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News Release — February 12, 2008

UniStar Nuclear Energy Notifies NRC That It Has Identified Constellation Energy Site in New York State for New Reactor License Application

Selection of Upstate New York Site is Key Step in Process Prior to UniStar Submission of License Application in Fourth Quarter of 2008

BALTIMORE, February 12, 2008 - UniStar Nuclear Energy (UNE), a strategic joint venture between Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) and the EDF Group, today announced it has notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its plans to submit a Combined License (COL) application in late 2008 for a potential advanced design nuclear reactor at Constellation Energy’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in upstate New York.

UNE submitted a letter on Feb. 8 to the NRC formally selecting Nine Mile Point as the site for a potential U.S. Evolutionary Power Reactor (U.S. EPR). UniStar noted that it has yet to make a final decision to build a new reactor at Nine Mile Point.
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