Comment: Wonder how the neighbors felt hearing this siren, comforting, right!
by Today's Sunbeam
Tuesday April 21, 2009, 9:02 PM
LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK TWP. -- An emergency warning siren, designed to alert residents of a problem at the neighboring nuclear power plants, was mistakenly sounded for about two minutes on Monday, officials said.
Three of the sirens here were impacted when a power outage occurred in the area. The three sirens automatically switched over to battery backup power. When this took place, the county 9-1-1 Center received an alarm noting the switch to battery power, officials said today.
When acknowledging the switch, a dispatcher at the center mistakenly hit a button at about 12:50 p.m. which activated one of the sirens for about two minutes. Made aware of the mistake, the emergency center turned off the siren, according to a report filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the agency which oversees operation of the nation's nuclear power plants, including emergency warning systems.
Lower Alloways Creek and state police officials were notified of the mistake and LAC Police visited the Lower Alloways Creek Township School near where the activated siren was located to let school officials know the siren sounding was a mistake.
The sirens are located in Salem and Cumberland counties and in Delaware within the 10-mile radius from the Artificial Island nuclear generating complex which is operated by PSEG Nuclear.
http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2009/04/emergency_nuclear_power_plant.html
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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