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JAEA Reports

Development of specimen preparation techniques for pitting potential measurement of irradiated fuel cladding tubes

Suzuki, Kazuhiro; Motooka, Takafumi; Tsukada, Takashi; Terakawa, Yuto; Ichise, Kenichi; Numata, Masami; Kikuchi, Hiroyuki

JAEA-Technology 2014-004, 29 Pages, 2014/03

JAEA-Technology-2014-004.pdf:3.66MB

By the effect of the Great East Japan Earthquake, seawater was injected into spent fuel pools in unit 2, 3 and 4 at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in order to cool spent fuels. It is known that chloride ion contained in seawater could cause pitting corrosion for metallic materials. It was concerned that radioactive products inside of fuel cladding tubes might be escaped through the pits. Therefore we have investigated the pit initiation condition of fuel cladding tubes by measuring pitting potential in order to evaluate stability of the enclosure function of fuel cladding tubes in spent fuel pools containing sea salt. In this report, we describe the development of specimen preparation techniques for pitting measurement of spent fuel cladding tubes having high radioactivity. By accomplishing of the development of the specimen preparation techniques, we could evaluate pit initiation condition of spent fuel cladding tubes in water containing sea salt.

JAEA Reports

Plan and reports of coupled irradiation (JRR-3 and JOYO of research reactors) and hot facilities work (WASTEF, JMTR-HL, MMF and FMF); R&D project on irradiation damage management technology for structural materials of long-life nuclear plant

Matsui, Yoshinori; Takahashi, Hiroyuki; Yamamoto, Masaya; Nakata, Masahito; Yoshitake, Tsunemitsu; Abe, Kazuyuki; Yoshikawa, Katsunori; Iwamatsu, Shigemi; Ishikawa, Kazuyoshi; Kikuchi, Taiji; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2009-072, 144 Pages, 2010/03

JAEA-Technology-2009-072.pdf:45.01MB

"R&D Project on Irradiation Damage Management Technology for Structural Materials of Long-life Nuclear Plant" was carried out from FY2006 in a fund of a trust enterprise of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The coupled irradiations or single irradiation by JOYO fast reactor and JRR-3 thermal reactor were performed for about two years. The irradiation specimens are very important materials to establish of "Evaluation of Irradiation Damage Indicator" in this research. For the acquisition of the examination specimens irradiated by the JOYO and JRR-3, we summarized about the overall plan, the work process and the results for the study to utilize these reactors and some facilities of hot laboratory (WASTEF, JMTR-HL, MMF and FMF) of the Oarai Research-and-Development Center and the Nuclear Science Research Institute in the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.

JAEA Reports

Replacement technology for front acrylic panels of a large-sized glove box using bag-in / bag-out method

Sakuraba, Naotoshi; Numata, Masami; Komiya, Tomokazu; Ichise, Kenichi; Nishi, Masahiro; Tomita, Takeshi; Usami, Koji; Endo, Shinya; Miyata, Seiichi; Kurosawa, Tatsuya; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2009-071, 34 Pages, 2010/03

JAEA-Technology-2009-071.pdf:21.07MB

As a part of maintenance technology of a large-sized glove box for handling of TRU nuclides, we developed replacement technology for front acrylic panels using the bag-in/bag-out method and applied this technology to replace the deteriorated front acrylic panels at Waste Safety Testing Facility (WASTEF) in Nuclear Science Research Institute of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). As a consequence, we could safely replace the front acrylic panels under the condition of continuous negative pressure only with partial decontamination of the glove box. We also demonstrated that the present technology is highly effective in points of safety, workability and cost as compared to the usual replacement technology for front acrylic panels of a glove box, where workers in an air-line suit replace directly the front acrylic panels in a green house.

Journal Articles

Replacement technique for front acrylic panels of a large size glove box using bag-in / bag-out method

Endo, Shinya; Numata, Masami; Ichise, Kenichi; Nishi, Masahiro; Komiya, Tomokazu; Sakuraba, Naotoshi; Usami, Koji; Tomita, Takeshi

Proceedings of 46th Annual Meeting of "Hot Laboratories and Remote Handling" Working Group (HOTLAB 2009) (CD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2009/09

For safety operation and maintenance of the large size glove box, the degraded acrylic panels of the box must be replaced by the new panels. As the conventional replacement technique, the decontamination of the glove box and installation of isolation tent are necessary to prevent the leak of contamination, because airtight condition of the box is broken down during replacement process. Therefore, the prerequisite works are required considerable manpower. The new replacement technique using bag-in / bag-out method was developed by JAEA. In this technique, for keeping the airtight condition of the box, the inside of degraded panel is covered with an airtight panel and the outside is covered over the large bag which is used to replace the acrylic panels. As the benefits of this technique, the prerequisite works are not required and the manpower is less than a third of the conventional technique.

Journal Articles

Heat capacities of NpN and AmN

Nishi, Tsuyoshi; Ito, Akinori; Takano, Masahide; Numata, Masami; Akabori, Mitsuo; Arai, Yasuo; Minato, Kazuo

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 377(3), p.467 - 469, 2008/07

 Times Cited Count:13 Percentile:64.39(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)

The specific heat capacities of NpN and AmN were determined by the drop calorimetry method. The NpN and AmN samples were prepared by the carbothermic reduction of the respective dioxides. The specific heat capacity of NpN obtained was in good agreement with the reported values in the temperature range from 334 to 1067 K, which was close to those of UN and PuN. The specific heat capacity of AmN was obtained experimentally for the first time, which was slightly smaller than those of UN, NpN and PuN in the temperature range from 354 to 1071 K.

