FEMA: Indian Point's new sirens inadequate
By GREG CLARY
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: September 13, 2007)
BUCHANAN - Indian Point's new $15 million emergency siren system won't receive federal approval until the nuclear plant can prove that the replacements are reliable and will sound at volumes loud and steady enough to meet federal standards.
In a strongly worded eight-page letter loaded with decibel standards and test result analysis, the Federal Emergency Management Agency yesterday said the warning system is inadequate.
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The agency went so far as to note that Indian Point's documentation indicated to federal officials that the company "admits the sirens as installed and tested do not meet the design objectives ... and rather than take corrective action, Entergy is willing to have a system that does not meet its own emphatically stated objectives, as long as FEMA will allow them to."
By GREG CLARY
THE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original publication: September 13, 2007)
BUCHANAN - Indian Point's new $15 million emergency siren system won't receive federal approval until the nuclear plant can prove that the replacements are reliable and will sound at volumes loud and steady enough to meet federal standards.
In a strongly worded eight-page letter loaded with decibel standards and test result analysis, the Federal Emergency Management Agency yesterday said the warning system is inadequate.
.....................
The agency went so far as to note that Indian Point's documentation indicated to federal officials that the company "admits the sirens as installed and tested do not meet the design objectives ... and rather than take corrective action, Entergy is willing to have a system that does not meet its own emphatically stated objectives, as long as FEMA will allow them to."
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