Oyster Creek Emergency Siren Tests Slated For Dec. 5

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ - Don't be alarmed if you hear sirens wailing around noon on Dec. 5.

Exelon Generation will be conducting its semi-annual, full-volume test of its emergency sirens located within a 10-mile radius of the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station, spokesman Suzanne D'Ambrosio said.

This is one of two semi-annual tests scheduled for June and December each year.

"The sirens are not a signal to evacuate, but a warning to tune to a local Emergency Alert Broadcast television or radio station," D'Ambrosio said,

County emergency management authorities activate the sirens, she said.

Oyster Creek is the oldest nuclear plant in the United States. It went online on Dec. 23, 1969.

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