FULTON, Mo. (AP) — Ameren Missouri plans to increase testing of water near its nuclear power plant in Callaway County after contaminated water was found in July in one of its monitoring wells.

Nuclear power plants are required to test water quarterly but Callaway will now test the wells every month, said Barry Cox, senior director of nuclear operations at the Callaway Energy Council.

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