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Thing is though, how can the engineer claim this new retroencabulator is safe? If he has documented tests etc, how about going the route of getting the paperwo
by digi_owl 10y ago
Thing is though, how can the engineer claim this new retroencabulator is safe?
If he has documented tests etc, how about going the route of getting the paperwork amended? And if not, should the bureaucrats just take his word that this time it is safe? That was what they were saying with the turboencabulator as well...
- ethbro 10y agoI think the problem the parent was getting at is that parts new enough that regulations have not been written are automatically non-viable due to bureaucracy substituting outsourced regulation documents for in-house technical expertise. With the end result of regulators being incapable of making technical decisions that fall outside the already written regulated scenarios. I would hope that this is less of an issue in nuclear regulation, due to them hopefully having engineering resources on staff. But I do know it's a common problem with less technically focused branches of government.