AM 1240 WJON » nuclear power plant http://wjon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 22:01:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Xcel Faces Scrutiny Over Nuclear Waste Storage http://wjon.com/xcel-faces-scrutiny-over-nuclear-waste-storage/ http://wjon.com/xcel-faces-scrutiny-over-nuclear-waste-storage/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:59:08 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=157537 A federal panel plans more scrutiny over Xcel Energy's request for a 40-year extension of its license for a nuclear waste storage facility near Red Wing.

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]]> http://wjon.com/xcel-faces-scrutiny-over-nuclear-waste-storage/feed/ 0 Xcel Energy Operators Ramp Up Power at Monticello Nuclear Plant http://wjon.com/operators-ramp-up-power-at-monticello-nuclear-plant/ http://wjon.com/operators-ramp-up-power-at-monticello-nuclear-plant/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:08:34 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=136147 Operators are ramping up power at the Monticello nuclear plant following an automatic shutdown earlier this week. Xcel Energy Inc. says the plant was restarted Friday.

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]]> http://wjon.com/operators-ramp-up-power-at-monticello-nuclear-plant/feed/ 0 Xcel Energy Xcel Energy Down 2 Minnesota Nuclear Reactors http://wjon.com/xcel-energy-down-2-minnesota-nuclear-reactors/ http://wjon.com/xcel-energy-down-2-minnesota-nuclear-reactors/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:02:21 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=125209 Xcel Energy Inc. has shut down two of Minnesota's three nuclear reactors. The Monticello plant had been operating at 10-percent power since the weekend, and operators shut down Prairie Island's Unit 1 plant Tuesday.

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]]> http://wjon.com/xcel-energy-down-2-minnesota-nuclear-reactors/feed/ 0 Xcel Energy Minnesota House Panel Considers Lifting Nuclear Ban http://wjon.com/minnesota-house-panel-considers-lifting-nuclear-ban/ http://wjon.com/minnesota-house-panel-considers-lifting-nuclear-ban/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:46:55 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=4531 A proposal to clear the way for new nuclear power plants in Minnesota gets its first hearing in the Republican-controlled Legislature on Tuesday. The bill from Rep. Joyce Peppin of Rogers would repeal a 1994 moratorium on construction of new nuclear power plants.

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]]> http://wjon.com/minnesota-house-panel-considers-lifting-nuclear-ban/feed/ 0 Xcel Energy photo of Monticello Nuclear Power Plant