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Arizona Nuclear Plant on Lockdown
Associated Press ^ | November 2, 2007 | Chris Kahn

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bravo; conspiracy; coverup; energy; islam; jihad; muslim; nuclear; nuke; paloverde; terrorism; wot
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One news station said the man crashed his vehicle through the security gate. I am sure more information will follow soon.
1 posted on 11/02/2007 11:28:55 AM PDT by yorkie
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“security was “not comfortable with,” “

Not comfortable with...?

Knowing security...he was carrying ‘common sense’....


3 posted on 11/02/2007 11:31:58 AM PDT by dakine
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Must have been a “Vote For Hillary” poster that he brought in!LOL


4 posted on 11/02/2007 11:32:41 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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a contract worker entered the facility with something that security was "not comfortable with,"

His car? Maybe it was one of those hybrids.

5 posted on 11/02/2007 11:33:17 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. <br> "What happens if neutrinos have mass?")
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Well, we know it’s not the ROP. If the driver was Ahmed Mohammed, the FBI would have already declared “not terrorism related”.


6 posted on 11/02/2007 11:33:50 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Or a copy of the Koran.


7 posted on 11/02/2007 11:34:02 AM PDT by 300magnum (God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. D.Webster)
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KFYI just said he had a capped pipe with a suspicious substance inside.


8 posted on 11/02/2007 11:34:49 AM PDT by donna (We live in this fog of political correctness, where everything is perpetual deception.-John Hagee)
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"...contract worker entered the facility with something that security was "not comfortable with," a spokesman said.

A suicide vest?...............

9 posted on 11/02/2007 11:36:11 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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10 posted on 11/02/2007 11:36:20 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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KFYI just said he had a capped pipe with a suspicious substance inside.

A green leafy substance?..............

11 posted on 11/02/2007 11:36:49 AM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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ping


12 posted on 11/02/2007 11:37:15 AM PDT by null and void (First reporter of the great (5.6) San Jose 'quake of '07...)
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I’m curious about the nationality or hyphenated nationality of the contract worker.


13 posted on 11/02/2007 11:38:40 AM PDT by LucyJo
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My son lives in Phoenix. I hate this.


14 posted on 11/02/2007 11:38:45 AM PDT by spectre (spectre's wife (Zero Tolerance)
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I just hope the nuclear explosion blows away from Tucson, so I have time to flee.


15 posted on 11/02/2007 11:40:42 AM PDT by I slam Islam
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To: yorkie

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/paloverdesecurityincident11022007-CR.html


16 posted on 11/02/2007 11:40:43 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
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To: spectre; All

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


17 posted on 11/02/2007 11:41:35 AM PDT by donna (We live in this fog of political correctness, where everything is perpetual deception.-John Hagee)
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Sounds like amateur hour terrorism.


18 posted on 11/02/2007 11:45:10 AM PDT by AU72
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>>The man lives in a Phoenix apartment complex and is an out-of-state contractor.<<

Do they mean ‘state’ or ‘country’?


19 posted on 11/02/2007 11:45:37 AM PDT by yorkie
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He may be a home-grown al qaeda Wannabee.


20 posted on 11/02/2007 11:49:19 AM PDT by I slam Islam
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