June 1, 2007
Indian Point activates single sirens over two-week period
Buchanan – Entergy Nuclear Northeast plans to activate individual sirens in its Indian Point emergency alert system in Westchester, Putnam, Orange and Rockland counties from Monday, June 4 through Friday, June 8 and again on Monday, June 11 through Friday, June 15.
Entergy selected 20 sirens in the new system for the tests. Each siren may sound more than once at full volume for about four minutes. The tests may sound at 9 a.m., 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Entergy, working with the four counties, installed 150 new sirens in the 10 mile emergency planning zone around Indian Point, including 69 in Westchester, 45 in Rockland, 22 in Orange and 14 in Putnam.
Entergy was fined $130,000 by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for failing to meet a second deadline to have the sirens operational and the company is working to have the kinks worked out and have them turned on by August.
The current siren system remains in service until the new one is turned on.
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