The Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant is an electricity-generating facility located in Red Wing, Minnesota, along the Mississippi River, and adjacent to the Prairie Island Indian Community reservation.

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 1 Location: Welch, MN (28 miles SE of Minneapolis, MN) in Region III Operator: Northern States Power Co. – Minnesota

The Prairie Island plant is one of Red Wing’s biggest employers and local taxpayers, and it has been responsible for more than an estimated $550 million in economic activity each year in the region, according to a 2017 study by the Nuclear Energy Institute.

2023年11月22日 · Minnesota’s Prairie Island nuclear power plant is offline after an electrical problem in one of its reactors coincided with a planned refueling shutdown in the other.

2022年8月31日 · A new virtual 3D tour invites you into Minnesota’s Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in a way no one has ever experienced. Xcel Energy welcomes you to look around and learn a bit about how nuclear energy plays a central role in the company’s pioneering vision to pursue a zero-carbon future.

MINNEAPOLIS (Sept. 24, 2024) – Workers at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island Nuclear Plant began a nine-week refueling and maintenance effort on September 20, allowing the facility to continue providing reliable, carbon-free energy for more than one million customers throughout the Upper Midwest and remain an economic engine for the region.

2023年5月31日 · Xcel Energy's Prairie Island nuclear plant is operating on just one of two reactors after the other automatically shut down following an issue with a transformer.

2024年3月18日 · Xcel Energy said its Prairie Island nuclear power plant is now back to full power despite an outage that dragged on for nearly two months longer than expected drew concern from state officials.

Regulatory Commission (NRC) Offsite Dose Calculation Manual for the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant and the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) is described. Results for 2021 are summarized and discussed.

The Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant is located on the Mississippi River near Red Wing, approximately 50 miles southeast of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The facility, owned/operated by Northern States Power (NSP), has 2 units, each with a 2 Loop Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactor .