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I greatly appreciate the nuclear industry. Nuclear field engineering was my first "real" job out of college and they really committ to safety. Transparency in t

I greatly appreciate the nuclear industry. Nuclear field engineering was my first "real" job out of college and they really committ to safety. Transparency in this industry is inspiring because everyone involved knows that one screw up and that's the end of the US nuclear industry. Good luck getting oil and gas to be accountable and as transparent about incidents. I carry the culture into the rest of my work and appreciate being involved. Wish events like this didn't happen but it is not of significant danger and I find it great that they communicate even "smaller" issues.

smilespray 1y ago
I've lived through three major nuclear incidents, and what they had in common, regardless of the political systems of the US, The Soviet Union or Japan, was not the transparency, it was the lying. It started immediately after each incident. I'm essentially pro-nuclear, I just don't trust people who run it.
- consp 1y ago
  You describe incidents which become political. At some point the normal rules are being ignored by those on the top of the information food chain. That says nothing about the rules of the game, but does say a lot about the people involved.
  - smilespray 1y ago
    The rule-ignoring and the lying started inside the plants before anybody outside got involved. Then it just spread like cancer.
- robviren 1y ago
  Totally valid perspective. I only became part of the industry after Fukushima. I only knew an industry by its disasters. I will say, having gone through the training programs we studied the nuclear incidents and spent a year in training before going to the plants. I just don't see parallel experiences looking back like that. The people in nuclear (at least from what I saw) want the industry to be safe and successful.
0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago
Can you recommend a book or two in order to learn about that culture? IMO we could use more of it in AI.
- robviren 1y ago
  I found strong parallels between tech safety and nuclear safety. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0534/ML053410342.pdf https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0534/ML053410342.pdf NRC is a good place to start. They have been at trying to prevent tech from hurting people for awhile.
The_President 1y ago
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smilespray 1y ago

I've lived through three major nuclear incidents, and what they had in common, regardless of the political systems of the US, The Soviet Union or Japan, was not the transparency, it was the lying. It started immediately after each incident. I'm essentially pro-nuclear, I just don't trust people who run it.

consp 1y ago
You describe incidents which become political. At some point the normal rules are being ignored by those on the top of the information food chain. That says nothing about the rules of the game, but does say a lot about the people involved.
- smilespray 1y ago
  The rule-ignoring and the lying started inside the plants before anybody outside got involved. Then it just spread like cancer.
robviren 1y ago
Totally valid perspective. I only became part of the industry after Fukushima. I only knew an industry by its disasters. I will say, having gone through the training programs we studied the nuclear incidents and spent a year in training before going to the plants. I just don't see parallel experiences looking back like that. The people in nuclear (at least from what I saw) want the industry to be safe and successful.

0xDEAFBEAD 1y ago

Can you recommend a book or two in order to learn about that culture? IMO we could use more of it in AI.

robviren 1y ago
I found strong parallels between tech safety and nuclear safety. https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0534/ML053410342.pdf https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0534/ML053410342.pdf NRC is a good place to start. They have been at trying to prevent tech from hurting people for awhile.

The_President 1y ago

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