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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: foobert who wrote (7780)	8/5/1999 9:29:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

<Did not see any references to problems with diesel generators.> <This is dated July 23, 1999.> Maybe they didn't have time to update most recent generator problems. Here's where you find those references to diesel generator problems at nukes: EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR DEFECTS AT US NUCLEAR PLANTS as reported by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission tmia.com Many examples. Here's one: Beaver Valley, Pennsylvania: July 16 - 17, 1999 Diesel Generator fails during test due to voltage and current problems. Battery chargers become inoperable. Generator restart faulty. Batteries are inoperable. Plant shutting down. Pumps inoperable briefly. tmia.com - Daily Events Report U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Operations Center Cheryl 148 Days until 2000 89 Federal work days until rollover

To: foobert who wrote (7780)	8/5/1999 9:39:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

BTW: From that article you posted from the power industry ... <All but six plants with 12 outstanding systems are expected to be ready by Oct. 31, 1999. All will be ready by December 16, 1999 .... feel good about those numbers. Considerable progress has been made. Only a small number of systems remain to be declared ready ...> Same basic story .... different spin ... WASHINGTON, DC (August 4) -- The chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said today that six nuclear power plants in the United States will remain unprepared for possible Year 2000 computer problems after November 1, and according to the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), at least three of those plants have Y2K readiness deadlines in mid-December. Also identified by NEI were 6 additional plants with deadlines in late October. "Setting a late deadline for Y2K readiness in a nuclear power plant may not allow enough time to address unforseen problems in such an immensely complex and potentially dangerous facility," said U.S. Senator Robert F. Bennett, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on the Y2K Technology Problem ... "Nuclear power plants shouldn't play Russian roulette when it comes to Y2K - where they wait until the last minute and then hope for the best," said U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Vice-Chairman of the Senate Y2K Committee. "It is essential that there be adequate time left so systems can be tested in order to assure a safe and continuous power supply." ... [More] y2k.senate.gov ‹(•¿•)› Cheryl