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Nuclear power plants and earthquakes

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Tag12Value
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001  MAP20110027957
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005  20110426175545.0
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040  ‎$a‎MAP‎$b‎spa‎$d‎MAP
084  ‎$a‎832.3
24500‎$a‎Nuclear power plants and earthquakes‎$c‎Word Nuclear Association
260  ‎$a‎[London]‎$b‎World Nuclear Association‎$c‎2011
520  ‎$a‎Japanese, 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.
650 1‎$0‎MAPA20080582524‎$a‎Seguridad nuclear
650 1‎$0‎MAPA20080589509‎$a‎Centrales nucleares
650 1‎$0‎MAPA20080556792‎$a‎Terremotos
650 1‎$0‎MAPA20080549251‎$a‎Tsunamis
650 1‎$0‎MAPA20080620431‎$a‎Seguridad de instalaciones
650 1‎$0‎MAPA20080593179‎$a‎Resistencia sísmica
651 1‎$0‎MAPA20080650919‎$a‎Japón
7102 ‎$0‎MAPA20110012816‎$a‎World Nuclear Association