Assessing the Seismic Vulnerability of Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant: A Potential Risk in the Caucasus Assessing the Seismic Vulnerability of Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant: A Potential Risk in the Caucasus Region | Chapter 10 | Geography, Earth Science and Environment: Research Highlights Vol. 1| Chapter 10 | Geography, Earth Science and Environment: Research Highlights Vol. 1

This paper assesses a potential risk for the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant (MNPP) in Armenia based on a complex geological analysis of tectonic stresses around blocks of the region where the MNPP is located.

This region of the Lesser Caucasus is characterized by high volcanic activity, strong stresses, constant buildup of stresses and its release through high magnitudes earthquakes, hing along the edges of active, highly seismic tectonic blocks. The active tectonic fault of compression type is located below and in the vicinity of the place, where the power station is allocated. The seismic risks were significantly understated when the power station was constructed. The murderous and destructive Spitak earthquake with over 25 thousand death tolls confirmed this fact. The second murderous earthquake in south-west Turkiye and Syria in 2023 h along the same transform fault, which continued to NW traces in South Caucasus to Metsamor MNPP location. Both earthquakes are located along the same transform fault zones going from NE Mediterranean to South Caucasus. Analysis of the intensity of the earthquakes in this area, their focal mechanisms and risks of movements along active tectonic faults is given in the paper. With reference to numerous papers by Armenian, Russian and European researchers regarding seismic hazards and risks around the Nuclear Power Plant, the conclusion about the soonest shutdown and conservation of Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant has been made.

 

Author (s) Details

Rauf Nadirov
SOCAR, Baku Higher Oil School, Azerbaijan.

 

Oktay Rzayev
SOCAR, Baku Higher Oil School, Azerbaijan.

 

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 The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima-Ken (Prefecture), Japan, was destroyed in March 2011 by a major earthquake (magnitude 9) that struck off the northeast coast of Honshu Island, followed by a historic tsunami on March 11, 2011. Significant amounts of radioisotopes were released into the atmosphere and nearby seawater as a result of nuclear meltdown, hydrogen explosion damage to the buildings housing the reactors, and pollution of cooling water from the reactor cores. Since occasional studies have found that the majority of fishery products still contain radioisotope levels above the Japanese Norm Value, fishing is currently prohibited off the coast of Fukushima-Ken. The Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology has measured radioisotope levels in fishery species off the coast of Iwaki-Shi (Iwaki City), Fukushima-Ken (located south of the former nuclear power plant); these data may be used to better understand the relationship between the accumulation of specific nuclides (radioisotopes) and certain fish species, as mentioned in the following chapters:

"Feminam Okamejei kenojei spp. Accumulation of a Specific Nuclide by Female Common Skete (Feminam Okamejei kenojei spp.)" is the first chapter.

"Full Quantity of Caesium Radioisotopes in Fish from the Fukushima-Ken Exclusive Economic Zone, Japan, in November 2012" is the second chapter.

"Some Fish Species in Offshore Fukushima, Japan May Accumulate a Particular Nuclide (Radioisotope)" is the third chapter.

"Possible Atomic Fuel Output by Fish Accumulation of Unique Radioisotopes Offshore Fukushima, Japan," fourth chapter,

Author(s) Details

KATSURA Hidemitsu
Coimbatore Institute of Technology (CIT), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641014, India and Department of Ocean Sciences, Faculty of Marine Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Konan 4-Chome, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-8477, Japan and Institute of Product Design and Manufacturing (IPROM), Universiti Kuala Lumpur (Uni.KL), 119 Jalan 7/91, Taman Shamelin Perkasa, 3.5 Miles Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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