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Source: Tennessee Valley Authority TVA is bringing the nuclear
disaster warning sirens for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant into the 21st
century. The federal utility is replacing 108 sirens on wooden
poles that would only work when the electric power was on. The
rotating state-of-the art replacement sirens -- plus four more
new ones -- have battery back-up power and are on stronger steel
poles. "The old sirens have been in place for 30 years now,"
said Tennessee Valley Authority spokesman Ray Golden. "And if we
do have a storm that comes through and takes out power, the new
sirens would still be able to operate in the unlikely event that
we had some kind of significant emergency at the plant and had
to notify the public. The replacements are part of a $7 million
program to update the sirens surrounding all three of TVA's
nuclear plants -- Sequoyah, Browns Ferry in