Scenario Selection by Risk-based Safety Evaluation of Concrete Structures in Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities
By Y. Tsuji, M. Hironaga and K. Niwase
Concrete Journal, Vol.54, No.3, Mar. 2016
- Synopsis
- Risk-based safety evaluation of concrete structures that encompasses their planning, design, construction and maintenance is expected to become a strong imperative. This paper describes safety evaluation predicated on a risk-based approach in connection with scenario selection, focusing on concrete structures at low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities. This scenario selection, which is based on the safety evaluation method predicated on the risk-based approach established by the Nuclear Safety Commission in the year before the Great East Japan Earthquake, is believed to be applicable to the safety, reliability and maintenance management of general concrete structures based on a risk-based approach, an area in need of urgent study.
- Keywords:
- risk-based approach, risk concept, scenario selection, concrete structure, low-level radioactive waste disposal facility
