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RE: Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan
According to the "World Nuclear Industry Handbook - 1999" published by
Nuclear Engineering International, the four Bilibino reactors are listed as
62 MWt each.
Regards,
Rock Aker
rock.e.aker@ucm.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Muckerheide [SMTP:jmuckerheide@delphi.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 1999 3:28 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan
>
> The "Four units at the Bilibino Nuclear Heat and Power Plant" are listed
> as 12 MWe. Anyone know the MWt re their district heating role?
>
> Have a great New Millennium! Committed to bring nuclear/radiation
> acceptance back from bureaucratic death! :-)
>
> Regards, Jim
> muckerheide@mediaone.net
> ========================
>
> Sandy Perle wrote:
> >
> > Wishing all Peace and Good Will in this New Year!!!
> >
> > Friday December 31 12:03 PM ET
> >
> > Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan
> >
> > WASHINGTON (AP) - The first Russian nuclear plant to pass into
> > 2000 did so without incident - cause for optimism, Energy
> > Secretary Bill Richardson said today. ``But we have barely
> > scratched the surface'' in terms of time zones, he added.
> >
> > Four units at the Bilibino Nuclear Heat and Power Plant in
> > northeast Siberia above the Arctic Circle were functioning normally
> > after the rollover to 2000, Richardson said, and early reports
> > indicate that Russia's other energy systems made the Jan. 1
> > switch without glitches.
> >
> > ``So far, international signs are encouraging but we have barely
> > scratched the surface with the early time zones,'' Richardson said.
> >
> > The Bilibino plant provides energy for the mining industry and the
> > seaport of Pevask, which is connected to the plant by a 300-mile
> > transmission line.
> >
> > The first unit began operating in January, 1974 and the last one
> > started up in December 1976, according to the Soviet Plant Source
> > Book, published by the Nuclear Energy Institute, a Washington-
> > based trade association for the nuclear industry.
> >
> > The units are targeted for closure in 2002 and 2006.
> >
> > A 1996 visit by U.S. and international energy officials found safety
> > and maintenance problems at the site in part of because of the
> > high turnover of personnel.
> > -----
> >
> > Friday December 31, 10:49 am Eastern Time
> >
> > Japan says no power disruption as Jan 1 starts
> >
> > TOKYO, Jan 1 (Reuters) - No major disruption to Japan's power
> > generation has been reported as the nation ticked into the year
> > 2000, the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan said on
> > Saturday.
> >
> > ``As of midnight, and as far as we can monitor from the power
> > companies' central control centres, no major power outages have
> > been reported and there are no problems reported at nuclear power
> > generation plants,'' a spokesman for the federation said.
> >
> > Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), the country's largest power
> > company, also said it detected no problems with power supplies in
> > the Tokyo area. So far reports have been limited to those from
> > central control centres, and reports from regional terminals are still
> > pending, spokesmen at the federation and TEPCO said. Japan has
> > a total 14 nuclear power stations operated by nine of its 10 major
> > electric power companies, and two stations at Japan Atomic Power
> > Co (JAPC). JAPC's nuclear power plants, however, are currently
> > shut down for maintenance.
> >
> > On city gas supplies, Tokyo Gas Co Ltd said it has had no gas
> > manufacturing or supply disruptions as of 12:10 a.m. in its service
> > area including the largest consumer region of Tokyo.
> >
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