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New Species of Fossil Found Along Calvert Cliffs

2021-01-13 Leave a Comment

Prehistoric Cobia Named for Local Amateur Paleontologists On April 27, 2019, local fossil enthusiasts Stephen Groff and Marcus Jones found a partial skull of a fossil fish along Calvert Cliffs. Little did they know at the time that it would turn out to be the find of a lifetime. Using a microscope, needles, and fine […]

Filed Under: Top News Tagged With: Calvert Cliffs, CMM, cobia, Marcus Jones, prehistoric, Stephen Groff

Calvert Cliffs Raises Funds to Help Local Community

2020-06-18

During Pandemic More than $115,000 donated to local organizations in less than four weeks. Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant employees answered the call recently when the United Way of Calvert County requested help for local non-profits supporting those impacted by the pandemic. Calvert Cliffs launched a fundraising campaign that challenged employees to see which department […]

Filed Under: Top News Tagged With: Calvert Cliffs, Exelon, fundraising, nuclear energy

Calvert Cliffs Refueling Outage Powers Local Economy

2020-02-18

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 1 from service just after midnight Sunday to begin a planned refueling outage, capping a run of 702 consecutive days of power generation for the Unit.  This reliable operation enabled […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Calvert Cliffs, Exelon, outage, refueling

Calvert Cliffs State Park: First Day Fossil Hike!

2019-12-31

10 a.m.Calvert Cliffs State Park, next to the bathhouse- 10540 H. G. Trueman Road Lusby, Maryland​​ Degree of Difficulty: Easy hike for families Length of Hike: 3.6 miles (round-trip). Hike will last approximately 2 hours Things to Bring: Wear clothing and shoes appropriate for the weather (rain, snow, or shine), and bring water for drinking […]

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Calvert Cliffs Employees Donate More Than $200,000

2019-12-19

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 […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Calvert Cliffs, donations, employees, Exelon Generation

CSM Students Tour Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

2019-12-08

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 […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Calvert Cliffs, CCNPP, CSM, Exelon, nuclear

CCNPP Operates at Full Power During Extreme Heat

2019-07-25

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 […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Calvert Cliffs, CCNPP, heat wave

Calvert Cliffs Refueling Outage Powers Local Economy

2019-02-19

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 […]

Filed Under: Top News Tagged With: Calvert Cliffs, Exelon, outage

Alert & Notification Sirens to be Tested December 3rd

2018-11-27

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 […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: alert, Calvert Cliffs, notification, sirens

Newly Published Paper Authored By CMM’s Paleontologist

2018-08-14

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 […]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: bite marks, Calvert Cliffs, CMM, Megalodon, Stephen Godfrey

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