>"Thank you...and I agree completely. As I stated earlier, I would like to move Medical Research to >Starfleet Medical. Project Thunderclap is my overriding concern. Right around the time I took over >R&D there was an incident involving an explosion. There were casualties and injuries. We were >making progress on it and a prototype-the USS Explorer-will be used on an upcoming mission. We >have restarted our work on it but the >cause is still under investigation. Again a Safety Officer to >oversee this ! project would be crucial."
>Sharez tapped his stylus on the table. "Has a cause for that explosion been identified?" >"A faulty power transfer unit overloaded during a stress test of the internal power relay system. This >caused damage to a coolant line to a fusion reactor, which began to overheat. The stress of the failed >power transfer unit on the other units during the test caused a cascade failure of three other units before >the test could be aborted. The feeback from the other failed units caused the reactor go critical and >explode. The explosion of the reactor caught rescue crews and damage control parties as they >attended to the wounded and damage from the failed power transfer units. >"And who was the Safety Officer assigned to that project? added Drak. "Obviously that person was >not adequate in the position. What is going to be done to prevent the same thing from happening >again?" >"That person was covering two projects and was doing spot-inspection on his other project that day. >Again another example of why I need a Safety Officer dedicated to each individual project." >"It seems to me that is redundant, that a safety officer per research facility is more practical.", >commented the Rigelian. "Pardon me, I misspoke. I meant to say one per facility." _______________________________________________ Spacedock mailing list [email protected] http://mail.starbase1.org/mailman/listinfo/spacedock_starbase1.org
