PHOENIX – If you hear sirens going off in the far West Valley on Wednesday, don’t worry. It’s only a test of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station emergency warning system. The system’s 70 sirens ...

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 you are ...

Arizonans use electricity. And a whole lot of it. According to a 2016 U.S. Energy Information Administration report, our state used 75.1 trillion watt-hours (TWh). In laymen’s terms, that’s … well, ...

WINTERSBURG - When this reactor at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is operating, no one, let alone a group of reporters, is allowed into this viewing area overlooking its core. But on this day, ...

PHOENIX – The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is testing its emergency siren system in the West Valley on Friday, officials said. The network’s 70 sirens will be audible within a 10-mile radius ...

The operating licences of all three units at the Palo Verde nuclear power plant in Arizona have been extended for a further 20 years beyond the original 40-year licence period by the US Nuclear ...

The Palo Verde Generating Station in Tonopah, Arizona (Source: U.S. Department of Energy). Editor’s update: Unit 1 re-connected to the grid at 11:40 a.m. MST on April 14. Unit 1 of the Palo Verde ...

The fight over renewable energy in Arizona rages on, with Arizona Public Service Co. saying a renewable energy measure up to voters could force Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station to close. The ...

NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Arizona Public Service's 1,314-megawatt Unit 2 at the Palo Verde nuclear power station in Arizona had returned to full power by early Wednesday from 55 percent power early ...

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Arizona Public Service's 1,247-megawatt Unit 3 at the Palo Verde nuclear power station in Arizona exited an outage and ramped up to 42 percent power by early Wednesday, the ...

What does Miss America do when visiting Arizona? If you're Grace Stanke, you head to a nuclear power plant. The current Miss America, representing Wisconsin, donned protective garments and entered the ...