Subj: Y2k MALFUNCTION AT TENN. NUKE PLANT
Date: 1/2/00 4:14:26 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: Dkainc
To: BARDSQUILL

MALFUNCTION AT TENN. NUKE PLANT
Sunday January 2 5:48 PM ET

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20000102/tc/y2k_nuclear_weapons_1.html

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - The Y2K bug infested a computer at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory's Y-12 nuclear weapons plant but it did not affect
operations or workers, Energy Department officials said Sunday.

The exact nature of the malfunction was not disclosed because the computer
controls a classified function. It was corrected in about three hours, said
Department of Energy spokesman Frank Juan.

Juan said it is the first of the plant's 280 systems to experience a Y2K
problem. Officials will continue to monitor all systems at the plant next
week, Juan said.

The Y-12 plant makes warhead components for the MX missile system and is the
primary uranium storage site for the nation's nuclear arsenal.