Xcel Energy addresses radioactive water leak at Monticello nuclear plant.

Xcel Energy's Monticello nuclear power plant in Minnesota leaked 400,000 gallons of radioactive water containing tritium last November, but the company said it poses no health or safety risk to the local community or environment. The leak was detected by routine groundwater monitoring systems and has not been detected in any local drinking water. Xcel Energy has been pumping groundwater, as well as storing and processing the contaminated water, which contains tritium levels below federal thresholds. The company has recovered about 25% of the spilled tritium so far and plans to install a permanent solution in spring 2023.