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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (26070)1/13/1999 8:26:00 AM
From: heraclitus  Read Replies (1) of 116952
 
Ron,

Interesting article. He has alot of valid points about the grid. That is why i ordered a generator. I do not know how it will be affected. As far as his nuclear take, it was ok until he said:

"What I'm concerned about is that if you've got a plant operating, and all of a sudden they start losing all of their monitoring and indication, and the operators don't know the status of the plant- that's when you get into a TMI or a Chernobyl situation."

At this point he lost his credibility with me. Loss of monitoring capability had nothing to do with these two accidents. They were both caused by operators doing the wrong things. By overriding automatic safety systems that could have easily prevented either accident.

The monitoring systems at my plant will not be affected with the exception of the plant computer which I am told is now also Y2K compliant. We have so much redundant instrumentation which does not rely on microprocessor technology this is not an issue.

Here is my scenario for a real problem: The NRC shuts us down due to political pressure. The grid becomes fragile due to loss of all nuclear generation capability. Y2K induced grid disruptions then cause us to loose our offsite power putting us on our diesel generators. We are going to need diesel fuel oil deliveries to keep this engines operating if the grid is out for any significant time (> about a week). If things got this bad I would think that the NRC would have to grant us regulatory relief to "black start" the plant to supply our own internal power needs and the grid if it is available.
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