Both Americans and Canadians live inside the emergency planning zone of Michigan's Fermi-2 nuclear power plant, the biggest Fukushima design reactor in the world. Yet, while Canadians are provided potassium-iodide (KI) in the event of a severe accident, a minimal protection for the thyroid, Americans are denied equal protection. A measure going before Ann Arbor City Council aims to change that and set a precedent.
A look at the EPZ around the Fermi-2 nuclear power plant in Michigan shows an emergency preparedness zone that spans the international border.
Canadian citizens in the “line of fire” for potential radiation exposure, should Fermi-2 suffer a severe accident, are now being provided KI as mandated in December 2017 by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the Ontario Provincial Government.
Americans living on the US side of the border are not being afforded equal preparedness and protection by their nuclear safety and public health officials.
Read the full story on the Beyond Nuclear International website.