Experimental study on transport behavior of cesium iodide in the reactor coolant system under LWR severe accident conditions

軽水炉シビアアクシデント時の原子炉冷却系におけるヨウ化セシウムの移行挙動に係る実験的研究

宮原 直哉; 三輪 周平  ; Goullo, M.*; 井元 純平 ; 堀口 直樹   ; 佐藤 勇*; 逢坂 正彦  

Miyahara, Naoya; Miwa, Shuhei; Goullo, M.*; Imoto, Jumpei; Horiguchi, Naoki; Sato, Isamu*; Osaka, Masahiko

主にガス状ヨウ素の生成メカニズムに着目して原子炉冷却系におけるCsIの移行挙動を明らかにするため、温度勾配管を用いたCsIの移行再現実験を実施し、沈着物及び浮遊物の詳細分析を行った。その結果、ガス状ヨウ素が高温領域におけるCs-I-O-H反応体系の気相反応により生成し、速度論の効果によって化学形態を大きく変化させずに下流の低温領域に移行すること、凝縮したCsIの化学反応、すなわち、CsCrO化合物が生成する壁面への沈着CsIとステンレス鋼の化学反応、またはエアロゾルとなったCsIと水蒸気との化学反応により、ガス状ヨウ素が生成することを明らかにした。

In order to clarify the cesium iodide (CsI) transport behavior with a focus on the mechanisms of gaseous iodine formation in the reactor coolant system of LWR under a severe accident condition, a reproductive experiment of CsI transport behavior was conducted using a facility equipped with a thermal gradient tube. Various analyses on deposits and airborne materials during transportation could elucidate two mechanisms for the gaseous iodine formation. One was the gaseous phase chemical reaction in Cs-I-O-H system at relatively high-temperature region, which led to gaseous iodine transport to the lower temperature region without any further changes in gas species due to the kinetics limitation effects. The other one was the chemical reactions related to condensed phase of CsI, namely those of CsI deposits on walls with surface of stainless steel to form CsCrO compound and CsI aerosol particles with steam, which were newly found in this study.