Government and safety officials are conducting a test Wednesday of all Seabrook Station Public Alert and Notification sirens within the 10-mile radius of the nuclear Seabrook Station Emergency Planning Zone.

The test, which is coordinated by the nuclear power plant, the State of New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, will begin at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

All 121 PANS sirens will be sounded during the test, which will feature a steady tone for three to five minutes. Authorities said no public action is needed.

Ninety-four of the sirens are located in the 17 New Hampshire towns in the Seabrook Station EPZ. In the event of an actual emergency at Seabrook Station, the sirens would alert people to tune to local radio or TV stations to get information and emergency instructions, according to the plant.

The New Hampshire Department of Safety said the siren demonstration is intended to “increase public awareness of what the sirens sound like and what to do if they should be used in a real emergency.”

More detailed information on Seabrook emergency plans is available in the Seabrook Emergency Public Information Calendar that is distributed annually to all households and businesses in the EPZ

Does anyone know that there is a nuclear reactor on site at the Pennsylvania State University?

PSU Nuclear Reactor

As riots start to progress across the campus, the thought comes to mind.. “Hey, isn’t there a nuclear reactor near by?”

I certainly hope that we don’t wake up to the news headline, “Penn State nuclear reactor littered with beer cans”

Come on guys; there is a difference between protesting and rioting. Be civil. You are part of a prestigious institution with hundreds of thousands of Alums watching all of this unfold. Be professionals.

It is my understanding there is a large crowd around the entire campus, including the building housing the reactor.  For idiot’s  sake, GET AWAY FROM THERE. You have no business being there.

I would recommend that security be beefed up around this area to prevent any misshapes, if this is already not being done.

More information about the Reactor at Penn State

It’s a 1MW facility strictly for educational and research purposes, and does not support the infrastructure necessary to generate electricity.

Two nuclear reactors that have remained shut down since the Aug. 23 earthquake can’t be restarted until Dominion Virginia Power receives approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the federal agency said Friday.

The NRC sent a letter to Dominion confirming that the energy company won’t restart the nuclear reactors at its North Anna Power Station about 11 miles from the quake’s epicenter until it is given permission from the agency. Dominion says seismic vibrations from the 5.8-magnitude earthquake caused the plant’s two reactors to shut down.

The agency is “reviewing Dominion’s information to ensure North Anna’s systems will be able to keep the public safe and the plant won’t start up again until we’re satisfied on that point,” Eric Leeds, director of the NRC’s office of nuclear reactor regulation, said in a statement.

In early September, the NRC said preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey showed the earthquake caused peak ground movement about twice the level for which the plant about 50 miles northwest of Richmond was designed.

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