Coupled computer code study on irradiation performance of a fast reactor mixed oxide fuel element with an emphasis on the fission product cesium behavior

計算コードの連成解析によるMOX燃料ピンのCs挙動評価

上羽 智之 ; 根本 潤一*; 石谷 行生*; 伊藤 昌弘*

Uwaba, Tomoyuki; Nemoto, Junichi*; Ishitani, Ikuo*; Ito, Masahiro*

高速炉MOX燃料ピンの照射挙動を計算するコードと燃料ピン内のCsの挙動に特化して計算するコードを連成することにより、Cs挙動が燃料ピンの熱・機械的挙動に及ぼす影響を解析できるようにした。連成した計算コードを高燃焼度MOX燃料ピンの照射挙動解析に適用し、Csの燃料ピン内軸方向分布やCs化合物による燃料ペレットと被覆管の機械的相互作用などを評価した。

A computer code for the analysis of the overall irradiation performance of a fast reactor mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel element was coupled with a specialized code for the analysis of fission product cesium behaviors in a MOX fuel element. The coupled code system allowed for the analysis of the radial and axial Cs migrations, the generation of Cs chemical compounds and fuel swelling due to Cs-fuel-reactions in association with the thermal and mechanical behaviors of the fuel element. The coupled code analysis was applied to the irradiation performance of a fast reactor MOX fuel element attaining high burnup for discussion on the axial distribution of Cs, fuel-to-cladding mechanical interaction owing to the Cs-fuel-reactions by comparing the calculated results with post irradiation examinations.