[P.O.E.]

I think they do this every year. Related post about NY from last year

[Red in Blue PA]

Even if you live outside of the 10 mile radius, these are a good idea to have in your supplies.

[kearnyirish2]

A friend in southeast PA gets these (he lives near a different reactor); I couldn’t imagine having to worry about something like this (on top of everything else going on).

[lefty-lie-spy]

This is nothing but a bad, ill-informed, ignorant idea passed on by one idiot in the government to another idiot in the government.

[fivecatsandadog]

So this is not related to the “credible” threat?

[exDemMom]

This doesn’t make much sense to me. How much do those tablets cost? What is the expense of distributing them? What is the real chance of a nuclear accident?

The city would be better off saving its money. If people want to buy KI tablets in the event of something that is orders of magnitude less likely to happen than a plane crash, it is *their* money. But taxpayer money shouldn’t be used for this.

If the city wants to have a supply of the tablets on hand just in case that one in a billion or whatever event happens, that’s a little different. In that case, the city is not continually incurring the expense of buying the tablets.

[Vinnie]

Thanks
Sent this to my son. He lives a stone’s throw from Monaca.

[justa-hairyape]

Very good idea. In fact if you live near a plant, pick up the tablets yourself if the government does not provide them. What occurred in Japan with Fukushima was that the government tried to cover up the meltdowns when they occurred, because they did not want to distribute iodide and cause a panic. So you cannot rely on any politically based organization.

BTW - Now that we are 2 1/2 years beyond the Fukushima accident, the Japanese government just today admitted they have been dumping nuclear contamination way over legal limits into the Pacific Ocean for two years. In total amounts that greatly surpassing Chernobyl contamination. And it will continue for 20 to 30 years. Latest idea is to build a contamination island just off the coast with contaminated debri.