Jan 2, 2025 · The federal government has given Xcel Energy permission to continue operating its nuclear power plant in Monticello for another two decades. On Dec. 30, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

Jan 4, 2025 · The federal government has given Xcel Energy permission to continue operating its nuclear power plant in Monticello for another two decades. On Monday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory...

Xcel announced that the nuclear plant would be powered down on March 24, 2023, to cut out a leaking 50-year-old pipe to repair the ongoing leak. Xcel president Chris Clark said that "there is always a risk that it would spill over again and have more tritium enter the groundwater."

Mar 23, 2023 · Xcel Energy says it will power down its Monticello nuclear power plant after monitoring equipment on Wednesday detected more radioactive tritium was leaking into groundwater.

Jan 2, 2025 · The federal government has given Xcel Energy permission to continue operating its nuclear power plant in Monticello for another two decades.

Mar 24, 2023 · 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...

Jan 6, 2025 · Xcel Energy's nuclear plant in Monticello received an extension from the federal government to continue its operations for an additional 20 years. The Minnesota-based company's operating license was approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on …

Dec 20, 2024 · Utility Xcel Energy has announced plans for its last two remaining coal-fired power plants in the Upper Midwest region of the USA to retire 10 years earlier than previously planned while operation of its Monticello nuclear power plant will be extended by at least a decade.

Sep 26, 2012 · A transformer lockout at the Monticello nuclear power plant prompted an automatic shutdown Friday afternoon. Xcel Energy says the malfunction interrupted non-safety-related power, but that all safety systems functioned as designed.

Mar 28, 2023 · According to Xcel Energy spokesman Theo Keith, the plant will return to service "in the next week," but will temporarily close in mid-April for an annual maintenance project.