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 tablets ...

The Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station. The Pennsylvania Department of Health will soon distribute free potassium iodide tablets to residents who live, work, or study within 10 miles of the Beaver ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Japanese authorities grappling with a nuclear disaster must hand out iodine tablets now and as widely as possible to avoid a potential leap in thyroid cancers, the head of a group of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have synthesised a porous, ultralight aerogel that can adsorb radioactive iodine from vapour and aqueous mediums 1. Radioactive iodine is a byproduct of the fission of uranium atoms in ...