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Congressional Research A \Nibervice Nuclear Power Plant Sites: Maps of Seismic Hazards and Population Centers Anthony Andrews Specialist in Energy and Defense Policy March 29, 2011 Con

Congressional

Research

A \Nibervice

Nuclear Power Plant Sites: Maps of Seismic

Hazards and Population Centers

Anthony Andrews

Specialist in Energy and Defense Policy

March 29, 2011

Congressional Research Service

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\iloos, Combustion Enginseting and Westinghouse designs The BWR plans are based on a series of General Ecce designs’ The Nilear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has receive 28 Combined License (COL) applications for new ressios hase on advanced reactor desens {Mable 2), Thre COL applications wll nvove ne ss,

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To map the proxinty of pla sites to seismic avands (Figure 2), CRS refered to dhe USG Seismic Havand Map fr the Unite States This map displays quate aortaton abet Scisne ground motion hazard as horizontal ground uecleraton (in terms of gravitational

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27 pmbtilty f boìng cveeedeln Sử ear perio Figure 3), CRS teresa the 2008 Unite States National Seismic Hazard Map." Tie US Geoksiea! Survey (USGS) National Seisnc Hazard Maps incorporate the att findings on carte grou shaking alls

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2 grid of sites across the United States that deseribe the fequeney of exceeding a sc of ground motions The Semi Hazan maps a the hess for seisme dcsign provisions of buïHing cadex

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