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Vermont Yankee Testing Sirens Saturday

Vermont Public | By Taylor Dobbs
Published October 30, 2013 at 1:42 PM EDT

Entergy announced a three-minute test of their 37 emergency sirens within a 10-mile radius of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.

Residents can expect the three-minute siren blast Saturday, Nov. 2 at 12 noon.

The tests, mandated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will affect the following towns:

In Vermont:

  • Brattleboro
  • Dummerston
  • Guilford
  • Vernon

In New Hampshire:

  • Chesterfield
  • Hinsdale
  • Richmond
  • Swanzey
  • Winchester

In Massachusetts:

  • Gill
  • Colrain
  • Leyden
  • Bernardston
  • Northfield
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Taylor Dobbs
Taylor was VPR's digital reporter from 2013 until 2017. After growing up in Vermont, he graduated with at BA in Journalism from Northeastern University in 2013.
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