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Calvert Cliffs Employees Donate More Than $200,000

To Community Organizations Through Employee Giving Campaign Across Exelon Generation Donations total more than $4.6 million to local communities Exelon Generation employees and the Exelon Foundation are donating more than $4.6 million to support charitable organizations in the communities around its power plants. Employees pledged more than $3.1 million to 849 different charities in their […]

CSM Students Tour Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

Explore Career Paths The College of Southern Maryland (CSM) Leonardtown Campus Engineering Student Club toured Exelon’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP) to learn about plant operations and career opportunities. The students received a presentation Nov. 8, about nuclear energy in general and on the operations at CCNPP, specifically. “Plant engineers were able to thoroughly […]

CCNPP Operates at Full Power During Extreme Heat

Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant (CCNPP) provided around-the-clock, carbon-free electricity for more than 1 million homes and businesses during heat wave, keeping energy market prices stable While the sun beat down on Maryland over the weekend, sending temperatures and energy demand soaring, Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant operated the dual unit […]

Calvert Cliffs Refueling Outage Powers Local Economy

1,000 workers travel to Calvert County for the outage, boosting sales at area businesses Operators at Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant removed Unit 2 from service just after midnight Sunday to begin a planned refueling outage, capping a best-ever run of 715 consecutive days of power generation. Work completed during the refueling outage […]

Alert & Notification Sirens to be Tested December 3rd

Calvert County Division of Emergency Management to Test Alert and Notification System Sirens December 3 The Calvert County Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, will conduct a full-cycle test of the alert and notification sirens throughout Calvert, St. Mary’s and Dorchester counties Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, at noon. The full-cycle test includes a […]

Newly Published Paper Authored By CMM’s Paleontologist

Just in Time for Release of “The Meg” Movie Calvert Marine Museum’s Curator of Paleontology, Dr. Stephen Godfrey, is the senior author on a paper published online today in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. It is a collaborative effort between Godfrey, Mike Ellwood, Stephen Groff, and Michal Scott Verdin; avocational paleontologists who found the bitten vertebrae. The […]

Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 Returns to Full Power

Maintenance and equipment upgrades performed during the station’s annual refueling outage add capacity, improve efficiency and enhance reliability Operators at Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant returned Unit 1 to full power yesterday, successfully completing the station’s annual refueling outage. The inspections, maintenance and testing performed during the outage will help the unit run […]

Calvert Cliffs Refueling Outage Powers Local Economy

1,200 workers travel to Calvert County for the outage, boosting sales at area businesses Operators at Exelon Generation’s Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant removed Unit 1 from service just after midnight Sunday to begin a planned refueling outage, capping a record-setting run of 628 consecutive days of power generation. Work completed during the refueling outage […]

Calvert Cliffs State Park First Day Hike

Fossil Hike Time of Event: 10 a.m. Meeting Location: Meet at the park’s parking lot Degree of Difficulty: Easy hike for families. Length of Trail: 3.6 miles round trip Things to Bring: Participants are asked to wear clothes and shoes appropriate for the weather (rain, snow or shine), and bring water for drinking. RSVP: Call […]