OAK HARBOR -- A Cleveland area man is in jail after trying to enter through the security gate at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant with a gun.

On Wednesday, Davis-Besse security officers found a loaded hand gun in the driver's seat of a car driven by 54-year-old Horace Makodym. A short time later, trace amounts of explosive material was detected in the car.

The Toledo bomb squad searched the car for explosives but nothing suspicious was found.

Makodym was at Davis-Besse to interview for a security officer job. He told the Ottawa County Sheriff's office that he used the gun during his employment as a security guard in Cleveland.

Makodym is charged with carrying a concealed weapon and improper transportation of a weapon. He's being held with a bond of $8,000.

Updated at 11:45pm Wednesday by ismith@wtol.com