アメリシウム含有燃料の熱伝導率評価

横山 佳祐; 渡部 雅; 大西 貴士; 矢野 康英; 所 大志郎*; 菅田 博正*; 加藤 正人*

JAEA-Research 2025-002, 18 Pages, 2025/05

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高速炉の開発目標の1つとして「高レベル放射性廃棄物量減容・潜在的有害度低減のため、マイナーアクチノイド(MA)を分離・回収し、燃料として利用できるようにすること。」が示されている。これに向けて、MAを添加したMOX燃料を高速炉で燃焼する燃料サイクルが提唱されている。MAを添加したMOX燃料を高速炉で使用するには、燃料設計や照射挙動の解析に向けて熱伝導率等の熱物性を把握することが重要である。しかし、MAを添加した燃料の熱物性は、報告例がわずかであり、MA添加濃度や酸素不定比性の影響を含めて十分に把握されていない。そこで本研究では、MAの1つであるAmがMOX燃料の熱伝導率に与える影響を評価することを目的として、化学量論組成近傍における15%までのAmを含有したMOX燃料の熱伝導率を測定した。また、Am含有MOX燃料の照射挙動評価に資するため、Amを含有したUO燃料の熱伝導率を測定し、Am含有MOX燃料のものと比較評価を実施した。本研究では、Pu含有率を30%とし、Am含有率が5%、10%及び15%と異なる3種類のMOX燃料と、Am含有率が15%のUO燃料を用いた。熱伝導率は、レーザーフラッシュ法を用いて測定した熱拡散率に試料密度及び比熱を乗じて求めた。熱拡散率の測定においては、測定雰囲気の酸素分圧を調整することで試料の酸素・金属原子数比(O/M比)を制御した。すべての試料の熱伝導率は、温度及びAm含有率の増加と共に低下し、特に、1,173K以下で顕著な低下が見られた。また、得られた熱伝導率に対して古典的フォノン散乱モデルによる解析を行った結果、熱抵抗率の変化については、Am添加によって生じるイオン半径差に起因した格子ひずみの影響が大きく、MOX及びUOの両者で同程度の影響であることがわかった。

Spontaneous magnetic field and disorder effects in BaPtAsSb with a honeycomb network

足立 匡*; Ogawa, Taiki*; 小宮山 陽太*; 須村 拓也*; Saito-Tsuboi, Yuki*; Takeuchi, Takaaki*; Mano, Kohei*; Manabe, Kaoru*; 川端 幸樹*; 今津 毅士*; et al.

Physical Review B, 111(10), p.L100508_1 - L100508_6, 2025/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.L100508

Chiral superconductivity exhibits the formation of novel electron pairs that breaks the time-reversal symmetry and has been actively studied in various quantum materials in recent years. However, despite its potential to provide definitive information, effects of disorder in the crystal structure on the chiral superconductivity has not yet been clarified, and therefore the investigation using a solid-solution system is desirable. We report muon-spin-relaxation (SR) results of layered pnictide BaPtAsSb with a honeycomb network composed of Pt and (As, Sb). We observed an increase of the zero-field SR rate in the superconducting (SC) state at the Sb end of , suggesting the occurrence of a spontaneous magnetic field due to the time-reversal symmetry breaking in the SC state. On the other hand, a spontaneous magnetic field was almost and completely suppressed for the As-Sb mixed samples of and 0.2, respectively, suggesting that the time-reversal symmetry-breaking SC state in is sensitive to disorder. The magnetic penetration depth estimated from transverse-field SR measurements at and 0.2 behaved like weak-coupling -wave superconductivity. These seemingly incompatible zero-field and transverse-field SR results of BaPtAsSb with could be understood in terms of chiral -wave superconductivity with point nodes on the three-dimensional Fermi surface.

Electron transfer capability in atomic hydrogen reactions for imidazole groups bound to the insulating alkanethiolate layer on Au(111)

加藤 浩之*; 室山 瑞穂*; 小早川 なの*; 棟安 陸*; 津田 泰孝; 村瀬 菜摘*; 渡部 誠也*; 山田 剛司*; 兼松 佑典*; 立川 仁典*; et al.

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Internet), 15(43), p.10769 - 10776, 2024/10

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02306

The charge transfer capability associated with chemical reactions at metal-organic interfaces was studied via the atomic H addition reaction for an imidazole-terminated alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayer (Im-SAM) film on Au(111) using near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy, infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRAS), work function measurements, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The imidazolium cation is a stable species in liquids, therefore, it is pertinent to determine whether the hydrogenation reactions of the imidazole groups produce imidazolium cations accompanied by electron transfer to the Au substrate, even in the absence of solvate and/or counterions on the insulating alkanethiolate layer. The analyses indicated that the imidazolium moieties in Im-SAM formed during atomic H irradiation, and some of the imidazolium radicals became cations. Theoretical model calculations also revealed that the total energies and molecular orbital levels satisfied the imidazolium cation formation associated with electron transfer.

