Safety Analysis against Tsunami Attacks at a Nuclear Power Plant Site
Several nuclear power plants are now under operation, and more plants will be built along the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula. These nuclear power plant sites may be vulnerable to unexpected tsunami attacks. In this study, a coupled numerical model based on the shallow-water theory was employe...
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| description | Several nuclear power plants are now under operation, and more plants will be built along the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula. These nuclear power plant sites may be vulnerable to unexpected tsunami attacks. In this study, a coupled numerical model based on the shallow-water theory was employed to analyze the safety of the Uljin Nuclear Power Plant site against three historical and eleven virtual tsunami attacks. The numerical model consisted of a transoceanic propagation and an inundation model. Both models were discretized by the finite difference method. Maximum and minimum tsunami heights were estimated for the three historical and eleven virtual tsunamis. The obtained results showed that the Uljin Nuclear Power Plant site would be safe against the tsunami attacks included in this study. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f56672bdb7464060a4e324cc1b2b4fa62025-02-03T06:11:03ZengWileyJournal of Applied Mathematics1110-757X1687-00422013-01-01201310.1155/2013/984038984038Safety Analysis against Tsunami Attacks at a Nuclear Power Plant SiteJeong-Wook Seo0Jin Woo Lee1Yong-Sik Cho2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of KoreaSeveral nuclear power plants are now under operation, and more plants will be built along the eastern coast of the Korean Peninsula. These nuclear power plant sites may be vulnerable to unexpected tsunami attacks. In this study, a coupled numerical model based on the shallow-water theory was employed to analyze the safety of the Uljin Nuclear Power Plant site against three historical and eleven virtual tsunami attacks. The numerical model consisted of a transoceanic propagation and an inundation model. Both models were discretized by the finite difference method. Maximum and minimum tsunami heights were estimated for the three historical and eleven virtual tsunamis. The obtained results showed that the Uljin Nuclear Power Plant site would be safe against the tsunami attacks included in this study.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/984038 |
| spellingShingle | Jeong-Wook Seo Jin Woo Lee Yong-Sik Cho Safety Analysis against Tsunami Attacks at a Nuclear Power Plant Site Journal of Applied Mathematics |
| title | Safety Analysis against Tsunami Attacks at a Nuclear Power Plant Site |
| title_full | Safety Analysis against Tsunami Attacks at a Nuclear Power Plant Site |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Safety Analysis against Tsunami Attacks at a Nuclear Power Plant Site |
| title_short | Safety Analysis against Tsunami Attacks at a Nuclear Power Plant Site |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/984038 |
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