Xcel Energy cleaning up radioactive leak in Monticello
Xcel Energy cleaning up radioactive leak in Monticello
According to state officials, 400,000 gallons of water contaminated with tritium leaked from a water pipe running between two buildings at the facility.
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0.12 -> a radioactive leak at a nuclear power
2.7 -> plant right here in Minnesota Excel
5.279 -> Energy says it happened at its plant in
7.2 -> Monticello last November now
9.84 -> contaminated water is slowly creeping
12 -> toward the Mississippi River wcco's Alan
14.88 -> Henry spoke with agencies about how they
16.74 -> plan to stop it and why it took months
19.38 -> for the public to find out
23.46 -> Josh Rowan lives about a half a mile
25.5 -> from Xcel Energy's nuclear power plant
27.9 -> to Monticello he had no idea that four
31.019 -> months ago 400 000 gallons of
33.54 -> radioactive water leaked in the facility
36.02 -> yeah that's that concerns me that they
39.239 -> wouldn't somebody would have wouldn't
40.5 -> have told especially the city should
42.18 -> have let us know somebody should have
43.92 -> let us know both Excel and the Minnesota
46.26 -> Pollution Control agency released
48.48 -> statements about the leak Thursday
49.86 -> afternoon making it public knowledge for
52.32 -> the first time they say on November 22nd
55.079 -> they discovered a pipe leaking the
57 -> radioactive water and began working to
59.28 -> fix it almost four months now why are
61.559 -> people just now hearing about this if at
64.14 -> any point there had been a concern for
65.82 -> the public safety we would of course
67.5 -> immediately provided much more
69.659 -> information but we also wanted to make
72.299 -> sure we fully understood what was going
74.04 -> on before we started raising any
76.5 -> concerns with with the public around us
78.659 -> both Excel and the Minnesota Department
80.939 -> of Health say at this point there's no
83.52 -> risk to the public the plant is located
85.86 -> about three quarters of a mile away from
88.2 -> the Mississippi River and officials tell
90.299 -> me none of that leaked water has reached
92.34 -> the river at least not yet the
95.4 -> groundwater beneath the facility it's
97.92 -> been determined that it moves in the
100.439 -> direction of the Mississippi River
101.9 -> slowly but but that's the direction that
104.759 -> it flows or moves underground as Crews
107.52 -> work to keep the leaked water on site at
109.5 -> the plant and retrieve it from
110.939 -> underground they say the rain and snow
113.04 -> we're getting now is actually helping
115.079 -> actually as the snow melts and
117.6 -> contributes to water in the river that
119.939 -> actually creates a natural pressure that
122.759 -> will push The Wider that leaked from our
125.28 -> plant back toward the plant so nature is
128.52 -> actually working with us here which is
130.679 -> good Alan Henry WCCO 4 News the state
134.58 -> emphasizes the leak is not contaminated
136.68 -> any drinking water wells Excel says it
139.92 -> plans on powering down the plant next
141.72 -> month to remove and repair the broken
144.3 -> pipe
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5c6j7UZZA0