Published September 2024
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Journal article
The status of the affected Shika nuclear power plant
Description
On January 1, 2024, a magnitude (M) 7.6 earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula, causing significant damage. Hokuriku Electric Power Company's Shika Nuclear Power Plant was also affected by the earthquake. Although the plant had been in long-term shutdown and no severe accident occurred, the various damages that arose raised serious concerns about the safety of nuclear power plants. Additionally, the Noto Peninsula earthquake starkly demonstrated the impossibility of evacuating in the event of a complex disaster where both an earthquake and a nuclear accident occur simultaneously. (J.P.N.)
Abstract (Japanese)
2024年1月1日,能登半島でマグニチュード(M)7.6の地震が発生,大きな被害を伴った.この地震では北陸電力志賀原発も被災した.長期停止中であり,深刻な事故は発生しなかった.だが発生した様々な損傷は,原発の安全性に大きな課題を投げかけるものだった.また,能登半島地震では地震と原発事故が同時に発生するような複合災害時の避難が実行不可能であることをまざまざと見せつけた.(著者)Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Japanese)
- 被災した志賀原発の状況
- Augmented title (English)
- Shika Nuclear Power Plant; Noto Peninsula earthquake; Magnitude 7.6 earthquake; Nuclear plant safety; Earthquake damage to nuclear plants; Long-term shutdown; Complex disaster; Evacuation challenges; Nuclear plant resilience; Seismic risk and nuclear facilities; Post-earthquake damage assessment; Emergency response in nuclear disasters
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Kinzoku
- Journal Volume
- 94
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Series
- 雑誌名:金属
- Journal Page Range
- p. 779-785
- ISSN
- 0368-6337
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Japan
- Country of Input or Organization
- Japan
- INIS RN
- 56002129
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY PLANS; EVACUATION; EXCEPTIONAL NATURAL DISASTER; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PUBLIC ANXIETY; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SHIKA-1 REACTOR; SHIKA-2 REACTOR; TRANSFORMERS; TSUNAMIS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; BWR TYPE REACTORS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EQUIPMENT; GRAVITY WAVES; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISASTERS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; SEISMIC EVENTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WATER WAVES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 10 refs., 6 figs.; Article title and abstract translated from Japanese in support of AI