Building an underground nuclear power plant in Singapore - geological and geotechnical considerations

• Main Author: Yong, Shin Mun.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44463
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the escalating demand for energy in Singapore, constructing a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) seems an attractive alternative to fossil fuels which are depleting and increasing in cost. However, constraints such as a small land area, vulnerability to terrorist attacks, disposal of radioactive nucl...