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To: maceng2 who wrote (45334)	9/19/2002 12:34:52 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

OT : And u guys still use those "night store" heaters! Took me a week to figure out that POS, when I was living in England a couple years ago :-)

To: maceng2 who wrote (45334)	9/22/2002 5:20:18 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Cracks found in Japanese reactors news.ft.com Two Japanese nuclear electricity generators yesterday admitted they had failed to inform the government about cracks in reactors. The revelations by Chubu Electric and Tohoku Electric further undermined already shaky public confidence in the safety of the Japan's nuclear energy industry. The news is likely to erode further public support for government's plans to build more nuclear plants in the next decade and use recycled plutonium mixed-oxide (Mox) fuel in the search of a stable energy supply. Chubu said it would temporarily shut a reactor at its Hamaoka nuclear plant, 150km west of Tokyo which has cracks in the reactor's water pipes. Tohoku said it had the same problem at a plant in northern Japan. Earlier this month Tokyo Electric Power, the world's largest electric utility, admitted it may have falsified safety reports on 29 occasions at its nuclear facilities since the mid-1980s. Yesterday it said it had falsified nuclear safety records on another eight occasions. The eight newly reported cases, which involve cracks in pipes that carry primary cooling water in the reactors, are believed to be potentially far more serious than cracks reported earlier on the reactor shrouds. Analysts said the industry had been expecting similar problems to emerge and there was a likelihood of other utilities admitting to similar cover-ups. Four other mid-sized utilities - Chugoku, Kansai, Shikoku, and Kyushu - have notified the nuclear safety agency that they would look into the safety checks conducted on their own reactors in the past. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said it would investigate the cases reported yesterday.