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Alert Declared, No Protective Actions Necessary

At 8:06 a.m. on November 29 Progress Energy informed the Lee County Emergency Management Agency that an Alert was declared at the Progress Energy’s Harris Nuclear Plant in southern Wake County. An Alert is an emergency classification used by plant personnel when abnormal events have the potential to impact equipment or public health and safety.

County officials said the current situation at the plant poses no threat to public health and safety, and there is no need for protective actions at this time.

Progress Energy informed the county officials of an event earlier today at the Harris Nuclear Plant. County officials are monitoring the situation. Emergency response team members have been notified and are en route to the county Emergency Operations Center where they will continue to monitor the situation.

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