Duke Energy and County Officials to Test Sirens around Catawba Nuclear Station | COUNTY OF GASTON: (https://www.gastongov.com)
Duke Energy and County Officials to Test Sirens around Catawba Nuclear Station | COUNTY OF GASTON: (https://www.gastongov.com)
County of Gaston issued the following announcement on Jan. 5.
The outdoor warning sirens around the Catawba Nuclear Station will be tested between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11.
The 89 sirens within 10 miles of the Catawba Nuclear Station will sound for five to 30 seconds. To ensure they are functioning properly, it may be necessary to test some sirens more than once. Testing is performed in cooperation with emergency officials in York, Gaston and Mecklenburg counties, who are responsible for sounding the sirens.
Because this is a test, local broadcasting stations will not interrupt regular programming to broadcast Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages. If there were ever a real emergency at the plant requiring the sirens to be sounded, local radio and television stations would broadcast information and instructions to the public.
For more information about nuclear emergency preparedness and outdoor warning sirens, residents can visit duke-energy.com/NuclearEP.
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