Records, 1979-1980.

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Records, 1979-1980.

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Minutes, background materials, including a public forum audiotape, and the final report of this citizens' review committee created by Governor Albert Quie on September 21, 1979. Organized in response to a request by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA), the committee was charged with assessing the design and operational safety of Minnesota's Monticello and Prairie Island nuclear power plants. The request was made due to the March 28, 1979 nuclear reactor incident at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which resulted in a mass evacuation of the area and the permanent shut-down of the reactor. Due to a reactor overheat, radioactive gasses and water were released into the air and nearby river and a tension filled week was spent attempting to prevent a full core meltdown.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Northern States Power Company (Minn.).

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United States. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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Minnesota. Nuclear Safety Advisory Committee.

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Monticello Nuclear Power Generating Plant (Minn.)

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Minnesota. Governor (1979-1983 : Quie)

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Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Pa.)

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Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (Red Wing, Minn.)

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MHB Technical Associates (San Jose, Calif.)

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

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In 1989, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency [PCA] issued a request for response action against the Ashland Petroleum Company to investigate an alleged oil spill, air quality violation, and soil and water contamination at its refinery site in St. Paul Park. Six meetings (October 14, 1993, January 18, June 16, and September 14, 1994, January 24 and September 27, 1995) were held to discuss and provide information regarding the pollution problems and clean-up. The meetings were facilitated by Se...