Xcel's shut nuclear plant poised to restart in next week after leak repair
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Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) said Tuesday its Monticello nuclear plant in Minnesota will be restarted in the next week after being shut down due to a leak at the plant.
The plant was fully powered down last week to repair a leak of water containing the radioactive chemical tritium, but the company said the faulty pipe that allowed the leak has been repaired.
More than 30% of the tritium has been recovered from groundwater, and the clean-up process will continue over the next year, the company said.
A state agency said a fish kill in the Mississippi River near the Xcel (XEL) plant was caused by a water temperature change from the shutdown, not by chemicals leaking into the river
The Monticello reactor is approved to operate through September 2030, and Xcel Energy (XEL) has applied for a 20-year extension of its operating license.