Indian Point's alarms go off in not-so-silent test
BUCHANAN - A planned silent test of the Indian Point nuclear plants' emergency system gave residents a fright Thursday when an employee pushed the wrong button and set the sirens wailing.
"There was no emergency, but the sirens sounded for a couple of minutes," Jim Steets, a spokesman for plant owner Entergy Nuclear, said. "We didn't get any calls from residents, but Putnam County did and at least they were able to say it was an error."
County officials received dozens of calls from scared residents when the 14 sirens in Putnam went off about 10:45 a.m., said Adam Stiebeling, county deputy commissioner of emergency services.
While some sirens have failed in the past, Stiebeling said the good news in Thursday's incident was that, once activated, all 14 sirens worked.
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