Coverage dated March 27, 2023

Nuclear plant shutdown blamed in Minnesota fish kill

Headline from La Crosse Tribune

State officials in Minnesota say the shutdown of a nuclear power plant caused a water temperature change that killed at least 230 fish in the Mississippi River. The Minnesota Pollution

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La Crosse Tribune
Nuclear plant shutdown blamed in Minnesota fish kill (opens La Crosse Tribune)
Published Mar 27, 2023
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State officials in Minnesota say the shutdown of a nuclear power plant caused a water temperature change that killed at least 230 fish in the Mississippi River. The Minnesota Pollution
Grand Forks Herald
Drop in water temperature causes fish kill near Monticello nuclear power plant (opens Grand Forks Herald)
Published Mar 27, 2023
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Xcel and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said the fish kill is not the result of the radioactive material found in water that leaked at the plant
CBS News
Temporary shutdown of Monticello nuclear power plant causes fish kill (opens CBS News)
Published Mar 27, 2023
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A Minnesota nuclear power plant says it fixed a radioactive leak, but the process killed hundreds of fish.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fish kill in Mississippi River blamed on Monticello nuclear plant shutdown (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Published Mar 27, 2023
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The death of an estimated 230 fish in the river was caused by a quick change in water temperature, not by mildly radioactive material that had previously leaked at the plant, officials said.

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