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Title: Approach to developing a ground-motion design basis for facilities important to safety at Yucca Mountain

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OSTI ID:137821
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  1. Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (USA)

This paper discusses a methodology for developing a ground-motion design basis for prospective facilities at Yucca Mountain that are important to safety. The methodology utilizes a quasi-deterministic construct called the 10,000-year cumulative-slip earthquake that is designed to provide a conservative, robust, and reproducible estimate of ground motion that has a one-in-ten chance of occurring during the preclosure period. This estimate is intended to define a ground-motion level for which the seismic design would ensure minimal disruption to operations engineering analyses to ensure safe performance are included.

OSTI ID:
137821
Report Number(s):
CONF-900406-; ISBN 0-87262-751-9; TRN: 90:031927
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1. international topical meeting on high-level radioactive waste management, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 8-12 Apr 1990; Other Information: PBD: 1990; Related Information: Is Part Of High level radioactive waste management; Volume 1; PB: 1456 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English