County Health potassium iodide dispensing event for those near Limerick, Aug. 17

As part of Chester County’s ongoing emergency preparedness efforts, the Chester County Health Department is making potassium iodide (KI) tablets available at no cost for people who live or work within a 10-mile radius of the Limerick Generating Station or Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station. The dispensing event will occur on Thursday August 17, 2023, 12:30 PM to 6:30 PM in the Covered Bridge Room...

Limerick siren test slated for June 2

LIMERICK — Residents in the 10-mile emergency planning zone around Exelon’s Limerick Generating Station will hear a full sound siren test at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 2, 2014, as Exelon conducts a test of its emergency siren system. The full sound test is performed on the first Monday in June and December as part of Exelon’s comprehensive Emergency Preparedness program. A shorter, lower pitch test...