I really do appreciate your input, and the caution to be prudent in pressing my case is certainly valid.
As far as "fairness" to my colleagues, here's my take on the culture I want to change. I think is can sum it up pretty simply.
The current state is that many (but not all) senior managers...
MM, I do appreciate the input and you are right that some political CYA schmooze will be required to implement any changes that might drop a load in a senior manager's rice-bowl.
But no, I am not so young. I took my PMP exam back in the early 2000s when I was in my mid-40s. I have been all-nuke...
You grasped the issue very well, MiningMan! $1-$2M a day is about right, and that is only the O&M and Capital outlay. At My station, producing nearly 1500 megawatts the lost production cost is around a million on top of that outlay. Plus the cost of buying power at high rates from pealing units...
I am asking if anyone has knowledge of a method, model, or "canned" process to address discovery issues that require fixes on the fly in an effort to protect the critical path on the far larger project.
Here is my situation. I am titled an "Emergent Issue Team Manager". I work in commercial...
I am kinda curious that no-one mentioned the use of hardened washers for bolting up flanges. They are pretty much the expectation for studs or bolts in nuclear for many years now.
I remember having to cut studs for a large valve in a nuke on the east coast years ago. We were very careful to...
And another shot.
And thanks to LittleInch for a speedy reply. I had not seen the interesting report, and it may affect decisions where we have been using P33 cromoly for replacements. The piping is still good, but it may not help the HAZ of the...
Just received photos from the field, attached. The verbal report from the NDE tech indicated FAC-similar rippling inside the 4" for about 1 1/2 pipe diameters. and concentrated in the upper quadrant of the ID...
A leak developed on a weld at my station.
What we have is a 52" horizontal run of High Pressure Turbine Extraction Steam piping. At the bottom of the line is welded a 12x12x4 tee. The Tee is vertical, one 12" end welded to the invert of the 52", the other reduced to 2" for a manual drain valve...
