Ground motions associated with the design basis earthquake at the Savannah River Site, South Carolina, based on a deterministic approach [electronic resource].
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1991.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description
- 12 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- Westinghouse Savannah River Company, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- Ground motion assessments are presented for evaluation of the seismic safety of K-Reactor at the Savannah River Site. Two earthquake sources are identified as the most significant to seismic hazard at the site, a M 7.5 earthquake occurring in Charleston, South Carolina, and a M 5 event occurring in the site vicinity. These events control the low frequency and high frequency portions of the spectrum, respectively. Three major issues were identified in the assessment of ground motions for the Savannah River site; specification of the appropriate stress drop for the Charleston source earthquake, specification of the appropriate levels of soil damping at large depths for site response analyses, and the appropriateness of western US recordings for specification of ground motions in the eastern US.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:wsrc-ms--91-124
E 1.99: conf-9110122--25
conf-9110122--25
wsrc-ms--91-124 - Subject(s)
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- Note
- Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1991.
"wsrc-ms--91-124"
" conf-9110122--25"
"DE92010823"
Natural phenomena hazards mitigation conference,St. Louis, MO (United States),15-18 Oct 1991.
Stephenson, D.E.; Youngs, R.R.; Coppersmith, K.J.; Silva, W. - Funding Information
- AC09-89SR18035
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