Keeping nuclear and other coastal sites safe from climate change

Wilby, Robert L., Nicholls, Robert J., Warren, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0122-1599, Wheater, Howard S., Clarke, Derek and Dawson, Richard J. (2011) Keeping nuclear and other coastal sites safe from climate change. Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, 164 (3). pp. 129-136. ISSN 0965-089X

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Abstract

The UK's eight proposed new nuclear power stations are all to be sited on the coast. With a total cradle-to-grave life cycle of at least 160 years, and heightened awareness of inundation risk following the failure of the Fukushima I nuclear plant in Japan this year, Britain's nuclear developers have to show how they plan to cope with the possibility of rising sea levels, higher sea temperatures and more extreme weather events over the next two centuries. This paper describes the adaptation options for new nuclear and other major long-lived coastal developments. Despite uncertainty about climate scenarios for the 2200s, it explains how flexibility of design and safety margins can be incorporated from the outset and, when combined with routine environmental monitoring, how sites can be adaptively managed throughout their life cycles.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Rhiannon Harvey
Date Deposited:	13 Mar 2012 13:15
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 00:45
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/38164
DOI:	10.1680/cien.2011.164.3.129

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