Report of the workshop on Extreme Ground Motions at Yucca Mountain, August 23-25, 2004
Open-File Report
2006-1277
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Abstract
This Workshop has its origins in the probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) for Yucca Mountain, the designated site of the underground repository for the nation's high-level radioactive waste. In 1998 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Senior Seismic Hazard Analysis Committee (SSHAC) developed guidelines for PSHA which were published as NUREG/CR-6372, 'Recommendations for probabilistic seismic hazard analysis: guidance on uncertainty and the use of experts,' (SSHAC, 1997). This Level-4 study was the most complicated and complex PSHA ever undertaken at the time. The procedures, methods, and results of this PSHA are described in Stepp et al. (2001), mostly in the context of a probability of exceedance (hazard) of 10-4/yr for ground motion at Site A, a hypothetical, reference rock outcrop site at the elevation of the proposed emplacement drifts within the mountain. Analysis and inclusion of both aleatory and epistemic uncertainty were significant and time-consuming aspects of the study, which took place over three years and involved several dozen scientists, engineers, and analysts.
Suggested Citation
Hanks, T.C., Abrahamson, N., Board, M., Boore, D., Brune, J., Cornell, C., 2006, Report of the workshop on Extreme Ground Motions at Yucca Mountain, August 23-25, 2004 (Version 1.0 ): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1277, 234 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20061277.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Report of the workshop on Extreme Ground Motions at Yucca Mountain, August 23-25, 2004 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2006-1277 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr20061277 |
| Edition | Version 1.0 |
| Year Published | 2006 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Earthquake Hazards Program, Earthquake Science Center, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center |
| Description | 234 p. |
| Time Range Start | 2004-08-23 |
| Time Range End | 2004-08-25 |