The emergency system for the Palo Verde nuclear power plant is being tested but the command center is underground, 60 miles away from the plant in Phoenix.

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 ...

BUCKEYE - In the event of an emergency at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, plant officials and government leaders will now have access to a $13.5 million center that will help them respond ...

But plant officials said Tuesday that Palo Verde engages in 50 emergency-planning exercises each year, which include elements of the severe-accident guidelines.

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.