I thought that at least Marianne would like to read this one:

http://www.y2k-news.co.klimaxnews/113.htm

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

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Sorry try this link:

http://www.y2k-news.co.uk/klimaxnews/113.htm

-- Anonymous, August 12, 1999

Based on this and the post about BC power, and with things going they way they are, perhaps Marianne should go to Vancouver to visit for the y2k party.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

UK joins global nuclear call

[very odd... all the quotes from the letter refer to nuclear arsenals, but the lead paragraph refers to nuclear reactors. Here's the article]:

UK residents are joining the global call for nuclear reactors to be taken off line in December to avoid any Y2K problems.

The issue was first raised by Y2K WASH - World Atomoic Safety Holiday - who were behind a letter sent to the UK Government, Bill Clinton, Boris Yeltsin and other world leaders on the 54th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima last week.

The letter said Y2K will "challenge" all 433 reactors throughout the world on the same day.

Officials who signed the letter on behalf of the UK included Y2K Community Action Network national co-ordinator Paul Swann, Friends of the Earth nuclear and climate campaigner Dr Patrick Green, and several MPs.

They joined thousands of signatorites in expressing their "extreme concern over the possibility that Year 2000 (Y2K) related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to an unacceptable risk of nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

"The danger during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons," the letter said.

It went on; "If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate warning data, or if communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous.

"There should be a safety first approach to Y2K and nuclear arsenals.

"Because none of the nuclear weapons state can guarantee that their nuclear-related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible solution is for them all to stand down nuclear operations.

"This approach should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles."

Mr Swann said said the next stage of the global campaign will be linked to the next G8 meeting in Berlin next month.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999

You are right Linda, it is a rather strange letter. There is no linke beteeen nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Sort of like oxygen, we use it to breath and the NASA shuttle uses it as one of the two fuel components.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 1999