TY - JOUR
T1 - Earthquake early warning and operational earthquake forecasting as real-time hazard information to mitigate seismic risk at nuclear facilities
AU - Cauzzi, Carlo
AU - Behr, Yannik
AU - Le Guenan, Thomas
AU - Douglas, John
AU - Auclair, Samuel
AU - Woessner, Jochen
AU - Clinton, John
AU - Wiemar, Stefan
N1 - The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-016-9864-0
PY - 2016/1/9
Y1 - 2016/1/9
N2 - Based on our experience in the project REAKT, we present a methodological framework to evaluate the potential benefits and costs of using Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) and Operational Earthquake Forecasting (OEF) for real-time mitigation of seismic risk at nuclear facilities. We focus on evaluating the reliability, significance and usefulness of the aforementioned real-time risk-mitigation tools and on the communication of real-time earthquake information to end-users. We find that EEW and OEF have significant potential for the reduction of seismic risk at nuclear plants, although much scientific research and testing is still necessary to optimise their operation for these sensitive and highly-regulated facilities. While our test bed was Switzerland, the methodology presented here is of general interest to the community of EEW researchers and end-users and its scope is significantly beyond its specific application within REAKT.
AB - Based on our experience in the project REAKT, we present a methodological framework to evaluate the potential benefits and costs of using Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) and Operational Earthquake Forecasting (OEF) for real-time mitigation of seismic risk at nuclear facilities. We focus on evaluating the reliability, significance and usefulness of the aforementioned real-time risk-mitigation tools and on the communication of real-time earthquake information to end-users. We find that EEW and OEF have significant potential for the reduction of seismic risk at nuclear plants, although much scientific research and testing is still necessary to optimise their operation for these sensitive and highly-regulated facilities. While our test bed was Switzerland, the methodology presented here is of general interest to the community of EEW researchers and end-users and its scope is significantly beyond its specific application within REAKT.
KW - earthquake early warning (EEW)
KW - operational earthquake forecasting
KW - nuclear power plants
KW - cost benefit analysis
UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10518-016-9864-0
U2 - 10.1007/s10518-016-9864-0
DO - 10.1007/s10518-016-9864-0
M3 - Article
SN - 1570-761X
VL - 14
SP - 2495
EP - 2512
JO - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
JF - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
IS - 9
ER -