Earthquake research for the safer siting of critical facilities
- ed.
The task of providing the necessities for living, such as adequate electrical power, water, and fuel, is becoming more complicated with time. Some of the facilities that provide these necessities would present potential hazards to the population if serious damage were to occur to them during earthquakes. Other facilities must remain operable immediately after an earthquake to provide life-support services to people who have been affected. The purpose of this report is to recommend research that will improve the information available to those who must decide where to site these critical facilities, and thereby mitigate the effects of the earthquake hazard. The term critical facility is used in this report to describe facilities that could seriously affect the public well-being through loss of life, large financial loss, or degradation of the environment if they were to fail. The term critical facility also is used to refer to facilities that, although they pose a limited hazard to the public, are considered critical because they must continue to function in the event of a disaster so that they can provide vital services.
- Research Organization:
- National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT02-76CH93003
- OSTI ID:
- 6679670
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/CH/93003-4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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