AM 1240 WJON » monticello power plant http://wjon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 02:35:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Nuclear Plant at Monticello Shuts Down http://wjon.com/nuclear-plant-at-monticello-shuts-down/ http://wjon.com/nuclear-plant-at-monticello-shuts-down/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:51:37 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=135099 Utility officials say they're investigating an automatic shutdown of Minnesota's nuclear plant at Monticello. Xcel Energy says the plant shut down a few minutes after 11 a.m. on Tuesday.

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