Xcel wants to continue operating the plant into the 2050s. It’s requesting to store an additional 34 casks of spent fuel at the site. But spent fuel storage has a history of controversy at the plant ...

The Prairie Island Indian Community’s approval could be key to securing support from Democratic Farmer-Labor lawmakers, ...

At a Thursday hearing for a new bill to lift Minnesota’s nuclear ... energy transition, any discussion about lifting the state’s moratorium on new nuclear plants must include the Prairie ...

Officials at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant are investigating what it calls an "unusual event" after a piece of security equipment failed Wednesday afternoon, according to a news release. Xcel ...

By 2030, almost 100 casks of radioactive waste could be sitting at the Prairie Island nuclear plant in Red Wing, Minn. According to a 2008 Department of Energy report, even if Yucca were to open, a ...

Monticello Nuclear Plant shut down automatically due to a control valve issue; no impact on electric service expected.

Xcel Energy on Saturday was continuing to fix a problem with a control valve at its Monticello nuclear power plant that was ...

Xcel Energy says they are working to bring the plant back to full operation. The reactor was automatically taken offline on Wednesday. The company says the shutdown is not impacting electrical service ...