2000 Looms for US Nuclear Plants
by Declan McCullagh

3:00 a.m. 30.Apr.99.PDT One-third of US nuclear plants will not be finished with Y2K repairs in time to meet the industry's self-imposed summer deadline, says a report due for release on Friday.

Of the 66 operating nuclear facilities, 20 said that they will need extra time to rid their computer systems of Year 2000 glitches, according to the most recent quarterly report from the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC).

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But the group also says hospitals; telephone companies; and gas, water, and sewage facilities "should review their emergency power supply provisions and procedures." So should large corporations.

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-- Bill (billdale@lakesnet.net), April 30, 1999