PEER Events

2017 Pacific Rim Forum: Earthquake Resilience of Nuclear Facilities

On January 23 & 24, 2017, PEER hosted the latest in a series of Pacific Rim Forums focusing on the critical issue of earthquake resilience of nuclear facilities. Nuclear facilities associated with power generation, nuclear materials processing and storage, and nuclear experimental science require the utmost attention with regard to facility resilience and safety.

Around the Pacific Rim, large earthquakes are a major design issue for nuclear facilities and advanced approaches for seismic analysis and design are essential to achieving appropriate levels of risk.

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Shake Table 50th Anniversary

Since its 1972 inauguration, the Shaking Table, located at the Richmond Field Station of UC Berkeley and managed by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center, has been very active and continues to introduce and employ innovative technology, and carry out cutting edge research related to the seismic behavior of structures and equipment.

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2015 Nuclear Resilience: UC Pacific Rim Forum held at UC Berkeley

On June 8-9, 2015, PEER hosted the latest in a series of Pacific Rim Forums focusing on the critical issue of resilience of nuclear facilities including nuclear power systems. Ensuring a resilient system that adequately addresses safety, response and mitigation concerns for extreme seismic and tsunami events is essential to achieving a safe facility and realizing the full potential of nuclear power for addressing the energy and environmental needs of a technologically advancing world. The Forum event was hosted in collaboration with the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, American Association of Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (AASMiRT), and Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF).

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50th Anniversary of UC Berkeley Shaking Table

July 20, 2022

PEER celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the UC Berkeley shaking table on June 24, 2022, at the Earthquake Simulator Laboratory facility at Richmond Field Station. Over 80 researchers, practitioners, former and current students attended the event to commemorate the impact of the table on the field of earthquake engineering.

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2025 PEER Blind Prediction Contest on Lateral Impact of Prestressed Concrete Girders

July 10, 2025

Missouri S&T(link is external) and the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center invite the structural engineering and bridge research community to participate in a blind prediction competition focused on evaluating the dynamic response of full-scale prestressed concrete bridge girders under lateral impact loading. The experiment involves three full-scale 14.02-meter-long MoDOT Type I-2 prestressed concrete girders subjected to lateral impact using a custom-designed...