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DESIGN BASIS EARTHQUAKE [1 record]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2020-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

An artificial representation of the combined effects, at the site, of a set of possible earthquakes having a very small probability of being exceeded during the life of the plant and is expressed in the form of a response spectra or time-history.

CONT

The DBE is applied to the actual structures or systems specified to be seismically qualified to that seismic design level ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Représentation technique des conséquences combinées d'une série de séismes possibles applicables au site de la centrale et dont la probabilité de dépassement est suffisamment faible au cours de la durée de vie de la centrale.

CONT

Le séisme de référence s'exprime sous forme de spectres de réponse ou de diagrammes d'évolution.

Spanish

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