Constellation Energy today announced that the refueling outage on Unit 2 of its Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, Md., was completed at approximately 3 a.m. on March 16 and the Unit is back online.
The outage was completed in 21 days, representing the shortest refueling ever completed at Calvert Cliffs, and the third consecutive outage that the plant has completed in record time. Previously, the shortest refueling outage for the plant’s Unit 2 took 42 days.
But this is more than just a record. At bottom, reducing the time needed to refuel a unit safely means greater efficiency, and more reasonably priced electricity -- one of the hallmarks of the American commercial nuclear industry over the past 10 years.
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