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To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (46497)	1/1/2000 11:01:00 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 116798

attempts to "talk down" the Yen with the only reports of problems in the world? Saturday January 1 9:28 AM ET Y2K Problem Strikes Japanese Plant By NAOMI OKADA Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) - A Y2K glitch shut down a radiation alarm system at a Japanese nuclear power plant, just three months after the nation's worst nuclear accident ever. The malfunction at Shika Nuclear Power Station, 170 miles northwest of Tokyo, didn't shut down the plant itself, and there were no leaks or safety problems. The radiation detectors themselves were unaffected. But the computer at the government office that receives information from them went dead shortly after midnight today, said Kohei Fukamoto, spokesman for Hokuriku Electric Power Co., the company that runs the plant. The problem was detected about 10 minutes past midnight and corrected 17 hours later, officials said. Although not immediately dangerous, the problem was especially unnerving in the wake of the worst nuclear accident in Japan's history. On Sept. 30, an accident at a uranium-processing plant 70 miles northeast of Tokyo killed one worker, seriously injured two people and exposed at least 150 people to radiation levels that were above normal levels. The glitch at the Shika Nuclear Power Station surfaced after Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi had already announced on television that no major Y2K problems had arisen. There were some small snags at other nuclear facilities, but no radiation was leaked and there were no safety problems. Officials were still investigating whether the trouble was brought on by the millennium computer bug. At a nuclear reactor run by Tokyo Electric Power in Fukushima prefecture, 148 miles northeast of Tokyo, a piece of monitoring equipment malfunctioned early this morning, company official (cont includs train charge card problems& more) dailynews.yahoo.com ps PM me please

To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (46497)	1/1/2000 12:22:00 PM
From: Enigma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116798

Post Y2K - you could always join Gata? With all the freebies posted by Doug AK they must be in need of funds - what about a new category 'Friends of Gata' - $100 per annum? Founding members - you and John Hunt?