The accident motivated safety upgrades on all remaining Soviet designed reactors in the RBMK(Chernobyl No.4) family, of which eleven continue to power electric grids as of 2013.
Sodium chloride /ËsoÊdiÉm ËklÉËraÉªd/, also known as salt or halite, is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions. Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of seawater and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms.
1 Sodium chloride in water is known as saline solution. 2  It is a type of electrolyte, sometimes known as a salt. 3  Sodium chloride in water (saline solution) is used to wash out wounds and eyes, especially if there is a foreign body, such as grit, in them. 4  It is also used to make up drug solutions. It is also used to make up drug solutions. 2  Sodium chloride injection is used to replace sodium that has been lost from the body. 3  Sodium chloride tablets are used for the treatment and prevention of a lack of sodium chloride in the body (sodium chloride deficiency).