東海再処理施設周辺の環境放射線モニタリング結果; 2021年度

中田 陽; 金井 克太; 瀬谷 夏美; 西村 周作; 二川 和郎; 根本 正史; 飛田 慶司; 山田 椋平*; 内山 怜; 山下 大智; et al.

JAEA-Review 2022-078, 164 Pages, 2023/03

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核燃料サイクル工学研究所では、「日本原子力研究開発機構核燃料サイクル工学研究所再処理施設保安規定、第IV編環境監視」に基づき、再処理施設周辺の環境放射線モニタリングを実施している。本報告書は、2021年4月から2022年3月までの間に実施した環境放射線モニタリングの結果、及び大気、海洋への放射性物質の放出に起因する周辺公衆の線量算出結果について、取りまとめたものである。なお、上記の環境放射線モニタリングの結果において、2011年3月に発生した東京電力株式会社(2016年4月1日付けで東京電力ホールディングス株式会社に変更)福島第一原子力発電所事故で放出された放射性物質の影響が多くの項目でみられた。また、環境監視計画の概要、測定方法の概要、測定結果及びその経時変化、気象統計結果、放射性廃棄物の放出状況、平常の変動幅の上限値を超過した値の評価について付録として収録した。

Numerical simulation of bubble hydrodynamics for pool scrubbing

岡垣 百合亜; 柴本 泰照; 和田 裕貴; 安部 諭; 日引 俊詞*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 14 Pages, 2023/00

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2022.2161656

Pool scrubbing is an important filtering process that prevents radioactive aerosols from entering the environment in the event of severe accidents in a nuclear reactor. In this process of transporting aerosol particles using bubbles, bubble hydrodynamics plays a crucial role in modeling pool scrubbing and significantly affects particle removal in a bubble. The pool scrubbing code based on Lumped Parameter (LP) approach includes the particle removal model, and its hydrodynamic parameters are determined based on simple assumptions. We aim to apply the three-dimensional Computer Fluid Dynamics (CFD) approach to understand the detailed bubble interaction. This study validated the applicability of the CFD simulation to bubble hydrodynamics at the flow transition from a globule to a swarm region, which is critical in the stand-alone pool scrubbing code-SPARC-90. Two types of solvers based on the Volume Of Fluid (VOF) and the Simple Coupled Volume Of Fluid with Level Set (S-CLSVOF) methods were used to capture the gas-liquid interface in the CFD simulation. We used the experimental data for validation. As a result, the VOF and S-CLSVOF methods accurately predicted the bubble size and void fraction distributions. In addition, we confirmed that the bubble rise velocity of the S-CLSVOF method almost agreed with the experimental results.

Estimation of flow field in natural convection with density stratification by local ensemble transform Kalman filter

石垣 将宏*; 廣瀬 意育; 安部 諭; 永井 亨*; 渡辺 正*

Fluids (Internet), 7(7), p.237_1 - 237_18, 2022/07

https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids7070237

To estimate thermal flow in a nuclear reactor during an accident, it is important to improve the accuracy of computational fluid dynamics simulation. Temperature and flow velocity are not homogeneous and have large variations in a reactor containment vessel because of its very large volume. In addition, Kelm et al (2016) pointed out that the influence of variations of initial and boundary conditions was important. Therefore, it is necessary to set the initial and boundary conditions taking into account the variations of these physical quantities. However, it is a difficult subject to set such complicated initial and boundary conditions. Then, we can obtain realistic initial and boundary conditions by the data assimilation technique, and we can improve the accuracy of the simulation result. In this study, we applied the data assimilation by local ensemble transform Kalman filter (Hunt et al., 2007) to the simulation of natural convection behavior in density stratification, and we performed a twin model experiment. We succeeded in the estimation of the flow fields and improving the simulation accuracy by the data assimilation, even if we applied the boundary condition with error for the true condition.

