Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station will mark four decades this year as one of the nation's largest producers. Here's what ...

Westinghouse is to supply its newest next-generation nuclear fuel product for use in the Palo Verde nuclear power plant under a $250 million contract with operator Arizona Public Services ... A fuel ...

Palo Verde’s three nuclear reactors operate independently; taking one offline for refueling does not impact the other two. About one-third of the fuel in a reactor core is changed out for fresh ...

PHOENIX - The nation's largest nuclear power plant, under increased scrutiny by federal regulators after numerous outages and equipment problems over the past two years, may be facing repair issues ...

Holbert says nuclear power plants are built to survive natural disasters and other attacks. APS says Palo Verde can withstand earthquakes as well as a direct hit from a passenger jet.

A potential problem with the emergency reactor core cooling system at the Palo Verde nuclear plant had gone undetected since it began producing power in 1986, which forced Arizona Public ...

Maricopa County and APS are testing the 70 warning sirens around the Palo Verde nuclear-generating station. By Steven Sarabia Published : Sep. 5, 2023 at 9:10 PM MST ...

Arizona’s Palo Verde nuclear plant testing its emergency siren system Nov 20, 2024, 6:43 AM An emergency siren test for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov ...

Palo Verde is the only US nuclear power plant not located on a body of water, and recycles municipal wastewater from the city of Phoenix for plant cooling. According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, ...