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In 2000, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission extended the license of the plant for 20 additional years, making Calvert Cliffs the first nuclear plant in the United States to receive such an extension. President George W. Bush visited the plant in June 2005, the first time a president had visited a nuclear power plant in nearly three decades.
== Proposed Expansion - Unit 3 == Constellation EnergyGroup, Inc. (NYSE: CEG), owner of Calvert Cliffs, announced it will probably would like to build a new advanced US-Evolutionary Power Reactor (US-EPR) at this site using the services of UniStar Nuclear Energy. UniStar Nuclear Energy, a Delaware [[limited liability company]], is jointly owned by Constellation Energy (CEG) and Electicite de France (EdF), the builder and supplier of nuclear power plants in Europe. This proposed single nuclear unit will produce approximately twice the energy of each individual existing plant.
An environmental report, the first principle component of a Combined Construction and Operating License application to build the UniStar EPR, was submitted to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by UniStar on 13 July 2007. The other main component would be a safety analysis.<ref>{{cite web
On January 29, 2008, Constellation Energy announced that its partial construction and operating license (COL) for the proposed Unit 3 has been docketed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This means that the NRC has determined the application is technically correct and ready for detailed review. Constellation announced it may begin ground breaking prior to the applications final approval by the NRC provided a federal loan guarantee by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is assured. A final decision by Constellation to start construction will not take place for 12-18 months or mid-2009.
== Public Safety and Security ==
After the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the visitor's center was closed to the public. Since that time, VIP visits to the facility typically restrict the media from attending, such as during a visit by Sen. [[Benjamin L. Cardin]] in 2007.
Evacuation sirens are located in Calvert and St. Mary's counties. One key evacuation route is down MD Route 4 and across the two-lane [[Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge]] into St. Mary's County. Some skeptics doubt the critical evacuation area can cleared in the time specified by the operator and local governments.
* [http://www.stmarysmd.com/Emergencycomm/calvertcliffs.asp Evacuation information by St. Mary's County government]
* [http://www.co.saint-marys.md.us/Emergencycomm/nuclear.asp Evacuation information by St. Mary's County Dept. of Public Safety]
== Proposed Sale to Berkshire Hathaway ==
== Miscellaneous information ==
