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 […]
Calvert Cliffs Raises Funds to Help Local Community
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 […]
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 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 […]
Calvert Cliffs State Park: First Day Fossil Hike!
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 […]
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 […]
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