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Appendix C: Potassium Iodide Distribution in the States
Pages 188-206

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From page 189...
... Maine discontinued its distribution program after the decommissioning of the Maine Yankee power plant (Maine Bureau of Health, 20031. Several states with commercial NPPs have thus far decided not to distribute KI.
From page 190...
... Iowa Bureau of Radiological Health prepared information notice on KI for people seeking information in wake of mass-media attention on distribution of KI to postal workers (Iowa Department of Public Health 2003~. Louisiana During event, KI will be authorized for Response to Request emergency workers and institutionalized for Information; people unable to evacuate quickly.
From page 191...
... Wisconsin No KI stockpiled for general public or special Response to Request populations for any emergency planning zone for Information for the three relevant NPPs. Some KI stockpiled for emergency workers.
From page 192...
... When the emergency classification level is at the "Alert" stage, the state Office of Emergency Services plans to deliver KI to the evacuation centers if the situation appears to worsen or on request of a county operational area. All costs of the California KI distribution program are covered by the owners of the state's two commercial NPPs with other costs of emergency planning, training, and exercises.
From page 193...
... Before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission offering of KI, the state made Kit available for designated emergency workers and immobile populations. After the offering, the state acquired 360,000 tablets to cover 180,000 people within the EPZ for six sites.
From page 194...
... The state advises that the dosages provided in the FDA 2001a guidelines be given and further that "these guidelines are important to follow, particularly for children and infants whose thyroid glands are more active than adult thyroids and thus more sensitive to iodine levels" (Illinois Emergency Management Agency, 2002~. The state also advises that "in instances where KI is given to a newborn, the infant should be monitored by a physician for symptoms of transient hypothyroidism following administration of the drug." The state further cautions under the header "KI Is Not Safe For Everyone!
From page 195...
... Originally, New Hampshire's Radiological Emergency Response Plan provided for issuing KI to emergency workers and institutionalized persons but not the general public. After the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's offer, New Hampshire acquired 350,000 tablets for distribution in a voluntary program covering the public living, working, or attending school within the 10mile EPZ.
From page 196...
... The state requested 660,000 tablets from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and engaged in a predistribution program of one tablet per person for each employee or resident within the l O-mile EPZ of the three nuclear facilities- two in Massachusetts and one in Vermont. Completion of a KI request form from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health was required (MDPH)
From page 197...
... , stockpiling for the general and special populations, and postaccident distribution. Some I.2 million tablets were received from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for distribution.
From page 198...
... With the information came a coupon for obtaining KI. About 40°/O of the amount received from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was distributed to the public by voluntary pickup.
From page 199...
... Before KI was made available to the states by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a Kit working group consisting of state government and other experts concluded that the state should expand its KI distribution program beyond its policy of providing KI to emergency workers and special difficult-to-evacuate groups (Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 2001~. Pennsylvania recently acquired KI from the Commission and offered free tablets to all residents living within the 10-mile EPZ of the states five nuclear facilities (Pennsylvania Department of Health, 20031.
From page 200...
... People with contraindications require medical releases. After 6 months fewer than 5°/O of residents had requested dosages, 3,000-4,000 dosages had been distributed to public schools, and there had been partial distribution to child-care facilities, hospitals, nursing homes, and private schools.
From page 201...
... The health-services coordinator may recommend that KI be administered when specific exposure is not known. Virginia received 660,000 dosages of KI from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to cover the estimated 330,000 people who live, work, or visit within 10 miles of the two NPPs in the state (Virginia Department of Health, 2002a,b)
From page 202...
... The state is developing a working group in the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. The plan would cover residents in Hancock County who reside within 10 mile of the EPZ in Shippingport, Pennsylvania.
From page 203...
... Delaware requests potassium iodide from Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Available at http://www.state.de.us/dema/pages/press_rel.htm.
From page 204...
... Radiological Emergency Preparedness Handbook. Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, 444 Cedar Street, Suite 223, St.
From page 205...
... Available at Missouri State Emergency Management Agency Web site http://www.sema.state.mo.us/sho/o2oannexo/o2oj.pdf.
From page 206...
... News. State Health Commissioner Announces Distribution Plans for Potassium Iodide Near Virginia Nuclear Power Plant.


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