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Miwa, Shuhei; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Miyahara, Naoya; Nishioka, Shunichiro; Suzuki, Eriko; Horiguchi, Naoki; Liu, J.; Miradji, F.; Imoto, Jumpei; Afiqa, B. M.; et al.
Mechanical Engineering Journal (Internet), 7(3), p.19-00537_1 - 19-00537_11, 2020/06
We constructed the fission product (FP) chemistry database named ECUME for LWR severe accident. This version of ECUME is equipped with dataset of the chemical reactions and their kinetics constants for the reactions of cesium(Cs)-iodine(I)-boron(B)-molybdenum(Mo)-oxygen(O)-hydrogen(H) system in gas phase, the elemental model for the high temperature chemical reaction of Cs with stainless steel applied as the structural material in a reactor, and thermodynamic data for CsBO vapor species and solids of CsSiO and CsFeSiO for these chemical reactions. The ECUME will provide estimation of Cs distribution due to the evaluation of effects of interaction with BWR control material B and stainless steel on Cs behavior in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
Nakajima, Kunihisa; Nishioka, Shunichiro*; Suzuki, Eriko; Osaka, Masahiko
Mechanical Engineering Journal (Internet), 7(3), p.19-00564_1 - 19-00564_14, 2020/06
A large amount of cesium (Cs) chemisorbed onto stainless steel is predicted to be present especially in the upper region of reactor pressure vessel (RPV) during light water reactor severe accident (LWR SA) and a chemisorption model was developed for estimation of such amounts of Cs for stainless steel type 304 (SS304). However, this existing chemisorption model cannot accurately reproduce experimental results. Therefore, in this study, a modified Cs chemisorption model which accounts for silicon content in SS304 and concentration of cesium hydroxide (CsOH) in gaseous phases was constructed by combining penetration theory for gas-liquid mass transfer with chemical reaction and mass action law for CsOH decomposition at interface between gaseous and solid phases. As a result, it was found that the modified model was able to reproduce the experimental data more accurately than the existing model.
Miwa, Shuhei; Takase, Gaku; Imoto, Jumpei; Nishioka, Shunichiro; Miyahara, Naoya; Osaka, Masahiko
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 57(3), p.291 - 300, 2020/03
Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:56.35(Nuclear Science & Technology)For the evaluation of transport behavior of control material boron in a severe accident of BWR from the viewpoint of chemical effects on cesium and iodine behavior, boron chemistry during transportation in the high temperature region above 400 K was experimentally investigated. The heating tests of boron oxide specimen were conducted using the dedicated experimental apparatus reproducing fission product release and transport in steam atmosphere. Released boron oxide vapor was deposited above 1,000 K by the condensation onto stainless steel. The boron deposits and/or vapors significantly reacted with stainless steel above 1,000 K and formed the stable iron-boron mixed oxide (FeO)BO. These results indicate that released boron from degraded BWR control blade in a severe accident could remain in the high temperature region such as a Reactor Pressure Vessel. Based on these results, it can be said that the existence of boron deposits in the high temperature region would decrease the amount of transported cesium vapors from a Reactor Pressure Vessel due to possible formation of low volatile cesium borate compounds by the reaction of boron deposits with cesium vapors.
Nishioka, Shunichiro; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Suzuki, Eriko; Osaka, Masahiko
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 56(11), p.988 - 995, 2019/11
Times Cited Count:11 Percentile:78.07(Nuclear Science & Technology)In order to contribute to improvement of Cs chemisorption model used in severe accident analysis codes, the influence of chemical factors (temperature, atmosphere, concentration of affecting chemical elements etc.) on the Cs chemisorption behaviour onto stainless steel was investigated experimentally. It was found that the surface reaction rate constant used in the current Cs-chemisorption model was influenced by not only temperature, as already known, but also atmosphere, cesium hydroxide (CsOH) concentration in the gas phase and silicon content in SS304. Such chemical factors should be considered for the construction of the improved Cs-chemisorption model. Another important finding is that the chemisorption behavior at lower temperatures, around 873 K, could differ from those above 1073 K. Namely, Cs-Fe-O compounds would form as the main Cs-chemisorbed compounds at 873 K while Cs-Si-Fe-O compounds at more than 1073 K.
Miwa, Shuhei; Miyahara, Naoya; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Nishioka, Shunichiro; Suzuki, Eriko; Horiguchi, Naoki; Liu, J.; Miradji, F.; Imoto, Jumpei; Afiqa, B. M.; et al.
