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Table 5. Estimated exposure of Kyushu Electric Power Company network to tephra fall; see Fig. 2(b). Approximations of electricity lines given by KEPC and Isomass contours by AIST (2011).

From: Observations of tephra fall impacts from the 2011 Shinmoedake eruption, Japan

 

Approximated length (km)

Facilities affected

Tephra load (kg/m2)

500 kV

220 kV

110 kV

60 kV

Hydro stations

Transforming stations

0–0.5

3.4

59.3

28.3

44.6

3

8

0.5–1

 

5.5

4.4

12.2

1

1

1–2

 

3.3

1.3

16.2

 

2

2–3

 

4.6

1.8

10.9

 

1

3–5

 

4.9

2

16.6

 

1

5–10

 

5.2

2.4

21.2

 

2

10–30

 

5.5

4.3

1.5

 

1

Total

3.4

88.3

44.5

123.2

4

16