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「常陽」の炉容器内の観察・補修技術と炉容器内構造観察のための画像撮影装置の開発

Development of inspection and repair techniques in reactor vessel of the experimental fast reactor "Joyo" and of visual inspection device to observe in-vessel structures

齊藤 隆一; 今泉 和幸 ; 岡 潔; 相澤 秀之*; 片桐 源一*

Saito, Takakazu; Imaizumi, Kazuyuki; Oka, Kiyoshi; Aizawa, Hideyuki*; Katagiri, Genichi*

日本原子力研究開発機構大洗研究開発センターでは、ナトリウム冷却型高速炉の原子炉内観察・補修技術開発の一環として、ファイバスコープ及びカメラを用いた炉内観察装置を開発し、高速実験炉「常陽」原子炉容器内の観察を通じて、その適用性,観察技術に関する知見等を得てきた。今後、炉内干渉物の対策を契機として、炉容器内の観察・補修技術のさらなる向上を図っていく予定であり、開発の最新状況については、日本原子力学会2008年度の春秋2回の年会・大会で発表されている。本報では、2回の大会に渡りシリーズ発表された「ナトリウム冷却型高速炉の原子炉容器内観察・補修技術の開発」から、「炉容器内構造観察のための画像撮影装置」について、シリーズ発表中の関連発表を交えて紹介した。

The experimental fast reactor Joyo is the first sodium cooled fast reactor in Japan. In-vessel visual inspections have been conducted with an obstacle on the in-vessel storage rack in Joyo. Because of the high radiation dose in the reactor vessel, radiation-resistant fiberscope was applied to Joyo. The radiation-resistant fiberscope was inserted into the reactor vessel thorough the inspection hole and fuel handling hole on rotating plugs. In order to observe the top of the subassemblies and in-vessel storage rack, an I-shape device which had a downward and side view monitoring radiation-resistant fiberscopes was used. To observe the bottom face of the upper core structure, a remote handling visual device whose tip could bend into an L-shape was developed to insert the radiation-resistant fiberscope into the 70 mm gap between the bottom of the upper core structure and the top of the subassemblies. The observations of the top of the subassemblies and in-vessel storage rack were conducted from October 2007 to February 2008. The bottom face of the upper core structure was observed in July 2008. The number of photographs of the entire bottom face of the upper core structure reached approximately 35,000. Confirmation was made that the remote handling device equipped with the radiation-resistant fiberscope would achieve the expected performance. These observations results provided useful information on incident investigations. In addition, fundamental findings and the experience gained during this study, which included the design of equipment, operating procedures, resolution, lighting adjustments, photograph composition and the durability of the radiation-resistant fiberscope under radiation exposure, provided valuable insights into possible further improvements and verifications for in-vessel visual observation techniques in an sodium fast reactor.

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