Interaction of solute manganese and nickel atoms with dislocation loops in iron-based alloys irradiated with 2.8 MeV Fe ions at 400 C

Nguyen, B. V. C.*; Murakami, Kenta*; Chena, L.*; Phongsakorn, P. T.*; Chen, X.*; Hashimoto, Takashi; Hwang, T.*; Furusawa, Akinori; Suzuki, Tatsuya*

Nuclear Materials and Energy (Internet), 39, p.101639_1 - 101639_9, 2024/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2024.101639

Research on removal technologies of fuel debris and in-vessel structures using laser light (II); Research activities on FY2013

Muramatsu, Toshiharu; Yamada, Tomonori; Hanari, Toshihide; Takebe, Toshihiko; Nguyen, P. L.; Matsunaga, Yukihiro

JAEA-Research 2014-018, 41 Pages, 2014/09

JAEA-Research-2014-018.pdf:42.21MB

In decommissioning works of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants, it is required that fuel debris solidifying mixed materials of fuels and in-vessel structures should be removed. The fuel debris is considered to have characteristics, such as indefinite shapes, porous bodies, multi-compositions, higher hardness, etc. from the knowledge in the U.S. and the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Laser lights are characterized by higher power density, local processability, remote controllabilitiy, etc. and can be performed thermal cutting and crushing-up for various materials which does not depend on fracture toughness. This report describes a research program and research activities in FY2013 aiming at developing removal system of fuel debris by the use of laser lights.

Identified charged hadron production in collisions at = 200 and 62.4 GeV

Adare, A.*; Afanasiev, S.*; Aidala, C.*; Ajitanand, N. N.*; Akiba, Yasuyuki*; Al-Bataineh, H.*; Alexander, J.*; Aoki, Kazuya*; Aphecetche, L.*; Armendariz, R.*; et al.

Physical Review C, 83(6), p.064903_1 - 064903_29, 2011/06

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.83.064903

Transverse momentum distributions and yields for , and in collisions at = 200 and 62.4 GeV at midrapidity are measured by the PHENIX experiment at the RHIC. We present the inverse slope parameter, mean transverse momentum, and yield per unit rapidity at each energy, and compare them to other measurements at different collisions. We also present the scaling properties such as and scaling and discuss the mechanism of the particle production in collisions. The measured spectra are compared to next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations.

Measurement of neutral mesons in + collisions at = 200 GeV and scaling properties of hadron production

Adare, A.*; Afanasiev, S.*; Aidala, C.*; Ajitanand, N. N.*; Akiba, Y.*; Al-Bataineh, H.*; Alexander, J.*; Aoki, K.*; Aphecetche, L.*; Armendariz, R.*; et al.

Physical Review D, 83(5), p.052004_1 - 052004_26, 2011/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.83.052004

The PHENIX experiment at RHIC has measured the invariant differential cross section for production of , , and mesons in collisions at = 200 GeV. The spectral shapes of all hadron transverse momentum distributions are well described by a Tsallis distribution functional form with only two parameters, and , determining the high and characterizing the low regions for the spectra, respectively. The integrated invariant cross sections calculated from the fitted distributions are found to be consistent with existing measurements and with statistical model predictions.

Influence of coupled THM phenomena on the safety of a spent fuel repository; A Near-field study

Nguyen, T. S.*; Brgesson, L.*; Chijimatsu, Masakazu*; Fujita, Tomoo; Hernelind, J.*; Jussila, P.*; Rutqvist, J.*; Jing, L.*

Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geo-systems; Fundamentals, Modeling, Experiments and Applications (GeoProc 2006), p.141 - 149, 2006/05

In order to demonstrate the feasibility of geological disposal of spent CANDU fuel in Canada, a safety assessment was performed for a hypothetical repository in the Canadian Shield. The assessment shows that such repository would meet international criteria for dose rate; however, uncertainties in the assumed evolution of the repository were identified. Such uncertainties could be resolved by the consideration of coupled Thermal-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) processes. In Task A of the DECOVALEX-THMC project, THM models will be refined and used to perform near-field simulations of the evolution of the repository in order to address the above uncertainties. This paper presents the definition and rationale of Task A and the preliminary results.

Performance of material removal in pulsed laser irradiation on concrete

Nguyen, P. L.; Daido, Hiroyuki; Matsunaga, Yukihiro; Yamada, Tomonori; Nishimura, Akihiko; Kawachi, Tetsuya*

no journal, , 

Study on removal technologies for Fukushima fuel debris using laser light, 10; Evaluation of transient temperature characteristics during a laser cutting process by the SPLICE code

Muramatsu, Toshiharu; Yamada, Tomonori; Nguyen, P. L.; Yoshiuji, Takahiro*; Kondo, Atsuya*; Furutani, Akira*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Study on removal technologies for Fukushima's fuel debris using laser light, 12; Response surface method of underwater laser cutting performance

Yamada, Tomonori; Hanari, Toshihide; Takebe, Toshihiko; Matsunaga, Yukihiro; Nguyen, P. L.; Muramatsu, Toshiharu

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Study on removal technologies for Fukushima's fuel debris using laser light, 14; Characteristic evaluation for laser cutting process of thick metal plates by an adaptive control system

Hanari, Toshihide; Yamada, Tomonori; Matsunaga, Yukihiro; Nguyen, P. L.; Nakamura, Masaki; Muramatsu, Toshiharu

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Evaluation of fiber laser cutting and crushing applied to the removal technology of fuel debris and in-vessel structures

Yamada, Tomonori; Hanari, Toshihide; Takebe, Toshihiko; Matsunaga, Yukihiro; Nguyen, P. L.; Muramatsu, Toshiharu

no journal, , 

In the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi NPPs, remote handling techniques are necessary to remove the fuel debris which is solidified by mixed molten materials composed of fuels and in-vessel structures. In terms of remote handling, a laser beam can penetrate a narrow gap and it can shoot the substance without reactive force. Thus, a laser has been expected as one of the useful decommissioning tools. In this paper, to evaluate the cutting and crushing performances, we performed thick metal cutting and ceramics crushing using a fiber laser. A continuous wave mode and pulsed mode make it possible to cut a 30 mm thick SS400 steel plate and to crush a 10 mm thick alumina pellet. Moreover, we succeeded to cut a metal-ceramic mixture materials using fiber laser, in combination with x-y-z tri-axes control system and laser scanner. It is hoped that the outcome of the present study would be of some use to develop remote cutting and crushing technique for the decommissioning.