Re: Man Sentenced in radioactive Poisoning Case

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

The reality of the matter is that the University should not be cited. 
I see Bill's point, and I believe his opinion is based on how this 
type of incident, a willful act, is adjudicated by the NRC in a power 
reactor setting. Whenever a willful act was performed at a power 
reactor, the NRC believed that blame had to be assigned, and their 
opinion was that the Licensee must always shoulder that blame. There 
were many instances where the utility could take no action to prevent 
an occurrence, yet the upper management was summoned to the regional 
headquarters to address the issue, and to identify what 
countermeasures would be employed to prevent recurrence. All of this 
being a case of futility. The simple logic is, that to prevent any 
willful acts, there must be a "shadow" assigned to each individual. 
And what do you do about collusion between the 2 individuals? Do you 
assign a 2nd "shadow"? Preposterous! The goal of management is not to 
baby-sit. The reality is that when an individual is set on performing 
an unlawful act, willful as it can be ..., there is really nothing 
that can be done, for the significant majority acts. To assign blame 
to make someone feel good, the public or other employees, solves 
nothing, and prevents nothing .. be they yesterday, today or 
tomorrow.

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