Proceedings of 27th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-27) (Internet), 8 Pages, 2019/05
We constructed the first version of fission product (FP) chemistry database named ECUME for LWR severe accident. The first version of ECUME is equipped with dataset of the chemical reactions and their kinetics constants for the reactions of cesium(Cs)-iodine(I)-boron(B)-molybdenum(Mo)-oxygen(O)-hydrogen(H) system in gas phase, the elemental model for the high temperature chemical reaction of Cs with stainless steel, and thermodynamic data for CsBO vapor species and solids of CsSiO and CsFeSiO. The ECUME will provide more accurate estimation of Cs distribution due to the evaluation of effects of interaction with BWR control material B and stainless steel on Cs behavior in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
Nakajima, Kunihisa; Nishioka, Shunichiro; Suzuki, Eriko; Osaka, Masahiko
Proceedings of 27th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-27) (Internet), 8 Pages, 2019/05
Cesium chemisorption models were developed for estimation of amount of cesium chemisorbed onto stainless steel type 304 (SS304) during light water reactor severe accident. However, existing chemisorption models cannot accurately reproduce experimental results. In this study, a modified cesium chemisorption model was constructed based on a penetration theory for gas-liquid mass transfer with chemical reaction and was able to adequately describe effects on concentration of cesium hydroxide in gaseous phase and silicon content in SS304. It was found that the modified model can more accurately reproduce the experimental data than the existing model.
Suzuki, Eriko; Takase, Gaku; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Nishioka, Shunichiro; Hashimoto, Naoyuki*; Isobe, Shigehito*; Osaka, Masahiko
Proceedings of International Topical Workshop on Fukushima Decommissioning Research (FDR 2019) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2019/05
In order to acquire the knowledge of the Cs chemisorption behaviour in the lower temperature region, the Cs chemisorbed compounds and the surface reaction rates were investigated by conducting the Cs chemisorption tests onto stainless steel at 873 and 973 K. As a result, The cesium ferrate compounds were revealed to be formed at this temperatures. It was seen that the dependences of surface reaction rate constant on this temperature were different from that at the higher temperature region. This behaviour leads to the conclusion that the Cs chemisorption model in the low temperature region should be newly constructed.
Miradji, F.; Suzuki, Chikashi; Nishioka, Shunichiro; Suzuki, Eriko; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Osaka, Masahiko; Barrachin, M.*; Do, T. M. D.*; Murakami, Kenta*; Suzuki, Masahide*
Proceedings of 9th Conference on Severe Accident Research (ERMSAR 2019) (Internet), 21 Pages, 2019/03
Kobayashi, Riki*; Kaneko, Koji; Saito, Kotaro*; Mignot, J.-M.*; Andr, G.*; Robert, J.*; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Matsuda, Masaaki*; Chi, S.*; Haga, Yoshinori; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 83(10), p.104707_1 - 104707_5, 2014/10
Times Cited Count:16 Percentile:68.66(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Okuda, Shin*; Miyamoto, Kenji*; Fukuyama, Toshishige*; Nishioka, Shu*; Hatayama, Akiyoshi*; Fukano, Azusa*; Hanada, Masaya; Kojima, Atsushi
AIP Conference Proceedings 1515, p.107 - 113, 2013/02
Times Cited Count:9 Percentile:94.02A meniscus of plasma-beam boundary in H ion sources largely affects the extracted H ion beam optics. Recently it is shown that the beam halo is mainly caused by the meniscus, i.e. ion emissive surface, close to the plasma grid (PG) where its curvature is large. The purpose of this study is to clarify the effect of H surface production rate on plasma meniscus and beam halo formation with PIC (particle-in-cell) modeling. It is shown that the plasma meniscus and beam halo formation is strongly dependent on the amount of surface produced H ions.
Kobayashi, Riki; Kaneko, Koji; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Robert, J.*; Mignot, J.-M.*; Andr, G.*; Matsuda, Masaaki*; et al.
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Kobayashi, Riki; Kaneko, Koji; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Robert, J.*; Mignot, J.-M.*; Andr, G.*; Matsuda, Masaaki*; et al.
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Osaka, Masahiko; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Miwa, Shuhei; Miyahara, Naoya; Suzuki, Eriko; Suzuki, Chikashi; Horiguchi, Naoki; Imoto, Jumpei; Liu, J.; Nishioka, Shunichiro; et al.
