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Application of a first-order method to estimate the failure probability of component subjected to thermal transients for optimization of design parameters

Okajima, Satoshi; Mori, Takero; Kikuchi, Norihiro; Tanaka, Masaaki; Miyazaki, Masashi

Mechanical Engineering Journal (Internet), 10(4), p.23-00042_1 - 23-00042_12, 2023/08

In this paper, we propose the simplified procedure to estimate failure probability of components subjected to thermal transient for the design optimization. Failure probability can be commonly used as an indicator of component integrity for various failure mechanisms. In order to reduce number of analyses required for one estimation, we have adopted the First Order Second Moment (FOSM) method as the estimation method of failure probability on the process of the optimization, and an orthogonal table in experiment design method is utilized to define conditions of the analyses for the evaluation of the input parameters for the FOSM method. The superposition of ramp responses is also utilized to evaluate the time history of thermal transient stress instead of finite element analysis. Through the demonstration study to optimize thickness of cylindrical vessel subjected to thermal transient derived from shutdown, we confirmed that the procedure can evaluate the failure probability depending on the cylinder thickness with practical calculation cost.

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Development of structural design optimization process for an advanced sodium-cooled fast reactor

Kikuchi, Norihiro; Mori, Takero; Okajima, Satoshi; Tanaka, Masaaki; Miyazaki, Masashi

Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 8 Pages, 2023/05

JAEA is developing an evaluation system aided by artificial intelligence (AI) named ARKADIA (Advanced Reactor Knowledge- and AI-aided Design Integration Approach through the whole plant lifecycle). A sub-system of it, named ARKADIA-Design, is being developed to support the design optimization study for an advanced nuclear plant including a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR). Authors are developing a design optimization process for the structure of the component in SFR. This paper describes the outline of a design optimization process, the brief introduction of evaluation methods for the process, and the result of the demonstration of the optimization process for a feasibility study. The development is being performed in a representative problem considering the thermal transient and seismic motion as a major issue in SFRs. Through the demonstration, it was confirmed that the optimization process under development may provide an optimal solution to the representative problem.

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Basic study on tritium monitor using plastic scintillator for treated water discharge at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Sanada, Yukihisa; Abe, Tomohisa; Sasaki, Miyuki; Kanno, Marina*; Yamada, Tsutomu*; Nakasone, Takamasa*; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki*; Oshikiri, Keisuke*; Watabe, Hiroshi*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 10 Pages, 2023/00

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)

The "treated water" from which the main radioactive materials were removed contains tritium, and stakeholders in Japan have been debating how to treat it. The amount of treated water stored in the facility has reached its limit, and the Japanese government has decided that the treatment method will be to discharge the water into the ocean by FY 2023 (FY: Fiscal Year). The present research developed a simple and practical tritium monitor for the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) tritiated water release. A simple and practical tritium monitor was developed for FDNPS tritiated water release based on thin plastic scintillator sheets. The developed devices were calibrated using standard tritium solutions and a method for calculating the minimum detectable activity. Fifteen 0.25 mm-thick scintillators can be placed in the 0.26 L flow cell where the sample water is fed, yielding an active surface area of 3,200 mm$$^{2}$$. The efficiency of tritiated water with full water is 0.000035 cps Bq$$^{-1}$$. The minimum detectable activity under simple shielding conditions was 7,800 Bq L$$^{-1}$$ (Measurement time was 3,600 s).

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Event report of JHPS Symposium 2022

Yasuoka, Yumi*; Fujita, Hiroki; Tsuji, Tomoya; Tsujiguchi, Takakiyo*; Sasaki, Michiya*; Miyazaki, Tomoyuki*; Hashima, Shun*; Yasuda, Hiroshi*; Shimada, Kazumasa; Hirota, Seiko*

Hoken Butsuri (Internet), 57(3), p.146 - 155, 2022/12

no abstracts in English

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Application of first-order method to estimate structural integrity in a probabilistic form of component subjected to thermal transient for optimization of design parameter

