Peach Bottom Siren Letter

[PGM]

I found this artical The letter is dated pretty old but it's still a good read.


http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-colle ... 01188.html

[JasonC]

There are hundreds of letters concerning siren systems and planning on the NRC website. Do a quick search for siren.

[Oldiesmann]

That's just pathetic. Purposely bypassing failure detection methods? We're talking public safety here! From that letter it sounds like some big wigs at the plant even knew what was going on but did nothing about it

[Bshinn]

And that's precisely when Ben Shinn got involved...I got called in to clean up the mess
(Along with ATI, a local radio shop, and a few other people).

[Hacksaw]

Sad, but this happens in other fields as well. One of my other passions is pipeline safety.

10 years ago, Olympic Pipeline Co. had a rupture & gasoline spill in Bellingham, WA, that killed 3 young men. Several issues were involved, but 2 BIG ones that apply to this thread:

1. Their pressure relief valves were set up wrong, so they would not open at the desired pressure. This was compounded when the US CFR required yearly tests of such relief valves was NOT done, but just signed off as being done.

2. The *LIVE* system (SCADA) computer was being used to test new software at the same time as controlling the pipeline. It froze, causing a big delay in detecting the leak. Not illegal, but unwise.

In one NTSB Railroad accident Report, I read where someone had placed tape over the speed limit exceeded horn in a Engine. One of the factors in that accident was speeding!

[Bshinn]

Here's another I reviewed while studying Ethical Issues in Business and Industry @ Lock Haven.

http://ethics.tamu.edu/ethics/goodrich/goodric1.htm

PHIL 425 Ethics in Business and Industry
An in-depth survey of the relevance of ethical theory to the making of professional decisions in business and industry. An extensive introduction to ethical theory and logic will be followed by a discussion of difficult ethical dilemmas which professionals must confront every day. Particular emphasis will be placed on hiring and firing practices, advertising and marketing, environmental issues, and the impact of industry on the society at large.

[Jpressman8]

Wow! That's just unexcusable...

[ruralchief]

Ethics in Business and Industry? Money is the bottom line.

Safety unfortunately is a low priority.