Czech Nuclear Plants Y2K-Proof, Official Says (AP)

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The inability to see *other* interdependancies is a world-wide Y2K blind spot.

*Major Sigh*

Diane

Czech nuclear plants Y2K-proof, official says

Monday, December 6, 1999

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/1999/12/06/international0932EST0513.DTL

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(12-06) 06:32 PST PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- The Czech Republic's nuclear plants will not be affected by the Y2K computer glitch, partly because they are not yet fully computerized, an official said Monday.

The controversial Soviet-designed Temelin plant, which will not start generating power before 2001, will be switched off at midnight Dec. 31, said Josef Capek, a spokesman for the State Center for Nuclear Safety.

The nation's other nuclear plant, Dukovany, faces no danger in connection with the millennium computer bug because it is controlled by an analog system, Capek said.

In its recent report, the Czech Republic's Y2K coordination center said all important state institutions such as ministries, banks and hospitals are well prepared. The country's 13 ministries and three major banks have finished their Y2K preparations, and 90 percent of the medical facilities have drafted a crisis plan for midnight Dec. 31, the report says.

The government has introduced a special Y2K phone line, pressed 300,000 free CD-ROMs with vital Y2K information and will distribute informational fliers to all households.

The country's chief airline carrier, CSA, said it has finished preparations for the Y2K problem and does not plan to cancel or interrupt any scheduled flights on Dec. 31 or Jan. 1, unlike many of the world's major airlines.



-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 06, 1999


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