Sentence examples for tsunami proof from inspiring English sources

The expert logic Perlman cited focused on two differences: Our coastal reactors are on bluffs (and are therefore tsunami proof) and earthquakes as strong as the 8.9 Japan tremor are not expected here, even on California's San Andreas fault.

(It also makes the project virtually tsunami-proof, he says).

"But we are not tsunami-proof," he said.

A bridge structure is an important infrastructure to support recovery activities after a tsunami event, hence it is required to keep the tsunami-proof capacity against the disaster.

But if the government gets its way, this abandoned strip of land will be made tsunami-proof as part of a £5bn plan to defend 230 miles of coastline with hundreds of towering concrete walls.

Kansai will spend $2.5 billion over four years to tsunami-proof its reactors.

It's important to note that in Japan it wasn't the earthquake that caused problems with the Fukushima reactors but the lack of adequate tsunami-proof back up power generation to keep the fuel cool after shutdown.

Such information on the possible range of predictions is valuable in developing robust design methods for coastal structures, tsunami-proof buildings, evacuation plans, and land use policies (FEMA2008; Murata et al.2010).2010

With the help of grant schemes and tsunami assistance programmes, these were rebuilt to tsunami-proof houses.

Surely the solidarity Japan received after the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 is proof enough of its international prestige.

Freund's discovery in central Spain of a strange series of "memorial cities," built in Atlantis' image by its refugees after the city's likely destruction by a tsunami, gave researchers added proof and confidence, he said.