Precise magnetization measurements down to 500 mK using a miniature He cryostat and a closed-cycle He gas handling system installed in a SQUID magnetometer without continuous-cooling functionality

島村 一利*; 輪島 裕樹*; 牧野 隼士*; 阿部 聡*; 芳賀 芳範; 佐藤 由昌*; 河江 達也*; 吉田 靖雄*

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 61(5), p.056502_1 - 056502_7, 2022/05

https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ac5bb0

We have conducted precise magnetization measurements down to 500 mK using a commercial magnetometer. The gas handling system contains two sorption pumps filled with granular charcoals. He gas is pressurized up to ambient pressure for liquification at 3 K and the vapor is pumped for cooling. We demonstrate the performance of the system by observing the Meissner effect of aluminum below the superconducting transition temperature.

A Storm-induced flood and associated nearshore dispersal of the river-derived suspended Cs

内山 雄介*; 徳永 夏樹*; 東 晃平*; 上平 雄基; 津旨 大輔*; 岩崎 理樹*; 山田 正俊*; 立田 穣*; 石丸 隆*; 伊藤 友加里*; et al.

Science of the Total Environment, 816, p.151573_1 - 151573_13, 2022/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151573

福島県新田川を対象に、台風201326号に伴う出水イベントに着目し、台風通過直後に実施された海底堆積調査結果と、高解像度海洋モデルを併用することによって新田川起源の懸濁態放射性核種の海底での堆積状況を評価した。数値モデルによる底面せん断応力、残差流による懸濁質輸送、局所的土砂収支に対応する侵食・堆積パターンは、現地観測結果を定性的によく説明しており、モデルの妥当性を示すとともに観測による懸濁態Cs分布パターンの形成機構について明確な解釈を与えた。

Implementation of the heat and mass transfer models for BT and post-BT regions in three-field two-fluid CFD

安部 諭; 小尾 善男*; 佐藤 聡; 岡垣 百合亜; 柴本 泰照

Proceedings of 19th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-19) (Internet), 13 Pages, 2022/03

A modeling of heat transfers with boiling transition (BT) and that after the occurrence of BT, called post-BT, is one of the key technical issues to estimate the duration of surface dryout and the peak cladding temperature during DBA (Design Basis Accident) and BDBA (Beyond Design Basis Accident) in light water reactors. Recently, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) has emerged as a powerful tool for representing the heat transfer mechanism. Our main purpose is to obtain in-depth physical insight into the BT and post-BT phenomena by combining experiment and CFD simulation research. This paper introduces our developing activity for an integrated three-field two-fluid CFD methodology based on the Eulerian-Eulerian approach toward the accurate prediction of the dryout behavior from annular-mist to mist flow regimes. We implemented following interaction terms and functions into OpenFOAM ver.7, an opensource code developed by OpenFOAM foundation, as (1) Interaction terms between liquid film and droplets due to deposition and entrainment, (2) Interaction terms on the liquid interface between the liquid film and the gas phase on friction and heat conduction, (3) Heat transfer from the heated wall to the liquid film, (4) Dryout occurrence judgement and the switching function on the boundary condition. The dryout occurrence judgment is based on a correlation on critical film thickness, which is originally applied into the MARS (Multi-dimensional Analysis of Reactor Safety) code. A trial calculation with the developed solver called two Phase Three Field Euler Foam was performed to check the solver operation. The CFD could simulate temperature increase behavior due to the dryout occurrence, whereas here were still challenges in reproducing the transition from mist flow to single-phase vapor flow.

Experimental investigation of natural convection and gas mixing behaviors driven by outer surface cooling with and without density stratification consisting of an air-helium gas mixture in a large-scale enclosed vessel

安部 諭; Hamdani, A.; 石垣 将宏*; 柴本 泰照

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 166, p.108791_1 - 108791_18, 2022/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108791

This paper describes an experimental investigation of natural convection driven by outer surface cooling in the presence of density stratification consisting of an air-helium gas mixture (as mimic gas of hydrogen) in an enclosed vessel. The unique cooling system of the Containment InteGral effects Measurement Apparatus (whose test vessel is a cylinder with 2.5-m diameter and 11-m height) is used, and findings reveal that the cooling location relative to the stratification plays an important role in determining the interaction behavior of the heat and mass transfer in the enclosed vessel. When the cooling region is narrower than the stratification thickness, the density-stratified region expands to the lower part while decreasing in concentration (stratification dissolution). When the cooling region is wider than the stratification thickness, the stratification is gradually eroded from the bottom with decreasing layer thickness (stratification breakup). This knowledge is useful for understanding the interaction behavior of heat and mass transfer during severe accidents in nuclear power plants.

