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Improvement of neutron startup source handling work by developing new transportation container for High-Temperature engineering Test Reactor (HTTR)

新輸送容器製作によるHTTR起動用中性子源取扱い作業の改善

島崎 洋祐 ; 澤畑 洋明 ; 篠原 正憲 ; 柳田 佳徳; 川本 大樹; 高田 昌二

Shimazaki, Yosuke; Sawahata, Hiroaki; Shinohara, Masanori; Yanagida, Yoshinori; Kawamoto, Taiki; Takada, Shoji

HTTR(高温工学試験研究炉)では、起動用中性子源として小さなキャプセルに封入された$$^{252}$$Cf(3.7GBq)を3個炉内に装荷している。炉内黒鉛構造物の一つである制御棒案内ブロック内に中性子源入りの中性子源ホルダが装荷されており、約7年の頻度で交換している。中性子源入りの中性子源ホルダは輸送容器を使用して販売業者のホットセルからHTTR原子炉建家まで運搬される。中性子源ホルダの制御棒案内ブロックからの取出・装荷はHTTR原子炉建家内のメンテナンスピット内で行う。前回までの中性子源交換作業から、中性子源取扱作業の安全性向上を目的として輸送容器に係る2つの課題、作業者の被ばくリスク低減・予防及び中性子源ホルダの誤落下防止を抽出した。そして、これらの課題を解決できるHTTR起動用中性子源専用の輸送容器を従来の輸送容器のオーバーホールと同程度のコストで開発した。この結果、新たな輸送容器を使用して実施した中性子源の取扱作業は、安全に完遂された。

The High-Temperature engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) has three neutron startup sources (NSs) in the reactor core, each of which consists of $$^{252}$$Cf with 3.7 GBq and is contained in a small capsule, installed in NS holder and subsequently in a control guide block (CR block). The NSs are exchanged at the interval of approximately 7 years. The NS holders are transported from the dealer's hot cell to the reactor facility of HTTR using a transportation container. The loading work of NS holders to the CR blocks is subsequently carried out in the fuel handling machine maintenance pit of HTTR. Technical issues, which are the reduction and prevention of radiation exposure of workers and the exclusion of falling of NS holder, were extracted from the experiences in past two exchange works of NSs to develop a safety handling procedure. Then, a new transportation container special to the NSs of HTTR was developed to solve the technical issues while keeping the cost as low as that for overhaul of conventional container. As the results, the NS handling work using the new transportation container was safely accomplished by developing the new transportation container which can reduce the risks of radiation exposure dose of workers and exclude the falling of NS holder.

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