There is no danger to the residents and the environment from the contaminated water leak which was noted in nuclear power plant in the US, assured the company Xcel Energy.

As he claimed, the leak was contained while he treated it as the water had contaminated with tritium and for this reason it was treated to decontaminate it.

The problem identified at an Xcel Energy plant in the northern US in November “at the facility” in Monticello, near Minneapolish, in its nuclear power plant.

There is “no risk to the safety and health of the local population or the environment,” the company assured.

Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen.

The leak was detected on November 22, Xcel Energy said, assuring that it immediately notified the National Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and authorities in the state where the plant is located.

Local authorities are “supervising efforts by Xcel Energy to clean up” water that leaked from its plant, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) said in a statement.

“The spill was stopped and did not reach the Mississippi River or contaminate drinking water sources,” he added.

Chris Clark, executive of Xcel Energy, said the company continues to “collect and treat water that may have been contaminated, while systematically monitoring nearby groundwater sources.”

Xcel Energy estimates that for the time being it has recovered approx 25% of the leaked tritium. The leak was found to be located in a “pipeline between two buildings”, he explained.