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Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1923272/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1923272/</a> Xcel Energy to implement power shutoffs to 1,100 in Texas, New Mexico amid wildfire risk <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/customers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#customers</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PowerShutoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PowerShutoffs</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicSafetyPowerShutoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicSafetyPowerShutoff</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WeatherForecasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeatherForecasts</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WildfireRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildfireRisk</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/XcelEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XcelEnergy</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedWing</a> Police Respond After <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearPowerPlant</a> Reports <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Drones</a>Andy Brownell Published: January 9, 2025<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RedWingMinnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RedWingMinnesota</a> (KROC-AM News) - "A southeastern Minnesota law enforcement agency is reporting an encounter with mysterious drones."A news release issued Thursday afternoon by the Red Wing Police Department indicates Goodhue County Sheriff's Office dispatchers received a report around 6:30 PM Wednesday from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrairieIslandNuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrairieIslandNuclearPowerPlant</a>. The report indicated four to five drones had been seen flying around the area of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/XcelEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XcelEnergy</a> facility."The news release says Red Wing Police and officers from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrairieIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrairieIsland</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TribalPolice</a> Department responded to the report and observed two drones flying around the power plant and the nearby Lock and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dam3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dam3</a> on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MississippiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MississippiRiver</a>. It states that the officers monitored the drones until they were no longer seen in the area."<a href="https://krocnews.com/red-wing-police-respond-after-nuclear-power-plant-reports-drones/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://krocnews.com/red-wing-police-respond-after-nuclear-power-plant-reports-drones/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RethinkNotRestart</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearPlants</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearPowerPlants</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SecurityRisk</a>

DoomsdaysCWThe Lies Have It: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/XcelEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XcelEnergy</a> Wins Operating Extension for Nation’s 5th Oldest Nuclear Reactor by John Laforge, January 10, 2025"I.F. Stone famously said, 'All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.' The aphorism applies well to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearReactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearReactor</a> operators, including Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy."The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRC</a>) has granted Xcel a second license extension for operating its 54-year-old <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonticelloReactor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MonticelloReactor</a> on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MississippiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MississippiRiver</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a>. The decision will permit this GE jalopy, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fukushima</a> clone, to run until it’s 80 years old — a dangerous feat never been done in the history of nuclear power. The NRC received over 3,000 public comments mostly critical of the extension, but the the commission has rubber stamped 87 of 92 similar requests, so call the NRC Never Really Concerned."The NRC nod is based partly on the commission’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EIS</a>) for the re-licensing, even though the document confirms that Xcel repeatedly made false statements about its massive 2022-‘23 leak of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radioactive</a> cooling water. According to a March 16, 2023 Associated Press (AP) story, Xcel’s first public response to the major leak was, 'There’s no danger to the public.' Xcel then proceeded to understate by more than half the leak’s actual volume, only estimating it was 400,000 gallons."Xcel eventually acknowledged that volume of the leak, from an old corroded underground pipe, was 829,000 gallons, and that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#groundwater</a> plume of reactor cooling water — some of which would later reach the Mississippi River — had a radioactive footprint of some fourteen curies of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tritium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tritium</a> — a very large amount. (For a reference, the 1979 partial reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island released an estimated 15 curies of gaseous radioactive iodine-131 to the Pennsylvania atmosphere. Other radioactive materials went into the Susquehanna River.)"Xcel’s 829,000-gallon leak was always a direct threat to drinking water because — as the company’s own 2023 Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report states on page 13 — 'It is assumed groundwater continuously flows to the river…' The Mississippi is the drinking water source for 20 million people, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Minneapolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minneapolis</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StPaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StPaul</a> and their surrounding suburbs 37 miles downstream from the leaky reactor."Read more: <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/the-lies-have-it-xcel-energy-wins-operating-extension-for-nations-5th-oldest-nuclear-reactor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/10/the-lies-have-it-xcel-energy-wins-operating-extension-for-nations-5th-oldest-nuclear-reactor/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RethinkNotRestart</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NuclearPowerCorruptionAndLies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonticelloNuclearPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MonticelloNuclearPlant</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nuclear</a> corporations often under-report radiation amounts, or take their time about reporting incidents (sometimes only after there's a whistleblower involved). After all, it's all about image and money, not public or environmental safety.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Xcel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xcel</a> fined $14K over unpermitted storage of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radioactive</a> water at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nuclear</a> plantAfter a leak of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tritium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tritium</a> at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonticelloNuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MonticelloNuclear</a> Generating Station was revealed in March, Xcel faced repeated challenges in collecting and storing the tainted water. By Chloe Johnson Star Tribune December 14, 2023"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/XcelEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XcelEnergy</a> has been fined $14,000 for storing radioactive water without a permit in the aftermath of a spill last year at its Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant."Meanwhile, Xcel revealed Thursday that the original spill started a few weeks earlier than the company originally reported, and may have released more than twice as much radioactive water as it originally estimated."The plant, about a 30-minute drive northwest of the Twin Cities, sprung a leak of tritium-tainted water in late 2022. The utility and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) didn't reveal the leak to the public until the following March, drawing public criticism and a promise from state officials to be more transparent."Xcel originally reported that some 400,000 gallons of water had seeped from a broken pipe in a narrow space between two buildings. But on Thursday, it reported that the real amount was more likely between 750,000 and 900,000 gallons — an updated guess based on research the company has done and 'signs that the leak may have started a few weeks earlier than previously estimated.'"<a href="https://www.startribune.com/xcel-fined-14k-mpca-over-unpermitted-storage-of-radioactive-water-at-nuclear-plant-minnesota/600328087/?refresh=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.startribune.com/xcel-fined-14k-mpca-over-unpermitted-storage-of-radioactive-water-at-nuclear-plant-minnesota/600328087/?refresh=true</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MississippiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MississippiRiver</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TEPCOLies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/XcelLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XcelLies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreOversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoreOversight</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RethinkNotRestart</a>

