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      Xcel Energy's Monticello nuclear power plant is pictured

      Minnesota Nuclear Plant Shuts Down After New Leak Near Mississippi River

      Federal regulators said they are monitoring groundwater for a radioactive compound following the leak.

      Jake Johnson
      Mar 24, 2023

      The operator of a Minnesota nuclear power plant said the facility would be taken offline Friday to repair a new leak near the Mississippi River, an announcement that came a week after the company and state officials belatedly acknowledged a separate leak that occurred in November.

      Xcel Energy insisted in a statement Thursday that the leak at its Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant poses "no risk to the public or the environment," but a team of federal regulators is monitoring the groundwater in the area amid concerns that radioactive materials—specifically tritium—could wind up in drinking water.

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      Xcel Energy's Monticello nuclear power plant is seen in Monticello, Minnesota on September 30, 2009.

      Nuclear Plant, Minnesota Officials Hid 400,000-Gallon Leak of Radioactive Water for Months

      Xcel Energy reported a leak of tritium-contaminated water at its Monticello nuclear power plant on November 22. State authorities just acknowledged they're monitoring the ongoing cleanup effort.

      Kenny Stancil
      Mar 17, 2023

      Xcel Energy in late November told Minnesota and federal officials about a leak of 400,000 gallons of water contaminated with radioactive tritium at its Monticello nuclear power plant, but it wasn't until Thursday that the incident and ongoing cleanup effort were made public.

      In a statement, Xcel said Thursday that it "took swift action to contain the leak to the plant site, which poses no health and safety risk to the local community or the environment."

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