as Prairie Island is among the closest communities to a nuclear power plant in the U.S. Public hearings are planned this week on a request by Xcel to store more nuclear waste at the southeastern ...

Existing Nuclear Plant Prairie Island sits about 700 yards away from the nuclear power plant and more than 1,000 tons of radioactive waste, closer than any other community in the United States ...

The politics of nuclear power today in Minnesota reflect ... free goals hinge on extending the life of the Prairie Island and Monticello nuclear plants into the 2050s. Those plants generate ...