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A probabilistic estimation of seismic damage to the waste handling of a repository located at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

Conference ·
OSTI ID:137790
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  1. Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)

The waste handling building (WHB) at the Yucca Mountain repository is a reinforced concrete structure with massive shear walls whose thicknesses are established by shielding requirements. The probabilities of seismic damage to the WHB are calculated in this paper. To determine these probabilities, seismic hazard curves for the site and fragility curves for the building were developed and combined.

OSTI ID:
137790
Report Number(s):
CONF-890855--; ISBN 0-9623306-0-4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English