TREASURE COAST — Martin County’s Emergency Management Agency, the St. Lucie County Department of Public Safety and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) will conduct quarterly testing of the outdoor warning sirens for the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant at noon, Thursday, Sept. 3.
The test will involve a one-minute sounding of all 91 sirens within the 10-mile St. Lucie Nuclear Plant emergency planning zone. Before and after the sirens sound, a message will be broadcast on the sirens’ public address system stating, “This is only a test.” Outdoor warning siren tests are conducted on the first Thursday in March, June, September, and December to improve public awareness of its function and ensure operability.
The 1,132-acre site in St. Lucie County consists of two nuclear units located on Hutchinson Island on A1A between Stuart and Fort Pierce. In the unlikely event of an actual emergency at the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant, the sirens would sound for at least a five-minute period. Official instructions and information would follow on local radio and television.
Learn more about the St. Lucie Nuclear Plant at www.fpl.com/clean-energy/nuclear/st-lucie-plant.html