Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Nuclear power plants and earthquakes

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Nuclear power plants and earthquakes / Word Nuclear Association. — [London] : World Nuclear Association, 2011

Sumario: Japanese, and most other, nuclear plants are designed to withstand earthquakes, and in the event of major earth movement, to shut down safely. In 1995, the closest nuclear power plants, some 110 km north of Kobe, were unaffected by the severe Kobe-Osaka earthquake, but in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011 Japanese reactors shut down automatically due to ground acceleration exceeding their trip settings. In 1999, three nuclear reactors shut down automatically during the devastating Taiwan earthquake, and were restarted two days later. In March 2011 eleven operating nuclear power plants shut down automatically during the major earthquake. Three of these subsequently caused an INES Level 5 Accident due to loss of power leading to loss of cooling.

1. Seguridad nuclear . 2. Centrales nucleares . 3. Terremotos . 4. Tsunamis . 5. Seguridad de instalaciones . 6. Resistencia sísmica . 7. Japón . I. World Nuclear Association .