Health & Fitness

What Exactly Is Tritium? And When Is It A Health Concern?

Last fall, at least 400,000 gallons of water containing radioactive tritium leaked from the Xcel Energy plant.

Xcel Energy Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant
Xcel Energy Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (CBS)

March 31, 2023

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Xcel Energy says it has fixed the pipe leak at its nuclear power plant in Monticello and will reopen it soon.

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Last fall, at least 400,000 gallons of water containing radioactive tritium leaked from the plant.

The company says it never reached the Mississippi River or contaminated drinking water, and it's cleaned up about one-third of the leak.

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