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DWmonkey:
What's this I hear about trying to lift the UGS with it still bolted in and breaking the rigging on the polar crane?
fueldryer:
Actually, the "house Refuelers" were raising the ICI plate an additional 17" to support divers doing a mod to the UGS.(to support thimble growth)They forgot (or didn't know) that there were stops installed to prevent raising higher then normal.Not using a load cell they raised the ICI plate up until the wire rope over the crane hook snapped.A CR was written as a near miss,This was down graded to a "mistake"by the powers that be.It's funny, 2 "refuelers" were standing on the lift rig platform when this happened and could have been seriously injured or worse,killed.( I was there and seen it happen)
DWmonkey:
That's what I was hoping for was an eyewitness account and not third hand information. I have worked the RF floor there many outages and something didn't sound right. Thanks.
fueldryer:
By the way, the UGS doesn't get "bolted" in the vessel.
tonynuke:
One of many events here at Waterford this time that make this outage just a little bit "off", which seems to be par for the course...lol. The old, tap on the shoulder, "Your laid off", is also in full swing. Anyway on a lighter note, New Orleans is a blast!
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