Comprehensive seismic evaluation of HTTR against the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake

東北地方太平洋沖地震に対するHTTRの総合的な健全性評価

小野 正人 ; 飯垣 和彦 ; 澤畑 洋明 ; 島崎 洋祐 ; 清水 厚志 ; 猪井 宏幸; 近藤 俊成; 小嶋 慶大; 高田 昌二; 沢 和弘

Ono, Masato; Iigaki, Kazuhiko; Sawahata, Hiroaki; Shimazaki, Yosuke; Shimizu, Atsushi; Inoi, Hiroyuki; Kondo, Toshinari; Kojima, Keidai; Takada, Shoji; Sawa, Kazuhiro

2011年3月11日、地震の規模を示すマグニチュード9.0の東北地方太平洋沖地震が発生した。地震発生時、HTTRは定期点検及び機器の保守管理のため停止していた。HTTRで観測された最大加速度は設計基準地震を超えていたため、総合的な健全性評価を実施した。総合的な健全性評価の考えは2つに分けられる。1つは機器の目視点検であり、1つは観測波を用いた耐震解析である。運転に関わる全ての機器は目視点検を実施した。設備の健全性は点検結果や解析結果により確認した。機器の耐震解析や目視点検の結果、損傷や機能低下は無く、原子炉の運転に関わる問題は無かった。HTTRの健全性は2011年, 2013年, 2015年のコールド状態の運転によっても裏付けられた。さらに、2015年に中性子源を交換するために3つの制御棒案内ブロックと6つの可動反射体ブロックを原子炉から取り出したとき、制御棒案内ブロックの健全性を目視により確認した。

On March 11th, 2011, the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake of magnitude 9.0 occurred. When the great earthquake occurred, the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) had been stopped under the periodic inspection and maintenance of equipment and instruments. A comprehensive integrity evaluation was carried out for the HTTR facility because the maximum seismic acceleration observed at the HTTR exceeded the maximum value of design basis earthquake. The concept of comprehensive integrity evaluation is divided into two parts. One is the "visual inspection of equipment and instruments". The other is the "seismic response analysis" for the building structure, equipment and instruments using the observed earthquake. All equipment and instruments related to operation were inspected in the basic inspection. The integrity of the facilities was confirmed by comparing the inspection results or the numerical results with their evaluation criteria. As the results of inspection of equipment and instruments associated with the seismic response analysis, it was judged that there was no problem for operation of the reactor, because there was no damage and performance deterioration. The integrity of HTTR was also supported by the several operations without reactor power in cold conditions of HTTR in 2011, 2013 and 2015. Additionally, the integrity of control rod guide blocks was also confirmed visually when three control rod guide blocks and six replaceable reflector blocks were taken out from reactor core in order to change neutron startup sources in 2015.