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Mar 16 2023
News
Regulators monitor tritium leak at Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear plant
Minnesota regulators said Thursday they’re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant, and the company said there’s no danger to the public. “Xcel 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,” the Minneapolis-based
Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Mar 16 2023
News
Radioactive Leak At Minnesota Nuclear Plant: Xcel Energy Says There's No Danger To Public
Authorities are monitoring the cleanup of a leak at a nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minnesota, after 400,000 gallons of water laced with the radioactive isotope tritium spilled from a pipe at Xcel Energy's plant. The leakage, which happened in November, is contained to the site and there is no danger to the public, officials said, Bloomberg reported. Although the state and federal
International Business Times
Mar 17 2023
News
Xcel Energy and state officials share more information about leak at Monticello nuclear power plant
Xcel Energy says the leak at the Monticello Nuclear Power Plant involves Tritium, a byproduct left over after the creation of nuclear energy. When the leak happened, Xcel Energy reported it to the state and to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but since the public was never in danger, and the leak was contained to the site, Xcel Energy and state officials never felt the need to inform
KARE11
Mar 17 2023
News
Russian energy firm helping China’s nuclear weapons program is ‘direct threat’ to US, GOP warns
House Republicans are calling on Biden administration's national security officials to "utilize the full application of sanctions, export controls, and diplomacy" to block a Russian state-owned energy company from helping China to expand its nuclear weapons program and warn this relationship is a "direct threat" to U.S. national security.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike
Fox News (Online News)
Feb 15 2023
News
Montana, energy groups sue Portland for blocking energy infrastructure
EXCLUSIVE: The state of Montana is teaming up with several energy groups to sue the city of Portland, Oregon, for blocking new energy infrastructure and allegedly discriminating against fuel users outside the city. The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday by Montana Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen in the U.S. District Court in Portland, says the city’s current policies blocking the
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 17 2023
News
Cowboys’ Cooper Rush returns his mayor-like energy to Dallas
Cooper Rush should run for mayor of Frisco. Maybe Mansfield. Why not Dallas? The Cowboys’ quarterback would get votes. Rush went 4-1 last season as Dak Prescott’s replacement as Prescott recovered from a fractured thumb. When the season was possibly headed into darkness, Rush was the light this franchise needed until Prescott returned. The Cowboys’ fan base loved Rush for his work. It raised
The Dallas Morning News
Mar 02 2023
Opinion
The Energy Department Lab Investigating Covid Knows What It’s Talking About
Last night, it wasn’t hard to find random people on Twitter dismissing the Department of Energy laboratory report in the Wall Street Journal and insisting, “That department has no expertise whatsoever.”
Why would the U.S. Department of Energy be weighing in on an investigation into the origins of Covid-19? The short answer is because the Energy Department has a special division that, as
Jim Geraghty
Mar 17 2023
News
400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked from a nuclear plant in Minnesota
Minnesota regulators said Thursday they’re monitoring the cleanup of a leak of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant, and the company said there’s no danger to the public.
“Xcel 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,” the Minneapolis-
Associated Press
Mar 09 2023
News
British rockers The Cure to play Xcel Energy Center in June
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- British rockers The Cure are heading to the Twin Cities this summer. The band, best known for their crossover hit albums "Disintegration" and "Wish," will perform at Xcel Energy Center Thursday, June 8 as part of their "Shows of a Lost World Tour." The band will be joined by The Twilight Sad. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 15, via a Ticketmaster verified fan sale, which
CBS News (Online)
Mar 17 2023
News
Regulators, scientists insist leak of radioactive water at Xcel nuclear power plant posed no danger
Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that radioactive water had leaked from a nuclear power plant in Monticello — but they didn’t announce anything about the leak until this week. The delay in notifying the public about the November leak raised questions about public safety and transparency, but industry experts said Friday there was never a public health threat. They said Xcel Energy
Twin Cities Pioneer Press