IAEA and the Year 2000 (Y2K) Issue - Rollover Reports: Spain

SPAIN
as of 01:33 UTC, 1 January, 2000

At 01:33 UTC, the following message was received by the Emergency Response Centre, IAEA, by fax from the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear, Spain, in confirmation of an earlier report by telephone on a minor Y2K problem.

"Subject: Report on the incidents in the Santa Maria de Garona and Jose Cabrera Nuclear Power Plants"

"As was stated in a previous phone call, we send additional reports on the minor problems indicated in the Subject:"

"Santa Maria de Garona:"
"As it was foreseen in a specific contingency plan, a fault has been detected in the date validation software (in house application) before the input of the 3D MONICORE (GE) system, which is working properly. There are established two backup methods by procedure as alternative to the function of the system. The problem has been fixed by eliminating of the checking dates in the input of the system. The system is correctly working now."

"Jose Cabrera"
"Has been detected a fault in a computer system to assign the dosemeter for accessing controlled areas. To perform a solution, an alternative procedure was implemented. The problem was fixed at 01:00 local time."

Note: This is being transmitted by the IAEA for information only and does not constitute a determination by the IAEA which States may or may not be physically affected by the event in question.

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