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Nuclear Planning and Response
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For Immediate Release
Date 9/6/2024 1:14 PM
Release #: XXX

State officials have recommended and local officials have concurred that persons in the following zones be evacuated.
ZONE G - the area within approximately two miles of Arkansas Nuclear One. This includes Lake Dardanelle, the ANO peninsula, Mill Creek, 40 Acre Rock and London Communities. Residents of this zone should proceed to the designated care center at Hector High School. Persons living in Zone G should take Highway 64 or Highway 333 to Highway 7, then Highway 7 to Dover, then Highway 27 to Hector.
ZONE H - Russellville residents west of Arkansas Avenue and south of I-40. This includes Norristown and the Dardanelle State Park area. Residents in this zone should proceed to the designated care center at Morrilton High School. Persons living in Zone H should take I-40 or Highway 64 east to Morrilton or Highway 247 to Highway 64 then east to Morrilton.

State officials have recommended and local officials have concurred that persons in the following zones remain indoors:

State officials have recommended and local officials have concurred that persons in the following zones shelter in place:
ZONE I - Russellville residents south of I-40 and east of Arkansas Avenue. This includes the South New Hope Community.
ZONE J - Pope county residents north of I-40, south of Bakers Creek and east of the Illinois Bayou.

 

State officials have recommended and local officials have agreed to evacuate certain schools inside the ten mile Emergency Planning Zone surrounding the facility.
 
The following schools were evacuated and taken to appropriate reception centers:

Sequoyah Elementary evacuated to reception center - Morrilton H.S.
Dwight Elementary evacuated to reception center - Morrilton H.S.
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