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Thursday, November 08, 2012  Oswego County will test the Prompt Notification System for the 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone around the Scriba nuclear plants on Friday.

Monday, November 05, 2012  The owner of a nuclear plant in northern New York says it shut down automatically when a device failed that controls the water level in the vessel that holds the plant's nuclear fuel.

Monday, August 06, 2012  The Oswego County Emergency Management Office will be testing the emergency notification sirens surrounding the three nuclear power plants at Nine Mile Point Monday, August 6, through Friday, August 10, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Monday, April 09, 2012  The planned spring refueling outage is underway at a portion of Nine Mile Point in Scriba.

Monday, February 20, 2012  One of the reactors at the Nine Mile Point nuclear plant in Scriba has been shut down.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  People living in the town of Scriba are getting a break. Taxes are actually going down by about half!

Friday, December 30, 2011  Oswego County Emergency Management the say the 2012 edition of the Oswego County "Public Emergency Response Information" calendar is incomplete.

Monday, December 12, 2011  Nine Mile Point Unit 2 remains shut down due to a water leak.

Monday, November 14, 2011  You may hear sirens near the nuclear power plants in Oswego County this week. But don't be alarmed, it's just a test.

Thursday, August 11, 2011  Federal regulators say the reactor at a nuclear power plant on New York's Lake Ontario shoreline has been shut down for the second time in less than a week.

Monday, August 08, 2011  Officials at Constellation Energy are investigating a leakage in a containment structure that caused the shutdown of the Nine Mile Point Unit 2 reactor on Lake Ontario over the weekend.

Monday, August 01, 2011  If you hear emergency sirens at Nine Mile Point and James Fitzpatrick nuclear sites this week, don't be alarmed: it's only a test.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  After walking the picket line for more than two weeks, members of the IBEW Local 97 say yes to a new contract.

Friday, July 22, 2011  Striking workers have reached a tentative agreement with management at the Nine Mile Point nuclear plants in Scriba.

Thursday, July 21, 2011  Oswego Mayor Randy Bateman has written to executives at Constellation Energy demanding assurances the Nine Mile Point nuclear plants are safe as a strike nears the end of its second week.