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At least someone is worried about this. The FBI says it is "unreleated to terrorism." Apparently Congressman Shadegg has called for an investigation, too.
1 posted on 04/24/2007 2:53:03 PM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: 3AngelaD
....Mohammad Alavi, 49, is accused of illegally downloading information about the plant's operation and taking it with him to Iran.

Get off his case...Mo is probably doing work on his well earned vacation, don't you know?

Oh well....nobody is going to do anything about muslims until a nuke goes off in the U.S....maybe not even then.

When the nuke goes off....maybe it will be near the hill....where Dingy Harry, Ms. Pelosi, John Murtha, et al can hear it clearly.

2 posted on 04/24/2007 3:07:21 PM PDT by B.O. Plenty (Give war a chance...)
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Palo Verde is the only nuclear energy facility in the world that uses treated sewage effluence for cooling water.

Due to its location in the Arizona desert, Palo Verde is the only nuclear generating facility in the world that is not located adjacent to a large body of water. Instead, it uses treated sewage from several nearby municipalities to meet its cooling water needs, recycling 20 billion US gallons (76,000,000 m³) of wastewater each year. At the nuclear plant site, the wastewater is further treated and stored in an 80 acre (324,000 m²) reservoir for use in the plant’s cooling towers.

As far as safety is concerned
In an Arizona Republic article dated February 22nd, 2007, it was announced that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission had decided to place Palo Verde into Category 4, making it the most monitored nuclear power plant in the United States. The decision was made after the NRC discovered that electrical relays in a diesel generator did not function during tests in July and September of 2006.

The finding came as the “final straw” for the NRC, after Palo Verde had several citations over safety concerns and violations over the preceding years, starting with the finding of a ‘dry pipe’ in the plant’s emergency core-cooling system in 2004.

If thing leaks, you will be able to buy property real chaep in Feenix - once it stops glowing.....


3 posted on 04/24/2007 3:08:50 PM PDT by ASOC (Yeah, well, maybe - but can you *prove* it?)
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"So obviously there was something that went awry here."

Start with an employee named Mohammad Alavi. Don't those people do background checks?

6 posted on 04/24/2007 3:17:57 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("The arrogance of ignorance is astounding" NVA 4/22/07)
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To: 3AngelaD
OK. I've got 21 years in commercial nukes. Unless this was part of their "Safeguards" security plan, it is harmless information.
8 posted on 04/24/2007 3:25:15 PM PDT by Timmy
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To: 3AngelaD

What is it with Arizona and industrial espionage? Some guy out here got caught doing shady stuff at an Intel plant, too, about ten years back.


11 posted on 04/24/2007 3:51:09 PM PDT by jakewashere (politically incorrect and proud of it since 1982)
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