GEOL 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Elastic Energy, Nuclear Meltdown, Lake Ontario

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
• Course: GEOL 106
• Professor: Paul Grogan

Document Summary

Need to seek balance between boldness and caution. There are almost always opportunities foregone when we take precautions, and danger accepted when we do not. Involuntary seems to be more risky (nuclear meltdown) compared to voluntary risk (mountain climbing) due to understanding of the process. So we"re not good at logically figuring out risk. So going back to the nuclear power plant on lake ontario shore near kingston: Risk analysis: understand the hazard (in general, determine the risk from that hazard for the region of interest (risk = prob. Risk management: determine ways to reduce ph and/or sh. Don"t have people go there: do a cost benefit analysis. Determines what you can afford to do. What risks are you willing to take for what benefits: implement mitigation techniques if warranted. A break/crack in rocks along which there has been appreciable displacement. Elastic rebound theory the rigid part of the earth can store elastic energy.