refueling outage

Monticello Nuclear Plant Offline For 9 Weeks
Monticello Nuclear Plant Offline For 9 Weeks
Monticello Nuclear Plant Offline For 9 Weeks
The Monticello Nuclear Power Plant is offline for the next nine weeks for a planned refueling outage. The maintenance includes placing new fuel assemblies in the reactor, adding equipment to increase the plant's generating capacity and eight, new control rod blades. Xcel says the reactor is refueled every two years.