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To: BenLurkin
…a comprehensive review of the original construction and whether it meets modern standards should have been conducted.

Honestly, does ANYBODY do that on large systems? With all the pressing and underfunded maintenance work and routine upgrades, who could ever find the budget to do a comprehensive review of the original design? I worked in lots of old fossil power plants at the beginning of my career. The best we could do was identify areas of possible incident failure and fix them before they failed during annual or semiannual planned maintenance outages.

16 posted on 01/05/2018 8:49:11 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
…a comprehensive review of the original construction and whether it meets modern standards should have been conducted.

My experience in the nuclear industry is that the original design is usually sound, and if anything over-designed. Where you get into trouble is increasing capacity or adding features without reassessing the original design assumptions. In addition, deferring manintenence due to budget or schedule always bites your behind.

21 posted on 01/05/2018 9:45:44 PM PST by nuke_road_warrior (Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
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