This is a duplicate of a press release you received previously. In light of recent terrorist events in London, Delaware emergency officials want to ensure that the public is not unduly alarmed when they hear a warning siren the evening of Tuesday, July 12, between 5 and 9 p.m.
Please publicize this siren test as widely as possible so the public will be adequately informed that it is only a routinely scheduled test of the alert system and warning sirens. The sirens will only be sounded within the Emergency Planning Zone in the 10-mile radius of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations.
Details are as follows:
- A test of the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations Alert and Notification System will be conducted on Tuesday, July 12, 2005, between 5:00 and 9:00 p.m.
- Conducted by the Delaware Emergency Management Agency and the Delaware State Police.
- The Quarterly Siren Test involves a three- to five-minute sounding of the 37 sirens followed by a test message of the Emergency Alert System (EAS).
- The Delaware sirens are located within a 10-mile radius of the power plant, which is located in New Jersey.
- If an actual emergency occurs at Salem or Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations, sirens would alert the public to tune to one of the EAS stations for important emergency instructions.
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