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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2018.51.2.185

Site Monitoring System of Earthquake, Fault and Slope for Nuclear Power Plant Sites  

Park, Donghee (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., Central Research Institute)
Cho, Sung-il (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., Central Research Institute)
Lee, Yong Hee (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., Central Research Institute)
Choi, Weon Hack (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., Central Research Institute)
Lee, Dong Hun (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., Seismic Engineering Team)
Kim, Hak-sung (Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., Central Research Institute)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.51, no.2, 2018 , pp. 185-201 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nuclear power plants(NPP) are constructed and operated to ensure safety against natural disasters and man-made disasters in all processes including site selection, site survey, design, construction, and operation. This paper will introduce a series of efforts conducted in Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., to assure the safety of nuclear power plant against earthquakes and other natural hazards. In particular, the present status of the earthquake, fault, and slope safety monitoring system for nuclear power plants is introduced. A earthquake observatory network for the NPP sites has been built up for nuclear safety and providing adequate seismic design standards for NPP sites by monitoring seismicity in and around NPPs since 1999. The Eupcheon Fault Monitoring System, composed of a strainmeter, seismometer, creepmeter, Global Positioning System, and groundwater meter, was installed to assess the safety of the Wolsung Nuclear Power Plant against earthquakes by monitoring the short- and long-term behavioral characteristics of the Eupcheon fault. Through the analysis of measured data, it was verified that the Eupcheon fault is a relatively stable fault that is not affected by earthquakes occurring around the southeastern part of the Korean peninsula. In addition, it was confirmed that the fault monitoring system could be very useful for seismic safety analysis and earthquake prediction study on the fault. K-SLOPE System for systematic slope monitoring was successfully developed for monitoring of the slope at nuclear power plants. Several kinds of monitoring devices including an inclinometer, tiltmeter, tension-wire, and precipitation gauge were installed on the NPP slope. A macro deformation analysis using terrestrial LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) was performed for overall slope deformation evaluation.
Keywords
site monitoring system; seismic observatory; fault monitoring system; slope monitoring system; nuclear power plant site;
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