Abstract
Nuclear power harvesting has been on the steep rise globally to counter the fossil fuel extinction concerns. However, the safety issues associated with the stability of these important structures and the nuclear fission emissions have also been on an identical rise since the Fukushima Daiichi disaster following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan. The globally noted historical nuclear power plant disasters highlighted the loss of cooling power (due to man-made or natural events) as the main cause driving the researchers to find alternate power sources for cooling requirements. Such probable alternate power sources should be resilient against any extreme events including earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc. In this article, a case study is demonstrated highlighting the feasibility of offshore wind power as the possible alternate power source for the emergency scenarios of nuclear power plants during cascading disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. The article first reviews the major accidents in nuclear history, followed by a brief description of the seismic considerations of the nuclear power plant in seismically active locations. Realizing the beneficial dynamic nature of the wind turbines during earthquakes, a case study is considered from India, where the idea of offshore wind power as a backup power source will be demonstrated as a feasibility study for the possible cascading disaster at the site of interest. Different critical loading scenarios would be identified and possible wind farm strategies will be proposed based on the case study.