"Free Dave" Day 2: 10 CFR 50.59 Evaluations

🛑 We can #freedave with the tool that knows when to dig deep… and when to stop.

A proposed MOV actuator replacement needs a 50.59.

𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞'𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐲: FSAR archaeology, criteria walkthrough, documentation, and reviewer back-and-forth. 11 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧: Applicability, screening, and Criteria 1 through 7 walked with sources and rationale. Then on criterion 8, Gordian stops and asks Dave.

"The replacement actuator uses a different torque calculation methodology. Here are both interpretations of the criterion with supporting references. Dave, you decide."

Gordian doesn't check the box. It shows Dave the evidence and gets out of the way.

Dave reads both interpretations, makes the call, documents the basis, signs the evaluation. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.

That judgment call is now in Gordian. When a similar mod comes up when Dave isn't around, another engineer can see exactly how Dave reasoned through the ambiguity. It's not just the answer that's captured. It's the reasoning.

8 hours freed so far. That's one full Dave-day at a normal job. Dave has never had a normal job.

Dave left at 4. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.