Author:
Vasiutynska K.A.,Barbashev S.V.,Smyk S.Yu.
Abstract
The aim of the article is to assess the impact of urbanized areas on the risk of developing karst processes in the area of nuclear power plant location and on the safety of the plant (using the example of the Rivne nuclear power plant). Karst features in the area around the Rivne nuclear power plant were visualized using GIS methods. Systematization of karst hazards was carried out with regard to their impact on the structural integrity and safety of the long-term operation of the Rivne nuclear power plant. The impact of urbanized areas on the geological environment was assessed, and a correlation was established between urbanization factors and the activation of karst-suffusion processes. It is shown that urbanization can contribute to the emergence of karst manifestations and, as a result, to threaten to the safety of NNP. Approaches aimed at improving the assessment of karst hazards, monitoring of the main factors of their activation, and managing urbanized areas to increase the safety of nuclear power plants were proposed.
Publisher
Problems of Atomic Science and Technology
Subject
General Medicine,General Medicine,Geriatrics and Gerontology,Insect Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,General Medicine,Genetics,Animal Science and Zoology,General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science,General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science,General Medicine,Earth-Surface Processes
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