Natural Phenomena Hazards Modeling Project: Seismic Hazard Models for Department of Energy Sites

Feasibility study of medical isotope production at Sandia National Laboratories

“…In accordance with DOE Order 6430.1 A (Section 01 1 1 -99.0.4), the modeling techniques presented in the natural-phenomena modeling project for both seismic hazards and extreme-windhornado hazards (Coats, 1985) were used to establish the design-basis earthquake and extreme-windltomado characteristics consistent with the approach specified in Kennedy, 1989. The procedures and approaches presented in Kennedy, 1989 were used to determine the maximum horizontal and vertical ground surface accelerations at the facility, the wind speeds for design loads, and the probability of occurrence of such event loads.…”

Review of earthquake hazard assessments of plant sites at Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio

“…reported in UCRL-53582 (Coats and Murray, 1984) Table VII-1, the spectra determined using the peaks would also be similar. For example, the median U.S.G.S.…”

Probabilistic seismic hazard characterization and design parameters for the Pantex Plant

“…(Coats et al 1984), which is more than 10 years old, is out-of-date relative to the current state-of-the-art. Since the TERA Corporation seismic hazard curves no longer represent state-of-the-art seismic hazard estimates, it is necessary to update the Pantex Plant seismic hazard and dynamic response spectrum curves.…”