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To: John Mansfield who wrote (6242)	7/1/1999 6:42:00 PM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 9818

NRC Team Dispatched To Davis - Besse Nuclear Plant << A Nuclear Regulatory Commission special inspection team has been dispatched to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station to monitor the plant's condition after a tornado last night damaged the plant's switchyard and disabled the plant's ability to receive off-site power. The plant automatically shut down at 8:43 p.m. The plant's emergency diesel generators are operating providing power to the plant's safety systems. There is no evidence of release of radioactivity within the plant or to the environment. The plant is in a stable condition. No injuries were reported. The NRC team is comprised of reactor, electrical and mechanical specialists. NRC resident inspectors were at the site monitoring Centerior Service Company's activities throughout the night. The utility declared an Alert at 9:18 p.m. last night. An Alert is the second level of a four-step emergency classification. An Alert indicates events which have occurred or are in progress that involve actual or potential significant degradation in the level of safety of the plant. Agencies onsite and offsite were notified by the utility. The Davis-Besse plant is located at Oak Harbor, Ohio. >> Wonder how much fuel they have on hand for the generators? ... Good rehearsal for similar Y2K problems? nrc.gov ***** Residents of Oak Harbor, Ohio should start drinking their 100 cups of coffee per day or taking No-Doz tablets NOW! << Drinking coffee could protect people from radioactivity, according to scientists in India who have found that mice given caffeine survive otherwise lethal doses of radiation. >> newscientist.com :-)) John

To: John Mansfield who wrote (6242)	7/1/1999 10:38:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE NOT READY FOR YEAR 2000 BIS (Bank of International Settlements - July 1, 1999 BASLE, Switzerland, July 1 (Reuters) - The world's financial markets are still not ready for the Year 2000 change and much work still needs to be accomplished, the Joint Year 2000 Council at the Bank for International Settlements said on Thursday. ''The productive exchanges today between senior representatives of major public and private financial sector organisations made clear the significant progress on readiness being made in financial markets,'' Council Chairman Roger Ferguson was quoted as saying in a statement. ''However, the meeting also indicated that much work is still to be accomplished; therefore we will need to remain focused in our efforts and avoid complacency,'' he said. The Joint Year 2000 Council on Thursday held a meeting of public and private sector representatives of the world's banking, securities and insurance industries. It noted participation in mandatory tests for the SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) interbanking payment system remained low and urged supervisors to check whether participants had successfully tested with the system. The Joint Year 2000 Council was established in April 1998. It is jointly sponsored by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors and the International Organization of Securities Commissions. biz.yahoo.com =================================================== For those who don't know who SWIFT is ... SWIFT supplies secure messaging, interface software and 24-hour global support to about 6,500 financial institutions in 181 countries. In 1998, SWIFT's global network carried over 900 million messages.The average daily value of payments messages on the SWIFT. network is estimated to be above USD 2 trillion. In addition to its 2,941 member banks live on the network, SWIFT users include sub-members and participants such as brokers, investment managers, securities deposit and clearing organisations, and stock exchanges. [...] As part of our year 2000 project ... we have introduced a MANDATORY test programme ... COMPULSORY testing will take place from 1 August 1998 to 31 July 1999 .... The objectives of the programme are to: - Reinforce the urgency for customers to prepare thoroughly for the year 2000 - Ensure consistent and comprehensive testing in the S.W.I.F.T. community - Help customers demonstrate their ability to exchange messages over the S.W.I.F.T. system under year 2000 conditions. swift.com Sounds like many don't know what the word "compulsory" means. Cheryl 183 days until ...

To: John Mansfield who wrote (6242)	7/1/1999 11:23:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

"We do believe that some nuclear plants will inevitably face Y2K challenges which will require accident mitigation actions by operators." THREE MILE ISLAND ALERT Asking area residents to review local evacuation plans & preparedness procedures ======================================================== Zapping Radiation With Pills - Drug Protects Thyroid by Blocking Absorption W A S H I N G T O N, March 16 — It seems so simple, handing out pills to people living near nuclear power plants to prevent thyroid cancer. But 20 years after potassium iodide was touted as a radiation therapy in the wake of the Three Mile Island accident, it remains controversial for states considering its use ... The drug would protect the thyroid by blocking its absorption of radioactive iodine. After the 1978 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, a presidential commission strongly recommended the stockpiling of potassium iodide near all U.S. reactor sites ... abcnews.go.com ONE YEAR LATER ... NRC holds 5 days of meetings in March 1999 to decide on new policy regarding states stockpiling potassium iodide: Read thru some of the transcripts. Pretty scary stuff. Prompted me to order potassium iodide for family. March 1st nrc.gov March 2nd nrc.gov March 3rd nrc.gov March 4th nrc.gov March 5th nrc.gov On June 18th, 1999 an article on NRC recommending STOCKPILING Potassium Iodide was in Yahoo News. But link is outdated & I couldn't access it, and didn't make a copy. You can order Potassium Iodide here: survivalunlimited.com Bottle of 14 pills is $7.00 Maps of Nuclear Reactors: insc.anl.gov Cheryl 183 Days until 2000 ...