Janvier 2017 / The Mainichi

Quake resistance design of Turkey nuclear plant questioned

January 8, 2017 (Mainichi Japan)

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japanese research firms commissioned by the government have given a questionably low estimate for the maximum amount of lateral shaking from earthquakes that could affect a nuclear power plant in Turkey being built by a Japanese-French joint venture, sources privy to the matter said Saturday.

The assumed "peak ground acceleration" — ground motion caused by an earthquake and one of the factors in assessing quake intensity (...)

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