Emergency sirens to be replaced by cell phone alerts for ‘unlikely’ events at North Anna Power Station in Louisa County - WRIC ABC 8News

by: Tyler Thrasher

Posted: Jan 24, 2023 / 09:35 AM EST

Updated: Jan 24, 2023 / 09:39 AM EST

LOUISA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — If an “unlikely” lawsuit of an exigency were to hap astatine the North Anna Power Station successful Louisa County, you volition soon person an alert to your compartment phone.

Dominion Energy has teamed up with the Commonwealth of Virginia to regenerate alert sirens with Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) opening connected Feb. 1.

If determination is an exigency astatine the North Anna Power Station, you volition person a connection with accusation astir the emergency. The connection is successful spot to supply accusation astir the exigency arsenic good arsenic instructions regarding however you tin enactment safe, according to a merchandise from Dominion Energy.

The North Anna Power Station powers 450,000 homes and accounts for 17% of the accumulation of Virginia’s electricity, according to statistic from Dominion Energy.

Dominion Energy’s North Anna Power Station successful Mineral, Va. The atomic works has 2 reactors which went on-line successful 1978 and 1980 respectively. Together the reactors make 1.79 gigawatts of power. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The alert strategy is called IPAWS and was developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The alerts are reportedly identical successful quality to AMBER and terrible upwind WEAs.

To larn much astir the modulation from sirens to WEAs, visit the FAQ usher connected Dominion Energy’s website.