necessary to meet the design life.LJ All OTEC power plants, including the 

 modular ones, are too large to drydock and therefore must have the capa- 

 bility for at-sea inspection, maintenance, and repair. 



8. Summary . Because the final structure is an integration 

 of material behavior, structural design, construction approach, and main- 

 tenance and repair operations, the structural requirements are summarized 

 in Table 1 as they relate to each of these major areas. 



