SMYRNA, DELAWARE (6/30/2015) A test of the Salem/Hope Creek nuclear plant emergency notification sirens will be conducted next week.
The Delaware Emergency Management Agency and Delaware State Police will conduct the quarterly test between 5 p.m and 9 p.m. on July 7.
The 37 sirens within 10 miles of the Salem/Hope Creek plants in New Jersey will be activated for three to five minutes. The siren tests will be followed by a test message of the Emergency Alert System on local radio stations, DEMA officials said.
The same sirens would alert the public in the event of an actual emergency at the nuclear power plants that they should tune radios to those local stations for emergency instructions.