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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2731)	10/17/1998 2:32:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Dutch Y2k commission report to the OECD: 207.82.250.251

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2731)	10/19/1998 1:41:00 PM
From: B.K.Myers	Respond to of 9818

foobert, "In short, it takes the grid to enable the plants to shut down safely." This is very interesting information. While it explains why the NRC chose July 1, 1999, it does leave several other questions unanswered. What happens if the nuclear power companies are Y2K compliant and are allowed to continue operating, but another problem develops elsewhere on the power grid, causing the grid to come down? Will the nukes be able to shut down if the rest of the grid goes down? Will they be able to operate while "off" the grid? What happens if a problem develops while the rest of the grid is down? Based on the information that you presented, it seems to me that the only safe alternative is to shut all nukes down in July 1999. Any thoughts on these hypothetical situations and what other alternatives might be available? B.K.