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Excerpts from this story referencing "KI tablets":

"… diseases.The U.S. government has purchased and distributed millions of the KI tablets in the last decade. States have offered them to the citizenry in different …"

"… , D-Mass., said this week. He urged the Obama administration to distribute KI tablets to all U.S. communities within a 20-mile radius of a nuclear power plant.I …"

"… h nuclear power facilities, according to NRC records, 22 have accepted the KI tablets from the federal government for the protection of their affected communiti …"

"… be sheltering in your homes or businesses.”Those Kansans who still want KI tablets, the state suggests, can order them through the Internet.Markey says that …"