Re: US regulators told to approve Calvert nuke relicense

["Dave" <dlovett@prodigy.net>]

Hon that is Lusby, not Busby, MD..........LOL
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From: Sandy Perle <sandyfl@earthlink.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: US regulators told to approve Calvert nuke relicense


> Friday March 3, 4:27 pm Eastern Time
>
> US regulators told to approve Calvert nuke relicense
>
> WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
> staff on Friday recommended to the agency's five commissioners that
> they approve the relicense application for the Calvert Cliffs nuclear
> plant in eastern Maryland.
>
> A spokesman for the NRC said the full commission would likely vote on
> the 20-year license renewal in the next week or two. One member of
> the commission, Jeffrey Merrifield, announced publicly on Friday he
> would support the relicense, the first such application made for an
> American nuclear plant.
>
> Nuclear operators across the country are watching to see how the
> agency handles the Calvert Cliffs application, viewing it as a
> benchmark for how scores of other license renewals are processed this
> decade.
>
> There are currently 103 operating commercial nuclear plants in the
> country, but original operating licenses for the facilities expire
> over the next two decades.
>
> Calvert Cliffs, owned by Constitution Energy (NYSE:CEG - news) -- and
> operated by its Baltimore Gas and Electric unit -- is located in
> Busby, Md., and consists of two 850-megawatt reactors.
>
> Licenses for Unit 1 expire on July 31, 2014, and those for Unit 2 on
> Aug. 31, 2016. The NRC said the relicense would be for 20 additional
> years for each unit.
>
> Besides Calvert Cliffs, the agency has two other applications pending
> for renewals: Duke Energy's(NYSE:DUK - news) Oconee plant in South
> Carolina and Entergy Corp's(NYSE:ETR - news) Arkansas facility in
> Russellville, Ark.
>
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