The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami damaged the Madras Atomic Power Station in India and led to a new understanding of the importance of flooding hazards caused by tsunamis at nuclear power plant sites. The Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami in 2011, which heavily damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, re-emphasized the importance of tsunami hazard assessments. Recognizing…
This book consist : Introduction; General recommendations; Necessary information and investigations; Construction of a regional seismotectonic model; Evaluation of ground motion hazard; Potential for surface faulting at the site; and Quality assurance. (Jml)