WND Reported on recent progress of NEI.

Snips are:

NEI officials explained their progress this week to senior managers and staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the federal agency responsible for the safe operation of nuclear facilities. WorldNetDaily was the only press to cover the meeting -- an indication of the print media's lack of concern about nuclear safety issues related to Y2K.

"Are we finding anything that would affect our ability to shut down a plant safely? No," responded Beedle. "Are we finding anything that would affect power continuity? Yes."

-- glowing (from@nuke.plant), June 17, 1999

Answers

I don't care if the nukes go down as long as it is accident-free. I'm looking forward to reading the second installment of this article tomorrow.

-- Dog Gone (layinglow@rollover.now), June 17, 1999.

Here is the link to the WorldNetDaily article:

Nuclear plants race to meet Y2K deadline

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), June 17, 1999.

Dear "glowing,"

Your stand alone quote puts a doomer spin on this article. Reading on, the next to last paragraph says:

"My projection," Davis continued, "is that we're going to find a short list of problems on July 1. Since most plants will have at least one or two ways to handle those problems, we'll find no issues that will affect safety or require shutdown." [note: according to WorldNet Daily, Jim Davis is director of operations at the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI); Ralph Beedle is NEI's senior vice president and chief nuclear officer... both spoke at the NRC progress meeting this week.]

I'm no pollyanna... and fully expect there will be problems with at least some nuke plants come Jan 1... however, it doesn't sound like much chance of shutdowns on July 1.

Sincerely,

-- M.C. Hicks (mhicks@greenwich.com), June 17, 1999.