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• Dozens express strong support for Calvert Cliffs III; about 4-5 spoke in opposition

  On Monday, August 4, 2008 I joined a large and generally supportive crowd attending the first of three evening public hearings on the matter of Unistar Nuclear, LLC's application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct a third nuclear power plant at the Calvert Cliff's site in Lusby, Calvert County Maryland. I did not do a head count, but would guess that there were... Posted Aug 05 2008, 04:45 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• Calvert Cliffs III - Upcoming PSC Public Meeting Schedule

  A couple of days ago I mentioned that the Maryland Public Service Commission would be holding a series of meetings in southern Maryland for people interested Unistar's proposal to build a third nuclear power plant at Calvert Cliffs. Here are the details for the time and place of those meetings: What: Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) When: August 4, 11 & 19 at 7:00p.m. Where: Holiday... Posted Jul 30 2008, 04:20 PM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• Anti-nuclear activists lining up some protests for Calvert Cliffs public meetings

  According to a Thursday July 17 article in the Baltimore Business Journal titled Clean energy advocates rally against Constellation Energy's proposed nuclear reactor at Calvert Cliffs the Maryland Public Interest Research Group and the Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition are advocating a focus on energy conservation and non-nuclear renewable electricity sources instead of investing in the new nuclear... Posted Jul 18 2008, 03:12 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: Calvert Cliffs

• New shape of hybrid cooling towers described by Baltimore Sun

  Unistar Nuclear has plans to build the first of a series of nuclear power plants about 50 miles south of my home in Annapolis at a place called Calvert Cliffs. Right now, there are two 850 MWe PWR units originally supplied by Combustion Engineering operating at that site. Throughout its history, Calvert Cliffs has been a precedent setting site. Following the passage of the National Environmental Policy... Posted Dec 27 2007, 02:50 PM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: new nuclear plants, Combustion Engineering, Calvert Cliffs, Unistar Nuclear