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FC: Y2K roundup of Chernobyl, bank runs, martial law, toilets etc.
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 11:16:31 -0500
I realized today I haven't written anything about Y2K for a little while. So here's my report on Chernobyl, martial law, bank runs, toilets, blackouts, and all the usual Y2K wackiness: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,32855,00.html Chernobyl Says It's Ready by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com) 7:00 a.m. 3.Dec.1999 PST It sounds like a bad made-for-TV movie, and in fact it was. But for already-once-irradiated folks living within a few thousand miles of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, Y2K is hardly fiction. The infamous accident killed 31 people and belched a radioactive cloud over Europe in a nasty series of events that prompted the G-7 nations to pay Ukraine to pull the plug on the once-and-hopefully-not-future nuclear nightmare. But closure of the remaining Number Three unit won't happen until 2000. Is it rid of Y2K woes? "I wouldn't like to say categorically that nothing will happen, but we are prepared for practically any situation," says shift supervisor Viktor Kuchinsky. [...] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo () vorlon mit edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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