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Monticello Lions mark 50 years of service, camaraderie and community spirit
18 Dec 2025 13:23 GMT
… at the newly opening nuclear power plant.
For each of them … start building something lasting.
‘Monticello was the plum’
Lions … early challenge: helping organize Monticello’s Fourth of July … observance into one of Monticello’s signature community traditions. …
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Coalition calls Monticello nuclear plant ‘unacceptable and dangerous’
20 Nov 2025 18:32 GMT
… Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant in Monticello, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy of Xcel Energy)
MONTICELLO … , Minn. (KFGO) – The Nuclear … Monticello nuclear plant.
In November 2022, the 54-year-old reactor … coalition calls the reactor “unacceptable and …
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Commissioners address ditches, nuclear power
20 Nov 2025 04:45 GMT
… the construction of any new nuclear power plants in the state be lifted … nuclear plants in operation, one near Red Wing, the other near Monticello … before an additional full-sized nuclear plant could be planned, built …
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Lyon Co. board should have addressed nuclear waste storage issue
18 Nov 2025 08:33 GMT
… toxic radioactive waste — which makes nuclear reactors not a totally clean energy … metric tons of spent nuclear fuel form commercial power plants. According to the … at its Prairie Island and Monticello nuclear plants. As of early 2024 …
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Minnesota’s Nuclear Power Plants Now Using New Public Alert System
08 Oct 2025 19:08 GMT
Minnesota's two nuclear power facilities are changing the way they will alert the public to emergency situations. While it's something everyone hopes never has to be used, knowing how these emergency messages are being shared is pretty important.
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Brown County board approves resolution to repeal nuclear moratorium
05 Nov 2025 07:53 GMT
… commissioners consider joining the Minnesota Nuclear Energy Alliance in pursuing … action to repeal Minnesota’s nuclear power generation moratorium.
“Sherburne … update Minnesota’s two nuclear power plants operating at Monticello and Prairie Island is …
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Xcel shares vision for power mix at Monticello breakfast
09 Oct 2025 12:06 GMT
… general manager of the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, speaks … manager of the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant, told … reactor designs now under development nationwide. In Minnesota, however, new nuclear … the output of the Monticello nuclear plant — or …
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Annual Emergency Drill Today (Tuesday) at Monticello Nuclear Power Plant
17 Jun 2025 13:56 GMT
(image: Xcel Energy)
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is advising residents of Wright County, and particularly those who live in, or travel through Monticello, of an annual emergency drill today (Tuesday) at the Monticello Nuclear Power Generating …
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Should a nuclear plant be on the Mississippi?Regina Birchem, Ph.D.
07 Sep 2025 10:36 GMT
… risk a nuclear power plant on the Mississippi River?
Nuclear power plants release radiation … supply coolant water.
The Monticello reactor is the same type … decommissioning the plant at Monticello. It can be done … aerial views of the Monticello plant and the …
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Guest Viewpoint: Nuclear power: Facts and myths
23 Aug 2025 21:03 GMT
… free electricity, with the Monticello and Prairie Island plants … food processing and manufacturing.
Nuclear energy is also remarkably efficient … fuel from U.S. reactors since the 1950s would … from even exploring new nuclear projects. Lifting that moratorium …