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Regional Basic Professional Training Course in Korea

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<strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Basic</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> <strong>Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Course</strong> (BPTC) on Nuclear Safety<br />

sensitive seismographs for a m<strong>in</strong>imum period of several years. Wherever possible,<br />

regional strong motion record<strong>in</strong>gs shall be collected and used for deriv<strong>in</strong>g appropriate<br />

seismic wave attenuation functions and <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g the design response spectra.<br />

Geological data should be collected on the four scales <strong>in</strong>vestigation. <strong>Regional</strong> studies to<br />

provide the geological and tectonic framework, and to identify those geological features<br />

that may <strong>in</strong>fluence or relate to the seismic hazard at the site shall be performed. Near<br />

region <strong>in</strong>vestigations to amplify the exist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation: geological mapp<strong>in</strong>g associated<br />

with geophysical field survey and neotectonic studies to determ<strong>in</strong>e the latest movements<br />

of faults also shall be carried out. To def<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> greater detail the neotectonic history of<br />

faults and to identify sources of potential <strong>in</strong>stability, <strong>in</strong>vestigations of the site vic<strong>in</strong>ity<br />

shall be conducted. These <strong>in</strong>vestigations should exam<strong>in</strong>e geological maps with cross‐<br />

sections, trench<strong>in</strong>g and age dat<strong>in</strong>g, characterization of the seismic stability of slopes, and<br />

potential for <strong>in</strong>duced seismicity (large dams or reservoirs). Geological, geotechnical,<br />

hydrogeological and site effects <strong>in</strong>vestigations should be performed <strong>in</strong> the site area to<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>e the physical properties of the foundation materials, and their stability and<br />

response under dynamic earthquake load<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

5.3.2.3. Construction of a regional seismotectonic model<br />

The regional seismotectonic model should be based on a coherent merg<strong>in</strong>g of the total<br />

regional database. Such a model consists of identify<strong>in</strong>g seismogenic structures and zones<br />

of diffuse seismicity for which the maximum earthquake potential has to be evaluated.<br />

The identification of the seismogenic structures is made on the basis of geological and<br />

geophysical features, <strong>in</strong> correlation with historical and <strong>in</strong>strumental earthquakes to<br />

determ<strong>in</strong>e the associated potential maximum earthquake. The dimensions of the structure,<br />

amount and direction of displacement, maximum historical earthquake,<br />

paleoseismological data, and earthquake frequency should be used <strong>in</strong> this determ<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

and, if possible, maximum magnitude potential associated with these structures should be<br />

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