[ RadSafe ] Nuclear Power Plants and Natural Hazards

[Tony Harrison]

>From another listserve:

Session announcement for the International Lithosphere Program (ILP)
joint
task force conference to be held in Clermont Ferrand, University
Blaise
Pascal, France from October 5-9, 2009.

Convenors of the meeting are Dr. Alessandro Tibaldi (University of
Milan,
Italy) and Dr. Benjamin Van Wyk de Vries (Magmas et Volcans,
University
Blaise Pascal, France)

We would like to invite interested researchers to submit abstracts for
presentation in the session on Nuclear Power Plants and Natural
Hazards.
A brief description of the session is written below.  Convenors for
this
session are Dr. Alfredo Mahar Lagmay (University of the Philippines)
and
Dr. Derek Rust (University of Portsmouth, England).

Please send your abstracts to mlagmay at nigs.upd.edu.ph or
Derek.Rust at port.ac.uk 

We have invited Antonio Godoy, Acting Section Head, IAEA/NSNI/ESS to
give
the Keynote presentation for this session.

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND NATURAL HAZARDS:

Many nuclear power plant facilities in the world are built in areas
with
significant natural hazards. At the time when these facilities were
constructed, safety of the plant site was evaluated according to the
prevailing state of knowledge on volcanic, earthquake and other
external
hazards. Site selection and safety assessment were carried out
according
to local practices, many of which without the benefit of
internationally
accepted guidelines that set criteria and procedures for assessing
potential hazards.  Over the past three decades, volcanology and
volcano-seismology has advanced considerably and much was learned
about
the assessment of hazards. The session on “Nuclear power plants and
natural hazards” seeks to discuss developments in the science of
volcanology, seismology and meteorology and its practical application
to
safety evaluation of nuclear facilities. Contributions that present
specific applications are most welcome.


Tony Harrison, MSPH
Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment
Laboratory Services Division
(303)692-3046
tony.harrison at state.co.us