Nuclear Power Plant Siren Systems

[va_nuke_pe]

[quote="Hope Creek ACA System"]Palo Verde - EOWS* 1212's and a couple EOWS* 812's[/quote]

No folks - that's the old system. The new system is all ATI HPSS32 - ~50 of them, if I remember correctly.

[va_nuke_pe]

[quote="Adam Pollak"]This is the "master" list of nuclear power plant warning systems in the U.S. It's primary purpose is to help those exploring around, such as when on road trips, to know what sirens they may come across in certain areas. If all the 64 active plants did not have ocean in their Emergency Planning Zones, the total area with sirens would be around 20,000 square miles.

[list]Palo Verde
[list]Active System: ATI HPSS32[/list][/list]

[list]Arkansas Nuclear One[/list]

Whelen 2807/T-bolt/ATI HPSS32

[list]Diablo Canyon
[list]Active System: Federal 2001s, Eclipse and Eclipse 8[/list]

[list]Active System: Federal Thunderbolt 1003s/ Transitioning to a sytem of T-128's (nearly complete)

[list]River Bend

Whelen of various models

Waterford[/list]

Whelen of various models including new WPS2900's that are being installed this month

[list]Calvert Cliff[/list]

ASC T-128 and T-121

[list]Pilgrim[/list]

Federal Modulators and refurbished EOWS

[list]Cook

Whelen omni's - 2750 series, 2800 series and 2900 series

Fermi

All 2001

Palisades[/list]

All 2001


[list]Grand Gulf[/list]

All T-121


[Fort Calhoun[/list]

104 sirens - P-10 and P-15 being replaced 10 per year with FS 2001-130's


[list]Seabrook
[list]Active System: Whelen 3000s and 4008s[/list][/list]

[list]Hope Creek/Salem (share the same EPZ)
[list]Active System: American Signal T-121s
Old System: American Signal Cyclones, P-10s, P-15s, and Banshees
Backup Sirens (VFDs): 2T22s, 3T22s, STH-10s, Model 5s[/list]

[list]Fitzpatrick/Nile Mile Point

Share the same EPZ - predominantly ACA P-10

[b][u]North Carolina[/u][/b]

Shearon-Harris
System: Fully operational 4/1/2008 with new Whelen 2900's. Also uses TARs out to five miles from plant.
Tested: Once yearly in the fall
Other: Some small town outside the 10 mile EPZ have CD sirens, unknown if they are used with the new sytem [/list]

[list]Davis-Besse

All 2001

Limerick

All T-bolts except for one or two 2001's

Peach Bottom
[list]Active System: Federal Thunderbolts
Tested: Monthly[/list]

Susquehanna

Three Mile Island
[list]Active System: Federal 2001 SRN-Bs, Cyclones and P-10s

[South Texas[/list]

[list]Vermont Yankee
[list]Active System: American Signal T-128s
Old System: Federal Thunderbolt 1000s and STH-10s[/list][/list]

[b][u]Virginia[/u][/b]

[list]North Anna - al Whelen omni's

Surry
System: Whelen Omni's.
Old System: Sentry's
Tested: Unkown[/list]

[list]Kewaunee/Point Beach (share an EPZ)

ACA museum pieces including P-10, Allertor, Cyclone and P-50.

[Rheems1]

Well I was out in Beaver County, Pa taking fire truck pictures and I must say... they have done a good job of throwing 2001's up and taking down Alertors for the Beaver Valley system....2001's everywhere.. hardly any Alertors. There were still a number of Banshee's up which was sort of surprising.

Dave

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Beaver Valley even has Klaxon horns as part of their siren system - they are at the nudist colony along the PA-OH border.

[Fireman61341]

There was a small article in the paper last night that the LaSalle County (IL) EMA will be doing a "special test" of 2 of their 50 sirens for Exelon Nuclear at 2pm on Aug. 14th, the regular statewide test was today a 10am. One quote in the story was: "This upgrade project will enhance the system already in place with newer more efficient battery backed-up sirens". I know one of the locations had a T-bolt the last time I went by there, I'll have to drive past and see if there's something new.

[Fireman61341]

Yep, the Thunderbolt is gone and there's a brand new T-135 AC/DC on a taller pole in it's place.

[E712]

The ginna plant, in New York, has a system of powder blue ACA P-10s and Banshees. There are 96 sirens in their system.

[Matt]

Turkey point has 49 sirens. just installed 2 new 4004's a few months ago. and they have 2 4008's

[Gil]

Yep, the Thunderbolt is gone and there's a brand new T-135 AC/DC on a taller pole in it's place.

Where exactly was that Thunderbolt? I seem to recall another member on the board that found one in Marseilles. What model was it? When was it installed?

I have pics that I took in July 2005, of the T-135 (NON-battery backup) siren that's just off I-80.

[Fireman61341]

The T-bolt that was replaced was a 1000 and was about 3 miles south of town out in the country, there are T-bolts (and many other types of sirens) all over this part of the county for Exelon LaSalle station that were put up in the late 70s. There are 2 Thunderbolts in town: one on the main road into town from I-80 that's a mile south of the T-135 you're talking about, and one next to the school (2 blocks from my house) that I watched them put up over 2 days when I was 8 years old. There was a STH-10 on the west end of town at the sewage treatment plant, but it has just been replaced in the last month with another T-135 AC/DC. There is another T-135/P-50 3 miles west of there.
There are pics of some of them on this thread:
http://www.airraidsirens.com/forums/vie ... marseilles
The red, white & blue siren is a 70 year old model 7 at the fire station, I helped put it on its new tower in '96. It's tested in attack every Monday at 6pm and sounds alert for tornadoes and attack for fires.

Sorry for the long answer to a simple question, just thought I'd throw that info out there.