- SOUTHPORT — The full-volume, 3-minute test of the nuclear sirens at Brunswick County’s Duke Energy Plant are scheduled for Oct. 7, between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. No public action is required
The quarterly tests take place to ensure sirens function properly. Testing may take place on some sirens more the once, with followups required after maintenance, as Duke Energy’s Nuclear maintains a network of sirens within 10 miles of its plant.
- Because this is a test, local broadcasting stations will not interrupt regular programming to broadcast Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages. If it were an actual emergency, the radio and television stations would broadcast information to the public.
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