Published 1988 | Version v1
Book

Assessment of aseismic design standards and their relevance to nuclear power plant safety

  • 1. UKAEA Safety and Reliability Directorate, Culcheth

Description

After briefly considering some background information on earthquakes, aseismic design for buildings in general and nuclear power plants in particular is discussed. The consideration of earthquakes in probabilistic safety assessments of nuclear power plants is then analyzed. (U.K.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Elsevier Applied Science.
Imprint Place
London (UK)
ISBN
1-85166-235-9
Imprint Title
Nuclear safety after Three Mile Island and Chernobyl
Imprint Pagination
490 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 275-293.

Conference

Title
International approach to nuclear safety (after Three Mile Island and Chernobyl) conference.
Dates
8-10 Jun 1988.
Place
Blackpool (UK).

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
19095800
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
EARTHQUAKES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PLANNING; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; SAFETY
Descriptors DEC
NUCLEAR FACILITIES; POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS