WOW.....but they just caught asome sub-contracter guy with a bomb on site of the biggest nuclear power plant in the USA in arizon
http://www.azcentral.com/community/s...each02-ON.html
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 2, 2007 11:45 AM
A suspicious item seized Friday morning from the truck of a contract worker at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station turned out to be an apparent pipe bomb, plant operator Arizona Public Service Co. said.
The plant declared an “unusual event” and locked down the facility in response. The plant has several hundred contract workers on site working on upgrades.
APS said in a press release that the vehicle was removed from the security checkpoint, which is at least a quarter of a mile from the parking lot.
APS security, who check identification and search vehicles at the checkpoint, did not detect explosive material on the small, capped pipe, the company said. But the bomb squad from Maricopa County Sheriffs Office confirmed it was a “credible explosive device,” APS said.
Two elementary schools and a high school in the area were locked down briefly when a plant employee notified the district, Superintendent Robin Berry said.
“This is not a threat to the public,” said Jim McDonald, a spokesman for plant operator Arizona Public Service Co. earlier Friday. “If it had the potential to be, the security guards stopped it.”
Security guards working for the utility armed with automatic weapons check identification and search under the hood of vehicles entering the plant.
Sheriff's deputies were called, but McDonald could not say whether the worker was taken into custody.
The contract worker does not specifically work at Palo Verde but has been on site to do a job that the plant contracted with another company, 12 News reports. The inspection checkpoint is at least a half mile from the actual plant.
More than 3,000 people are working at the plant now, including several hundred contract workers brought in to help with upgrades on one of the three nuclear reactors, which make Palo Verde the largest power plant in the United States.
Note: APS security ? WTF thats like hiring somone from a temp agency!!!
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