Pipe bomb locks down Ariz. nuclear plant

Associated Press ^ | Nov 3, 7:40 AM | CHRIS KAHN and AMANDA LEE MYERS

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WINTERSBURG, Ariz. - As authorities tried to understand why a contract worker would bring a pipe bomb to the nation's largest nuclear power plant, one thing was immediately clear: The security worked.

Guards stopped Roger William Hurd, 61, at the entrance to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station when they spotted the bomb. He was detained about a half mile from the containment domes where the nuclear material is stored. Officials pulled his security clearances and placed the facility on lockdown.

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Hurd, of Goodyear, Ariz., told investigators he did not know how the bomb got in his truck and was released Friday afternoon.

Sounds like a systems test going on here.

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Hurd, of Goodyear, Ariz., told investigators he did not know how the bomb got in his truck and was released Friday afternoon.

He thought they were just happy to see him.

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Hurd worked as a procurement engineer, responsible for evaluating equipment purchases for the plant, Palo Verde officials said.

Now if he had the opportunity to state that he is undocumented and has rights he wouldn't have been stopped and questioned.

Instead perhaps he would have been given a pamphlet directing him as to how to acquire a non citizen license.

Being that he's an engineer, his presence at the site, was documented and known while being an engineer, well then nail the sucker! /s

I agree, it does appear to be a security test.

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Sounds like a systems test going on here.

I wonder how noticable the bomb was. Was there any attempt to disguise it, or was it laying in the bed of his truck with a "BOMB" label attached.