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Fundamental research on fission product (FP) chemistry is underway at Japan Atomic Energy Agency. The purpose is to establish a FP chemistry database in each region of a LWR under severe accident conditions. Improvement of FP chemical models based on this database is also an important task of the research. Research outputs are reflected to the research and development of decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F) and the enhancement of LWR safety. Four research items have thus been established considering the specific issues of 1F and the priority in the source term research area, as follows: - Effects of boron (B) release kinetics and thermal-hydraulic conditions on FP behavior, - Cesium (Cs) chemisorption and reactions with structural materials, - Establishment of a thermodynamic and thermophysical properties database for FP compounds, - Development of experimental and analytical techniques for the reproduction of FP behavior. In this paper, results and progress of the research are presented.
Nishioka, Shunichiro; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Suzuki, Eriko; Osaka, Masahiko
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An experimental study has been conducted in order to construct a Cs chemisorption model. The model is reflected to an improvement of Cs distribution evaluation by severe accident analysis codes. Influencing factors on the chemisorption behaviors were investigated experimentally. It was found that temperature, atmosphere and Si contents in the stainless steel (SS) were the main influencing factors. Of note is the implication of revaporization of Cs chemisorbed compounds from the SS surface. It can be said from this result that the Cs chemisorption behaviors should be considered in relation to chemical properties of compounds formed.
Suzuki, Eriko; Nishioka, Shunichiro; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Osaka, Masahiko
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In order to clarify the behaviour of Cs chemisorption onto stainless steel under various LWR severe accident conditions, simulated Cs chemisorption tests, the parameters were temperature and atmosphere, were performed. As a results, it was observed that Cs chemisorbed amounts and Cs revaporization behaviour from Cs chemisorbed compounds were different between the atmosphere containing HO or not. It means that Cs chemisorption behaviour is greatly affected by not only temperature but also atmosphere.
Nishioka, Shunichiro; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Suzuki, Eriko; Osaka, Masahiko
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Validation of existing models of Cs chemisorption onto stainless steel (SS), incorporated in the severe accident (SA) analysis code, was carried out. The surface reaction rates between Cs and SS were calculated using newly obtained experimental data, and then compared with the old ones. The applicable range of the model was considered based on the comparison under various atmospheric condition.
Nishioka, Shunichiro; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Miradji, F.; Suzuki, Eriko; Osaka, Masahiko
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The temperature dependency of surface reaction rate of Cs onto stainless steel, which is obtained by experimental test was analyzed by using mass transfer model. It was found that Cs concentration in gas phase influenced on the surface reaction rate.
Suzuki, Akihiro*; Ito, Kenichi*; Nishioka, Shunichiro; Osaka, Masahiko
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To simulate the formation of micron-size spherical Cs-bearing particles, vaporized Cs and Si were reacted under high temperature water-vapor atmosphere and solidified in the gas phase experimentally. With this simulation study, the possibility that the Cs-bearing particles (type A spherical particles) in the environment were formed by reaction-and-solidification process under the high temperature gas phase in RPV was confirmed.
Nakajima, Kunihisa; Suzuki, Eriko; Nishioka, Shunichiro; Osaka, Masahiko
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Information on the Cs distribution inside the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F) is important to proceed the decommissioning. For contribution to analysis of the Cs distribution, Cs chemisorption behaviors and chemical characteristics of the chemisorbed products have been investigated to establish a chemisorption model considering influences of the chemical reaction and the chemical characteristics of reaction products. As a first step, reproducibility tests were carried out to validate the existing model incorporated into sever accident analysis codes such as SAMPSON. As a result, reaction rate constants under an argon and hydrogen gas atmosphere do not increase with temperature as expected by the existing model and the chemisorbed amounts at 1000C become lower than those at 800C. On the other hand, in the case of steam-containing argon hydrogen gas atmosphere, the reaction rate constants in such a high concentration Cs gas as expected in 1F tend to become lower than those derived from the existing model. Therefore, it was found that a chemisorption model considering difference of reducing and oxidizing atmospheres and dependence of Cs concentration in gas phase was necessary.
Nishioka, Shunichiro; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Suzuki, Eriko; Miradji, F.; Osaka, Masahiko
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In order to contribute to Cs distribution analysis in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station reactors by using severe accident analysis code, the influence of chemical factors (temperature, atmosphere etc.) on the Cs chemisorption behaviour onto stainless steel was investigated experimentally. An improved Cs chemisorption model was then established considering the effect of chemical factors obtained by the experiment. The accuracy of the present model is greatly improved by 1 order of magnitude compared with that incorporated in the existing SA codes.