The Nation - News from Jan. 20, 1986
The latest incident of apparent sabotage at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station--situated 50 miles west of Phoenix--has plant executives baffled, and that is why they delayed notifying the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for two days after it was discovered. Two electrical wires were found cut in the Unit 3 reactor, which is under construction, last Tuesday. Dan Canady, a plant spokesman, said the NRC was not notified until Thursday “because we didn’t know what we had.” It was the fifth case of apparent sabotage since July.
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