SEISMIC ISOLATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Seismic isolation is a viable strategy for protecting safety-related nuclear structures from the effects of moderate to severe earthquake shaking. Although seismic isolation has been deployed in nuclear structures in France and South Africa, it has not seen widespread use because of limited new buil...

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Main Authors: ANDREW S. WHITTAKER, MANISH KUMAR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S173857331530098X