Recent trend of seismic design of large-scale industrial plants and their new key issues

摘要

This paper deals with the recent trend of anti-earthquake design of Japanese latge-scale industrial plants such as a petro- chemical plant, an oil refinery, a power generation plant and a nuclear power plant. Their new key issues are also discussed. These problems came from the results of Hyogoken Nanbu eathquake-1995 so called Robe eathquake as well as Northridge eathquake-1994, and the policy of deregulation of the Governmenu control on industrial activity and safety. Kobe eathquake brought approximately 6000 deaths and US