This morning the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station was put into a lock down when a contractor was found to have a potential pipe bomb in his truck.
From KPHO:
NRC spokesman Victor Dricks said the worker, who is involved in upgrades at the facility, was stopped and detained at the entrance of the plant Friday morning.
“It is an out-of-state subcontractor who resides in Phoenix in an apartment complex,” Chagolla said.
Security officials immediately launched an investigation and put the nuclear station on lockdown, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving the facility.
A police dog detected the suspicious residue as the worker was reporting to the job site around 8 a.m., said Damon Gross of Arizona Public Service Co., which manages the plant.
When the residue couldn’t be identified immediately, plant operators notified the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.
No word at this point on the nature of the “suspicious residue”.
Tags: Palo Verde Lockdown, NRC, Palo Verde Pipe Bomb
