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 asa petro-chemical plant, an oil refinery, a power generation plantand a nuclear power plant. Their new key issues are also discussed.These problems came from the results of Hyogoken Nanbueathquake- 1995, so called Kobe eathquake as well as Northridgeeathquake- 1994, and the policy of de-regulaton of theGovernmenu control on industrial activity and safely.Kobe eathquake broutht approximately 6000 deaths and US