Local Nuclear Power Plant on Alert
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A nuclear power plant in Luzerne County is on Alert after officials report that a toxic gas was released inside the building. It happened around 10:30 Wednesday night at the PPL plant along the Susquehanna River in Salem Township near Berwick.
Emergency Management Agency officials stress that the gas is not nuclear, and did not get airborne. There are reports that the gas is for fire safety.
As a precaution every emergency operations center within a 10 mile radius has opened.
But officials stress there is no public safety hazard.
