tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170623839736191950.post5843284572615852423..comments2022-12-03T19:22:46.911-08:00Comments on Safetymatters: Safety culture information, analysis and management: IAEA on Safety Culture in New Plant Design and ConstructionBob Cudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08502712287881656493noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4170623839736191950.post-15456745234841050402013-04-23T16:57:08.005-07:002013-04-23T16:57:08.005-07:00Biblical exegesis does not a modern faith make.
I...Biblical exegesis does not a modern faith make.<br /><br />It would seem to me that we've got another example of "nuclear safety culture" spreading like kudzu into domains where there was no previous nor recently demonstrated need.<br /><br />Considering the availability of independently certified design, configuration managed electronically in far more dependable and easy to maintain ways and the whole of 3D design - plus the thousands of highly engineered facilities and aircraft designed and built since the last wave of nuclear design and construction it's hard to see the value added of "nuclear safety culture."<br /><br />I for one would say that its introduction in the context of the Hanford WTP has been a serious source of distraction from the very serious problem of discovering and developing solutions to the chemistry problems.<br /><br />There is a need for rigorous attention to quality control and conventional design QA, but I've not seen the evidence that these challenges are structurally any more pressing than they were in 1975. In fact with modern data management systems the ability to collect incidental analytics on design and fabrication work (e.g. how many changes per designer or department vs. per design - captured and displayed in real time).<br /><br />Plant design and construction are the most compliance bound and record of accomplishment intensive periods in the life cycle of the plant. Setting "expectations" regarding the temporary arrangements, particularly wrt to thousands of suppliers being integrated at a major construction site is taking anyone's understanding of culture into entirely uncharted territory.<br /><br />Again why do it when it isn't indicated by the evidence. If IAEA were providing a summary of lessons learned from other technological sectors with extensive ongoing experience in the period between say 1985 and the present then this might be a useful document. Looking at the list of contributors it is difficult to identify any such experience - certainly Monica Haage doesn't have it.<br /><br />Sorry, but this blight is killing the industry by turning into a compliance enterprise, instead of an energy enterprise. Look at the Shaw NOV and Chilled Work Environment letters just issued by NRC - can we really say that this is effective oversight?<br /><br />Bill Mullinsnoreply@blogger.com