Calvert Cliffs 3 nuclear reactor COL withdrawn: good riddance!

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http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Calvert-Cliffs-3-COL-withdrawn-2107157.html

Calvert Cliffs 3 COL withdrawn
21 July 2015

Unistar Nuclear Energy's withdrawal of its combined construction and operation licence (COL) application for Calvert Cliffs unit 3 has been formally accepted by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

The EDF-owned company notified the NRC on 8 June that it wished to withdraw the COL application for the proposed US EPR reactor. The regulator had already suspended its review of the COL application at Unistar's request, after Areva Inc requested an indefinite suspension of the US EPR's design certification.

The withdrawal of the COL application, effective 17 July, was confirmed with the publication of a notice by NRC in the US Federal Register.

Unistar submitted the COL application for Calvert Cliffs 3 in Maryland in July 2007, but the application review had been on partial hold since 2010 when co-owner Constellation Energy withdrew from Unistar. Constellation's withdrawal left the company wholly owned by EDF of France, and US regulations prohibit wholly foreign-owned companies from obtaining operating licences for US nuclear plants.

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[elleng]

1. Thanks; will read further,

this is in my neighborhood, about 10 miles from my home. There is another environment-related matter happening here.

http://chesapeakeclimate.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Cove-Point-Southern-Maryland-Impacts-Facts.pdf