Indian Point Siren System To Be Tested

GOSHEN, NY — There will be a full-volume test of the Indian Point Energy Center siren system.

The test will be conducted between 10 a.m and 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 15 throughout the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone around Indian Point, including sirens in Orange County.

During the full-system activation test, sirens will sound simultaneously for four minutes at full volume.

No action on the part of the public is necessary or require for this drill.

Officials said, if the sirens were sounded during an actual emergency, residents would listen to an Emergency Alert System radio or television station for information and instructions about any action to be taken. Sounding the sirens is a signal for residents to listen to emergency broadcasts for important information; it is not a signal to evacuate.

The emergency stations are listed in the emergency planning booklet mailed to households and businesses in the emergency planning zone around the plant.

An electronic version of the booklet is posted here.

Indian Point Energy Center was home to three nuclear power plants in operation from 1962 to 2021. Holtec International bought the plant from Entergy Corp. in May 2021. Holtec said it plans to complete decommissioning activities sooner than if Entergy had continued to own the plant.

Indian Point Unit 3 was shut down April 30, 2021, after 45 years of generating electricity. Unit 2 was shut down in April 2020, and Unit 1 was permanently retired in 1974.