Press Release-99-187, NRC to Meet with NEI to Discuss Nuclear Industrys Y2K Activities
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| Issue date: | 09/02/1999 |
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United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Public Affairs Washington, DC 20555 Phone 301-415-8200 Fax 301-415-2234 Internet:opa@nrc.gov No.99-187 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Thursday, September 2, 1999)
NRC TO MEET WITH NEI TO DISCUSS NUCLEAR INDUSTRYS Y2K ACTIVITIES The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will meet with officials of the Nuclear Energy Institute on Friday, September 10, in Rockville, Maryland, to discuss the status of Year 2000 (Y2K) readiness at nuclear power plants. Discussions will focus on industry activities to maintain Y2K readiness, share information among power plants, and report any changes in readiness to the NRC.
The meeting will be held at 9:00 a.m. in room O-8B4 at NRCs headquarters located at 11555 Rockville Pike. It will be open to public observation.
Y2K refers to a computers potential inability to recognize dates beginning with January 1, 2000, and beyond. It arises from computer programs that use two-digit numbers to represent a calendar year (such as 98" for 1998). For example, a computer system could read 00" as 1900, rather than 2000, potentially causing the computer system to malfunction.