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Emergency Planning Information

The health and safety of our community is our number one priority!

Emergency plans to protect the public's health and safety have been prepared in the unlikely event of an emergency at Columbia Generating Station or a Department of Energy nuclear facility. Few events at nuclear facilities are actual emergencies. However, if one were to occur, residents and workers within the Hanford Site Emergency Planning Zone in Benton, Franklin and Grant counties would be alerted by:

People on the Hanford Site will be alerted by sirens and loudspeakers.
An Emergency Alert System message broadcast over emergency tone alert radios in English and Spanish.
Recreationists in the area will be alerted by sirens followed by an audible message.
Emergency messages will be broadcast over KONA (610 AM or 105.3 FM). Listen to and follow instructions.

For additional information, please see the links on the right side of this page.


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