Ask the Dust (at Calvert Cliffs)

This is called overselling your story : Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Facility in Lusby, Maryland recently began a lengthy roof replacement pr...

The East Coast Earthquake of 2011

Those of us on the east coast have yet another major event to remember – a 5.8 earthquake that shook virtually the entire east coast. No one...

Constellation Pulls Out of the Loan Guarantee Process

Constellation Energy surprised many by pulling out of the loan guarantee process for the Calvert Cliffs 3 project in Maryland. Senior...

Recap of Calvert Cliffs Unit 3’s Environmental Impact Hearing

Rod Adams was there last night and has the scoop . Looks like the hearing was a little thin on opposition but had quite a bit of excellent s...

From Germany to Maryland – with Love

We can’t help but think that Die Welt, the German magazine, has an ulterior motive for looking at Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs plant. If they ...

Bullets Fly at Calvert Cliffs – Yawns Ensue

Does nobody care ? One might think the NRC would be concerned about this. It's not. Is Constellation Energy Group, which runs ...

Depleted Cranium on Nuclear Desalination Plants

Here are some interesting facts on the potential of nuclear desalination plants : Assuming that the same efficiency as the BN350 [reactor] s...

When the Iceberg Thaws

We’ve been a little busy at the NEI Central portion of our, shall we call it, job, but we still want to share some interesting stories with ...

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 routin...

The Warp Effect: WSJ on Buffett, Constellation and the Fate of the EPR

The Wall Street Journal has a story about Warren Buffett's pending purchase of Constellation Energy and, particularly from our point...

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 nu...

Calvert Cliffs Expansion: The Response

This story, Little Outcry on Nuclear Reactor Proposal , in today's Washington Pos t caught our collective eye. As Maryland regulators b...

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 ex...

UniStar Moves Ahead on Calvert Cliffs Project

Off the wire : UniStar Nuclear Energy (UNE), a joint venture between Constellation Energy and The EDF Group (EDF), has submitted an applicat...

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 a...

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 addit...

Another Blogger for Nuclear Energy

Visit Below The Beltway . UPDATE : David Wogan likes what he hears about the nuclear provisions in the latest energy bill.

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. UPDATE : Our...

Oswego May Get the New Nuclear Reactor it Wants

All the way back in March 2005, we told you about how the Mayor of Oswego, New York made a pitch to bring a new nuclear reactor to his town ...

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 Nu...