Prairie Island unit back on line
A unit at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant near Red Wing is back on line after it automatically shut down earlier this week.
Its operator, Xcel Energy, says the Unit 2 turbine shut down automatically Tuesday when a switch on a pump that provides water to its steam generators failed. The pump switch has been replaced.
The unit is expected to be back to full power in the next several days.
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