Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

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Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant is a two-unit pressurized water nuclear power station on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay that generates electricity for the Mid-Atlantic region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric power station
nuclear power plant
commercialOperationStart 1975
commissioned 1975
connectsTo PJM Interconnection
surface form: PJM regional transmission organization

regional transmission grid
constructionStart 1969
coolingSource Chesapeake Bay
coolingSystemType once-through cooling
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designedNetCapacity approximately 1735 MWe
energySource nuclear fission
fuelType enriched uranium
uranium dioxide
gridConnection PJM Interconnection
hasContainmentType reinforced concrete containment
hasEmergencyPlanningZone 10-mile plume exposure pathway EPZ
50-mile ingestion pathway EPZ
hasUnit Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant self-linksurface differs
surface form: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant self-linksurface differs
surface form: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2
locatedIn Calvert County, Maryland NERFINISHED
East Coast of the United States
surface form: United States East Coast
locatedOn western shore of the Chesapeake Bay
namedAfter Calvert Cliffs
near Lusby, Maryland
netElectricalCapacity over 1600 MWe
numberOfUnits 2
operator Constellation Energy
originalOwner Exelon
surface form: Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
owner Constellation Energy
partOf U.S. nuclear power fleet
primaryCoolant water
purpose electricity generation
reactorModel Combustion Engineering PWR
reactorSupplier Combustion Engineering
reactorTechnologyGeneration Generation II
reactorType pressurized water reactor
regionServed Mid-Atlantic states
surface form: Mid-Atlantic region
regulatoryAuthority U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
safetySystemType pressurized water reactor safety systems
state Maryland
status operational
suppliesElectricityTo Maryland
Mid-Atlantic states
surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
unit1Commissioned 1975
unit2Commissioned 1977
unitCount 2
usesReactorCoolant light water

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Calvert Cliffs hasNearbyFacility Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
Calvert County, Maryland hasPowerPlant Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant hasUnit Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1
Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant hasUnit Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2