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• Calvert Cliffs Plant Tour

  A great piece in The Washington Post today on the Calvert Cliffs Plant in Lusby, MD offering a plant tour to local residents. Once routinely offered to school and community groups, plant tours were halted after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks. The October visits by relatives of plant employees and neighbors who live within a five-mile radius were the first since security has been upgraded at... Posted Nov 06 2008, 12:41 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant on MPT's "State Circle"

  The Maryland Public Television's State Circle program aired a debate last Friday over building a third reactor at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant in southern Maryland. NEI's Mary Quillian Helms was interviewed along with Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear. Check out the video . Read More... Posted Aug 20 2008, 10:24 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• Calvert Cliffs Expansion: The Response

  This story, Little Outcry on Nuclear Reactor Proposal , in today's Washington Pos t caught my eye. As Maryland regulators begin hearings tonight on a proposed third nuclear reactor in Calvert County, one element in the historically raucous debate over nuclear power is notably absent: widespread opposition. The passionate anti-nuclear protests of the 1970s and '80s have largely yielded in Washington... Posted Aug 04 2008, 04:46 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• New Reactor in MD is a "Moral Imperative"

  After touring the Calvert Cliffs Plant yesterday, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) endorsed Constellation Energy 's plans to expand the facilities in Lusby, MD. From The Washington Post , The governor said the new reactor would help slow rate increases for electricity customers amid rising global demand for energy. "It is a huge moral challenge and it is a moral imperative given what... Posted May 02 2008, 12:07 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Calvert Cliffs

• NBC News on the Nuclear Comeback

  Before the holidays, I forgot to share this clip from NBC Nightly News about the improved prospects for nuclear energy in the U.S.: One quibble: NBC correspondent Martin Fletcher cast the spotlight on opposition to the possible addition of a new reactor at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland. Yet, as we've seen from our own coverage here at the blog, the local community is overwhelmingly supportive . A... Posted Jan 04 2008, 11:42 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Calvert Cliffs

• Washington Times Endorses New Reactor at Calvert Cliffs

  From Sunday's edition of the Washington Times : While it's true that this technology brings inherent risks which must be carefully analyzed and addressed, we applaud the Calvert County Board of Commissioners for their enthusiastic support of the plan. The commissioners recognize the financial and environmental benefits of an additional reactor. Once the 1,600-megawatt, $4 billion reactor is... Posted Aug 20 2007, 12:34 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• The "blast zone" of a nuclear power plant?

  A recent article in the Washington Post discusses an NRC public meeting on new construction at Calvert Cliffs. It ends with the following backhanded endorsement: Clyde Thomas, who works at the plant, said experience makes him feel confident the area is safe. "I wouldn't live in the blast zone if I didn't," he said. The "blast zone" of a nuclear power plant? What's that... Posted Aug 19 2007, 07:46 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• Calvert County Commission Expresses Report for New Reactor

  From the Washington Post : The Calvert County commissioners approved a letter of support Tuesday for the Evolutionary Power Reactor that UniStar-Constellation has proposed to construct at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant site near Lusby. "Many of the decisions we make are difficult; many take months, even years," Commissioners President Wilson H. Parran (D-At Large) read from the letter... Posted Aug 16 2007, 09:27 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Calvert Cliffs

• Report on Calvert Cliffs Public Meeting

  Last night on Solomons Island, Maryland, the NRC held a public meeting concerning adding a third reactor at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant near Lusby. NEI's JoAnn Sperber was on hand to provide a report. Calvert Cliffs Plant Neighbors Say 'Yes, In Our Backyard' Southern Maryland policymakers and business leaders strongly endorsed plans to build a third reactor at Constellation Energy's... Posted Aug 15 2007, 09:53 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: New Nuclear Plant, Calvert Cliffs

• Strong Local Support for Calvert Cliffs COL

  There's an interesting piece in the Metro section of the Washington Post concerning just how much local support there is to add an additional reactor at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland. Then again, you'd never know it if you read the headline on the piece: Foes of Nuclear Expansion Find Few Allies Huh? I don't mean to complain too loudly, but it seems to me that the reporter... Posted Aug 01 2007, 10:31 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• More News on the Calvert Cliffs COL

  Both the Washington Post and Bloomberg take a look at the most recent steps to build a new nuclear reactor at Calvert Cliffs. Read More... Posted Jul 31 2007, 06:59 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• Unistar Files First Part of COL Application for EPR at Calvert Cliffs

  From World Nuclear News : Unistar submitted the first part of a licence application to build a new nuclear power plant on 13 July. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has said it is now looking over documents detailing the environmental impact Calvert Cliffs 3 would make. Calvert Cliffs, owned by Unistar partner Constellation, is about 64 km south of Annapolis, Maryland. It already hosts two... Posted Jul 26 2007, 04:37 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Calvert Cliffs, UniStar Nuclear