Does Minnesota have an environmental radiation monitoring program?
Minnesota has maintained a radioactivity monitoring program since 1953, when measurements of radionuclides were initiated in response to atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons. The program was expanded to include monitoring around nuclear generating facilities: Elk River plant, 1961; Monticello plant, 1968; and Prairie Island plant, 1973. (The Elk River reactor was decommissioned in 1973) Go to > top.
