LCI professionals are geoscience specialists for the nuclear industry. Our clients’ include facility owners, technology vendors, engineering/construction firms, and regulatory agencies. LCI experts have worked on more than 150 seismic hazard studies for nuclear facilities covering all stages of the nuclear facility lifespans including planning/permitting, relicensing, and decommissioning. As technical experts, LCI professionals have developed new regulatory guidelines for the U.S. NRC (NUREG/CR 5562, NUREG/CR 5503, and others), testified at federal hearings in front of the Atomic Safety Licensing Board, and applied our technical expertise to our client’s projects. We have provided input and guidance for various international agencies to develop regulatory criteria pertaining to seismic and geologic hazards for multiple projects including Switzerland, Korea, and Israel.

Geologic and Seismic Hazard Services

  • Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA)
  • Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis (PFDHA)
  • Seismic and fault displacement source characterization
  • Landslide hazard identification and characterization
  • Tsunami hazard identification and analysis
  • Volcanic hazard mapping and probabilistic volcanic hazard analysis

Engineering Geology Services

  • Detailed geologic mapping for foundations
  • Regional and site-wide geologic mapping
  • State-of-the-art subsurface exploration
  • Liquefaction hazard evaluation and mapping
  • Landslide investigation and stabilization
  • Soil and rock mass characterization
  • Geophysical data interpretation and manipulation

Additional Nuclear Capabilities

  • Appendix B, NQA-1 Quality Assurance Program
  • Strong Group commitment to HSE
  • Licensing Support to Regulators (e.g., IAEA, USNRC, KINS, IAEC)
    • Design Certification (DCD) Support
    • Teaming/Partnership Support
    • Licensing and EPC Contractors

Representative Project Experience:

New Plant Applications

  • Florida Power and Light Turkey Point
  • Dominion North Anna
  • Exelon Victoria
  • Tennessee Valley Authority Bellefonte
  • Duke Lee
  • Luminant Comanche
  • Blue Castle Holdings Blue Castle
  • Eskom Thsypunt
  • Public Service Electric & Gas Hope Creek

New Plant Construction

  • South Carolina Electric & Gas VC Summer
  • Southern Vogtle

Post-Fukishima PSHA Update

  • Duke Lee
  • Southern Vogtle
  • North Anna Dominion
  • Arizona Public Service Palo Verde
  • Westinghouse Comanche

Additional Studies

  • Taiwan Power Company Jinshan and Kuosheng
  • Taiwan Power Company Maanshan

Senior Seismic Hazard Analysis Committee (SSHAC)

LCI Staff Have extensive experience conducting Senior Seismic Hazard Analysis Committee (SSHAC) for new licensing and relicensing of nuclear power plant sites. Below is a list of the SSHAC Level 2 and 2/3 studies LCI staff have been part of:

  • 22 New ESP and COL License Applications
  • KHNP NPPs PSHA
  • NCREE SSHAC Level 3 seismic reevaluation for nuclear facilities in Taiwan
  • Central and Eastern US Seismic Source Model
  • Blue Castle WUS NPP COL License Application
  • Hanford WUS DOE PSHA
  • Diablo Canyon WUS NPP Seismic Source Model
  • DCPP/San Onofre/Palo Verde WUS NPP GM Model
  • BC Hydro Dam Study
  • South Africa Thyspunt License Application