Residents who live within 10 miles of the Peach Bottom Atomic Station in Delta are eligible to receive free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets from the Pennsylvania Department of Health on June 12. The ...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced that the annual statewide distribution of free potassium iodide tablets to residents who live, work, or study near one of the ...

If you live near any of Pennsylvania's four nuclear power plants, you will be able to get a fresh batch of potassium iodide tablets in mid August, to use in case of a radiation leak. But what are ...

Anyone who lives, works or studies within 10 miles of the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station can get the free pills.