[mojito]

“This summer, the Army Corps of Engineers dispatched its Tiger Team, officials said. In an initial report, the team said the cause of the failures remained unknown in all but two instances. The team said the government has incomplete information about the design of the electrical system that could pose new problems if settings need to change on circuit breakers. The report concluded that efforts to “fast track” the Utah project bypassed regular quality controls in design and construction.”

“....on Sept. 23, the contractors reported they had uncovered the “root cause” of the electrical failures, citing a “consensus” among 30 investigators, which didn’t include government officials. Their proposed solution was the same device they had already begun installing.”

Hmmm, you’ve found the “root cause” of the problem but the cause of the failures remain “unknown”?

Most curious.

[Carry_Okie]

900MW is a lot of power. If I were designing a plant of that scale and import, it would have twin nuclear reactors with redundant substations, which would of course have required that this be a project with full public review (which would never happen).

Hence, this looks like they brought in the power and then cheaped out on the distribution. It's stupid, reflecting directly the existence of mal-intent.

[wrencher]

I read that as their initial report from summer could not identify any cause yet, but later by Sept they had and had already begun steps to fix it.

[shego]

This summer, the Army Corps of Engineers dispatched its Tiger Team, officials said.

It took a "Tiger Team" to figure out that building a facility that needs 1,700,000 gallons of water a day in the middle of the freaking desert was a bad idea?