The Capital newspaper of Annapolis, Maryland reported on October 9, 2005, that Unistar Nuclear, the new partnership between Constellation Generation and AREVA, will be headquartered in the Parole area of Annapolis. The article is available at “Parole partnership to develop new power plants”.
Interesting – Annapolis happens to be my current hometown.
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