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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, that department is coordinating the statewide distribution of free potassium iodide tablets on Thursday, August 14. These tablets are for people in Pennsylvania who study, work or live within ten miles of the four nuclear power plants in the state that are active. This event to prepare for an emergency and a radiological release from a nuclear power plant is the only time you can use these potassium iodide tablets. The sites that these tablets will be distributed at on August 14th can be found below:
Beaver Valley Power Station
- Beaver Valley Mall – Center at the Mall
Unit #284
570 Beaver Valley Mall Blvd.
Monaca, PA 15061
Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM
Limerick Generating Station
- Keystone Fire Company
240 N. Walnut St.
Boyertown, PA 19512
Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM
- Kimberton Fire Company
2276 Kimberton Rd.
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Times: 12:30 PM—6:30 PM
- Limerick Fire Company
390 W Ridge Pike
Limerick, PA 19468
Times: 9:00 AM—3:00 PM
- Pottstown Health Center
364 King Street
Pottstown, PA 19464
Times: 9:00 AM—3:00 PM
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station
- East Drumore Township Municipal Building
925 Robert Fulton Hwy.
Quarryville, PA 17566
Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM
- Peach Bottom Recreation Center
5 Pendyrus Street
Delta, PA 17314
Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station
- Berwick City Hall
1800 N. Market St.
Berwick, PA 18603
Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM
- Butler Township Community Center − Gym
411 West Butler Drive
Drums, PA 18222
Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM
- Luzerne County Community College − Public Safety Training Institute
1211 Public Safety Drive
Nanticoke, PA 18634
Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM
You can also visit this website link below for more information about these potassium iodide tablets: