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Summary
Summary
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.
Table of Contents
List of contributors | p. vii] |
Preface | p. xi |
1 Tectonic events and nuclear facilities | p. 1 |
2 The nature of tectonic hazards | p. 24 |
3 The nature of volcanism | p. 74 |
4 Tectonic uplift and subsidence | p. 116 |
5 Glacial isostatic adjustment: implications for glacially induced faulting and nuclear waste repositories | p. 142 |
6 Using global positioning system data to assess tectonic hazards | p. 156 |
7 Tectonic setting of volcanic centers in subduction zones: three-dimensional structure of mantle wedge and arc crust | p. 176 |
8 Conceptual model for small-volume alkali basalt petrogenesis: implications for volcanic hazards at the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository | p. 195 |
9 Aspects of volcanic hazard assessment for the Bataan nuclear power plant, Luzon Peninsula, Philippines | p. 229 |
10 Multi-disciplinary probabilistic tectonic hazard analysis | p. 257 |
11 Tsunami hazard assessment | p. 276 |
12 Regional-scale volcanology in support of site-specific investigations | p. 307 |
13 Exploring long-term hazards using a Quaternary volcano database | p. 326 |
14 Estimating spatial density with kernel methods | p. 346 |
15 Cox process models for the estimation of long-term volcanic hazard | p. 369 |
16 Spatial distribution of eruptive centers about the Idaho National Laboratory | p. 385 |
17 Modeling the flow of basaltic magma into subsurface nuclear facilities | p. 406 |
18 Intrusion dynamics for volatile-poor basaltic magma into subsurface nuclear installations | p. 429 |
19 Volcanic risk assessment at Yucca Mountain, NV, USA: integration of geophysics, geology and modeling | p. 452 |
20 Geological issues in practice: experience in siting US nuclear facilities | p. 481 |
21 Characterizing active tectonic structures for nuclear facilities in Japan | p. 492 |
22 Issues for coastal sites | p. 509 |
23 Stable tectonic settings: designing site investigations to establish the tectonic basis for design and safety evaluation of geological repositories in Scandinavia | p. 527 |
24 The impact of subsidence, uplift and erosion on geological repositories for radioactive wastes | p. 548 |
25 Recommendations for assessing volcanic hazards at sites of nuclear installations | p. 566 |
26 Formal expert assessment in probabilistic seismic and volcanic hazard analysis | p. 593 |
Index | p. 612 |