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Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant

Specifications

Location: Welch, Minnesota (28 miles southeast of Twin Cities)

Generation: Two units - 1,060 Mw (Megawatts) total

Reactor type: Pressurized water

Date of commercial operation: Unit 1-Dec. 4, 1973 to the present; Unit 2-Dec. 21, 1974 to the present

Ownership: Northern States Power Company, a subsidiary of Xcel Energy Inc.

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Last revised December 22, 2015