Surge in iodide pill orders after false alarm at Ontario nuclear power plant
Jan 14, 2020 | 9:09 AM
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TORONTO — Ontarians have placed more than 32,000 orders for iodide pills in the two days following a false alarm about an incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.
Ontario Power Generation says there are normally between 100 and 200 orders per month.
OPG says there were 32,388 orders placed between Sunday and Monday.
An alert Sunday morning warning of an unspecified problem at the nuclear facility was sent in error to cellphones, radios and TVs across the province.
