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SMYRNA, Del. \u2014 Residents in the Smyrna area should expect to hear emergency warning sirens on Tuesday evening as part of a scheduled safety drill.<\/p>

State emergency officials, Delaware State Police, and Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG) will activate the alert system for the Salem\/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations on Tuesday, April 7 at exactly 7:20 p.m.<\/p>

The routine quarterly examination involves 37 warning sirens positioned throughout Delaware within a 10-mile perimeter of the nuclear facilities.<\/p>

The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) coordinates these regular tests to ensure the alert system functions properly in case of an actual emergency at the nuclear power plants.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

State officials will activate emergency warning sirens around the Salem\/Hope Creek Nuclear facilities on Tuesday, April 7 at 7:20 p.m. The quarterly test involves 37 sirens positioned within 10 miles of the nuclear generating stations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":42785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774527713624.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-b86","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42465,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/nuclear-plant-warning-sirens-to-sound-tuesday-night-in-delaware\/","url_meta":{"origin":42786,"position":0},"title":"Nuclear Plant Warning Sirens to Sound Tuesday Night in Delaware","author":"Admin","date":"March 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Delaware residents near the Salem\/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations will hear emergency sirens Tuesday evening as part of a routine quarterly test. 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