Nuclear plant sirens to be tested

Nuclear plant sirens to be tested

NEW HILL — The 85 outdoor warning sirens around Harris Nuclear Plant will be tested for five to 30 seconds between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9, as scheduled.

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Brunswick nuclear plant plans to test sirens Wednesday

The Brunswick Nuclear Plant near Southport. Photo: Duke Energy Duke Energy’s Brunswick Nuclear Plant officials announced this week that they plan to test the outdoor warning sirens on Wednesday morning. The quarterly test is scheduled to be conducted between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. All 38 sirens within 10 miles of the plant outside of Southport will sound at full-volume between 5 and 30 seconds. Some sirens may need to be tested more than once to en…

In cooperation with the ILS Schweinfurt, the Landratsamt Haßberge conducts a test operation of the fire brigade siren in the inspection district II on Saturday, April 12, at 11.45 am. » read more

Siren To Be Tested

The Dispatch Office at the Sheriff’s Department will be testing the siren on Monday, April 7th. Denni Gatlin, Dispatch Supervisor, relayed the following: “There are two different sirens, each one lasting two minutes in length. One is a steady tone and the other is a fast wave. The steady tone will be for situations where people need to take shelter, an example being a tornado. The second short wav...