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‘Unusual Event’ at Maryland nuke plant: Large piece from building hits main transformer, triggers reactor shutdown — Emergency response plan in use (VIDEO)

Published: August 28th, 2011 at 6:01 am ET
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Nuclear Plant Under ‘Unusual Event’, Aluminum Siding Hits Calvert Cliffs, August 28, 2011 at 2:18 am EDT:

Calvert Cliffs, a Southern Maryland nuclear power plant, automatically went offline overnight.

Constellation Energy Nuclear Group spokesman Mark Sullivan [...] said an “Unusual Event” has been declared [...]

Sullivan said heavy wind gusts associated with Hurricane Irene blew a large piece of aluminum siding from a building, which then struck the facility’s man [sic] transformer. [...]

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Hurricane Irene Live, BBC, August 28, 2011 at 4:33 am EDT:

More detail on the nuclear power plant. A CENG spokesman tells Reuters: “It appears as if due to heavy gusts of winds caused by Hurricane Irene, a large piece of aluminium siding dislodged from a building. The siding came in contact with our main transformer. The Unit 1 reactor automatically went off-line.”


Irene Knocks Nuclear Reactor Off -Line, NBC Washington, August 28, 2011 at 3:22 am EDT:

[...] Wind from the hurricane apparently blew a piece of aluminum siding into a transformer, causing the Unit 1 reactor to go off-line, Sullivan said. Unit 2 is operating at 100 percent.

A low-level emergency was declared, [Constellation spokesman Mark Sullivan] said.

There is no time table for Unit to be back online. Constellation is following its emergency response plan, Sullivan said.

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Published: August 28th, 2011 at 6:01 am ET
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