Minnesota power plant leaks 400,000 gallons of radioactive water<\/p>\n
A nuclear power plant along the Mississippi River in Monticello, Minnesota, has leaked more than 400,000 gallons of radioactive water due to a broken pipe. NBC\u2019s Maggie Vespa has the details.\u00a0 AP reported on the details of the radioactive leak that was made public. The article started off with this:<\/p>\n
\nMinnesota regulators said Thursday they\u2019re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water from Xcel Energy\u2019s Monticello nuclear power plant, and the company said there\u2019s no danger to the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cXcel Energy 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,\u201d the Minneapolis-based utility said in a statement.<\/p>\n
While Xcel reported the leak of water containing tritium to state and federal authorities in late November, the spill had not been made public before Thursday. State officials said they waited to get more information before going public with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew there was a presence of tritium in one monitoring well, however Xcel had not yet identified the source of the leak and its location,\u201d Minnesota Pollution Control Agency spokesman Michael Rafferty said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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