(Smyrna) – The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Delaware Division of Public Health have cancelled the Potassium Iodide (KI) Distribution event previously scheduled for April 2, 2020 due to the on-going response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). DEMA maintains a stockpile of KI for distribution in the unlikely event that they are required. The next distribution event is scheduled for October 1, 2020.
KI is distributed to people living within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) of Salem-Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations. Delaware residents living within the EPZ received notification of the distribution via U.S. Mail. In the event of a radiation emergency, state and local officials will inform the public through an Emergency Alert System (EAS) message via local radio stations with instructions on how affected residents should react, directions to evacuation routes and emergency reception centers, when to take the KI tablets, and how they can be obtained if required.
For additional information regarding the potassium iodide distribution program in Delaware, call the Delaware Emergency Management Agency Radiological Emergency Planning section at (302)659-3362.
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3 comments:
What is going on there? Scary stuff.
Nothing is going on. Iodine tablets are regularly distributed to areas within X miles of US nuclear power plants as a precaution, to be used ONLY IF the plant suffers a radiation emergency that affects the surrounding area. Why? You've got time on your hands, so look it up.
They periodically rotate the stock.
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