Minnesota regulators monitor 400,000-gallon radioactive water leak cleanup

Minnesota regulators said Thursday that they are monitoring cleanup efforts by Xcel Energy following a leak of 400,000 gallons of radioactive water from the utility’s Monticello nuclear power plant.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said in a news release that the leak has not left the facility site or contaminated drinking water sources.

Xcel said in its own release that the leak poses no threat to the local community or the environment, “as confirmed by Nuclear Regulatory Commission guidelines.”

The leak was first detected late last year and Xcel reported it to the Minnesota Duty Officer and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in late November…