Join panelists from area organizations as they discuss whether additional third nuclear reactors should be built at Calvert Cliffs. The Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant, which is owned and operated by Constellation Energy, has two 2700 MW nuclear reactors. In 2000, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) extended the facility’s license for 20 years. In 2005, Unistar Nuclear Energy, jointly owned by Constellation and Electricite de France announced that it will build a third reactor that would help address the need for more base load, generating power in the Mid-Atlantic region. The NRC confirmed its acceptance for technical review in June, 2008.
Opponents and supporters of the proposed third reactor at Calvert Cliffs have been involved in a series of public hearings before officials of the NRC. A decision by Constellation to start construction is expected by the end of 2009.
Panelists include Johanna Neumann, state director for Maryland PIRG, and J. Scott Peterson, Nuclear Energy Institute’s vice president of communications. The discussion will be Thursday, October 22, 4 p.m., at the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. A reception will follow this event (sponsored by the Libby Kuhn Memorial Endowment).
The event co-sponsors are the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research and the Departments of Public Policy, Political Science and Economics.
For additional background, contact aok@umbc.ecu or call ext. 5-2356.
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