Nuclear Power Plant Sirens across New Jersey

New Jersey has a total of three nuclear power stations with two of the units being currently operational as of 2024. The sirens were installed as a precaution. All three of the power plants used sirens from Alerting Communicators of America also known as ACA sirens. They were installed at all three power plants, Oyster Creek, Hope Creek, and Salem Creek.

 

The sirens for Oyster Creek comprised, 11 Cyclone 125s, 17 Allertor 125s, and 3 Banshees 115s. This system would last a short time before being upgraded with Cyclone and Banshees in the 1980s. This would last up until 2012/2013 when the system was replaced due to failing to sound during Hurricane Sandy. The sirens were replaced by American Signal Corporations Tempest 128 sirens. Oyster Creek unfortunately shut down in 2018 and therefore all of the sirens are now inactive for that power plant. They are still spectacles to look at though.

 

Hope and Salem Creek Nuclear Power Plant had 7 P-10 sirens, 18 P-15 sirens, 8 Cyclone 125 sirens, and 2 Banshee 115 sirens. In 2006 the power plant replaced the system with American Signal Corporation (rebranded ACA) Tempest 121 sirens around 2006 for an unknown reason. This system still serves the power plant today. The sirens for Salem and Hope Creek are still operational.