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Lessons Learned

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
George Santayana

“To learn from the mistakes of others is a blessing. To not learn from our own mistakes is a sin.”
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To learn more about the Lessons Learned Program at SLAC, please see:

For current Lessons Learned reports, please visit:


Types of Lessons Learned Reports

SLAC These are incidents that happened at SLAC and were investigated by an authorized Incident Investigator.
DOE The DOE has a database and email list of Lessons-Learned gathered from all DOE labs. With DOE-permission, we have reposted some of the articles relevant to SLAC.
Other We have gathered some Lessons Learned from the local community, peers at other laboratories, and internal incidents not listed in SLAC Lessons Learned.

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