Okajima, Satoshi; Mori, Takero; Kikuchi, Norihiro; Tanaka, Masaaki; Miyazaki, Masashi

Proceedings of 29th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 29) (Internet), 7 Pages, 2022/08

In this paper, we propose the simplified procedure to estimate failure probability of components subjected to thermal transient for the design optimization. Failure probability can be commonly used as an indicator of component integrity for various failure mechanisms. In order to reduce number of analyses required for one estimation, we have adopted the First Order Second Moment (FOSM) method as the estimation method of failure probability on the process of the optimization, and an orthogonal table in experiment design method is utilized to define conditions of the analyses for the evaluation of the input parameters for the FOSM method. Through the demonstration study to optimize thickness of cylindrical vessel subjected to thermal transient derived from shutdown, we confirmed that the procedure can evaluate the failure probability depending on the cylinder thickness with practical calculation cost.

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Automatization of parametric analyses of influence factor on load derived from thermal transient in design optimization method for plant structure in sodium-cooled fast reactor

Kikuchi, Norihiro; Mori, Takero; Okajima, Satoshi; Tanaka, Masaaki; Miyazaki, Masashi

Dai-26-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2022/07

In JAEA, the design optimization method for plant structure has been developed on the process to output optimal solution of the thickness of reactor vessel wall against thermal transient and seismic loads in a SFR as a representative problem. Resistance characteristic of the wall on the load derived from thermal transient is one of the most important factors for safety estimation on the structural integrity. Failure probability of components against thermal transient was set to one of variables in the objective function for a common scale to compare with other variables in different failure mechanisms. In the iterative process to achieve the optimal solution, a number of evaluations to measure the influence on the load derived from thermal transient was necessarily conducted. More reduction of required time for evaluations is desired. To perform the iterative evaluation process efficiently, the automatization of parametric analyses was implemented in the optimization process.

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Development of ARKADIA for the innovation of advanced nuclear reactor design process (Overview of optimization process development in design optimization support tool, ARKADIA-Design)

Tanaka, Masaaki; Doda, Norihiro; Yokoyama, Kenji; Mori, Takero; Okajima, Satoshi; Hashidate, Ryuta; Yada, Hiroki; Oki, Shigeo; Miyazaki, Masashi; Takaya, Shigeru

Dai-26-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2022/07

To assist conceptual studies of various reactor systems conducted by private sectors in nuclear power innovation, development of an innovative design system named ARKADIA (Advanced Reactor Knowledge- and AI-aided Design Integration Approach through the whole plant lifecycle) is undergoing to achieve the design of an advanced nuclear reactor as a safe, economic, and sustainable carbon-free energy source. In this paper, focusing on the ARKADIA-Design as a part of it, the progress in the development of optimization processes on the representative problems in the fields of the core design, the plant structure design, and the maintenance schedule planning are introduced.

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Fundamental study on seismic safety margin for seismic isolated structure using the laminated rubber bearings

Fukasawa, Tsuyoshi*; Miyagawa, Takayuki*; Uchita, Masato*; Yamamoto, Tomohiko; Miyazaki, Masashi; Okamura, Shigeki*; Fujita, Satoshi*

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Rombunshu (Internet), 87(898), p.21-00007_1 - 21-00007_17, 2021/06

This paper describes a fundamental study on the seismic safety margin for the isolated structure using laminated rubber bearings. The variation of the seismic response assumed in the isolated structure will occur under the superposition of "Variations in seismic response due to input ground motions" and "Error with design value accompanying manufacture of the isolation devices ". The seismic response analysis which allows to their conditions is important to assess the seismic safety margin for the isolated structure. This paper clarifies that the seismic safety margin of the isolated structure, which consists of rubber bearings, for Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) is ensured against the basis ground motions of Japan Electric Association Guide 4601 (JEAG4601) and SFR through the seismic response analysis considering the variation factors of seismic response. In addition, a relationship between the seismic safety margin and the excess probability of linearity limits is discussed using the results of seismic response analysis.

