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To: kfdkfd who wrote (29270)	3/5/1999 6:37:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

euy2k.com Pa. Nuclear Plant Loses Monitoring System Computers During Y2k Testing Rockville, Md. (February 26) - PECO Energy's Peach Bottom Unit 2 nuclear facility near York, Pa. recently experienced a 7 hour lockup of the plant's primary and backup plant monitoring system computers during Y2k testing. The NRC weekly summary of 2/12/1999 reports that operators lost the plant's Safety Parameter Display System (SPDS), Emergency Response Data System (ERDS), and 3D Monicore thermal limit monitoring system during the event. Engineers had taken the backup PMS computer off-line and had advanced the PMS clock to a year 2000 Date. This led to a lockup of the backup PMS, and the system transferred to the primary, on-line PMS computer. The engineers did not recognize that the system had transferred and, believing that the original command was not accepted, again advanced the system clock, causing the primary PMS to lock up also. Several initial attempts to restore the PMS computers were unsuccessful, and operators determined that this constituted a major loss of emergency assessment capability. The PMS computers are not Y2K compliant, but the engineers believed that this would not impact the testing. Operators did not expect the testing would affect the on-line PMS computer. PECO Energy plans to perform a full root cause analysis of this event

To: kfdkfd who wrote (29270)	3/5/1999 7:39:00 PM
From: Karl Drobnic	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

I don't know much about Beck (it's a private company), but one way for Beck's owners to take dollars to the bank would be a merger with TAVA. That might underly JJ's excitement about TAVA/Beck. With the approach of 1/1/00, we've let the real giant sleep. That's the ongoing utility deregulation, which will span more years and command more dollars than the Y2k experience. If TAVA and Beck are working well together at this stage, a major case for a merger could be made. I suspect this is one area the TAVA database could be well-exploited. Also, JJ mentioned in the last CC that they were close to landing a contract to build a "virtual" power station. I'm glad to hear that the Beck relationship is warm and cozy.

To: kfdkfd who wrote (29270)	3/6/1999 6:22:00 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

Dear Kevin: Well, there wasnt time for the question session on air. I listened to several presenters so that I could evaluate the overall quality of the Conference and none of them took many questions however all of them were available after their presentations for questions in booths or something that were set up. Also there was a roundtable conference later but I didnt listen to it. Possibly some things came up there. JDN