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Oct 14, 2009 7:03 am US/Eastern

NRC Orders Hearings On Reactor At Calvert Cliffs

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) ― The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided to open its hearing process in a dispute over a proposal to build a third nuclear reactor at Calvert Cliffs in Lusby.

The NRC made the decision Tuesday in the application process for UniStar Nuclear, which is a joint venture of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy and the EDF Group, a French company.

Several groups argue the third reactor would be owned and controlled by foreign interests, contrary to the Atomic Energy Act and NRC regulations.

But UniStar counters that the proposal would not put a third reactor into control by foreign interests.

The NRC hasn't taken a position, and the hearing process can take more than a year.

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