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No. 00-004

January 01, 2000

ALL NUCLEAR FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

TRANSITION SAFELY THROUGH Y2K ROLLOVER

Four nuclear power plants in California and one in Washington in the Pacific Time Zone have reported to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that they have transitioned safely through the Y2K rollover.

As of 3:15 a.m. E.S.T., the Diablo Canyon and San Onofre nuclear plants in California and Washington Nuclear reported no operational problems to the NRC after midnight. This completes the successful transition of all 103 operating nuclear plants and two gaseous diffusion facilities through the Y2K transition.

Although all of the commercial nuclear power plants have completed the rollover into the new millennium, the NRC will continue to closely monitor operations in the coming days when other problems might arise.

Years of hard work by the NRC and the nuclear industry have paid off in a smooth transition through the new millennium, NRC Chairman Richard A. Meserve said.