On This Date in Minnesota History: March 6

March 6, 1971 – “Northern States Power Company’s (NSP) nuclear power plant at Monticello began generating electricity at 2:30 a.m. [on this date] – five years after NSP publicly announced that it would apply for an Atomic Energy Commission permit to build the $100 million plant.”

Monticello Times; “Nuclear plant now produces power”; March 11, 1971; p. 1.

Nuclear Power Plant at Monticello, Minn.
http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/08/xcel-energy-defends-665mn-monticello-plant-project.html

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