The report is the sole responsibility of the nuclear engineering expert. There is nothing in the nuclear business that is done quickly and it is always hugely overpriced and way behind schedule. That is the nuclear culture, the prima donnas of engineering.
On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think this report is odd because -- > > 1. As I said before, it should not take a year to test the machine. Any > HVAC engineer can confirm it is producing heat in a few hours. Perhaps it > takes a year to determine reliability, but as I said before, reliability is > not an issue with a first-generation prototype machine. It is bound to be > unreliable. > > 2. If someone was testing a machine for a whole year, they would be > writing the report during that time and it would be ready as soon as the > test ends. I do not see why it would take a month. Perhaps I am missing > something. Perhaps I am thinking of how long it takes to prepare a manual > for a new commercial product. (The manual better be ready when production > begins, or you should fire your tech writer.) > > The Lugano report took a long time to write. As I recall they did not > finish writing it until long after the test ended. That was symptomatic of > their problems. I mean that the test was poorly done, and the report was > poorly written, and both took far too long. > > - Jed > >