DoomsdaysCWXcel Energy to temporarily shut down <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Monticello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monticello</a> nuclear plant after two radioactive water leaks; company says no threat to publicMarch 24, 2023"On Wednesday, the plant's monitoring equipment detected hundreds of gallons worth of radioactive water since the crews made temporary repairs, and that it had reached <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/groundwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#groundwater</a>. Officials say the contaminated water, containing the radioactive isotope <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tritium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tritium</a>, has not yet reached the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MississippiRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MississippiRiver</a>, which runs next to the plant."When the leak was first detected back in November, Xcel used a catchment and a pumping strategy to recovered the water containing tritium. They say they've recovered about 30% of that water so far. But over the past couple days, some of that radioactive water was spilling over the catchment, creating a new leak."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/XcelEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XcelEnergy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Monticello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monticello</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMoreNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMoreNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RethinkNotRestart</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoDumping</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fukushima</a> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/xcel-energy-to-temporarily-shut-down-monticello-nuclear-plant-after-two-radioactive-water-leaks-company-says-no-threat-to-public/ar-AA192hW7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/xcel-energy-to-temporarily-shut-down-monticello-nuclear-plant-after-two-radioactive-water-leaks-company-says-no-threat-to-public/ar-AA192hW7</a>

DoomsdaysCWUmmmm....March 17, 2023: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nuclear</a> power plant leaks 400,000 gallons of radioactive waterWhile Xcel Energy reported the leak of water containing tritium to state and federal authorities in late November, the spill had not been made public before Thursday."When asked why Xcel Energy didn’t notify the public earlier, the company said: “We understand the importance of quickly informing the communities we serve if a situation poses an immediate threat to health and safety. In this case, there was no such threat.” The company said it focused on investigating the situation, containing the affected water and figuring out next steps."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minnesota</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/XcelEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XcelEnergy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Monticello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Monticello</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMoreNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMoreNukes</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RethinkNotRestart</a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nuclear-power-plant-leaks-400000-gallons-radioactive-water-rcna75406" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nuclear-power-plant-leaks-400000-gallons-radioactive-water-rcna75406</a>

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