Journal Articles

Anharmonic Pr guest modes in Pr(Os$$_{1-x}$$Ru$$_x$$)$$_4$$Sb$$_{12}$$ investigated by inelastic X-ray scattering

Tsutsui, Satoshi; Kaneko, Koji; Miyazaki, Ryoichi*; Higashinaka, Ryuji*; Aoki, Yuji*; Kobayashi, Riki*; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Baron, A. Q. R.*; Sugawara, Hitoshi*; Sato, Hideyuki*

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 3, p.011060_1 - 011060_5, 2014/06

Journal Articles

Deposition of hydroxyapatite on SiC nanotubes in simulated body fluid

Taguchi, Tomitsugu; Miyazaki, Toshiki*; Iikubo, Satoshi*; Yamaguchi, Kenji

Materials Science & Engineering C, 34, p.29 - 34, 2014/01

 Times Cited Count:9 Percentile:20.86(Materials Science, Biomaterials)

SiC nanotubes can become candidate reinforcement materials for dental and orthopedic implants due to their light weight and excellent mechanical properties. However, it has not been reported about the development of bioactive SiC materials. In this study, hydroxyapatites were found to on SiC nanotubes treated with NaOH and subsequently HCl solution after soaking in simulated body fluid. On the other hand, hydroxyapatites did not deposit on as-received SiC nanotubes, the SiC nanotubes with NH$$_{4}$$OH solution treatment and SiC bulk materials with NaOH and subsequently HCl solution treatment. Therefore, we succeeded in the development of bioactive SiC nanotubes by downsizing SiC materials to nanometer size and treating with NaOH and subsequently HCl solutions for the first time.

Journal Articles

Applicability of redundant pairs of SOI transistors for analog circuits and their applications to phase-locked loop circuits

Makihara, Akiko*; Yokose, Tamotsu*; Tsuchiya, Yoshihisa*; Miyazaki, Yoshio*; Abe, Hiroshi; Shindo, Hiroyuki*; Ebihara, Tsukasa*; Maru, Akifumi*; Morikawa, Koichi*; Kuboyama, Satoshi*; et al.

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 60(1), p.230 - 235, 2013/02

 Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:43.8(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

The H-Invitational Database (H-InvDB); A Comprehensive annotation resource for human genes and transcripts

Yamasaki, Chisato*; Murakami, Katsuhiko*; Fujii, Yasuyuki*; Sato, Yoshiharu*; Harada, Erimi*; Takeda, Junichi*; Taniya, Takayuki*; Sakate, Ryuichi*; Kikugawa, Shingo*; Shimada, Makoto*; et al.

Nucleic Acids Research, 36(Database), p.D793 - D799, 2008/01

 Times Cited Count:52 Percentile:71.15(Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

Here we report the new features and improvements in our latest release of the H-Invitational Database, a comprehensive annotation resource for human genes and transcripts. H-InvDB, originally developed as an integrated database of the human transcriptome based on extensive annotation of large sets of fulllength cDNA (FLcDNA) clones, now provides annotation for 120 558 human mRNAs extracted from the International Nucleotide Sequence Databases (INSD), in addition to 54 978 human FLcDNAs, in the latest release H-InvDB. We mapped those human transcripts onto the human genome sequences (NCBI build 36.1) and determined 34 699 human gene clusters, which could define 34 057 protein-coding and 642 non-protein-coding loci; 858 transcribed loci overlapped with predicted pseudogenes.

Journal Articles

Abrasive water jet cutting technique for biological shield concrete dismantlement

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CONF-871018-Vol. 2, p.4-270 - 4-284, 1987/00

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

Interface nanostructure of Cu-added Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets processed by high magnetic fields

