Wintersburg, Arizona
Local population: 12,101 (10-mile radius)
Type:
Pressurized Water Reactor
Status:
Operating
Licensed to operate from 06/01/85-06/01/45
Owner:
Arizona Public Service Company
Safety Issues:
Near Misses, Year Plus Outages
Related Links & Documents
01/11/2008 UCS questioned the NRC on how the Insititute for Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) missed warning signs of declining performance at Palo Verde. Download the pdf
11/22/2006 UCS commended NRC Region IV on its identification of and response to safety problems. Download the pdf
11/22/2006 UCS explained how a growing list of safety short-falls led to NRC identifying Palo Verde as one of the worst performing nuclear plants in the United States. See details
09/18/2006 UCS documented the factors leading to the year-plus reactor outage that began in March 1989 in this case study for our Walking a Nuclear Tightrope report. See details | Download the pdf (1.5 kb)
