Regulators monitor tritium leak at Minnesota nuclear plant

Minnesota nuclear power plant leaked 400,000 gallons of radioactive water in November – kept secret until March

https://www.legitgov.org   Previous edition, 15 March: NIH, USAID may have been double-billed for lab projects in Wuhan, China; probe launched   Minnesota nuclear power plant leaked 400,000 gallons of radioactive water in November – and only now reveals it to the public –People outraged after learning Thursday about a radioactive leak in November | 17 March 2023 | Americans are in an uproar after learning Thursday about radioactive water leak a…

Hundreds of thousands of gallons of radioactive water leaked from Minnesota nuclear power plant

Federal officials say the water doesn't pose an immediate public health risk.

Nuclear Plant In US Leaked 4 Lakh Gallons Of Radioactive Water

A Minnesota nuclear power plant released at least 400,000 gallons of radioactive water in November but the spill was finally made public on Thursday. Regulators in Minnesota informed the public of the development and stated that they had been keeping an eye on the Monticello nuclear facility cleanup, as per a report in the BBC. Tritium, a typical byproduct of nuclear reactor activities, is present in the water. According to the federal Nuclear R…

400K gallons of radioactive water leaked from nuclear plant before public were told

Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that radioactive waste had leaked from a nuclear power plant in Monticello — but they didn’t announce anything about the leak until this week

Multiple Minnesota Agencies Monitor Nuclear Plant After Over 400,000 Gallons of Radioactive Water Has Leaked Since Last Year

The Xcel Energy Monticello Nuclear plant is being closely monitored by the Minnesota Department of Health and other state agencies due to the leak of over 400,000 gallons of water containing radioactive water and chemicals into the ground at the site. The water contained tritium, a byproduct of electric production at nuclear power plants, that came from a water pipe on site, according to Dave Peterlinz of KARE11. The Monticello Nuclear Generatin…

Nuclear Power Plant Leaked 400K Gallons of Radioactive Water in Minnesota

Minnesota regulators announced on Thursday they’re monitoring the cleanup efforts by Xcel Energy following a leak of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water from the utility’s Monticello nuclear power plant last fall. The company said there’s no danger to the public. The leak at the Xcel Energy plant in Monticello was not revealed to the public until now because it “poses no health and safety risk to the local community or the environment,” accordi…