I am looking for information about what kinds of symptoms should be expected if water is allowed to get into air systems. Do you remember an event whose causes...
If you are interested in why people do what they do, this might be up your alley. Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. Nuclear Safety Review...
Bill, There are various documents that deal with contaminants in air systems including NRC Bulletin 80-10 and INPO SOER 88-14. Some of the symptoms would...
What kinds of erratic operation? TKS 1.0 E+6. Bill Terry Herrmann <jherrmt@...> wrote: Bill, There are various documents that deal with contaminants in...
Not controlling at the setpoint Opening when it's not supposed to Closing when it's not supposed to It all depends on where the water or other contaminant...
Does your organization have a set of criteria for what a repeat/ recurring event is? How are repeat/ recurring events treated differently from others? What are...
Doug, It's good to hear from you. The IAEA statement is interesting. I wonder if they have a definition of "human error." Much of what went wrong at...
Bill Wilson, From my experience as a rootician and as a supervisor (in days gone by) the most important skill for a supervisor is to make sure that a good...
Bill C., In response to your questions, many follow Salot's "principles of diverging dynamics": A repeat/recurring event is one that happens again before...
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Bill Salot, That's thought-provoking. May I wait to see what others respond? In the world of bureaucracy and regulation some people are incentivized to...
FYI. Valerie did a lot of fine work on the Tokaimura Accident. Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. Nuclear Safety Review Concepts 21 Broadleaf...
This is from a DOE Laboratory scientist who has done some first rate work on the Tokaimura event. If you have any links to similar U.S. events, e.g., Surry or...
Bill C., Since the similar incident at Surry years ago, we did two massive ultrasonic thickness inspections of the hot boiler feed water piping in the chemical...
Interesting monkey research. Take care, Bill Corcoran W. R. Corcoran, Ph.D., P.E. Nuclear Safety Review Concepts 21 Broadleaf Circle Windsor, CT 06095-1634 ...
Bill Salot, I seem to recall that there was a serious pipe break at Millstone Unit 2 in the mid-'90's that did not involve wall thinning. If people had been in...
What do you think about this systemJoe, Thanks ever so much. I have looked at REASON(r) before, but based on your question, I reviewed the entire web...
Bill C., I object to one-sided public critiques of a competitors' products by prejudiced consultants. They are largely self-serving and wrong. Yours is no...
Mr. Shalot: Having read your frequent and helpful contributions to this network of individuals dedicated to improved operations through analysis, I was ...
What do you think about this systemI have pasted the remarks of an anonymous user below. Please feel free to chime in with your own experience. Take care, Bill...
Larry D., Thanks for the heads-up, a reminder that people often react differently to a given stimulus. You are right. This is not grounds for a "range war". ...
Bill C., Another private letter made public? Why was the author's name withheld? I hope Mr Anonymous, who stopped using a system in 2000, will not be ...
Thanks, Bill. I appreciate your receiving my message in the professional spirit in which it was intended. The points you raise are legitimate and warrant...
In root cause analysis we seldom, but not never, encounter causes related to Sabotage, Wrongdoing, Malevolence, Disgruntled Action, Conspiracy, and the like. ...
Hi Bill, I am having trouble access this file on trending, can you please forward the .pdf to me under separate cover? I am still looking for the most ...
Bob, Here it is. I think it will make it to people signed up for individual e-mails, but not to people signed up for digests. I look forward to you comments...
Thank You Bill. I am traveling for a few days, but I will be back in touch. Regards Bob Latino ... From: Dr. Bill Corcoran [mailto:firebird.one@...] ...
Here is all you need to do some rootician self-training. I have attached a document giving acceptance criteria for investigation reports. Below I have pasted a...