Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis

Abstract : The NRC Committee on Seismology established the Panel on Seismic Hazard Analysis to assess methodologies. The panel concentrated on the probabilistic method but also examined alternatives. The panel's discussions included a review of the extensive hazard analyses for the eastern United States by the Electric Power Research Institute and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. A questionnaire about the attributes of seismic hazard analysis methods was sent to members of the scientific and technical community and decision makers. The report is addressed to decision makers with a modest scientific and technical background and to the scientific and technical community.