The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Xcel a second license extension for operating its 54-year-old Monticello reactor on the Mississippi River in Minnesota. The decision will ...

Momentum is building at the Minnesota Legislature to lift the 31-year-old moratorium on new nuclear plants, with newly empowered Republicans naming it a top priority and resistance softening among ...

March 19: About 400,000 gallons of radioactive water has leaked from a nuclear power plant in Monticello, the midwestern U.S. state of Minnesota ... news release that the leak has been stopped and has ...

WELCH, Minn. — Red Wing police officers say four to five drones were spotted flying around a nuclear plant on Wednesday. According to a press release from the Red Wing Police Department ...

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 ...

Two of Japan's nuclear power plants were rattled on Monday when a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck southwest Japan, prompting a tsunami advisory for parts of the region. This map shows the ...

Flood control along the Mississippi ... Upper Mississippi River Restoration program, which funds habitat restoration activities and scientific research on the river in Minnesota, Wisconsin ...

The owners of a shuttered nuclear plant on the shores of Lake Michigan are still banking on its historic reopening later this year, despite the confusion of President Donald Trump’s first days.

Minnesota is one of 12 states that prohibits the construction of nuclear-powered electricity plants. In 1994, the Minnesota Legislature amended a state statute to prohibit any new construction of ...

Minnesota. The 2025 season kicks off February 21 on the American Serenade, which will be embarking on the 9-day “Lower Mississippi River Cruise” itinerary from New Orleans to Memphis. New for this ...