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Water containing a radioactive form of hydrogen, tritium, leaked out of Xcel Energy's nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minn., in November, state officials said Thursday. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY ...
Temporary shutdown of Monticello nuclear plant power causes fish kill 00:53. MONTICELLO, Minn. -- Late last year, a leak of hundreds of thousands of gallons of contaminated water was discovered at ...
MONTICELLO, Minn. — Xcel Energy began shutting down its Monticello nuclear power plant on Friday after the continuing release of radioactive material the utility and regulators say is not ...
MONTICELLO, Minn. -- An Xcel Energy nuclear plant in Monticello will temporarily shut down after officials found more radioactive water leaking from the facility. The company says they'll bring ...
A nuclear plant near Minneapolis is shutting down after its owners announced water containing a radioactive material was leaked for a second time. The plant's owner said there is no danger to the ...
MONTICELLO, Minn. (FOX 9) - After a leak of radioactive water from the Monticello nuclear power plant in 2022, Xcel Energy officials say their teams have detected a slight increase in tritium in a ...
The leak of water containing tritium from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant "poses no health and safety risk to the local community or the environment," the Minneapolis-based utility ...
This July 24, 2008 photo shows the Monticello nuclear power plant in Monticello, MN. In November 2022, the plant confirmed a 400,000 gallon leak of water containing tritium and reported it to ...
Monticello city leaders said in a news release Tuesday that Xcel Energy, which owns the plant, has collected 53% of the tritium and crews have pumped more than 1.1 million gallons of water at the ...
MONTICELLO, Minn. (FOX 9) - Xcel Energy is working to power down the Monticello nuclear power plant on Friday to make repairs after a new leak of radioactive water was reported this week.
Xcel Energy will power down the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant on Friday to fix a new leak of radioactive water from one of the facility’s pipes. Xcel, which owns the plant, says the first ...