Entergy to Test Indian Point Siren System

CORTLANDT, NY – The Indian Point Energy Center will test its emergency notification sirens Wednesday during a regular quarterly test of the system. As part of this test, sirens will sound at full volume for roughly four minutes between 6 and 6:30 p.m. in Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and Putnam counties.

Because this is only a test, the public is not required to respond.

PLEASE NOTE: 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 EAS radio or television station for important information and direction.

These stations are listed in the emergency planning booklet mailed to households and businesses in the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone around Indian Point. An electronic version of the booklet is posted on the Indian Point web site.

Additional information about emergency planning related to Indian Point can be found on the New York State Office of Emergency Management’s web site.

Indian Point Energy Center, in Buchanan, N.Y., is home to two operating nuclear power plants, Unit 2 and Unit 3, which can generate approximately 2,000 megawatts of electricity for homes, business and public facilities in New York City and Westchester County. Indian Point Unit 2 began commercial operation in 1974 and Unit 3 in 1976. Entergy purchased Unit 3 in 2000 from the New York Power Authority and Unit 2 -- along with the permanently closed Unit 1 -- in 2001 from Consolidated Edison.

In 2017, Entergy, New York State and Riverkeeper agreed to shut down Units 2 and 3 by 2022. Task forces and consultants are working on the difficult issues of job loss, property tax revenue loss, clean up, storage of nuclear waste, and re-use of the site.