that time, nuclear waste produced by the power plant has been stored adjacent to the Prairie Island Indian Community. The homes of some members of the community are within 600 yards of the nuclear waste containment site and, sitting within the banks of the Mississippi River, the island is very vulnerable to seasonal flooding. While in 1991, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission capped the storage of nuclear waste on the island to 17 casks, the legislature has since permitted this number to increase. Environmentalists and members of the Prairie Island Indian Community have been working since 1994 to have this nuclear waste transported away from their reservation due to the combined risk of the temporary design of the storage facility, unpredictable flooding and single evacuation road in the event nuclear waste is released from containment. See also Plant X, Lamb County, Texas References External links Responsiblebynature.com connect.xcelenergy.com Xcel Energy Inc EDGAR Filing History Companies based in Minneapolis Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange Companies listed on the Nasdaq Companies in the Dow Jones Utility Average Electric power companies of the United States Hydroelectric power companies of the United States Natural gas companies of the United States Nuclear power companies of the United States