“A federal panel will consider some of the issues raised by the nuclear plant’s neighbors,” reports the Star Tribune.

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“As it weighs a possible upgrade to its aging Prairie Island reactors, Xcel Energy Inc. is finding the economics of nuclear power as challenging as the engineering.

“Xcel’s stalled plan to boost output of its nuclear power plant in Red Wing, Minn., faces cost concerns when state regulators later this month consider a scaled-back version of the utility’s original proposal,” reports the Star Tribune Star Tribune.