If you are already familiar with Technidigm-2000's 12 elements, the following paragraphs will make a lot of sense to you. If you are not familiar with those 12 elements, the following paragraphs might seem a little strange, but you will still benefit from reading them. One aspect of Technidigm-2000 is that it is mostly just organized common sense, which most people have anyway, so the 12 elements are easy to learn. It is only when we are constrained by organizational limitations or unintended results of poorly conceived regulations that we lose our basic notions about common sense. Thus, it is important to be able to fall back on these 12 elements when we find ourselves doing things that seem to contradict common sense.
Common sense is the foundation of a good nuclear safety culture.
It is also the foundation of a good nuclear regulatory oversight process, so it is important to stand back and take a good look at the new process from a common sense perspective, perhaps avoiding major problems in the future. Perhaps the most difficult four elements of Technidigm-2000 are the four levels . The hard part is to put it all together so that our national and worldwide nuclear safety assessment processes are meaningful, accurate, and professional on a continuing basis. In the ongoing development and implementation process, the industry and the regulators will probably achieve significant improvements. This is because the new process is based largely on fundamental principles and common sense, consistent with Technidigm-2000 methods.