1LOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK, NJ – Residents near the Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations will hear sirens Tuesday morning as part of a regularly scheduled emergency system test .
The full sounding test is set to occur around 10:45 a.m. and will activate all sirens in the 10-mile emergency planning zones surrounding the nuclear facilities.
Officials emphasized that there is no emergency and no action is required from the public.
According to PSEG , full siren tests take place quarterly — in January, April, July, and October — on the first Tuesday of each quarter. Silent checks are also performed twice monthly to ensure the system’s reliability.
The sirens form part of the Alert and Notification System (ANS) , designed to warn residents in both New Jersey and Delaware i