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The equipment and piping systems at nuclear power plants serve not only for generating power but also for sustaining the three important safety-related functions of shut down, cool down, and confine. This chapter provides an overview of earthquake-resistant design of equipment and piping systems, and describes a method for determining seismic loads for use in the design and the design procedure. In addition, an assessment of the functioning of valves and pumps during and after an earthquake and design verification using the shaking table test are described.
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Hamada, M., Kuno, M. (2017). Earthquake-Resistant Design of Equipment and Piping. In: Hamada, M., Kuno, M. (eds) Earthquake Engineering for Nuclear Facilities. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2516-7_5
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