Published June 2013 | Version v1
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Safety upgrading activities in Hamaoka NPP by Chubu Electric Power

Creators

  • 1. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Nagoya, Aichi (Japan)

Description

As the lessons learned by the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident, Chubu Electric Power carried out emergency safety measures in Hamaoka NPP immediately and announced the plan of countermeasures for tsunamis in the NPP including the 18m-height protection wall in July 2011. Furthermore, the company announced the additional severe accident countermeasures in the NPP in December 2012, such as installation of the Filtered Containment Venting System and increasing the height of the protection wall from 18m to 22m. In this paper, we present major safety upgrading activities tsunamis and earthquakes at the NPP. (author)

Part of:
The 18th national symposium on power and energy systems (SPES 2013)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
The 18th national symposium on power and energy systems (SPES 2013)
Imprint Pagination
472 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 423-426

Conference

Title
18. national symposium on power and energy systems
Acronym
SPES 2013
Dates
20-21 Jun 2013
Place
Chiba (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
48069142
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT; CONTAINMENT SPRAY SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKES; EMBANKMENTS; FILTERS; FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER STATION; GAS TURBINES; HAMAOKA-1 REACTOR; HAMAOKA-2 REACTOR; HAMAOKA-3 REACTOR; HAMAOKA-4 REACTOR; HAMAOKA-5 REACTOR; INTAKE; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; OUTAGES; POWER SUPPLIES; PUMPS; SEAWATER; TSUNAMIS; VENTS
Descriptors DEC
BWR TYPE REACTORS; CONTAINMENT; CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EQUIPMENT; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MACHINERY; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POWER PLANTS; POWER REACTORS; REACTOR SITES; REACTORS; SEISMIC EVENTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REACTORS; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINERY; WATER; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WATER WAVES

Optional Information

Notes
10 figs.; This record replaces 46134589