Prediction of radioactive corrosion product transfer in primary systems of Japanese prototype fast breeder reactor Monju

Matsuo, Yoichiro; Hasegawa, Masanori; Maegawa, Yoshiharu; Miyahara, Shinya  

Radioactive corrosion products are main cause of personal radiation exposure during maintenance with no breached fuel in FBR plants. CP is produced in the core region by activation of fuel cladding and sub-assembly wrappers, and they are transported to the primary circuit with sodium flow and deposited on the wall of the primary piping and components. In order to establish the techniques of radiation dose reduction for of personnel, program system for corrosion hazard evaluation code PSYCHE has been was developed. The PSYCHE code is based on the solution-precipitation model. The density of each deposited CP and dose rate of primary coolant system in Monju was estimated by using the PSYCHE and QAD-CG code.