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16 November 2007 -- UniStar Nuclear Energy (UNE), a joint venture between Constellation Energy and the EDF Group, submitted an application to the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for the construction of a new nuclear unit at Constellation Energy's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Southern Maryland. The UNE will not make a final decision to build this new 1,600 MW advanced-design reactor until the overall economics and risks associated with the project are better defined. This third reactor at Calvert Cliffs would use a hybrid cooling tower designed to eliminate any visible water plume from the tower itself.
In parallel with state regulatory reviews, UNE is seeking approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to license and operate a proposed third unit. UNE submitted a partial Combined License Application to the NRC in July 2007 and plans to submit the remainder of the application by March 2008. UNE is requesting a PSC decision on the CPCN application by December 2008.
In addition to a potential third reactor at Calvert Cliffs, Constellation Energy's Nine Mile Point nuclear facility also is under consideration by UNE as a location for the first of four advanced design reactors using AREVA Inc.'s U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR) technology.
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