レーザー局所加熱による高融点試料の融点測定技術開発

Development of high melting temperature measurement system by laser spot heating

岩佐 龍磨 ; 有馬 立身*

Iwasa, Toma; Arima, Tatsumi*

加速器駆動システムによる核変換用のマイナーアクチノイド(MA)含有窒化物燃料について、炉心異常事象時のふるまい解析や安全性の検討のために、その熱分解温度や融点を把握しておくことは非常に重要である。本報告書では、少量試料でごく短時間での測定が期待できる手法として、レーザーを利用した融点測定システムを構築し、実証試験を行った。窒化物燃料の熱分解温度に近い3000K付近の温度領域について、高融点金属試料を用いて温度評価を行い、システムの技術的成立性を評価した後、実際に窒化物試料の融点を測定した。

Knowledge on the liquefaction (thermal decomposition and melting) temperatures of MA-bearing nitride fuels for transmutation by accelerator-driven system is essential for elucidation of the fuel behaviors under abnormal condition and for the safety analysis. A melting temperature measurement system for refractory materials was developed based on a laser spot heating method, which is expected to measure in a very short time with a small amount of sample, and demonstration tests using refractory metals and zirconium nitride were performed. As the results, it was found that this melting temperature measurement system can be applicable up to the temperatures around 3000 K which is close to the thermal decomposition temperature of nitride fuels and we confirmed the technical feasibility of this system for future application to small specimens of transuranium nitrides.