Nuclear plants cautiously phase out dial-up modems
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is asking the operators of America's 66 nuclear power plants to voluntarily upgrade the on-site monitoring systems that report plant conditions to the government. That upgrade to the 16-year-old Emergency Response Data System? Replacing telephone dial-up modems with VPN appliances.
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