Y2K Incident Reports from Government

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"Seven nuclear power plant licensees have reported minor problems with plant computer systems used to support physical plant access control, monitoring operating data, and calculating meteorological data." Y2K Related? "Yes."

"several electric utilites in North America have reported minor glitches with ... clocks used in their energy management system computers." Y2K Related? "Yes."

"The Catawba Nuclear Unit No.2 ... (South Carolina) safely shut down at 18:21 EST due to an automatic actuation of the reactor protection system following a failure in the turbine hydraulic control system ... currently conducting tests to determine the cause of the problem. Plant is still down."

Quotes are taken directly from the government Y2K site at www.y2k.gov/docs/pr011610.htm

-- Ron Sellar (y2kbook@telusplanet.net), January 03, 2000


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