Operators shut down Prairie Island Unit 1 to fix oil leak
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Xcel Energy has shut down Unit 1 of its Prairie Island nuclear plant near Red Wing to fix an oil leak on a turbine valve.
The valve is on the non-nuclear side of the plant. Xcel Energy says no one was hurt and there was no accidental release of radioactive material.
Unit 2 continues to operate at full power.
Xcel Energy says the outage to repair the oil leak is not expected to last long.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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