Indian Point Energy Center To Test Sirens Thursday

New City NY

13 October, 2020

10:02 AM

Description

NEW CITY, NY - The Indian Point Energy Center emergency notification sirens will conduct a test of the siren system on. The test will take place between 10:30 and 11 a.m. Sirens will sound at full volume for approximately four minutes in Westchester, Rockland, Orange and Putnam counties. Because this is only a test, the public is not required to respond during the siren sounding. According to officials, sirens are not a signal to evacuate. In an actual emergency, the sirens would sound to alert the public to tune in to a local Emergency Alert System (EAS) radio or television station for important information and direction. Indian Point Energy Center is located in Buchanan and has one operating nuclear power plant, which generates approximately 1,000 megawatts of electricity for homes, business and public facilities in New York City and Westchester County. Unit 1 was permanently retired in 1974 and Unit 2 was permanently retired in 2020.