Circular polarization measurement for individual gamma rays in capture reactions with intense pulsed neutrons

遠藤 駿典; 安部 亮太*; 藤岡 宏之*; 猪野 隆*; 岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 河村 しほり*; 木村 敦; 北口 雅暁*; 小林 龍珠*; et al.

European Physical Journal A, 60(8), p.166_1 - 166_10, 2024/08

https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-024-01392-6

Measurements of -ray circular polarization emitted from neutron capture reactions provide valuable information for nuclear physics studies. The spin and parity of excited states can be determined by measuring the circular polarization from polarized neutron capture reactions. Furthermore, the -ray circular polarization in a neutron capture resonance is crucial for studying the enhancement effect of parity nonconservation in compound nuclei. The -ray circular polarization can be measured using a polarimeter based on magnetic Compton scattering. A polarimeter was constructed, and its performance indicators were evaluated using a circularly polarized -ray beam. Furthermore, as a demonstration, the -ray circular polarization was measured in S(n,)S reactions with polarized neutrons.

Development of the buckling evaluation method for large scale vessels in fast reactors made of grade 91 steel and austenitic stainless steel with large initial imperfections

岡藤 孝史*; 三浦 一浩*; 佐郷 ひろみ*; 村上 久友*; 渡壁 智祥; 安藤 勝訓; 宮崎 真之

Proceedings of ASME 2024 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP 2024) (Internet), 8 Pages, 2024/07

免震システムが適用された高速炉の容器に適用可能な座屈強度評価式の開発を行っている。既往報告において、一定の水平荷重を受けつつ、周期的な軸方向圧縮荷重が作用する条件下での一連の座屈試験と解析を行い、座屈評価式の適用性を確認している。本報告では、大きな初期不整がある場合に座屈強度が低下する効果を取入れるための補正係数を提案した。様々な寸法、初期不整形状、垂直/水平荷重比を有する改良9Cr-1Mo鋼(Grade91)及びオーステナイト系ステンレス鋼の容器に対して、大変形大ひずみ理論による一連の弾塑性座屈解析を実施した。その結果、補正係数は全体的に初期不整の程度に対応して座屈強度が減少する傾向にあり、補正係数を考慮した座屈評価式は肉厚の半分を超える大きな初期不整がある場合でも高速炉の容器に適用できることを示した。

ナトリウム-溶融塩熱交換器を有する蓄熱式高速炉の安全設計技術開発,2; ナトリウム-溶融塩熱交換器伝熱性能評価

林 正明*; 中原 宏尊*; 阿部 崇*; 松永 修平*; 宮田 肇*; 白倉 翔太*; 山野 秀将

第28回動力・エネルギー技術シンポジウム講演論文集(インターネット), 5 Pages, 2024/06

本論文では、2023年度までに実施したナトリウム-溶融塩熱交換器の性能評価技術と伝熱向上方策の効果を確認したことを報告する。

Crystallization processes of quartz in a granitic magma; Implications for the magma chamber processes of Okueyama granite, Kyushu, Japan

湯口 貴史*; 加藤 丈典*; 小北 康弘; 渡邊 みのり*; 山嵜 勇人*; 加藤 あすか*; 伊藤 大智*; 横山 立憲; 坂田 周平*; 大野 剛*

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 265, p.106091_1 - 106091_13, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2024.106091

Cathodoluminescence (CL) characterization combined with titanium concentration of quartz crystals in granite is a prevalent tool for deciphering the crystal growth of quartz in granitic magmas. The CL pattern yields to the internal structure, and the titanium concentration allows crystallization temperature determination based on TitaniQ geothermometry. This study is conducted using two approaches, 1) observations of quartz crystals based on thin sections and 2) observations based on multiple sections of separated quartz, revealing to obtain both the overall characteristics of quartz crystals within a magma chamber and the 3D internal structure and growth characteristics of quartz grains. Petrological restrictions such as zircon in quartz deduced from thin-section observations permit suitable geothermometer use and appropriate TiO activity estimation, and thus, accurate quartz crystallization temperature determination. The difference in CL characteristics and crystallization temperature among the lithofacies in granite contributes to clarifying the spatiotemporal magma chamber processes.

