Earthquakes, Faults, and Nuclear Power Plants in Southern New York and Northern New Jersey

Seismic activity in the greater New York City area is concentrated along several northeast-trending faults of which the Ramapo fault appears to be the most active. Three nuclear power plants at Indian Point, New York, are situated close to the Ramapo fault. For a reactor site in use for 40 years, th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1978-04, Vol.200 (4340), p.425-429
Hauptverfasser:	Aggarwal, Yash P., Sykes, Lynn R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	220501 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Environmental Aspects- Siting 580201 - Geophysics- Seismology & Tectonics- (1980-1989) EARTHQUAKES ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS GEOLOGIC FAULTS GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES Geology GEOSCIENCES Government regulation INDIAN POINT-1 REACTOR INDIAN POINT-2 REACTOR INDIAN POINT-3 REACTOR MID-ATLANTIC REGION NEW JERSEY NEW YORK NORTH AMERICA Nuclear power plants Nuclear reactor safety Plate tectonics POWER REACTORS PROBABILITY PWR TYPE REACTORS Reactor design REACTORS Seismic activity SEISMIC EFFECTS SEISMIC EVENTS Tectonics THERMAL REACTORS USA WATER COOLED REACTORS WATER MODERATED REACTORS
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Zusammenfassung:	Seismic activity in the greater New York City area is concentrated along several northeast-trending faults of which the Ramapo fault appears to be the most active. Three nuclear power plants at Indian Point, New York, are situated close to the Ramapo fault. For a reactor site in use for 40 years, the probability that the site will experience an intensity equal to or in excess of the design (safe shutdown) earthquake is estimated to be about 5 to 11 percent.
ISSN:	0036-8075 1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.200.4340.425