Experience of HTTR construction and operation; Unexpected incidents

HTTRの建設・運転での経験; 想定外の事象

藤本 望; 橘 幸男 ; 七種 明雄* ; 篠崎 正幸; 磯崎 実; 伊与久 達夫

Fujimoto, Nozomu; Tachibana, Yukio; Saikusa, Akio*; Shinozaki, Masayuki; Isozaki, Minoru; Iyoku, Tatsuo

HTTRの出力上昇試験では、熱漏洩の観点から二つの事象があった。一つは一次上部遮蔽体の温度上昇であり、もう一つは炉心支持板の温度上昇であった。これら二つの原因は構造物中のわずかなヘリウムの流れによるものであった。一次上部遮蔽体の温度上昇については、微少なヘリウム流れの抑制,放熱の促進,断熱材の設置が行われた。炉心支持板の温度上昇については、微少なヘリウム流れを考慮した温度評価を再度行い、炉心支持板の設計温度を見直した。これらの対策により、それぞれの温度を制限値以下に収めることができた。

From a viewpoint of heat leakage, there were two incidents during HTTR power-rise-tests. One was a temperature rise of the primary upper shielding, and the other was a temperature rise of the core support plate. Causes of the both incidents were small amount of helium flow in structures. For the temperature rise of the primary upper shielding, countermeasures to reduce the small amount of helium flow, enhancement of heat release and installation of thermal insulator were taken. For the temperature rise of the core support plate, temperature evaluations were carried out again considering the small amount of helium flow and design temperature of the core support plate was revised. By these countermeasures, the both temperatures were kept below their limits.