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FILE - People walk on a trail at the Montissippi County Park near the Xcel Energy Monticello Generating Plant, a nuclear power plant, in Monticello, Minn., March 24, 2023. Xcel Energy, the energy company responsible for leaking radioactive material from its nuclear plant in Monticello, in recent months has announced that it will build an underground metal barrier to keep affected groundwater away from the nearby Mississippi River. Xcel Energy said construction will last several weeks and should begin between Friday, Aug. 18, and Monday, Aug. 21, according to a statement posted on the city of Monticello's website Thursday, Aug. 17. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP, File)

FILE - People walk on a trail at the Montissippi County Park near the Xcel Energy Monticello Generating Plant, a nuclear power plant, in Monticello, Minn., March 24, 2023. Xcel Energy, the energy company responsible for leaking radioactive material from its nuclear plant in Monticello, in recent months has announced that it will build an underground metal barrier to keep affected groundwater away from the nearby Mississippi River. Xcel Energy said construction will last seve…

August 20, 2023

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Company that leaked radioactive material will build barrier to keep it away from Mississippi River
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Company that leaked radioactive material will build barrier to keep it away from Mississippi River

Xcel Energy said construction will last several weeks and should begin between Friday and Monday, according to a statement posted on the city of Monticello's website Thursday.