NEI Nuclear Notes

Last week , we pointed NNN readers to Angie Howard's video submission to the upcoming PBS special, Planet Forward . Today, we feature the clip submitted by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley . Titled We're Way Behind , O'Malley makes the case for expanding nuclear energy production in his state and the U.S.

After touring the Calvert Cliffs Plant yesterday, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley (D) endorsed Constellation Energy 's plans to expand the facilities in Lusby, MD. From The Washington Post , The governor said the new reactor would help slow rate increases for electricity customers amid rising global demand for energy. "It is a huge moral challenge and it is a moral imperative given what massive new burning of coal will do to the planet if we don't develop better and cleaner technology, including safer and cleaner nuclear, which is what is . . . planned and talked about in terms of the third reactor," O'Malley said. In an announcement made at the BCTD Conference last month, Constellation expects to break ground on the new plant by Dec. 2008.