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La Salle Nuclear Station to hold emergency drill July 14 · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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Speaker 1: Lasal Nuclear Station to hold emergency drill July fourteenth, Written
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by Shaw Local News Network. This article is being read
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by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Federal
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and state officials will test emergency response plans for the
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Lasal Nuclear Generating Station on Tuesday, July fourteenth, with a
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full scale exercise involving multiple agencies. The drill will include
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emergency personnel from Illinois, LaSalle County, Grundy County, and Constellation Energy,
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the station's operator. According to a news release, the Federal
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Emergency Management Agency will evaluate the participating units of government
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and provide preliminary findings at a public meeting Friday, July
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seventeenth at eleven am at the LaSalle County Emergency Operations Center,
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seven to eleven East Atna Road, Ottawa. The public and
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media are invited to attend the Friday briefing. The drill
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is routine. Nuclear power plants across the country conduct such
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exercises every two years to comply with federal requirements. According
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to FEMA guidelines,