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3 Evaluation of the WSLAT Feasibility Study
Pages 16-18

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... The committee notes that the time for decision and funding is now several months overdue. As a result, the risks of not establishing WSLAT successfully and not 1Feasibility Study for the Whole System Live Agent Testing Program, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201.
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... The first addresses the requirements analysis, the second addresses the scientific and engineering approach, and the third group of comments addresses regulatory and policy concerns. In addition to these comments specifically about the WSLAT feasibility study, the committee has noted in the report that a credible testing program requires more than testing facilities.
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... The difficulty the committee has experienced in obtaining information and data critical to its own study, cited in the Interim Report, is not a good indicator that the funds, attention, and management needed to execute this program will be made available. Recommendation 3-1: An analysis of alternative WSLAT design approaches that would include comparisons of the various key per formance requirements in each design approach should be undertaken.
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