EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – Case Study: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California, USA
The present study addresses briefly the safety and design requirements of nuclear power plants from earthquakes and tsunamis that may affect the structure or cooling systems of their reactors, and which may result in additionally and longer term destructive impacts on nearby communities and marin...
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| description | The present study addresses briefly the safety and design requirements of nuclear power
plants from earthquakes and tsunamis that may affect the structure or cooling systems of
their reactors, and which may result in additionally and longer term destructive impacts on
nearby communities and marine life due to the additional release of radioctivity - as was the
case with the 11 March 2011 Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant in Japan, as well as with the
release of radioactivity by other nuclear power plants by tsunamigenic earthquakes in other
parts of the world.
The vulnerability of nuclear power plants to earthquakes and tsunamis was specifically
examined by the author in conducting a comprehensive study of historic earthquakes and
tsunamis, as well as by an extensive air and land field survey of Southern California,
undertaken under contract with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRC), and the U. S.
Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC), in connection with the licencing of
the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant near San Clemente in California, and of subsequent
attempts to licence the additional Units 2 and 3 of the same facility of the Southern
California Edison Company (the licensee).
The present evaluation is also based on historical records extended back in time for
determining earthquake and tsunami events when California was still under Spanish control
under Gaspar de Portolá, the Spanish military officer from Catalonia in Spain, the first
governor of Upper California, and founder of Monterey and San Diego, before California
was annexed by the United States as a State of its Union. Also researched were archives in
Seville, Spain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c95285b4002d4f71ad3a5f068ae876722023-07-12T16:45:51ZengTsunami Society InternationalScience of Tsunami Hazards8755-68392023-06-0142242145EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – Case Study: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California, USAGeorge Pararas-Carayannis0Tsunami Society InternationalThe present study addresses briefly the safety and design requirements of nuclear power plants from earthquakes and tsunamis that may affect the structure or cooling systems of their reactors, and which may result in additionally and longer term destructive impacts on nearby communities and marine life due to the additional release of radioctivity - as was the case with the 11 March 2011 Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant in Japan, as well as with the release of radioactivity by other nuclear power plants by tsunamigenic earthquakes in other parts of the world. The vulnerability of nuclear power plants to earthquakes and tsunamis was specifically examined by the author in conducting a comprehensive study of historic earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as by an extensive air and land field survey of Southern California, undertaken under contract with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRC), and the U. S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC), in connection with the licencing of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant near San Clemente in California, and of subsequent attempts to licence the additional Units 2 and 3 of the same facility of the Southern California Edison Company (the licensee). The present evaluation is also based on historical records extended back in time for determining earthquake and tsunami events when California was still under Spanish control under Gaspar de Portolá, the Spanish military officer from Catalonia in Spain, the first governor of Upper California, and founder of Monterey and San Diego, before California was annexed by the United States as a State of its Union. Also researched were archives in Seville, Spain.http://tsunamisociety.org/422Pararas-Carayannis.pdfnuclear power plants safetysan onofre power plantfukushima daichi uclear plant japan disastrcooling system failurelicensing u.s. nuclear regulatory agency (nrc) |
| spellingShingle | George Pararas-Carayannis EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – Case Study: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California, USA Science of Tsunami Hazards nuclear power plants safety san onofre power plant fukushima daichi uclear plant japan disastr cooling system failure licensing u.s. nuclear regulatory agency (nrc) |
| title | EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – Case Study: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California, USA |
| title_full | EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – Case Study: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California, USA |
| title_fullStr | EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – Case Study: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California, USA |
| title_full_unstemmed | EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – Case Study: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California, USA |
| title_short | EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – Case Study: The San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California, USA |
| title_sort | earthquake and tsunami safety of nuclear power plants case study the san onofre nuclear plant in california usa |
| topic | nuclear power plants safety san onofre power plant fukushima daichi uclear plant japan disastr cooling system failure licensing u.s. nuclear regulatory agency (nrc) |
| url | http://tsunamisociety.org/422Pararas-Carayannis.pdf |
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