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To: John Mansfield who wrote (133)	2/26/1998 2:20:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) of 618

Radioactive waste: 'The computer clearly 'thought' that these items were already decayed in the year zero' <snip> 'On the report that I just ran, it listed two containers of S-35 which has a half-life of 87.4 days, the longest decayable isotope we use (two others H-3 has a 12.3 year half life and C-14 which is 5730 years must be sent to a low-level radioactive waste dump, in which there are very few our company is willing to use, so this stuff sits around until Ward alley or another site is available, but that's another rant). The report said that these two containers had an Anticipated Decay Date of 5/5/0 (an interesting date for many reasons) and 5/28/0. As of today it is only allowable to dispose of containers which were sealed in 1995. These two containers were sealed in 1997 and 1998. The computer clearly 'thought' that these items were already decayed in the year zero. This is my first encounter with something that is directly related to the Millennium Bug. ' <snip> x4.dejanews.com __________ Sounds pretty convincing to me. John

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