WELCH, Minn. -- Xcel Energy said an "unusual event" caused a reactor at its Prairie Island nuclear plant to automatically shut down over the weekend, but there was "no threat to plant staff or to ...

Unit 2 at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing is undergoing a scheduled refueling outage, Xcel Energy said this morning. Each reactor is refueled about every 18 months, and ...

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, tribal or otherwise ...

Today, the Prairie Island Community is seeking to disentangle itself from a power plant it never wanted. It’s created a $46 million plan to produce net zero carbon emissions within the next decade.

Minnesota utility regulators on Thursday agreed that Xcel Energy Inc. needn't go ahead with a $237 million power-boosting upgrade at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant. The Minneapolis-based ...

Xcel Energy has promised state officials its Prairie Island nuclear power plant is almost back to full power despite the outage dragging on for nearly two months longer than expected. The ...

The Prairie Island plant provides carbon-free energy for more than 1 million customers in the Upper Midwest. Unit 2 of the plant powered down last month for scheduled refueling and maintenance.

On-site storage of nuclear waste has proven controversial, as Prairie Island is among the closest communities to a nuclear power plant in the U.S. Tom Baker for MPR News Go Deeper.

FILE - This Sept. 23, 2005 file photo shows the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone,File) Author: Bill Strande Published: 2:48 PM CST January 9, 2025 ...

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, tribal or otherwise ...

RED WING — Just in time to power all those Christmas lights, the Prairie Island Nuclear Plant completed its scheduled outage in October with improvements for the plant’s future.