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| Arizona nuke plant sealed off after pipe bomb found |
| 2007-11-03 |
| A nuclear power plant in Arizona was locked down Friday morning after security guards discovered a pipe bomb in a contract worker's truck, authorities said. Is there a name on this worker's contract? Plant operator Arizona Public Service called the discovery an "unusual event" and sealed off the site, with no traffic entering or leaving the grounds. "unusual event? Nah, happpens all the time A bomb squad from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department declared the pipe bomb a "credible explosive device." Sounds like some pink panties and rancid balogna coming up for our unnamed worker down at Sheriff Joe's Abu Ghraib The contract worker was entering Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station at a checkpoint for a standard security inspection at the beginning of the day shift. Guards armed with automatic rifles check identification and search under the hoods of all vehicles entering the plant. There was no danger to the plant, officials said. Nope. All our buildings are covered with Kevlar. "This is not a threat to the public," said Jim McDonald, a spokesman for Arizona Public Service Co. "If it had the potential to be, the security guards stopped it." The worker, who has not been identified by authorities, has been arrested. Several hundred contract employees are working on improvements to the plant, which is the largest power plant in the United States. Several hundred? How many are legal? The Federal Bureau of Investigation and sheriff's department are investigating the incident, officials said. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #12 Road rage with a pipe bomb is just not acceptable behavior in the US, yet. We will let Sheriff Joe sort it out. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-11-03 14:24 |
| #11 More here. Names are named. Sheriff Joe is quoted. It does sound, as tw says, as if there's less than meets the eye. Maybe someone intended to kill the guy. Maybe it was a prank by a friend or enemy. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2007-11-03 14:23 |
| #10 Anybody obstructs traffic in southern California runs the risk of a public lynching. Police custody is his only hope. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-11-03 13:03 |
| #9 I know - I got caught in that yesterday, stuck at the Genesee/I-5 ramp - I have the road-widening project at Genesee/Scripps |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-11-03 12:02 |
| #8 Seems like yesterday was national pipe bomb day... Oceanside man faces explosives charges in I-5 shutdown I think the bomb itself was kind of a dud but it sure goofed up the traffic on I-5. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque6305 2007-11-03 11:57 |
| #7 I don't recall if the truck was even his, or if he'd borrowed it. But at any rate, he immediately gave the authorities permission to search his home and belongings without demanding a search warrant or a lawyer. That certainly casts things in a different light. The poor sucker is probably still toast unless a search of whoever owns the truck turns up connecting evidence. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-03 11:49 |
| #6 That was my take, TW. I'm guessing someone didn't much care for him or wanted his job for their buddy. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-11-03 11:21 |
| #5 Probably a pipefitter..... who also likes fireworks. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-11-03 11:17 |
| #4 One article I saw on this yesterday said the gentleman was a long term contractor, aged sixty, who normally rode his motorcycle to work. I don't recall if the truck was even his, or if he'd borrowed it. But at any rate, he immediately gave the authorities permission to search his home and belongings without demanding a search warrant or a lawyer. I haven't looked since, but the man may be both innocent and unaware of the thing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-11-03 11:12 |
| #3 Could have just been a local..... Reconquista reenactor. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-11-03 10:49 |
| #2 Let's please hope that there is some way of getting this maroon permanently blacklisted from all nuclear facilities. Even if there was no malign intent, the sheer stupidity of bringing explosives into a nuclear facility casts fatal doubt upon that person's overall competence. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-03 10:46 |
| #1 Contractors, why do they ha...., ok, I won't say it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-11-03 09:47 |