An Oxfordshire civil engineering firm has used new UK reservoir risk assessment methodology for two dams in Japan. The analysis has enabled the organisation to assess the potential impact of the dams’ failure on nearby communities, according to a press release issued on 25 November.
HR Wallingford worked with Japan’s largest utility company, J-Power, to carry out the project, which represents one of the first applications of the approach in an international context.
The assessment covers breach development, flood modelling and emergency planning, with a view to informing future incident responses.