. By means of electrolysis…
Or by means of the change that… Regular water boils at 100° centigrade,
while heavy water boils at 101.4° centigrade, and this is another method of
separation that can be used. Our colleagues use various methods to produce
it.
