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James Blando, PhD, Corwin Robertson, MD, MPH, Katina Pearl, MPH, Carline Dixon, MPH, Martin Valcin, MPH and Eddy Bresnitz, MD, MS

At the time of the study, James Blando and Martin Valcin were with the Occupational Health Surveillance Program, Public Health Services Branch, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, NJ. Corwin Robertson, Katina Pearl, and Carline Dixon were with the Communicable Disease Service, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton. Eddy Bresnitz was with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to James Blando, New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Occupational Health Service, H&A Building 7th Floor, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625–0360 (e-mail: james.blando{at}doh.state.nj.us).

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires states to consider including potassium iodide as a protective measure in the unlikely event of a major release of radioactivity from a nuclear power plant. We evaluated emergency preparedness knowledge, including proper potassium iodide use, among the general public and emergency responders located around New Jersey’s nuclear power plants. We found that knowledge about responder chain of command, evacuation routes, and some aspects of potassium iodide usage was incomplete among the general public and emergency responders.