EDF given 60 days to find domestic partner. Calvert Cliffs 3 hangs in the balance.

The US nuclear regulator has taken the unusual step of denying a licence to EDF of France to build and operate a new reactor at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland, in the latest blow to hopes of an American “nuclear renaissance”.
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, part of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, denied the application on the grounds that foreign companies, such as EDF, are not allowed to control US nuclear plants.

EDF has known about this for years.The first I heard about it was in 2011.http://www.somdnews.com/article/20110713/NEWS/707139549/1074/1074/nrc-panel-grills-unistar&template=southernMaryland.

 http://www.somdnews.com/article/20120831/NEWS/708319556/1074/nrc-licensing-board-denies-calvert-cliffs-unit-3-project&template=southernMaryland.

It would seem that EDF has no intention of building unit 3 at Calvert Cliffs.

Here is the latest article.http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c32090e4-f393-11e1-b3a2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz25DGzVmcW.