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Credit Pacific Service Union The state will begin distributing free potassium iodide tablets next month to people who live within a 10-mile radius of the state's nuclear power plants, officials announced Wednesday.

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Credit First Service Union Potassium iodide pills help reduce the risk of thyroid cancer caused by radiation exposure in case of a nuclear power plant emergency. The plan calls for the distribution of a one-day supply of potassium iodide to residents and workers in Cumberland, Ocean and Salem counties within 10 miles of nuclear power plants. Those plants are Oyster Creek in Lacey Township, Ocean County, and Salem 1, Salem 2 and Hope Creek in Lower Alloways Creek, Salem County

Importantly, potassium iodide that is not absorbed by the thyroid gland is quickly flushed from the system through urine.

Card Credit Mobile Service Beginning July 13, the state will begin distributing the supply at locations that will be announced later. At that time, residents seeking the supply also will be given information about evacuation procedures in the case of an emergency.

The regulatory commission said it had earmarked $800, 000 to buy potassium iodide supplies for people living within about 10 miles of a nuclear plant. The United States has 103 nuclear power plants. "The commission has found that potassium iodide is a reasonable, prudent and inexpensive supplement to evacuation and sheltering for specific local conditions, " a statement said. The drug will be given to states that request it within 30 days, according to the commission.

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Credit Public Service Union State officials noted that the distribution of the pills is a supplement to other actions in the case of an emergency, which would evacuation or sheltering.

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Card Credit Processing Service Dr. Clifton R. Lacy, state commissioner of Health and Senior Services, said evacuation remains the most effective way to protect against the health risks associated with exposure to the aftermath of a nuclear emergency.

Center Credit Service Union "Our hope is that we will never have to use the pills, but we are now prepared should the need arise," Lacy said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

Card Credit Service Wireless Lacy said the state also plans to hold town meetings about protection measures in areas within a 10-mile radius of the plants.

Credit Security Service Union Captain Kevin Hayden, deputy state director of the state Office of Emergency Management, said the state is well prepared in case such an emergency should occur.

Credit Report Service With the heightened awareness of possible terrorist attacks in the aftermath of Sept. 11, state officials have worked to refine plans on how to deal with a possible terrorist attack directed at a nuclear plant.

Blogspot Com Christian State and federal authorities have established a 10-mile radius as an effective measure of what areas would need to be evacuated in case of a nuclear emergency.

Christian Counseling Credit In Ocean County, the municipalities affected include: Barnegat, Barnegat Light, Beachwood, Berkeley, Dover, Harvey Cedars, Island Heights, Lacey, Long Beach, Pine Beach, Ocean, Ocean Gate, Seaside Park, Ship Bottom, South Toms River, Stafford and Surf City.

Credit Federal Service Union In Cumberland County, just next door to the Salem nuclear plants, residents in Greenwich and Stow Creek would be affected, county Public Information Officer Glenn Nickerson said.

Credit Monitoring Service "What we know from the local end is that we will be making arrangements in Cumberland County and Salem County for distribution of KI (potassium iodide) in July, with details still to be worked out," Nickerson said. "We don't have any further details, but we're told there will be a pamphlet issued on how it (KI) should be used. There are some circumstances where it should be used and shouldn't be used. We're told there will be more information coming on this later."

Credit Division Service Living and working near a nuclear reactor in southern Ocean County makes some residents apprehensive these days.

Card Credit Online Service Patricia Costello of Barnegat Light, which is within 10 miles of the Oyster Creek Generating Station in Lacey Township, said she would get her potassium iodide pill as soon as it becomes available.

Consumer Counseling Credit Inc "If in any way I was contaminated by radiation, to the maximum or to the minimum, I think potassium iodide would help me," Costello said. "If you take it by instruction, I think you'll be okay."

Card Credit Fleet Service "If the power plant blows up, (potassium iodide) is not going to make a difference," said Zora Alfonso, of Manahawkin, who owns a flower shop in Ocean Township. "But yes, I would take it as a precaution. You'd be a fool not to take it if you are living that close."

Card Consolidation Credit Fran Mears, of Barnegat Light, gets nervous when state officials turn their focus to the possibility of nuclear contamination.

Credit Free Online Report "It sort of makes you a little uneasy," Mears said.

Credit Federal First Service The state received a supply of 722,000 potassium iodide pills free of charge from the federal government in April.

Consumer Credit Service The effect of potassium iodide has been shown in previous nuclear accidents. After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, Poland distributed potassium iodide to citizens and avoided the increase in thyroid cancer that was apparent in neighboring Belarus and Ukraine.

Center Credit Family Service But officials stressed that the pills guard only against thyroid cancer and do not protect any other organ in the body.

Credit Reporting Service Adults should take a single 130-milligram pill for protection. The potassium iodide pills also are available over the Internet and are expected to be available widely in pharmacies throughout the state soon.

Cca Credit Division Service By Peter Saharko
The Press of Atlantic City - 6/20/2002

Topic: Nuclear

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