Kashiwazaki, Japan, earthquake of July 16, 2007 : lifeline performance

Content: ""Table of Contents""
 ""Chapter 1: Introduction""
 ""Executive Summary""
 ""Power Systems""
 ""Communications""
 ""Water and Wastewater Systems""
 ""Highways and Bridges""
 ""Railroads""
 ""Ports and Harbors""
 ""Emergency Power""
 ""Dams""
 ""Gas and Tanks""
 ""Emergency Response, Recovery, and Social Impact""
 ""Monograph Organization""
 ""Chapter 2: Geological Aspects""
 ""Plate Tectonic Setting""
 ""Seismic Hazard and Seismicity""
 ""Kashiwazaki Earthquake Characteristics""
 ""Tsunami""
 ""Ground Shaking""
 ""Geological Setting"" ""Liquefaction, Lateral Spreading, and Ground Deformation""""Background on Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading""
 ""Observed Liquefaction and Lateral Spreading""
 ""Soil Failures Impacting Lifelines""
 ""Ground Deformation on Engineered Fills""
 ""Soil-Related Failures at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant""
 ""Landslides""
 ""Background on Landslides""
 ""Landslides that Damaged Lifelines""
 ""Lessons Learned and Recommendations""
 ""Acknowledgements""
 ""References""
 ""Chapter 3: Transportation Systems""
 ""Executive Summary""
 ""Description of System"" ""Overview of System Performance""""Performance of Transportation Facilities""
 ""Performance of Bridges""
 ""Hokuriku Expressway""
 ""National Highway 8""
 ""National Highway 116""
 ""Sabaishi River Crossings""
 ""U River (Ugawa) Crossings""
 ""Performance of Tunnels""
 ""Performance of Retaining Walls""
 ""Performance of Roadways""
 ""Performance of Railways""
 ""Performance of Ports, Harbors, and Coastal Structures""
 ""Western Inner and Outer Harbor""
 ""Fisherman�s Wharves and Light Breakbulk Handling Facilities""
 ""Steel Scrap Handling Facility""
 ""Central Quay"" ""Eastern Berth (Japan Coast Guard/Japan Self Defense Forces Staging Area)""""Major Observations and Recommendations""
 ""Acknowledgements""
 ""References""
 ""Chapter 4: Electric Power Systems""
 ""Executive Summary""
 ""Description of System and Historical Perspective of Tohoku Electric Power System""
 ""Description of Tohoku Electric Power Company System""
 ""Historical Perspective""
 ""1978 Miyagi-Ken-Oki Earthquake""
 ""The 2004 Niigata-Ken Chuetsu Earthquake and Transformer Performance""
 ""Overview of System Performance""
 ""Seismic Exposure""
 ""Power System Performance"" ""Sites of Special Interest""""Tohoku Electric Power System, Kariwa Substation""
 ""Tohoku Electric Power Transmission Tower""
 ""Damage to Other Parts of the System""
 ""Damage to Other Substations""
 ""Higashi-Jyoetsu 154 kV Substation""
 ""Damage to Transformer Radiator""
 ""Damage to 66 kV Oil Circuit Breakers""
 ""Transmission Line Damage""
 ""Distribution System Damage""
 ""Nuclear Power Station (Tokyo Electric Power Company)""
 ""Description of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station""
 ""Overview of Performance""
 ""Seismic Exposure and Design Criteria""
 ""Emergency Response""