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Monticello taken off line due to tritium leak
A recurring leak of water containing tritium has led to the temporary shutdown of Xcel Energy's Monticello nuclear power plant, in Minnesota.
“While the leak continues to pose no risk to the public or the environment, we determined the best course of action is to power down the plant and perform the permanent repairs immediately,” said Chris Clark, president of Xcel Energy–Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, in a March 23 news release. “We are continuing to work with and inform our state, federal, city, and county leaders in the process.”
Powering down the reactor to shutdown condition started last Friday.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Plenary Session|Panel
Monday, June 14, 2021|1:00–3:30PM EDT
Staff Producer:
Dan Goldberg (ANS)
Nuclear instrumentation, controls, and human-machine interface technologies are a vital component of the next generation of advanced reactors. The pace of advances in novel ICHMI technologies and their deployment has increased in recent years, and they are essential to achieving the enhanced safety and improved economics of advanced reactors. Speakers from across the ICHMI community will discuss recent successes, what we have learned, and preview exciting advances and opportunities to assure success with deploying the next generation of reactors.
Speakers
Eric Benner Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Suibel SchuppnerDirector, Office of Nuclear Energy TechnologiesOffice of Nuclear EnergyU.S. Department of Energy
Per F. PetersonWilliam and Jean McCallum Floyd Chair, Department of Nuclear Engineering University of California, BerkeleyChief Nuclear Officer,Kairos Power
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