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>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." "Were the two projects this person was assigned to at the same
facility? Why else would he or she be working on both?" asked the Andorian
with annoyance.
(Admiral?)
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