ML20138M090
| ML20138M090 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 03/10/1994 |
| From: | Brill R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY RESEARCH (RES) |
| To: | Jouse W ARIZONA, UNIV. OF, TUCSON, AZ |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20134P275 | List: |
| References | |
| CON-NRC-G-04-93-089, CON-NRC-G-4-93-89, FOIA-96-356 NUDOCS 9702250260 | |
| Download: ML20138M090 (2) | |
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\.....,/ wasmucros, o c. rommi MAR 101994 Dr. Wayne Jouse Department of Engineering Room 200 Old Engineering Building University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721
SUBJECT:
BI-MONTHLY REPORT ON USNRC GRANT NRC-04-93-089
Dear Dr. Jouse:
Please reread your proposal for the grant you received. The objective was to
' develop and demonstrate an active information system which is capable of detecting controller faults on-line." The goal of the research "is to develop a software system, based on associative stochastic automation, which has the capability cf detecting controller faults."
I find your statements in~ the area " global focus" inconsistent with the above research objective and goal. There may be a dividend from your research which meets the global focus you are addressing, but that stated focus is outside the scope of the grant you have received and needs immediate correction. '
If you recall our discussion in San Francisco, I emphasized that the detailed planning of any project at the outset is vital to the project's success. The section on Local Objectives and Planning does not provide any evidence that this has cccurred. I had anticipated that your first report would show that this is where most of your initial effort for this grant would be placed.
1 I would expect that you would have, by this time, set up a step-by-step plan, in a form which clearly states the goal for each step, pass-fail criteria, j
deliverables, and milestone dates. For example, one objective may be to j determine the type of controller to use for the project, this could require j the following steps:
1 1. List controller types i 2. Develop screening criteria 1 3.- Evaluate controllers against the criteria
- 4. Rank controllers
- 5. Choose Controller j 6. Document I through 5 for chapter in report l Your accomplishment for the above step might then be:
Evaluated various types of controllers most likely to be used in a nuclear application. The fuzzy-logic controller was chosen as the best
- candidate to demonstrate the over goal of this grant because it ranked number 1 in meeting the critical parameters. The most significant reasons were . . .
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i Wayne Jouse 2 MAR 10 19M Your report need not include the why's as you have done, together with mathematical formulas, in addition, you do not have to demonstrate how well qualified either you or your researcher are.
Editorially speaking you need to keep to the third person. Your report is inconsistent in this area. Readability would be significantly improved if you use current business formats which block paragraphs and skip a line for new paragraphs, as this letter has done.
If I may be of any further help in this matter, please feel free to call me.
Sincerely, Robert Brill Human factors Branch Division of Systems Research Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research l
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