Category Archives: Calvert Cliffs

(Not-quite-final) Victory in Maryland nuke expansion

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

At first blush, it looks as if the opponents of the expansion of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland have won. Foes of a third reactor for the Maryland facility had raised the issue of foreign ownership in … Continue reading →

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Event Reports: Three nukes shut down (or should have been) over weekend; toxic gas release, high temperature, stuck control rod assembly to blame

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

1. Friday morning, operators at the Watts Bar nuclear power plant in Tennessee declared an emergency and issued a Notice of Unusual Event (NOUE) for the facility’s sole reactor. The NOUE was the result of the detection of a toxic … Continue reading →

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Maryland nuke shut down following leak in monitoring system

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

SoMdNews.com just reported: A leak from a monitoring instrument line on Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 resulted in the second shutdown of the unit in the same week. The leak from a reactor coolant pump differential-pressure sensing line, … Continue reading →

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Napping employee prompts NRC investigation of Maryland nuke

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

An incident that occurred last June at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland has resulted in a violation letter from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. As the Maryland online site The Bay News reported today: In a letter dated … Continue reading →

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Dredging wetlands to build a nuclear power plant? Maryland says, “Why not?”

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

The Baltimore Sun carried this item earlier in the week: The state Board of Public Works gave its unanimous approval Wednesday to a wetlands dredging permit for a company that hopes to build a third nuclear reactor at the Calvert … Continue reading →

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Event Report: Fire barrier problem could have rendered Control Room inoperable at Maryland nuclear plant

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

During a fire safety inspection yesterday afternoon at the Calvert Cliff nuclear power plant in Maryland, operators discovered a fire safety barrier problem that could have rendered the Control Room inoperable. Inspectors found a breach in the fire barrier that, … Continue reading →

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