Seismic activity is an unfortunate consequence of the natural processes that coincide with living on the surface of planet Earth, rendering the regions of the…
ASCE/SEI 4-2016 – Seismic Analysis of Safety-Related Nuclear Structures has been released. This standard, developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), provides minimum…
Nuclear power has gone through some rough patches, especially when it comes to public perception of the energy source. While, as we have discussed before,…
The standard ANSI/ANS-2.23-2016 (R2020) – Nuclear Power Plant Response to an Earthquake has been released, updating the 1988 version of the document. This collection of…
Nuclear power might very well be the most misunderstood source of energy used to generate electricity. Fear generated from incidents in Chernobyl, Three Mile Island,…