Research and development on lead-bismuth technology for accelerator-driven transmutation system at JAERI

Kurata, Yuji; Kikuchi, Kenji; Saito, Shigeru   ; Kamata, Kinya*; Kitano, Teruaki*; Oigawa, Hiroyuki 

R&D on lead-bismuth technology have been conducted for accelerator driven system. From the test results of 316SS using JLBL-1 for 3000h without active oxygen control, mass transfer from high temperature to low temperature parts was observed. It was found that deposition of Pb/Bi and Fe-Cr grains in the annular channel of the electro-magnetic pump caused plugging and decrease in flow rate. The modification of the loop system brought about a good effect on operation. Significant erosion/corrosion was not observed in the experiment using MES loop for 1000h under 10wt.% oxygen condition. The results of static corrosion tests showed the following: corrosion depth decreased at 450C with increasing Cr content in steels while corrosion depth of JPCA and 316SS became larger due to ferritization caused by dissolution of Ni and Cr at 550C. Si-added steel exhibited good corrosion resistance at 550C.