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Japan crisis casts shadow over Md. nuke expansion

Maryland's only nuclear power plant is fundamentally different from the endangered Fukushima plant in Japan, but what's happening on the other side of the world could suppress the public's appetite for more reactors here.

Tags: nuclear power , tsunami , Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant , Constellation Energy

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Eroding cliffs endanger Calvert County homes

Some 234 Calvert County houses stand within 100 feet of the county's cliffs, which are eroding at an average rate of up to 2 feet a year.

Tags: erosion , septic system , Critical Areas Program , Chesapeake Bay

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