Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Site-Vicinity Infrastructure for Supporting the Accident Management of a Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear power plants shall be designed to resist the effects of large earthquakes. The design basis earthquake affects large area around the plant site and can cause serious consequences that will affect the logistical support of the emergency actions at the plant, influence the psychological condit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: T. J. Katona, A. Vilimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2929353
id doaj-0828bc8ab07a4c2b858299e6fc30021c
record_format Article
spelling doaj-0828bc8ab07a4c2b858299e6fc30021c2020-11-24T22:32:48ZengHindawi LimitedScience and Technology of Nuclear Installations1687-60751687-60832017-01-01201710.1155/2017/29293532929353Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Site-Vicinity Infrastructure for Supporting the Accident Management of a Nuclear Power PlantT. J. Katona0A. Vilimi1MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant Ltd., Paks, HungaryBreuer Marcell Doctoral School of Architecture, University of Pécs, Pécs, HungaryNuclear power plants shall be designed to resist the effects of large earthquakes. The design basis earthquake affects large area around the plant site and can cause serious consequences that will affect the logistical support of the emergency actions at the plant, influence the psychological condition of the plant personnel, and determine the workload of the country’s disaster management personnel. In this paper the main qualitative findings of a study are presented that have been performed for the case of a hypothetical 10−4/a probability design basis earthquake for the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary. The study covers the qualitative assessment of the postearthquake conditions at the settlements around the plant site including quantitative evaluation of the condition of dwellings. The main goal of the recent phase of the study was to identify public utility vulnerabilities that define the outside support conditions of the nuclear power plant accident management. The results of the study can be used for the planning of logistical support of the plant accident management staff. The study also contributes to better understanding of the working conditions of the disaster management services in the region around the nuclear power plant.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2929353
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author T. J. Katona
A. Vilimi
spellingShingle T. J. Katona
A. Vilimi
Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Site-Vicinity Infrastructure for Supporting the Accident Management of a Nuclear Power Plant
Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
author_facet T. J. Katona
A. Vilimi
author_sort T. J. Katona
title Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Site-Vicinity Infrastructure for Supporting the Accident Management of a Nuclear Power Plant
title_short Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Site-Vicinity Infrastructure for Supporting the Accident Management of a Nuclear Power Plant
title_full Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Site-Vicinity Infrastructure for Supporting the Accident Management of a Nuclear Power Plant
title_fullStr Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Site-Vicinity Infrastructure for Supporting the Accident Management of a Nuclear Power Plant
title_full_unstemmed Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Site-Vicinity Infrastructure for Supporting the Accident Management of a Nuclear Power Plant
title_sort seismic vulnerability assessment of site-vicinity infrastructure for supporting the accident management of a nuclear power plant
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations
issn 1687-6075
1687-6083
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Nuclear power plants shall be designed to resist the effects of large earthquakes. The design basis earthquake affects large area around the plant site and can cause serious consequences that will affect the logistical support of the emergency actions at the plant, influence the psychological condition of the plant personnel, and determine the workload of the country’s disaster management personnel. In this paper the main qualitative findings of a study are presented that have been performed for the case of a hypothetical 10−4/a probability design basis earthquake for the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary. The study covers the qualitative assessment of the postearthquake conditions at the settlements around the plant site including quantitative evaluation of the condition of dwellings. The main goal of the recent phase of the study was to identify public utility vulnerabilities that define the outside support conditions of the nuclear power plant accident management. The results of the study can be used for the planning of logistical support of the plant accident management staff. The study also contributes to better understanding of the working conditions of the disaster management services in the region around the nuclear power plant.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2929353
work_keys_str_mv AT tjkatona seismicvulnerabilityassessmentofsitevicinityinfrastructureforsupportingtheaccidentmanagementofanuclearpowerplant
AT avilimi seismicvulnerabilityassessmentofsitevicinityinfrastructureforsupportingtheaccidentmanagementofanuclearpowerplant
_version_ 1725732426904240128