High sensitivity of a future search for effects of -odd/-odd interactions on the 0.75 eV -wave resonance in + forward transmission determined using a pulsed neutron beam

中部 倫太郎*; Auton, C. J.*; 遠藤 駿典; 藤岡 宏之*; Gudkov, V.*; 広田 克也*; 井出 郁央*; 猪野 隆*; 石角 元志*; 神原 理*; et al.

Physical Review C, 109(4), p.L041602_1 - L041602_4, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.109.L041602

Neutron transmission experiments can offer a new type of highly sensitive search for time-reversal invariance violating (TRIV) effects in nucleon-nucleon interactions via the same enhancement mechanism observed for large parity violating (PV) effects in neutron-induced compound nuclear processes. In these compound processes, the TRIV cross-section is given as the product of the PV cross-section, a spin-factor , and a ratio of TRIV and PV matrix elements. We determined to be 0.59 0.05 for La+n using both (n, ) spectroscopy and (+) transmission. This result quantifies for the first time the high sensitivity of the La 0.75 eV -wave resonance in a future search for -odd/-odd interactions in (+) forward transmission.

Simulation of a jet flow rectified by a grating-type structure using immersed boundary methods

廣瀬 意育; 安部 諭; 石垣 将宏*; 柴本 泰照; 日引 俊*

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 169, p.105085_1 - 105085_13, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2024.105085

Immersed boundary methods (IBMs) have been developed as complementary methods for computational fluid dynamics (CFD). They allow a flow simulation in a mock-up model that includes complex-shaped inner structures and/or boundaries with a non-body conformal mesh. Such a model might force us to create a complicated body-fitted mesh with a high cost in the conventional CFD (CCFD) approach. We focus on the Brinkman penalization (BP) method and its extended version, which we call here the extended Brinkman penalization method (EBP), among the different types of IBMs, aiming to apply them to the phenomena that occur during severe accidents in a nuclear reactor containment vessel and explore the possibility that the methods can partially replace the CCFD. In this paper, as a preliminary step to validate the applicability of these methods, we measure the jet flow rectified by a grating-type structure used for the validation of numerical techniques and apply them to simulate the behavior of an upward jet rectified by a horizontally placed grating-type structure modeled as an immersed body. This type of structure is generally used in reactor buildings, and it is crucial to evaluate their influence on gaseous flows because the behaviors of hydrogen produced during severe accidents may be influenced by them. The structure is selected as our subject because it has moderate complexity, enabling us to examine the effects of the IBMs and compare them with CCFD. We investigate whether these methods can reproduce a result of corresponding CCFD in which the grating is modeled as body-conformal mesh and show that the former can produce the latter with equivalent accuracy. All these results are also compared with the experimental data on the flow velocity distributions downstream of the grating measured using particle image velocimetry.

Unstable stress-triaxiality development and contrasting weakening in two types of high-strength transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP) steels; Insights from a new compact tensile testing method

松野 崇*; 藤田 大樹*; 松田 知子*; 柴山 由樹; 北條 智彦*; 渡邊 育夢*

Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 322, p.118174_1 - 118174_16, 2023/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2023.118174

変態誘起塑性(TRIP)鋼の加工硬化における高応力三軸度の影響は、特にオーステナイト体積率の測定結果から幅広く知られている。プレス成形プロセスにおける材料の破壊予測のためには、このTRIP挙動を明らかにすることが重要である。しかし、高応力三軸度条件における流動応力の形成メカニズムは未解明である。本研究では、TRIP鋼の応力三軸度誘起による加工硬化挙動を調査するため、微小ノッチ付き丸棒を用いた新たな引張試験手法を開発した。測微法を用いて試験片をモデル化し、有限要素解析によって引張試験中の流動応力の同定に成功した。また、開発した引張試験手法と放射光X線回折を組み合わせ、応力形成挙動をその場測定した。TRIP型ベイニティックフェライト鋼では、流動応力と応力三軸性が不安定に増加し、加工硬化指数が低下して、より高い応力三軸性が誘起されることを明らかにした。一方、TRIP型マルテンサイト鋼は、鋭いノッチの場合、加工硬化指数の急激な減少によって特徴づけられる弱化挙動を示した。X線回折の結果から、鋼材内部の微視組織の不均一性がオーステナイト相に非常に高い静水圧応力をもたらすことで、これらの対照的な挙動が説明できると結論づけた。本研究結果は、応力三軸度を考慮したTRIP鋼のプレス成形プロセスに関する枠組みについて、新たに応力三軸度を考慮した枠組みが必要であることが示唆される。