Posted on 11/02/2007 11:28:54 AM PDT by yorkie
PHOENIX (AP) — The nation's largest nuclear power plant was put on lockdown Friday after a contract worker entered the facility with something that security was "not comfortable with," a spokesman said.
Security officials detained the worker at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station and were conducting an investigation. The incident was considered an "unusual event" — the lowest of four emergencies the plant can declare, said Jim Melfi, an inspector with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Officials did not say what the worker brought to the plant. There was no threat to the public, said Palo Verde spokesman Jim McDonald.
Palo Verde, operated by Arizona Public Service Co., is the nation's largest nuclear power plant both in size and capacity. Located in Wintersburg about 50 miles west of downtown Phoenix, the plant supplies electricity to about 4 million customers in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California.
“security was “not comfortable with,” “
Not comfortable with...?
Knowing security...he was carrying ‘common sense’....
Must have been a “Vote For Hillary” poster that he brought in!LOL
His car? Maybe it was one of those hybrids.
Well, we know it’s not the ROP. If the driver was Ahmed Mohammed, the FBI would have already declared “not terrorism related”.
Or a copy of the Koran.
KFYI just said he had a capped pipe with a suspicious substance inside.
A suicide vest?...............
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A green leafy substance?..............
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I’m curious about the nationality or hyphenated nationality of the contract worker.
My son lives in Phoenix. I hate this.
I just hope the nuclear explosion blows away from Tucson, so I have time to flee.
There reportedly is a security situation at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, which is about 55 miles west of Phoenix.
Palo Verde worker being questioned - 37 minutes ago
Watch the video According to a spokesman for Palo Verde, a contract worker was stopped at the plant’s main gate and some sort of device was discovered in the bed of his pickup truck.
The entrance to the plant was immediately closed and that contract worker was taken into custody.
The sheriff’s office is investigating.
The device reportedly turned out to be a pipe bomb.
Sheriff’s deputies are questioning the white male and could search his home. He reportedly is being cooperative.
The man lives in a Phoenix apartment complex and is an out-of-state contractor.
Security teams are doing a sweep of the facility and it is under lockdown.
Saddle Mountain Unified School District was on voluntary lockdown, but that has been lifted. The lockdown affected three schools and 1,500 students.
Officials say there is not a threat to the plant or to the public. They also say it is not terrorism related.
The Palo Verde plant is the largest nuclear electric generating site in the United States.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/stories/KTVKLNews20071102_palo-verde.1cf24f499.html
Sounds like amateur hour terrorism.
>>The man lives in a Phoenix apartment complex and is an out-of-state contractor.<<
Do they mean ‘state’ or ‘country’?
He may be a home-grown al qaeda Wannabee.
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