Palo Verde nuclear power plant west of Phoenix to test emergency sirens

(Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images) (Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images) PHOENIX – Emergency sirens designed to alert nearby residents of a proble...

December 1, 2022
5:28 AM

(Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images) (Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images) PHOENIX – Emergency sirens designed to alert nearby residents of a problem at the nuclear power plant far west of downtown Phoenix will be tested Wednesday, officials said. Maricopa County, state and local officials said in a press release the 70 alarms at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Tonopah will sound at noon and again at 12:30 p.m. An opt-in wireless emergency alert will be released at 12:15 p.m. The sirens will be audible twice within a 10-mile radius of the plant at Baseline and Wintersburg roads, about 55 miles from downtown Phoenix.

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