Integrated thermal power measurement in the modified STACY for the performance inspections

荒木 祥平; 會澤 栄寿; 村上 貴彦; 新垣 優; 多田 裕太; 神川 豊; 長谷川 健太; 吉川 智輝; 住谷 正人; 関 真和; et al.

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 217, p.111323_1 - 111323_8, 2025/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2025.111323

原子力機構では、臨界集合体STACYを均質溶液体系から非均質軽水減速体系へと更新した。STACY更新炉においても最大熱出力は200Wと定められており、熱出力校正は運転を行う上で重要である。熱出力測定においては、溶液系STACYで用いていたFPの分析による熱出力の評価が適応できなかったため、放射化法をベースとする実験データと数値計算を組み合わせて出力を評価する手法をSTACY更新炉の体系に適応し、測定を実施した。測定データを基に出力校正を実施した結果、校正後の指示値は放射化法による測定結果と3%以内で一致した。

Continuous structural phase transition and antiferromagnetic order in ilmenite-type NiVO

山本 孟*; 池田 理*; 本田 孝志*; 木村 健太*; 青山 拓也*; 大串 研也*; 鈴木 昭夫*; 石井 賢司*; 松村 大樹; 辻 卓也; et al.

Physical Review Materials (Internet), 8(9), p.094402_1 - 094402_6, 2024/09

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.094402

We investigate the crystal and electronic structures as well as magnetic properties of ilmenite-type NiVO, which has attracted research interest as an = 1 honeycomb lattice magnet. Ilmenite-type NiVO samples were synthesized under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction and Rietveld refinement results demonstrated that NiVO underwent a continuous structural phase transition from the triclinic () phase to the rhombohedral () phase at 450 K. This transition is concomitant with the decomposition of the V-V dimers formed by the tetravalent V ions. X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements confirmed that the Ni and V ions were divalent and tetravalent, respectively. Magnetic and specific heat measurements revealed that NiVO underwent an antiferromagnetic transition at 140 K, and a zigzag-type magnetic order with magnetic propagation vector =(0,1/2,0) was observed by neutron diffraction measurements.

消防自動車を用いたHTTRのBDBA拡大防止対策

島崎 洋祐; 地代所 達也; 石井 俊晃; 猪井 宏幸; 飯垣 和彦

JAEA-Technology 2024-005, 23 Pages, 2024/06

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HTTRでは、新規制基準への対応の一環として新たに多量の放射性物質等を放出するおそれのある事故(BDBA)の想定を行うとともに、BDBAの拡大防止対策を定めた。このうち、使用済燃料貯蔵プールに係る冷却水漏洩によって発生するBDBAの拡大防止対策においては、大洗研究所の消防自動車をBDBAの拡大防止対策機器として選定し、揚水性能等の要求性能を定めて検査で確認した。これにより、消防自動車は使用前事業者検査に合格し、HTTRの運転再開に貢献した。

Development plan for coupling technology between high temperature gas-cooled reactor HTTR and Hydrogen Production Facility, 2; Development plan for coupling equipment between HTTR and Hydrogen Production Facility

水田 直紀; 守田 圭介; 青木 健; 沖田 将一朗; 石井 克典; 倉林 薫; 安田 貴則; 田中 真人; 井坂 和義; 野口 弘喜; et al.

Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 6 Pages, 2023/05

High temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is expected to extend the use of nuclear heat to a wider spectrum of industrial applications such as hydrogen production, high efficiency power generation, etc., due largely to high temperature heat supply capability as well as inherent safe characteristics. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) have been contracted by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, part of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan, to conduct its Hydrogen Production Demonstration Project Utilizing Very High Temperature. The primary objective of this project is to establish "coupling technology" between HTGR and hydrogen production facility in accordance with "Green Growth Strategy Through Achieving Carbon Neutrality in 2050". From this fiscal year, JAEA initiated a program to produce hydrogen using an HTTR (High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor) to develop coupling technologies between HTGR and hydrogen production facility required for a massive, cost-effective and carbon-free hydrogen production technology. This paper describes the development plan for coupling equipment which is required for an HTTR heat application test as coupling technologies between an HTTR and a hydrogen production facility. The coupling equipment is composed of a high temperature isolation valve to prevent the ingress of the flammable gas and/or the leakage of radioactive materials for nuclear facility, a secondary helium gas circulator to feed a high temperature helium gas, and a high temperature insulation pipe to transport of a high temperature helium gas from an Internal Heat Exchanger (IHX) to a hydrogen production facility. The development plan of coupling equipment contains each target and draft schedule.

Partial breakdown of translation symmetry at a structural quantum critical point associated with a ferroelectric soft mode

石井 悠衣*; 山本 有梨沙*; 佐藤 直大*; 南部 雄亮*; 河村 聖子; 村井 直樹; 尾原 幸治*; 河口 彰吾*; 森 孝雄*; 森 茂生*

Physical Review B, 106(13), p.134111_1 - 134111_7, 2022/10

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.134111

We report that complete suppression of a phonon-driven structural phase transition causes partial breakdown of a three-dimensional translation symmetry in a well-defined sublattice. This state is revealed for a dielectric compound, BaSrAlO, that comprises an AlO network incorporated into a hexagonal Ba(Sr) sublattice. Pair distribution function analyses and inelastic neutron scattering experiments provide clear-cut evidence of the AlO network forming a continuum of Al-O short-range correlations similar to glasses, whereas the Ba(Sr) sublattice preserves the original translational symmetry. This glassy network significantly dampens the phonon spectrum and transforms it into the broad one resembling those typically observed in glass materials.

Structural phase transition in cobalt oxyfluoride CoSbOF observed by high-resolution synchrotron and neutron diffraction

下野 聖矢*; 石橋 広記*; 永吉 祐輔*; 池野 豪一*; 河口 彰吾*; 萩原 雅人; 鳥居 周輝*; 神山 崇*; 市橋 克哉*; 西原 禎文*; et al.

Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 163, p.110568_1 - 110568_7, 2022/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2021.110568

The structural phase transition from cubic () to a tetragonal () at 180 K was found in non-centrosymmetric oxyfluoride CoSbOF by high-resolution neutron and synchrotron powder diffraction. To investigate this phase transition, specific heat, magnetization, and dielectric measurements were performed. Although the specific heat and dielectric constant showed anomalies at , a phase transition to ferroelectricity was not observed in the polarization hysteresis loop down to 30 K. The rotation of the CoOF octahedron was observed at from the structural analysis using synchrotron and neutron powder diffraction data. It was found that the magnetic phase transition from paramagnetic to G-type antiferromagnetic occurred at 67 K, at which a peak was observed in the specific heat measurements, via magnetic structure analysis using neutron powder diffraction data. The magnetic moments of Co were aligned along the tetragonal -axis direction with a Co moment of 2.80(1) at 13 K.

Feasibility study of magnetic-domain observation by means of non-resonant magnetic X-ray diffraction

稲見 俊哉*; 菖蒲 敬久; 石井 賢司*

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 57(3, Part 2), p.6400105_1 - 6400105_5, 2021/03

https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2020.3046006

Although the observation of magnetic domains well below the surface of a sample appears to be relatively easy, in reality, magnetic domains inside metallic samples have not been investigated in detail due to a lack of adequate techniques. Non-resonant magnetic X-ray diffraction (NRMXRD) is a candidate for such 3-D magnetic microscopy. A relatively small focus size of less than 100 nm and a relatively long attenuation length of more than 100 m can be obtained by using high-energy synchrotron X-rays. However, NRMXRD has a disadvantage in that the magnetic contrast is low. It is known that the magnetic contrast in NRMXRD increases with increasing the total polarization of the incident X-rays. In this feasibility study, we carried out NRMXRD experiments on a metallic iron sample to examine whether the magnetic contrast can be sufficiently enhanced even for high-energy X-rays.

