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(Solomons, MD) -- People against a third nuclear reactor in southern Maryland say if something goes wrong, traffic across the Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge that links Calvert and St. Mary's counties would be too snarled. About 27-thousand cars and trucks head over the span daily. The Maryland State Highway Administration is looking into if a wider crossing should be built, but it won't happen any time soon. Reactor critic Bob Boxwell reminds the bridge is the only route south off the peninsula. One main road leads north. He is quoted by the "Washington Post" as telling a news conference yesterday that "It might as well be called the Expect Delays Bridge, because that's what it's been lately." Foes also fear terror strikes in Lusby, the site of the proposed reactor and the location of two existing units at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. Constellation Energy runs the facilities and spokesman Robert Gould is quoted by the "Post" as telling reporters, "The nuclear industry is arguably the safest regulated industry in America." Gould says the utility is asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the right to build the reactor and that fear about evacuation routes will be discussed during the panel's evaluation process.