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Planning site investigations for siting, licensing, or constructing nuclear power plants require implementation of appropriate technical guidelines. Guideline documents have been developed in the USA and internationally to provide standards for how geologic, geotechnical, hydrologic and seismic data are collected, analyzed and presented in safety analysis reports. The authors discuss how guidelines established by both the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are used in the regulatory framework of nuclear power plants in France, the United Arab Emirates, Japan and the United States. The importance of the choice of methodologies engineering geologists use to successfully perform nuclear safety-related site characterization studies and analysis is also discussed. Lastly, new guidelines and approaches developed to address seismic and flooding risks in response to the 2011 Fukishima Daiichi Power Plant incident in Japan are presented.
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Godwin, W., Secanell, R., Martin, C. (2014). Guidelines for Site Investigation and Analysis of Nuclear Facilities: A Consultants Perspective. In: Lollino, G., Arattano, M., Giardino, M., Oliveira, R., Peppoloni, S. (eds) Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09303-1_41
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