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Federal inspectors are at Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant this week to investigate an unexpected shutdown of both reactors last week, which a plant spokesman said apparently was triggered by melting snow leaking through the plant’s roof.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission sent a five-member “special inspection team” Monday to the 1,750-megawatt plant near Lusby in Calvert County, which is owned by Constellation Energy. It’s expected to remain there all week, NRC spokeswoman Diane Screnci said.
“There was never any danger,” the NRC spokeswoman said, “but we want a better understanding of why it happened and what steps they’re taking to prevent a recurrence.”
Both of the plant’s nuclear reactors shut down automatically Thursday morning as a result of electrical malfunctions, evidently triggered by “a small roof leak” of melting snow, according to David Fitz, spokesman for Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, a subsidiary of the Baltimore-based power company.
"We will make sure everything is electrically right before we bring everything back up," he said.
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