Xcel Energy fined for storing radioactive water past tank capacity

(Monticello, MN) -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is charging Xcel Energy for surpassing its storage tank capacity without a permit for cleaning up radioactive water that slipped into the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant a year ago. 

Xcel estimates between 750,000 and 900,000 gallons of water leaked. The company, as they were attempting to clean the spill, used more tanks without speaking to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for a permit. 

Xcel was fined $14,000 for the incident.