Calvert Cliffs Junk-Waiting For A Shocking Cascade Accident to Occure

It pretty pathetic when two separate problems takes out a plant. What else is spinning in the background broke but unseen.

Setting up for the deep cascade accident that will shake the nation...

Now what was that special inspection switchyard cable issue. It was Oconee? Junk switchyards at a increasing number of nuclear plants.  

Exelon's Calvert Cliffs-1 nuclear unit shut due to tech glitch in storm's wake

Washington (Platts)--25 Jan 2016 515 pm EST/2215 GMT 

Operators at Exelon's 890-MW Calvert Cliffs-1 units in Lusby, Maryland, shut the unit early Monday morning due to a technical issue, following a downpower to about 10% of capacity from 100% on Sunday when a main transformer cable was found to be disconnected, a US Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman said Monday.

Lacey Dean, a Calvert Cliffs spokeswoman, said in an email late Sunday: "Icy conditions and 60 mph winds [from the weekend blizzard] caused a high voltage line in Calvert Cliffs' switchyard to disconnect." Dean added operators "reduced power on Unit 1 and took the generator offline to allow BGE crews to repair the line safely and effectively."

The 880-MW unit 2 continues to operate at 100% of capacity, she said.

Neil Sheehan, an NRC Region I spokesman, said in an email Monday that operators shut the unit early that day "after elevated sodium levels were identified in the condenser. Plant personnel will be checking for condenser tube leakage."...