Siren Alert Accidentally Activated At Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant

SEABROOK, NH — State and local officials are telling residents siren alerts they heard coming from the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday were an accidental activation.

Both New Hampshire Emergency Management and Hampton police posted notices informing residents and beachgoers the incident was a false alarm.

The sirens were “inadvertent,” Vanessa Palange, a community outreach coordinator for New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management, said.

“There is no emergency at the plant and no danger to the public,” she said.

On Twitter around 11:15 a.m., Hampton police said, “There have been reports of an emergency at the power plant with messages to evacuate the beach. These messages are not accurate and there is no threat to the public.”

The plant, owned by NextEra Energy, has been online since the 1990s. It is expected to be active through at least 2030, with a 20-year extension after that. The multi-billion company owns Florida Power & Light Company, the largest utility in the country, and has numerous nuclear power plants, solar arrays, wind farms, and other facilities around the United States and Canada.

The company had no statement posted online about the false alarm. Palange said there would be an update once state officials find out what exactly caused the false alarm.

Michael Rosenfield of NBC 10 in Boston posted audio of the what warning sounded like on Twitter.

The alarm comes a day after New York City’s emergency management department released a new nuclear attack public service announcement safety video that has been roundly criticized as creepy and not realistic.

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