Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Risks Prediction and Assessment Beyond the Fukushima Accident /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kamae, Katsuhiro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Environment.; Nuclear energy.; Natural disasters.; Probabilities.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Environmental management.; Environmental Management.; Nuclear Energy.; Natural Hazards.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.

This book covers seismic probabilistic risk assessment (S-PRA) and related studies which have become more important to increase the safety of nuclear facilities against earthquakes and tsunamis in the face of the many uncertainties after the Fukushima accident. The topics are (1) Active faults and a...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Cooperators
• Part 1 Active Faults
• Part 2 Seismic Source Modeling and Seismic Motion
• Part 3 Probabilistic Risk Assessment with External Hazards
• Part 4 Nuclear Risk Governance in Society.