(KWNO)-An equipment malfunction at the Prairie Island nuclear plant caused one of the reactors to shut down. Xcel Energy confirming an incident disabled the reactor and triggered the shutdown.
Prairie Island Nuclear Plant in Red Wing
Operators say a transformer malfunctioned Sunday, setting off a fire alarm that ultimately disabled the plant’s Unit 2 reactor. The utility says The Unit 1 reactor continued to work normally and customers’ electric service was NOT interrupted. Xcel says Unit 2 remains powered down for repairs and is expected to be back online later this week.
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