There will be maintenance work on the public warning siren system in Oak Ridge during the week of January 23, and people in the area might occasionally hear audio from individual sirens around the Y-12 National Security Complex.
The sirens are strategically placed to notify the public in the unlikely event of an on-site emergency that has impacts beyond the site boundary.
In case of an actual emergency on the Oak Ridge Reservation, sirens will sound simultaneously with the standard tone.
For more information about what to do in the event of an emergency visit the Y-12 website at www.y12.doe.gov/about/emergency-public-information.