RE: Real Safety vs. The Navy

["Harmon, Charles D" <cdharmo@sandia.gov>]

My roots are in the US Army Nuclear Program.  That little known program that
provided small scale power generating stations using nuclear reactors.  I
also think that thinking outside the box was one of the most valuable
lessons gained from those experiences.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Whitfill/Kdhe [mailto:DWhitfil@kdhe.state.ks.us]
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: Real Safety vs. The Navy



My roots are also Nuclear Navy (MO/ELT). I also worked as a Senior HP
before finishing with an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering. Probably the most
useful thing that the training imparted to me was  the ability to do
critical evaluations of procedures/work practices with attention to detail.
What I learned while out of the Navy was the ability to think out of the
box. Both experiences taught me that if I identify a problem, I better have
a proposed solution and be willing to follow it through resolution. Deep
down I still carry the military philosophy that performance during the
mundane is a direct reflection of performance during the extraordinary.





OFFTOWY@aol.com@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu on 11/12/99 12:49:46 PM

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Well, we have certainly heard enough to proceed with the Canonization of
the
Admiral.  I assume most of this is a little off-topic.  Without discounting
the contributions made to the nuclear power industry by the Navy program,
there is probably plenty of information out there that would support a book
on the shortcomings of the Navy program, speaking as an ex-bubblehead
myself
(emphasis on the "EX").  Unfortunately, such things are less interesting to
read than legends.

Bottom line, it is a good basic starting point, but blind adherence to such
a
program is a sure path to disaster.  Anyone out there ever had their
program
sidelined by an overzealous auditor wearing Co-60 blinders?  Anyone had
their
ALARA program ditched in pursuit of zero skin contaminations or zero
internal
dose?

No flaming necessary - note the sentence beginning with "Without
discounting..."

Lew LaGarde
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