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News Releases
02/13/2008
Prairie Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor begins refueling outage
RED WING, MINN. - Operators at the Prairie Island nuclear plant today began a scheduled refueling outage on Unit 1. Approximately 700 contractors will help plant staff complete more than 1,300 maintenance work orders and replace one-third of the unit's fuel.
The outage follows record electricity production at the two-unit Prairie Island plant of 8.89 million megawatt hours net in 2007, surpassing the prior record of 8.83 million megawatt hours net set in 2003.
The Prairie Island plant near Red Wing generates 1,100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power approximately 1.1 million homes. The plant is owned by Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy and operated by Nuclear Management Company, based in Hudson, Wis.
More information about Xcel Energy is available at www.xcelenergy.com and additional information about NMC is available at www.nmcco.com.
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