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How Trump energy policy complicates a Minnesota utility’s path to clean power
09 Sep 2025 16:25 GMT
… large reactors like those at Xcel’s Prairie Island and Monticello power plants. Boswell … could feasibly host small nuclear reactors.
“Minnesota Power supports an all-of … the “temporary” nuclear waste storage facility on the Prairie Island Indian Community’ …
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Prairie Island nuclear plant advances toward 20 more years of operations
30 Aug 2025 14:11 GMT
… extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. … electricity, enough to power more than 1 million … Xcel Energy operates two nuclear plants, Prairie Island and Monticello.
Xcel Energy … nuclear team that the work they do to power …
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Xcel Energy Receives Approval to Extend Prairie Island Nuclear Plant Operations
27 Aug 2025 20:55 GMT
… to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant into the early 2050s.
“As … County.
The company operates two nuclear plants, Prairie Island and Monticello, and has extended … to our nuclear team that the work they do to power our …
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It’s past time to start protecting US nuclear power reactors from drones
03 Sep 2025 11:37 GMT
… the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Earlier this year … nuclear power plants.
Since then, four drones have been sighted operating near the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant … of US power reactors as well … vulnerabilities of nuclear plants. One recommendation …
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Prairie Island Plant Gets Green Light For Two More Decades
17 Aug 2025 11:50 GMT
… long-standing Minnesota nuclear power plant will continue to … announced that the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant received approval from … Monticello Plant by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory … Prairie Island has two units that produce 1,100 watts of electricity, powering …
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Prairie Island nuclear plant receives approval to extend operations another 20 years
14 Aug 2025 17:50 GMT
… extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. … electricity, enough to power more than 1 million … Xcel Energy operates two nuclear plants, Prairie Island and Monticello.
Xcel Energy … nuclear team that the work they do to power …
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Guest Viewpoint: Nuclear power: Facts and myths
23 Aug 2025 21:03 GMT
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For decades, nuclear energy has quietly powered Minnesota’s homes … carbon emissions. In Minnesota, nuclear power is the state’s … with the Monticello and Prairie Island plants running safely and steadily for … fuel from U.S. reactors since the 1950s would …
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Xcel Energy moves to wireless alerts for emergency notifications at nuclear plants
09 Aug 2025 00:39 GMT
… operating the Monticello and Prairie Island nuclear plants, Xcel Energy has never … Wireless Emergency Alerts for nuclear emergencies offers several … 10 miles of the nuclear plants, in the event … ago. More specific to nuclear plants, energy companies across the …
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Xcel Energy switches from sirens to cellphone alerts to warn public of nuclear emergencies
04 Aug 2025 15:03 GMT
… near its Monticello and Prairie Island nuclear plants in case of an … of the Monticello or Prairie Island nuclear plants are automatically enrolled in … 10 miles of the plants.
The company plans to … to keep operating both nuclear plants into the 2050s.
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How MN's history with the Prairie Island Indian Community could lead to electricity shortfalls
21 May 2025 18:29 GMT
… own reliable base load power, and what that does … leads the group, Generation Atomic, a nonprofit that advocates … railroad and a nuclear plant with twin reactors they were never … tons of nuclear waste generated from the Prairie Island nuclear plant," said …