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Prairie Island is one of two nuclear power plants in Minnesota (the other being Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant in Monticello). Prairie Island has attracted controversy in the early 21st century for its operator Xcel Energy's decision to store nuclear waste in large steel casks on-site.
Generating Units Reactor Type Owner Year Opened Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant: Monticello, Minnesota: 671 1 Boiling Water Reactor: Xcel Energy: 1971 Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant: Red Wing, Minnesota: 1,092 2 Pressurized Water Reactor: Xcel Energy: 1974
Xcel Energy on Thursday said it wants to extend the life of its Prairie Island nuclear power plant by 20 years as well as make a significant investment in large-scale battery storage and build two ...
Xcel Energy has promised state officials its Prairie Island nuclear power plant is almost back to full power despite the outage dragging on for nearly two months longer than expected. The ...
Xcel Energy initially pinpointed the cause of a lengthy outage at its Prairie Island nuclear power plant as an equipment issue between the turbine and the electric grid. But that didn't quite tell ...
Elk River Station; M. Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant; P. Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant This page was ...
Xcel Energy says it needs to store far more nuclear waste at its Prairie Island facility to extend the plant's life for 20 years, as it has proposed in its long-range plan. Keeping the plant's two ...
US nuclear power plants, highlighting recently and soon-to-be retired plants, as of 2013 (US EIA). Nuclear power plant locations and nameplate capacity of the top 10 states. Power plants map August 2016. This article lists the largest nuclear power stations in the United States, in terms of Nameplate capacity.