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Nuclear Power Plants



According to regional, national and international safety standards, Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) need to be able to mitigate potential effects of an earthquake as part of integrated risk management. 

Such mitigation can be achieved by utilising specific instrumentation for monitoring the earthquake ground motions and the response of the plant features to these motions. 

This type of instrumentation is called Seismic Monitoring System (SMS). Main functions of the SMS are to: 
  • Detect any (significant) earthquake at plant location
  • Provide data records of acceleration at defined locations
  • Perform OBE/SSE exceedance evaluation
  • Provide a report to the plant operator after an event
  • Execute periodical self test
GeoSIG delivers complete SMSs for NPP applications. These systems:
  • Comply fully or exceed regional, national and international nuclear regulatory requirements
  • Come with comprehensive certification and documentation, which can as well be supplied from
    scratch for any particular requirement
  • Include powerful industrial computer for complex data processing based on different
    algorithms including response spectra analysis
  • Perform automatic analysis and evaluation of the earthquake impact on monitored structures
  • Provide comprehensive and fast notification and reporting features
  • Warrant the robustness, reliability and functionality to serve it main purpose
  • Include self diagnostic and testing features to assure continuous system-readiness
    to act once in a life
  • Present simplicity of operation, maintenance and upgrade 
  • Incorporate redundancy as key safety features
  • Offer automatic-shutdown options
Selected NPPs Instrumented with GeoSIG Instruments
In the past decades, GeoSIG Instruments have been delivered to more than 70 NPPs in more than 15 countries worldwide. Some of the NPP's around the world, which are instrumented with GeoSIG Instruments, are listed below.
 

Country

Project

Argentina

Embalse

Armenia

Metsamor

Belgium

Doel

Belgium

Tihange

Bulgaria

Kozloduy

Canada

Gentilly

Canada

Pickering

China

Tianwan

Czeck Republic

Temelín

France

Marcoule

Germany

KMK Mülheim-Kärlich

Hungary

Paks

Lithuania

Ignalina - Modernization

Lithuania

Ignalina

Slovak Republic

Bohunice

Slovak Republic

Mochovce

South Korea

ASTS for 6 Reactors

South Korea

Shin-Kori Unit 3 & 4 Extension

South Korea

Shin-Wolsong Unit 3 & 4 Extension

South Korea

ASTS for 20 Reactors

South Korea

Shin-Kori Unit 3 & 4

South Korea

Waste Storage Facility (LILW)

South Korea

Shin-Wolsong

South Korea

Shin-Kori Unit 1 & 2

South Korea

Wolsong - Upgrade

South Korea

Ulchin Unit 5 and 6

South Korea

Kori

South Korea

Wolsong Unit 1 & 2

Spain

José Cabrera (Zorita) -  Upgrade

Spain

Trillo

Spain

Vandellos

Spain

José Cabrera (Zorita)

Switzerland

Mühleberg

Switzerland

Leibstadt Phase 2

Switzerland

Beznau Phase 2

Switzerland

Gösgen Phase 2

Switzerland

Gösgen Phase 1

Switzerland

Leibstadt Phase 1

Switzerland

Beznau Phase 1

Taiwan

Maanshan

United Arab Emirates

Barakah

USA

Susquehanna - Upgrade

USA

Arkansas Nuclear One

USA

Beaver Valley Unit 2

USA

Braidwood

USA

Byron

USA

Callaway

USA

Clinton

USA

Connecticut Yankee

USA

Crystal River

USA

Davis-Besse

USA

Diablo Canyon

USA

Enrico Fermi

USA

Hanford N-Reactor

USA

Hatch

USA

Humboldt Bay

USA

Kewaunee

USA

LaSalle County

USA

Marble Hill

USA

Millstone Unit 3

USA

Monticello

USA

Palo Verde

USA

Peach Bottom

USA

Point Beach

USA

Prairie Island

USA

Rancho Seco

USA

Salem

USA

Savannah River

USA

South Texas Project

USA

Susquehanna

USA

Trojan

USA

Wolf Creek

USA

Zion

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