Assessment of radiation doses to off-site responders in TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Accident

嶋田 和真; 飯島 正史*; 渡邊 正敏*; 高原 省五

Proceedings of Asian Symposium on Risk Assessment and Management 2021 (ASRAM 2021) (Internet), 17 Pages, 2021/10

東京電力福島第一原子力発電所事故時にオフサイトで活動した防災業務関係者の被ばく線量を評価した。先行研究のソースタームを用いて大気拡散シミュレーションを行い、防災業務関係者が活動した市町村内の大気中濃度及び地表面濃度を評価して、クラウドシャイン及びグランドシャインからの外部被ばく線量と、プルーム及び再浮遊核種の吸入による内部被ばく線量について、各市町村内での時間的及び空間的な変動幅を評価した。外部被ばく線量の評価結果について個人線量計の実測値と比較したところ、実測値は評価した幅に収まる値となっていた。また、内部被ばく線量も加えて一日当たりの被ばく線量を評価したところ、2011年3月12日から31日までの各一日における潜在的な実効線量は、比較的高線量の地域において数十mSv以上であった。これより、防災業務関係者の被ばく線量をICRPが推奨する参考レベルである20mSv未満に保つためにはマスクなどの内部被ばくに対する防護が講じられることを確認する必要がある。

Dimensional reduction by geometrical frustration in a cubic antiferromagnet composed of tetrahedral clusters

大熊 隆太郎*; 古府 麻衣子; 浅井 晋一郎*; Avdeev, M.*; 幸田 章宏*; 岡部 博孝*; 平石 雅俊*; 竹下 聡史*; 小嶋 健児*; 門野 良典*; et al.

Nature Communications (Internet), 12, p.4382_1 - 4382_7, 2021/07

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24636-1

Dimensionality is a critical factor in determining the properties of solids and is an apparent built- in character of the crystal structure. However, it can be an emergent and tunable property in geometrically frustrated spin systems. Here, we study the spin dynamics of the tetrahedral cluster antiferromagnet, pharmacosiderite, via muon spin resonance and neutron scattering. We find that the spin correlation exhibits a two-dimensional characteristic despite the isotropic connectivity of tetrahedral clusters made of spin 5/2 Fe ions in the three-dimensional cubic crystal, which we ascribe to two-dimensionalisation by geometrical frustration based on spin wave calculations. Moreover, we suggest that even one-dimensionalisation occurs in the decoupled layers, generating low-energy and one-dimensional excitation modes, causing large spin fluctuation in the classical spin system.

Status of LBE study and experimental plan at JAEA

斎藤 滋; Wan, T.*; 大久保 成彰; 大林 寛生; 渡辺 奈央; 大平 直也*; 木下 秀孝; 八巻 賢一*; 北 智士*; 吉元 秀光*; et al.

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 33, p.011041_1 - 011041_6, 2021/03

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.33.011041

原子力機構(JAEA)では、鉛ビスマス共晶合金(LBE)を核破砕中性子発生のターゲット並びに炉心冷却材として使用する、核変換用の加速器駆動システム(ADS)の研究をしている。中性子は、1.5GeVの陽子ビーム入射による核破砕反応によって生成される。ADS開発に重要な材料照射データを取得するため、J-PARCにLBE中性子生成ターゲットを備えた照射施設の建設を提案している。LBEターゲット実用化のためには多くの技術的な課題があり、JAEAでは様々な研究開発を行っている。腐食研究に関しては、OLLOCHIの調整運転と機能試験が開始された。LBE使用する上で重要な技術である酸素濃度制御技術の開発も行っている。大型LBEループ実験では、IMMORTALを使用して、定常および過渡状態の試験を行った。機器の分野では、LBEループシステムの重要な技術として、超音波流量計とフリーズシールバルブの開発を進めている。照射施設の設計に重要なLBE中の不純物挙動の研究も開始した。本論文では、JAEAにおけるLBE関連研究の現状と研究計画について報告する。