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Non-Tech : The Y2K Newspaper -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (89)	9/8/1999 12:59:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 198

NRC Says 28 U.S. Nuclear Reactors Need Y2K Fix abcnews.go.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Tuesday that 28 nuclear power reactors in the U.S. need to upgrade their computers to avoid possible Y2K computer problems, though none of the work still to be done involves computer safety systems. [...] The plants cutting it close to the deadline are the Commanche Peak Unit 1 rector in Somervell County, Texas, which will not be ready until November 30, and the Farley Unit 2 plant near Dothan, Alabama, that will be upgraded by December 12. The NRC said after checking the records at the Cooper Nuclear plant in Nebraska, it determined the reactor was not Y2K ready, even though the plant's operators said its computers had been upgraded on July 1. [...]