Odd wouldn’t you say? 400k gallons leaking, 4 months for it to be news…and now with a few hundreds of gallons, it’s time to shut down and fix it.
I’m not a very bright light bulb, but if they are finding it in their sampling wells, isn’t already in the ground water? I’m thinking if I had a well up that way, Ecel would be paying for a 3rd party to sample my well weekly. That would include the city’s water supply.
Odd wouldn’t you say? 400k gallons leaking, 4 months for it to be news…and now with a few hundreds of gallons, it’s time to shut down and fix it.
I’m not a very bright light bulb, but if they are finding it in their sampling wells, isn’t already in the ground water? I’m thinking if I had a well up that way, Ecel would be paying for a 3rd party to sample my well weekly. That would include the city’s water supply.
What radius from the plant would be worried?
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Brian Klawitter wrote:</div>
Odd wouldn’t you say? 400k gallons leaking, 4 months for it to be news…and now with a few hundreds of gallons, it’s time to shut down and fix it.I’m not a very bright light bulb, but if they are finding it in their sampling wells, isn’t already in the ground water? I’m thinking if I had a well up that way, Ecel would be paying for a 3rd party to sample my well weekly. That would include the city’s water supply.
What radius from the plant would be worried?
Great question. I’d expect an answer on that in 4 months.
What radius from the plant would be worried?
They aren’t saying if they check any other wells in the area.
I’m sure the Xcel stock holders are on top of it though.
Oh man that sucks, after their press release that said there was nothing to worry about I went and drank a whole bunch of groundwater. That third thumb was just starting to get useful.
Fish with glowing green eyes? They say that’s normal. LOL
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>stout93 wrote:</div>
What radius from the plant would be worried?They aren’t saying if they check any other wells in the area.
I’m sure the Xcel stock holders are on top of it though.
The old saying is the solution for pollution is dilution…
Man those smallmouth in the river should be HUGE in a year or two….
we’re talking tritium here… beta radiation. doesn’t even pass through a piece of paper. Your skin is an effective barrier. not a big deal…
so guessing someone will score a 15lb eye in the next year or 2 out in between pools 2 and 6?
we’re talking tritium here… beta radiation. doesn’t even pass through a piece of paper. Your skin is an effective barrier. not a big deal…
It’s not scary when you’re being logical like that! Lol
we’re talking tritium here… beta radiation. doesn’t even pass through a piece of paper. Your skin is an effective barrier. not a big deal…
Agreed. Tritium in a pool of water next to a person is “no big deal”.
Unless it’s in the ground water and it’s ingested or inhaled.
ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable)
is a radiation safety principle for minimizing doses and releases of radioactive material by using all reasonable methods. In principle, no dose should be acceptable if it can be avoided or is without benefit. [See Title 10, Section 20.1003, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 20.1003).]
New leak discovered. It’s a big one.
Nuke-plant.png
Apparently Traut Wells from St Cloud sent a bunch of trucks over there last week to start drilling a bunch of wells to test ground water.
Now with the power down, the change in water temp has caused some fish to die.
Now with the power down, the change in water temp has caused some fish to die.
I’m sure it’ll reek havoc on the shad
No shad up that far, farthest I’ve seen shad north was Camden area much aouth of the coon rapids dam, and it was only a couple times of them busting the surface and I’m no shad expert, and I’ve been fishing that stretch a long time.
Depends what time of day the water temp went down, last time it went down was at night I believe so the majority of dead fish on the shoreline were catfish carp and some eyeballs. If it was during the day smallness and suckers would be more in the mix.
Either way w the radiation it would make for a really strong argument to legalize 2 lines if fish have 2 heads
MONTICELLO, Minn. – A Minnesota nuclear power plant says it fixed a radioactive leak, but the process killed hundreds of fish.
The Xcel Energy Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant sits close to the Mississippi River. The utility company started powering it down on Friday, which cooled the surrounding water.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says the temperature change killed about 230 fish, including bass, channel catfish, carp and sucker fish.
That fish kill happens any time a power plant stops cooling it’s condenser discharge water.
Nothing burger
That fish kill happens any time a power plant stops cooling it’s condenser discharge water.
Nothing burger
especially when it included Bass. 
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says the temperature change killed about 230 fish, including bass, channel catfish, carp and sucker fish.
Imagine the outrage if there was one walleye found!!
the #4 news had a piece on that last night with some chemical engineer….its what he said is its all around us and used in signs. unless you consume alot of it it usually breaks down rather quickly!!!!
Hell, just strap some on your wrist!! 
That fish kill happens any time a power plant stops cooling it’s condenser discharge water.
Nothing burger
Oh well then, let’s do it everyday !! 
Facts are that if you want to generate electricity from a thermo ( coal & gas burning or nuclear fueled) power plant on a river up here in the north country it is going to happen.
Nukes need to refuel approx every 2 years & do maintenance. Other thermal plants need to do maintanence. It happens. The cooling towers discharge into a channel and the fish that soak up the free heat are in that area. They are not killing fish a mile down stream.
Facts are facts.
Imagine the outrage if there was one walleye found!!
You dang right the outrage! We would burn that Fu*#ker down!! 
Sorry BK we should really be more sensitive to your meowfish.
Thank you John. 
having lived here in Monticello for 37 years of the 46 years I have been alive I can say I have never heard of anything like this happening before. as for the fish kill that basically happens any time, the plant is powered down. the discharge water doesn’t flow, and the main river water drops it temp really fast causing some fish to go into shock. Happens when they have the refueling outages mainly. This leak issue sucks because I like to do one or two float trips from Becker to Monticello each year and once you launch at Becker there is no take out points until you get to just down river of the plant at Montissippi park or Ellison park in town. Might have to try the Clearwater to Becker section this year instead if I want to do a float trip.
You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