Akiya, Takahiro*; Kato, Hiroaki*; Takeda, Masayasu; Suzuki, Junichi; Yamaguchi, Daisuke; Koizumi, Satoshi; Sagawa, Masato*; Koyama, Keiichi*; Miyazaki, Terunobu*

no journal, , 

Sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets consist of Nd$$_{2}$$Fe$$_{14}$$B main phase with about 5$$mu$$m diameter and Nd-rich grain boundary phase. It is well known that the coercivity of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets is highly dominated by this Nd-rich phase, which is reported to change from discontinuous to continuous arrangement by a low temperature annealing around 500$$sim$$600$$^{circ}$$C. We have shown that the coercivity of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets can be further increased by applying a high magnetic field during the annealing. We found that such a coercivity enhancement phenomenon occurred only when a small amount of Cu is added, and when the annealing temperature is around 500$$^{circ}$$C or 550$$^{circ}$$C. In this paper, we report on the results of interface nanostructure analysis by DSC and Small Angle Neutron Scattering experiments to investigate the reason magnetic field effect occurs only in Cu-containing samples at specific annealing temperatures.

Oral presentation

Provisional dose calculation to examine the radiation protection in geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste

Nakai, Kunihiro*; Kai, Michiaki*; Okoshi, Minoru; Kato, Tomoko; Yamaguchi, Tetsuji; Sasaki, Takayuki*; Hattori, Takatoshi*; Miyazaki, Shinichiro*; Yoshizawa, Yuji*; Higuchi, Natsuko*; et al.

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

The Evaluation of the radon dose of radioactivity in high-level radioactive waste geological disposal facility

Yoshizawa, Yuji*; Kai, Michiaki*; Okoshi, Minoru; Kato, Tomoko; Yamaguchi, Tetsuji; Sasaki, Takayuki*; Hattori, Takatoshi*; Miyazaki, Shinichiro*; Higuchi, Natsuko*; Tokonami, Shinji*; et al.

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

Deposition of hydroxyapatite on SiC nanotubes in simulated body fluid

Taguchi, Tomitsugu; Miyazaki, Toshiki*; Iikubo, Satoshi*; Igawa, Naoki; Asaoka, Hidehito

no journal, , 

SiC nanotubes can become candidate reinforcement materials for dental and orthopedic implants due to their light weight and excellent mechanical properties. However, the development of bioactive SiC materials has not been reported. In this study, hydroxyapatites were found on SiC nanotubes treated with NaOH and subsequent HCl solution after soaking in simulated body fluid. On the other hand, hydroxyapatites did not deposit on as received SiC nanotubes, the SiC nanotubes with NH$$_{4}$$OH solution treatment and SiC bulk materials with NaOH and subsequent HCl solution treatment. Therefore, we succeeded in the development of bioactive SiC nanotubes by downsizing SiC materials to nanometer size and treating with NaOH and subsequent HCl solutions for the first time.

Oral presentation

Study on the electronic structure of HONTA for minor actinide separation

Masuda, Ryotaro*; Otaka, Saki*; Gejo, Tatsuo*; Takeuchi, Satoshi*; Adachi, Junichi*; Hoshino, Masamitsu*; Toigawa, Tomohiro; Miyazaki, Yasunori; Sano, Yuichi; Takeuchi, Masayuki

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

Development of advanced reactor knowledge- and AI-aided design integration approach through the whole plant life cycle, ARKADIA, 5; Investigation of optimization processes in design optimization support tool, ARKADIA-Design

Tanaka, Masaaki; Doda, Norihiro; Yokoyama, Kenji; Mori, Takero; Okajima, Satoshi; Hashidate, Ryuta; Yada, Hiroki; Oki, Shigeo; Miyazaki, Masashi; Takaya, Shigeru

no journal, , 

Design optimization support tool named ARKADIA-Design for diverse nuclear power plant is being developed in Japan Atomic Energy Agency. To implement the design optimizations in the fields of core, plant structure, and maintenance, development of the numerical analysis methods including a coupled analysis to evaluate the plant performance and installation of the procedure in each optimization process are investigated.

Oral presentation

Research and development of three-dimensional seismic isolation system, 34; Development summary of three-dimensional isolation system and horizontal oil damper

Miyagawa, Takayuki*; Yamamoto, Tomohiko; Miyazaki, Masashi; Okamura, Shigeki*; Fukasawa, Tsuyoshi*; Fujita, Satoshi*; Hirayama, Tomoyuki*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

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