The risk to Jordan from a potential gas leak at nuclear facilities targeted in recent regional events remains very low, Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) Khaled Toukan said on ...

The Iranian Health Ministry gave an assurance that no radiation leaks threaten the health of people following the military ...

A nuclear bomb, for example ... Those over 40 years old generally shouldn’t take iodine tablets unless their expected exposure is very high, according to guidelines from the U.S. Food and ...

People living near active nuclear power plants are advised to have potassium iodide, or KI, tablets on hand in case of a radiological emergency. KI is an over-the-counter medication that protects ...

The KI tablets should only be taken if instructed to do so by state health officials. The state’s four active nuclear facilities are closely regulated, secured and well-maintained. The tablets ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Friday, amid fears that fighting around the complex could ...

Pennsylvanians living near one of the state's four nuclear power plants will soon have a chance to reup on their supply of potassium iodide, or KI, tablets. The Pennsylvania Department of Health ...

(WHTM) – The Pennsylvania Department of Health is offering to replace expired potassium iodide tablets for those near active nuclear power plants. The tablets are free and available on June 12 ...

The DOH will offer free potassium iodide, or KI, tablets on Aug. 22 to Pennsylvanians who live or work within 10 miles of the state’s four active nuclear power plants, as part of routine ...

Iodine tablets are in the mail to millions of Swiss citizens as part of the country’s preparation for a disaster at one of its nuclear power plants. In 2014, about 4.6 million potassium iodide ...

Peach Bottom is among Pennsylvania’s four active nuclear facilities, and the state health department hosts an event each summer to provide access to the potassium iodide tablets that plant ...

Tablets will be available to residents within 10 miles of that facility from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on August 22 at the East Drumore Township Municipal Building at 925 Robert Fulton Highway, Quarryville ...