Radiation contamination is a real threat at nuclear facilities, which is why security gets tighter as you get closer to Palo Verde's three reactors. The Phoenix Suns evened up its first round NBA ...

The employee was on his way to work at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Wintersburg, Arizona, at about 6 a.m. when a routine security sweep at a checkpoint found the item, according to ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Seventy sirens are strategically placed within a 10-mile radius of the Palo Verde Generating Station, Arizona’s nuclear power plant, in the West Valley. “No matter where ...

Conventional nuclear power plants usually consist of more than one reactor, each having a generating capacity of 1,000 megawatts or so. The Palo Verde plant in Arizona has a 3,300 MW capacity.