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Worker taken into custody at Palo Verde nuclear plant
10:10 AM Mountain Standard Time on Friday, November 2, 2007
By 3TV
There reportedly is a security situation at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, which is about 55 miles west of Phoenix.
Watch the video According to a spokesman for Palo Verde, a contract worker was stopped at the plant’s main gate. Something suspicious was discovered in that person’s vehicle.
The entrance to the plant was immediately closed and that contract worker has been taken into custody.
There is not a threat to the plant or to the public, according to officials.
The Palo Verde plant is the largest nuclear electric generating site in the United States.
3TV has a crew heading to the scene.
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