Re: Nuke Reactors Enters 2000 Unscathed Russia and Japan

[Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>]

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
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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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