Duke Energy and county officials to test sirens around Brunswick Nuclear Plant

SOUTHPORT, NC (WWAY) — The outdoor warning sirens around the Brunswick Nuclear Plant next month. This is their annual, longer-duration test of up to three minutes.

It will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 8th.

The 38 sirens within 10 miles of the Brunswick Nuclear Plant will sound at full-volume for up to three minutes. To ensure they are functioning properly, it may be necessary to test some sirens more than once. Follow-up testing after siren maintenance may be required after 11 a.m.

Because this is a test, local broadcasting stations will not interrupt regular programming to broadcast Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages. If there was ever a real emergency at the plant requiring the sirens to be sounded, local radio and television stations would broadcast information and instructions to the public.