Arizona Nuke Plant Locked Down: Bomb Found in Truck

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Arizona Nuclear Plant on Lockdown

Nov 2, 4:33 PM (ET)

By CHRIS KAHN

PHOENIX (AP) - Security officials at the nation's largest nuclear power plant detained a contract worker with a small explosive device in the back of his pickup truck Friday, authorities said. Authorities said it didn't appear to be an act of terrorism.

The worker was stopped and detained at the entrance of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, about a half mile from the containment domes where the plant's nuclear material is stored, plant spokesman Jim McDonald said. Security officials then put the nuclear station on lockdown, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving the facility.

Authorities described the device as a small capped pipe that contained suspicious residue. More...

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