Limerick Nuclear Plant To Hold Emergency Siren Testing

Residents in the Limerick area and around Chester and Montgomery Counties should expect to hear something pretty startling on Monday afternoon.

The Limerick Generating Station will hold its emergency siren testing on Monday, June 6 at 2 p.m., officials said.

The semi-annual, full volume test of the sirens is scheduled in June and December of this year.

In past years, the test has also occurred in May and November.

Officials said that a much shorter, much quieter test of the sirens occurs on a monthly basis.

Limerick has never used the sirens for a real emergency notification related to the nuclear plant, although police said that the sirens are occasionally used to warn residents of impending severe weather in the area.

The sirens are not meant to signal an evacuation, but rather are an encouragement to tune in to the local Emergency Alert Broadcast Station, police said.

On June 1, Exelon Generation took one of the Limerick units offline due to a malfunction.

The most recent set of tests showed that Limerick was fully in compliance with federal safety standards, receiving high grades from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.