When your plans to mitigate nuclear waste spills is to separate the ecosystem into two parts...

"Underground wall to be installed at Xcel nuclear plant.

Xcel Energy says it is set to begin construction this weekend on an underground wall meant to impede interaction between river water and groundwater at its Monticello plant."

#Xcel #nuclear #NuclearPower #NuclearWaste #Monticello #Minnesota

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/underground-wall-to-be-installed-at-xcel-nuclear-plant/

News about #Ambri liquid metal battery!

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Ambri's first utility installation: Ambri and utility company #Xcel Energy will start installation of a 300-kWh system in Aurora, Colo. in early 2024; the system should be fully operational by the end of that year.

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Headline: Liquid-Metal Battery Will Be on the Grid Next Year:
The molten calcium-antimony design promises low cost and long life.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/liquid-metal-battery

"Leaks from #Minnesota nuclear power plant raise safety fears across US

Leaks were contained and posed no danger, official reports say, but past disasters continue to cause fears of power source.

In December, Janica Jammes started a microgreens business just across the river from #Xcel Energy’s #NuclearWaste plant in #Monticello.

At least once each day, she uses water from her well to nourish the plant trays. She delivers her product to customers within a 10-mile radius and says the business has been a success.

But now she worries that her water could be contaminated by a leak of about 400,000 gallons of radioactive water that occurred in November at the plant, which is about 40 miles north-west of #Minneapolis.

Moreover, Jammes is upset that the company did not alert the public about the leak until March – and then detected a second leak, which the company described as smaller than the first one."

#NuclearPower #tritium @sts

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/07/minnesota-nuclear-power-plant-leak-safety

"Monticello nuclear plant radioactive leak: A timeline"

"Late last year, a leak of hundreds of thousands of gallons of contaminated water was discovered at #Xcel Energy's #Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant.

There was a monthslong delay in announcing the initial leak to the public, raising questions about public safety and transparency.

Then, a second leak meant the plant had to power down. And now, Xcel Energy says the leak is fixed and the plant will reopen soon.

A lot has happened between the leak and the plant's planned reopening, including a fish kill in the Mississippi River.

Here's a timeline of events:"

#Minnesota #nuclear #NuclearPower @sts

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/monticello-nuclear-plant-radioactive-leak-a-timeline/

Made the front page of the Sopris Sun! https://soprissun.com/third-street-center-gets-a-boost/ Thanks to CLEER, the CO Energy Office, Xcel and Arcos Mobility for making it possible. #thirdstreetcenter #cleanenergyeconomy #coloradoenergyoffice #xcel

Don't ignore your gas bill and just pay it. At least here in #Colorado my #Xcel gas bill is double what was last December.

https://www.cpr.org/2022/04/01/xcel-energy-bill-explained/

#Gas

Don't ignore your gas bill and just pay it. At least here in #Colorado my #Xcel gas bill is double what was last December.

https://www.cpr.org/2022/04/01/xcel-energy-bill-explained/

#Gas