ML20052F131
| ML20052F131 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Indian Point  |
| Issue date: | 04/12/1982 |
| From: | NEW YORK TIMES |
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| References | |
| FOIA-82-158 PR-820412, NUDOCS 8205120144 | |
| Download: ML20052F131 (1) | |
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Siren Tests to Start AtIndian Point BUCIIANAN.N.Y., Marth 2S (UPI)
Testing will begin Monday on 23 strens designed to warn residents of an accident at tbc Indian Point nu.
clear pow er plant. cfficials sald tod ay.
Cliff Spieler, vice president of the Power Authority of the State of New York, said that testing of the siren s)$
tem in the four county area surround..
ing the plant would continue through Apri16. -
The sirens to be tested include 13 that a ntly malfunctioned during a Ma 3 drill held to test the ability of otDcials in Westchester. Putnam.
Orange and Rockland Counties to re-
, spond to a simulated accident at the nuclear plant.
Mr. Spieler said that officials were j
l uncertain why the 13 sirens either failed to sound or did ra reach full volume. He said that the 10 other sirens to be tested were in sparsely populated areas and that officials did not know if they had wwked during the test. -
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