'...sat on a panel with Jerry Wermeil of NRC...
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'From:
rcowles@waterw.com (Rick Cowles)
2:41
Subject:
Re: reallity versus hyperbole
On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 13:28:07 -0700, "Robert Holland" <rholland@wco.com>
wrote:
>I have no doubt you visited a nuke plant. Question is, who did you
>talk to while there? On what terms was your visit? Just where did you
>go and who invited you? You wonder why information is hard to come
>by, and yet you participate in the shell game too!
I worked in the nuclear industry for 15 years. Two weeks ago, I chaired an
industry Y2k conference (and no, I didn't get paid for it) and sat on a
panel with Jerry Wermeil of NRC (the bloke heading up NRC's effort). In
May, I testified before Congress with Hugh Thompson of NRC. I respect the
effort that the industry as a whole is putting into Y2k, but my sense is
that they *still* aren't correctly reading the political tea leaves and
understand the enormous pressure that GAO and congress is placing on NRC to
deal with this issue. With respect to the client I was with, I don't
provide details on specific clients I work with.
>You don't even know if Hawaiian Electric fixed their control system,
>yet it's the cornerstone of your claims. Is there no benefit to you to
>make contact with Hawaiian Electric to verify or update the story?
>Did you take that email on face-value?
Face value?? It was from the guy that discovered the problem, and cleared
through their PR department, and I've had phone conversations with Mr. Ito.
Yes, I have had quite a few subsequent conversations with them, the most
recent a few weeks back with Fred Kobashikawa. They are going to provide a
followup to the story (presumably after they clear it with their lawyers).
--
Rick Cowles (Public PGP key on request)
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