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Title: Design soil profiles for seismic analyses of AP600 plant standard design

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OSTI ID:404345
;  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (United States)
  2. Bechtel Corp., San Francisco, CA (United States)
  3. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Future nuclear power plants are based on standard designs. For seismic qualification, a variety of subsurface conditions are considered in the design. While the soil properties play a significant role in the seismic responses, an unlimited number of site conditions can be postulated for analyses. In this paper, a systematic and effective approach is described to arrive at the design soil profiles for the AP600 nuclear plant.

OSTI ID:
404345
Report Number(s):
CONF-960706-; ISBN 0-7918-1787-3; TRN: 97:000462
Resource Relation:
Conference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) pressure vessels and piping conference, Montreal (Canada), 21-26 Jul 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Seismic engineering -- 1996. PVP-volume 340; Saleem, M.A. [ed.] [AECL, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)]; Aggarwal, M.C. [ed.]; PB: 372 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English