97 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the level of awareness by the RPII of nuclear installations worldwide in view of a report that one third of the USA's 103 nuclear power stations had to resolve their Y2K problems and a Reuters report which stated that the USA proposed stockpiling potassium iodide to prevent thyroid cancer caused by radioactive iodine releases; and if similar precautions have been taken in the interests of public safety here. [25826/99]

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97 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the level of awareness by the RPII of nuclear installations worldwide in view of a report that one third of the USA's 103 nuclear power stations had to resolve their Y2K problems and a Reuters report which stated that the USA proposed stockpiling potassium iodide to prevent thyroid cancer caused by radioactive iodine releases; and if similar precautions have been taken in the interests of public safety here. [25826/99]

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