Study on optimizing microwave heating denitration method and powder characteristics of uranium trioxide

瀬川 智臣; 川口 浩一; 加藤 良幸; 石井 克典; 鈴木 政浩; 藤田 峻也*; 小林 昌平*; 阿部 豊*; 金子 暁子*; 湯淺 朋久*

Proceedings of 2019 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2019) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2019/05

硝酸ウラニル・硝酸プルトニウム混合溶液から混合酸化物への転換において、マイクロ波加熱脱硝法が利用されている。マイクロ波加熱の効率性及び均質なUO粉末を製造するための加熱均一性の向上を目的とし、塩化カリウム寒天及び硝酸ウラニル溶液のマイクロ波加熱試験、並びに数値シミュレーションによる解析を実施した。硝酸ウラニル溶液の誘電損失に調整した塩化カリウム寒天を用いたマイクロ波加熱試験により、マイクロ波加熱脱硝に最適なサポートテーブル高さは50mmとなることを確認した。また、断熱材を用いた硝酸ウラニル溶液のマイクロ波加熱試験により、脱硝時間の短縮によるエネルギー利用効率の向上及び脱硝体の剥離性が改善による収率の向上を確認した。さらに複数のサンプリング位置において採取したUOについて、いずれも粉末特性が改善し高密度のペレットが作製可能となることが明らかになった。断熱材を設置することで硝酸ウラニル溶液のマイクロ波加熱の均一性が向上することが数値シミュレーションにより示された。

Nowcast and forecast of galactic cosmic ray (GCR) and solar energetic particle (SEP) fluxes in magnetosphere and ionosphere; Extension of WASAVIES to earth orbit

佐藤 達彦; 片岡 龍峰*; 塩田 大幸*; 久保 勇樹*; 石井 守*; 保田 浩志*; 三宅 晶子*; 三好 由純*; 上野 遥*; 永松 愛子*

Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (Internet), 9, p.A9_1 - A9_11, 2019/03

https://doi.org/10.1051/swsc/2019006

巨大な太陽フレア発生時における宇宙飛行士のリアルタイム被ばく線量評価モデルの開発は、宇宙放射線防護研究で最も挑戦的なトピックの1つである。そこで、原子力機構では、科学研究費補助金(科研費)新学術領域PSTEPの枠組みで、国内の研究機関や大学と協力して、航空機被ばく警報システムWASAVIESを地球衛星軌道に拡張したWASAVIES-EOを開発した。WASAVIES-EOは、任意の地球衛星軌道上における巨大太陽フレア時の銀河宇宙線及び太陽高エネルギー粒子をリアルタイムで推定することができる。また、国際宇宙ステーション(ISS)の乗組員の実効線量当量も計算可能であり、その計算精度は、POSE衛星で測定した陽子フラックス及びISS内で測定した吸収線量により検証した。

Feasibility study of new applications at the high-temperature gas-cooled reactor

Ho, H. Q.; 本多 友貴*; 濱本 真平; 石井 俊晃; 高田 昌二; 藤本 望*; 石塚 悦男

Proceedings of 9th International Topical Meeting on High Temperature Reactor Technology (HTR 2018) (USB Flash Drive), 6 Pages, 2018/10

Besides the electricity generation and hydrogen production, HTGRs have many advantages for thermal neutron irradiation applications such as stable operation in longterm, large space available for irradiation target, and high thermal neutron economy. This study summarized the feasibility of new irradiation applications at the HTGRs including neutron transmutation doping silicon and I-125 productions. The HTTR located in Japan was used as a reference HTGR in this study. Calculation results show that HTTR could irradiate about 40 tons of doped Si particles per year for fabrication of spherical silicon solar cell. Besides, the HTTR could also produce about 1.8x105 GBq in a year of I-125, comparing to 3.0x103 GBq of total I-125 supplied in Japan in 2016.