Sentence examples for coastal facility from inspiring English sources

This follows the utility's admission late last month, a reversal previous denials, that large amounts of contaminated water were flowing into the Pacific Ocean from the coastal facility 230 kms (140 miles) northeast of Tokyo.

The fate of the troubled San Onofre nuclear plant was apparently sealed last month when it became clear that a potential lengthy series of hearings would likely have to be held before the coastal facility could be powered back up.

While activists praised Friday's announcement that the San Onofre nuclear power plant would be retired, those who live near the coastal facility expressed mixed emotions about the fate of what has become a familiar landmark and a nagging source of controversy.

The UNEP report was based on the body's trip to Sochi in January, which involved visits to sites considered sensitive along the construction path of a road and rail link that connects coastal facilities with ones in the mountains.

It turned out that the marshes weren't intact enough to make much difference — the Nature Conservancy scientist in charge of the project called them "patchy, a mix of grass and open area" — but the strategy impressed Dow executives, who are considering using it at other coastal facilities.

On the other hand, tsunami-induced sediment transport in coastal zones causes local scouring and deposition around coastal facilities.

Thus, tsunami-induced topography changes are of engineering interest that they may adversely affect the ability of coastal facilities.

Meanwhile, submarine landslides can generate local tsunamis with high run-ups, posing a hazard to human lives and coastal facilities in huge range (Levin and Nosov [2009]).

Understanding extreme ocean environments and their interaction with fixed and floating structures is critical for the design of offshore and coastal facilities.

A close examination of analytical and experimental results, mainly pertaining to hydraulic and coastal engineering, regarding the impact of water waves against coastal facilities, however, reveals that these simplified assumptions are not supported by rational presumptions.

High winds blew away roof shingles and produced large swells that battered several coastal facilities.