Clean-up of radioactive water leak ongoing at Minnesota nuclear plant

Officials are monitoring the clean-up of a leak of 400,000 gallons (1.5m litres) of radioactive water from a local nuclear power plant in Minnesota.

Xcel Energy, the utility company that runs the plant, said the spillage was “fully contained on-site and has not been detected beyond the facility”.

State officials said there was no immediate public health risk.