"Radioactive Water Leak at Minnesota Nuclear Plant Being Cleaned Up"
TL;DR
Officials are monitoring the clean-up of a leak of 400,000 gallons (1.5m litres) of radioactive water from a local nuclear power plant in Minnesota. The leak was first discovered in late November, but state officials did not notify the public until Thursday. The water contains tritium, a common by-product of nuclear plant operations. Roughly one-quarter of the spilled tritium has been recovered so far, and Xcel has said it may build above-ground storage tanks to store the contaminated water.
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- Clean-up of radioactive water leak ongoing at Minnesota nuclear plant BBC
- Xcel Energy cleaning up radioactive leak in Monticello WCCO - CBS Minnesota
- Nuclear power plant leaks 400,000 gallons of radioactive water NBC News
- Xcel: Radioactive water leaked in November at Monticello nuclear plant MPR News
- Nuclear Plant Near Minneapolis Reports Leak of Tainted Water Bloomberg
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