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benefits from the experience we have already had.<br />

COMMISSIONER OSTENDORFF: Let me add one,<br />

just one, comparison outside the commercial nuclear industry that is a<br />

data point. I'm going to date myself, but I'll do it anyway.<br />

In 1980, my second submarine is a new construction<br />

submarine, the USS ATLANTA, being built in the Newport News<br />

Shipyard. That was, I think, the 23rd or the 24th submarine to be built<br />

in the Los Angeles attack submarine class. So, there were 23<br />

predecessors before I got to this submarine.<br />

I was a member of the Joint Test Group. Every week I<br />

had a meeting with Naval Reactors, with the Shipyard, the Supervisor<br />

of Shipbuilding, and with the capital representatives to discuss changes<br />

during construction. And this was the 24th, 23rd or 24th submarine<br />

being built of the same design.<br />

So, just the complexity of detailed issues, it's just a fact<br />

of life.<br />

CHAIRMAN MACFARLANE: Next question.<br />

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QUESTIONER:<br />

How is the Agency assessing<br />

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progress and the effectiveness of the Knowledge Management<br />

Program, especially given the staff turnover?<br />

CHAIRMAN MACFARLANE: I think I'm going to ask<br />

Mark to address that one.<br />

MR. SATORIUS: Just so I understand the question,<br />

was it the question, how do we assess successes within our knowledge<br />

management activities?<br />

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QUESTIONER:<br />

Assessing the progress and the

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