Since Japan's 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed its focus on flood and seismic risks to our nation's nuclear power plants. Power plant operators faced with reassessing these risks rely on Ģtv to help meet their most critical nuclear engineering challenges, including evaluating potential seismic, storm surge, and flooding scenarios.
Storm surge occurs when high winds and decreases in atmospheric pressure during tropical storms and hurricanes elevate ocean water surface levels. It can cause significant flooding in coastal areas and may overwhelm existing flood protection infrastructure like seawalls, dikes, levees, and breakwaters. Ģtv's nuclear engineering consultants use the best available data and advanced modeling techniques to develop statistically sound predictions of storm surge levels. Bathymetric and onshore high-resolution topographic data, including light detection and ranging (LiDAR), historical tidal information, and meteorological data are key inputs to these predictions.
Services
For 50+ years, we’ve thrived on solving unstructured problems that require bespoke solutions. Some of our services include:
• Developing fragility curves for seismic, wind, or flood risk assessment of plant structures and structural components
• Assessing flood hazards using hydrodynamic models, bathymetric and onshore topographic and meteorological data, and historical tidal information
• Conducting peer reviews and confirmatory analyses of complex engineering calculations by others to prepare for NRC reviews and audits
• Analyzing geotechnical effects of slope and retaining wall ground shaking
• Engineering evaluation of expected levee performance
Experts
Our global and comprehensive expertise across industries gives us a deep understanding of current challenges, best industry practices, and the implications of emerging technologies.
Corporate Vice President and Principal Engineer
Senior Fellow and Principal Engineer
Practice Director and Principal Engineer
Office Director and Senior Managing Engineer
Senior Managing Engineer
