Final Report: Seismic Hazard Assessment at the PGDP
- KY Geological Survey, Univ of KY
Selecting a level of seismic hazard at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant for policy considerations and engineering design is not an easy task because it not only depends on seismic hazard, but also on seismic risk and other related environmental, social, and economic issues. Seismic hazard is the main focus. There is no question that there are seismic hazards at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant because of its proximity to several known seismic zones, particularly the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The issues in estimating seismic hazard are (1) the methods being used and (2) difficulty in characterizing the uncertainties of seismic sources, earthquake occurrence frequencies, and ground-motion attenuation relationships. This report summarizes how input data were derived, which methodologies were used, and what the hazard estimates at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant are.
- Research Organization:
- Kentucky Research Consortium for Energy and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG05-03OR23032
- OSTI ID:
- 1233309
- Report Number(s):
- UK/KRCEE Doc #: 11.6 2007; UK/KRCEE doc#: 11.6 2007
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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