On Tuesday (11/8), PPL will begin individual testing of 62 new emergency sirens in the 10-mile radius around the Susquehanna nuclear power plant.

To conduct the test, each siren will be sounded separately and intermittently for several minutes. No action is required by the public.

"More than half of the new siren system is now in place," said Lou Ramos, community relations manager for PPL Susquehanna. "The remaining 11 sirens and the transmitters will be installed by the end of the year.

"The new sirens will help ensure that this vital piece of our community's extensive emergency plan will operate well into the future," he said. "The sirens can be used for all types of emergencies to alert residents to tune in to local TV and radio stations for information."

The blue pages of local telephone books contain instructions about what to do in case of an emergency, Ramos noted.

The company will perform a system-wide test of all the new sirens and transmitters after the entire system is in place. Additional sirens may be installed after the initial test to ensure full coverage of the required area. Once testing reveals the new system is performing well, PPL will remove the older sirens and poles.

The Susquehanna plant, located in Luzerne County about seven miles north of Berwick, is owned jointly by PPL Susquehanna LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative Inc. and is operated by PPL Susquehanna.

PPL Susquehanna is one of PPL Corporation's generating facilities. Headquartered in Allentown, Pa., PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) controls about 12,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to nearly 5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America. More information is available at www.pplweb.com.