Mississippi
Xcel Energy leak: ‘Fish kill’ caused by temperature change in Mississippi River
Monticello Excel Power plant considerations proceed
The neighborhood of Monticello and past are expressing considerations a few leak on the Excel Power nuclear energy plant final November.
MONTICELLO, Minn. (FOX 9) – Two weeks after notifying the general public of a leak at its Monticello nuclear plant that originally occurred in November 2022, and per week after the announcement to briefly shut the facility plant down, Xcel Power introduced a temperature-related ‘fish kill’ within the Mississippi River.
On March 27, Xcel Power notified the state obligation officer with the Minnesota Air pollution Management Company (MPCA) {that a} change in water temperature led to the dying of 230 fish close to its Monticello nuclear energy plant location.
“When a plant is working, it warms the water within the close by river, conserving fish lively,” Xcel Power defined in a press release in regards to the incidence. “When a plant is taken offline, the river cools down. Fish are affected by the change in water temperature. Whereas we powered down the plant slowly to mitigate the impacts to fish within the river, 230 fish have died.”
The affected fish sorts up to now embody bass, channel catfish, widespread carp, and a number of species of sucker fish, in response to the announcement.
Xcel Power says the fishkill was not brought on by the tritium leak itself.