New radioactive water leak prompts Minnesota utility to shut a nuclear power plant early for repairs
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Xcel Energy to power down Monticello nuclear plant after more radioactive water leaks out Xcel Energy to power down Monticello nuclear plant after more radioactive water leaks out 00:47 Xcel Energy will start to power down its nuclear plant in Monticello, Minn. several weeks earlier than planned after more radioactive water leaked out of the facility, CBS Minnesota reports . The company says it will shut down the facility starting Friday so crews can begin to make permanent repairs after 400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked out beneath the facility late last year. On Wednesday, the plant's monitoring equipment detected that more radioactive water, hundreds of