Flood Hazard Assessment for the Savannah River Site

Journal Article · Tue Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 2000 · Science of Total Environment

OSTI ID:760269

Chen, K F

A method was developed to determine the probabilistic flood elevation curves for certain Savannah River Site (SRS) facilities. This paper presents the method used to determine the probabilistic flood elevation curve for F-Area due to runoff from the Upper Three Runs basin. Department of Energy (DOE) Order 420.1, Facility Safety, outlines the requirements for Natural Phenomena Hazard (NPH) mitigation for new and existing DOE facilities. The NPH considered in this paper is flooding. The facility-specific probabilistic flood hazard curve defines as a function of water elevation the annual probability of occurrence or the return period in years. Based on facility-specific probabilistic flood hazard curves and the nature of facility operations (e.g., involving hazardous or radioactive materials), facility managers can design permanent or temporary devices to prevent the propagation of flood on site, and develop emergency preparedness plans to mitigate the consequences of floods. A method was developed to determine the probabilistic flood hazard curves for SRS facilities. The flood hazard curves for the SRS F-Area due to flooding in the Upper Three Runs basin are presented in this paper.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-96SR18500
• OSTI ID: 760269
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-2000-00466
• Journal Information: Science of Total Environment, Journal Name: Science of Total Environment
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
EMERGENCY PLANS
FLOODS
MITIGATION
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION
RISK ASSESSMENT
RUNOFF
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT