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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the NRC has ceased normal operations. However, excepted and exempted activities necessary to maintain critical health and safety functions—as well as essential progress on designated critical activities, including those specified in Executive Order 14300—will continue, consistent with the OMB-Approved NRC Lapse Plan.

Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, Unit 2

Photograph of Prairie Island 2

Location: Welch, MN (28 miles SE of Minneapolis, MN) in Region III
Operator: Northern States Power Co. – Minnesota
Operating License: Issued - 10/29/1974
Renewed Operating License: Issued - 06/27/2011
License Expires: 10/29/2034
Docket Number: 05000306

Reactor Type: Pressurized Water Reactor
Licensed MWt: 1,677
Reactor Vendor/Type: Westinghouse Two-Loop
Containment Type: Dry, Ambient Pressure

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Page Last Reviewed/Updated Friday, May 06, 2022

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Friday, May 06, 2022