As Xcel Energy continues remediation efforts following a November 2022 tritium leak at its Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, the company reported that some of the contaminated water has been ...

I.F. Stone famously said, “All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.” The aphorism applies well to nuclear reactor operators, including Minneapolis-based Xcel ...

Minnesota’s 31-year-old ban on new nuclear power plants is facing another challenge from utility companies and supporters of nuclear power, who say the technology is necessary to meet the state’s ...

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed for a second time the operating licence of the boiling water reactor (BWR) at unit 1 of the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant in Minnesota for an ...

including the storage of spent fuel and a recent leak of radioactive water at the Monticello nuclear plant. “We remember the problems that nuclear energy can bring,” said Acomb, DFL-Minnetonka.

In Becker, Amazon wants to build 250 emergency backup diesel generators capable of producing nearly as much power as Xcel’s Monticello nuclear plant in case of a grid outage. The data center ...

In Becker, Amazon wants to build 250 emergency backup diesel generators capable of producing nearly as much power as Xcel’s Monticello nuclear plant in case of a grid outage. The data center ...

At the Monticello plant a gasket needs repair and emergency ... but say follow-up inspections are planned. Water leaks containing radioactive tritium and other chemicals from the Prairie Island ...