Volcanic and Tectonic Hazard Assessment for Nuclear Facilities (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Connor, Charles B.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Geoscientists worldwide are developing and applying methodologies to estimate geologic hazards associated with the siting of nuclear facilities. Understanding such hazards, particularly in the context of the long functional lifetimes of many nuclear facilities, is challenging. This book documents the current state-of-the-art in volcanic and tectonic hazard assessment for proposed nuclear facilities, which must be located in areas where the risks associated with geologic processes are quantifiable and demonstrably low. Specific topics include overviews of volcanic and tectonic processes, the history of the development of hazard assessment methodologies, description of current techniques for characterizing hazards, and development of probabilistic methods for estimating risks. Hazard assessment examples are drawn from around the world. This volume will promote interest and debate about this important topic among researchers and graduates developing methods in geologic hazard assessment, geologists and engineers who assess the safety of nuclear facilities, and regulatory bodies that evaluate such assessments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511629877
• Artikelnr.: 38210237

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Tectonic events and nuclear facilities N. A. Chapman, H. Tsuchi
and K. Kitayama; 2. The nature of tectonic hazards M. Cloos; 3. The nature
of volcanism C. B. Connor, R. S. J. Sparks, M. Díez, A. C. M. Volentik and
S. C. P. Pearson; 4. Tectonic uplift and subsidence N. Litchfield, Y. Ota
and D. Merritts; 5. Glacial isostatic adjustment: implications for
glacially induced faulting and nuclear waste repositories B. Lund and J. O.
Näslund; 6. Using global positioning system data to assess tectonic hazards
L. M. Wallace, J. Beavan, S. Miura and R. McCaffrey; 7. Tectonic setting of
volcanic centers in subduction zones: 3D structure of mantle wedge and arc
crust Y. Tamura, J. Nakajima, S. Kodaira and A. Hasegawa; 8. Conceptual
model for small-volume alkali basalt petrogenesis: implications for
volcanic hazards at the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository F.
J. Spera and S. J. Fowler; 9. Aspects of volcanic hazard assessment for the
Bataan nuclear power plant, Luzon Peninsula, Philippines A. C. M. Volentik,
C. B. Connor, L. J. Connor and C. Bonadonna; 10. Multidisciplinary
probabilistic tectonic hazard analysis M. Stirling, K. Berryman, L. M.
Wallace, N. Litchfield, J. Beavan and W. Smith; 11. Tsunami hazard
assessment W. Power and G. Downes; 12. Regional-scale volcanology in
support of site-specific investigations H. Kondo; 13. Exploring long-term
hazards using a Quaternary volcano database S. H. Mahoney, R. S. J. Sparks,
L. J. Connor and C. B. Connor; 14. Estimating spatial density with kernel
methods C. B. Connor and L. J. Connor; 15. Cox process models for the
estimation of long-term volcanic hazards O. Jaquet and C. Lantuéjoul; 16.
Spatial distribution of eruptive centers about the Idaho National
Laboratory P. H. Wetmore, S. S. Hughes, L. J. Connor and M. L. Caplinger;
17. Modeling the flow of basaltic magma into subsurface nuclear facilities
T. Menand, J. C. Phillips, R. S. J. Sparks and A. W. Woods; 18. Intrusion
dynamics for volatile-poor basaltic magma into subsurface nuclear
installations A.-M. Lejeune, B. E. Hill, A. W. Woods, R. S. J. Sparks and
C. B. Connor; 19. Volcanic risk assessment at Yucca Mountain, NV, USA:
integration of geophysics, geology and modeling G. A. Valentine and F. V.
Perry; 20. Geological issues in practice: experience in siting US nuclear
facilities L. Reiter; 21. Characterizing active tectonic structures for
nuclear facilities in Japan D. Inoue; 22. Issues for coastal sites I. G.
McKinley and W. R. Alexander; 23. Stable tectonic settings: designing site
investigations to establish the tectonic basis for design and safety
evaluation of geological repositories in Scandanavia T. McEwen and J.
Anderson; 24. The impact of subsidence, uplift and erosion of geological
repositories for radioactive wastes I. G. McKinley and N. A. Chapman; 25.
Recommendations for assessing volcanic hazards at sites of nuclear
installations B. E. Hill, W. P. Aspinall, C. B. Connor, J.-C. Komorowski
and S. Nakada; 26. Formal expert assessment in probabilistic seismic and
volcanic hazard assessment K. J. Coppersmith, K. E. Jenni, R. C. Perman and
R. R. Youngs; Index.