Journal Articles

Effect of neptunium ions on corrosion of ultra low carbon type 304 stainless steel in nitric acid solution

Kato, Chiaki; Motooka, Takafumi; Numata, Masami; Endo, Shinya; Yamamoto, Masahiro

Structural Materials for Innovative Nuclear Systems (SMINS), p.439 - 447, 2008/07

Corrosion of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant is also important problem in either current or an advanced nuclear fuel reprocessing system. In this process, nitric acid solution is used to dissolve spent nuclear fuels and solvent extraction method is used to separate U, Pu and actinoid elements. It will be much severer corrosive environment. In this paper, an effect of neptunium ions on corrosion of ultra low carbon Type 304 stainless steel was investigated. The corrosion tests were conducted in 9 kmol/m$$^{3}$$ nitric acid solution adding neptunium ions. The results show that neptunium ions promote inter-grainier corrosion of SUS304ULC in nitric acid solution and corrosion rate in heat-transfer condition is larger than that in immersed condition. It is estimated that the oxidise potential of nitric ions increases under heat-transfer condition more than immersion condition in boiling solution. Furthermore, the effect of $$gamma$$-ray irradiation used $$^{60}$$Co is examined. $$gamma$$-ray irradiation decreases corrosion rates and the reason is discussed.

Journal Articles

Thermal conductivity of neptunium dioxide

Nishi, Tsuyoshi; Ito, Akinori; Takano, Masahide; Numata, Masami; Akabori, Mitsuo; Arai, Yasuo; Minato, Kazuo

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 376(1), p.78 - 82, 2008/05

 Times Cited Count:33 Percentile:87.94(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)

The thermal diffusivity of neptunium dioxide was measured in the temperature range from 473 to 1473 K by a laser flash method. The thermal diffusivity slightly decreased with increasing temperature in the temperature range investigated. The specific heat capacity of NpO$$_{2}$$ was measured in the temperature range from 334 to 1071 K by a drop calorimetry method. The specific heat capacity of NpO$$_{2}$$ determined in this study was slightly larger than that of UO$$_{2}$$ and about 7 % smaller than that of PuO$$_{2}$$. The thermal conductivity of NpO$$_{2}$$ was determined from the thermal diffusivity, the specific heat capacity and the bulk density. It was found that the thermal conductivity of NpO$$_{2}$$ from 873 to 1473 K existed between those of UO$$_{2}$$ and PuO$$_{2}$$.

Journal Articles

Thermal conductivity of AmO$$_{2-x}$$

Nishi, Tsuyoshi; Takano, Masahide; Ito, Akinori; Akabori, Mitsuo; Arai, Yasuo; Minato, Kazuo; Numata, Masami

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 373(1-3), p.295 - 298, 2008/02

 Times Cited Count:16 Percentile:70.56(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)

The thermal diffusivity of americium oxide was determined in the temperature range from 299 to 1473 K by a laser flash method. The thermal diffusivity of AmO$$_{2-x}$$ decreased with increasing temperature. The thermal conductivity of AmO$$_{2-x}$$ was estimated from the measured thermal diffusivity, the specific heat capacity and the bulk density. It was found that the thermal conductivity of AmO$$_{2-x}$$ decreased with increasing temperature over the temperature range investigated. It was also found that the decrease in O/Am ratio during the thermal diffusivity measurements under vacuum resulted in a slight decrease in thermal conductivity of AmO$$_{2-x}$$.

JAEA Reports

Effect of neptunium ions on corrosion of stainless steel in nitric acid solution

Motooka, Takafumi; Ishikawa, Akiyoshi; Numata, Masami; Endo, Shinya; Itonaga, Fumio; Kiuchi, Kiyoshi; Kizaki, Minoru

JAEA-Research 2007-031, 20 Pages, 2007/03

JAEA-Research-2007-031.pdf:2.0MB

An effect of neptunium ions on corrosion of stainless steel in nitric acid solution was investigated by corrosion tests. Type SUS304L stainless steel was used for the tests. The corrosion tests were conducted in 9kmol/m$$^{3}$$ nitric acid solutions containing neptunium ions, where test specimens were immersed or heat-transferred. As a result, we found that neptunium ions promote corrosion of stainless steels in nitric acid solution. This finding would contribute to modifications of the materials for spent fuel reprocessing process.

Journal Articles

Dissolution behavior of slag in cement-equilibrated aqueous solutions

Maeda, Toshikatsu; Bamba, Tsunetaka*; Mizuno, Tsuyoshi*; Terakado, Shogo; Kitagawa, Isamu; Numata, Masami

Haikibutsu Gakkai Rombunshi, 17(4), p.271 - 281, 2006/07

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

PIE technique of LWR fuel cladding fracture toughness test

Endo, Shinya; Usami, Koji; Nakata, Masahito; Fukuda, Takuji*; Numata, Masami; Kizaki, Minoru; Nishino, Yasuharu

Proceedings of 2005 JAEA-KAERI Joint Seminar on Advanced Irradiation and PIE Technologies, p.S2_7_1 - S2_7_11, 2005/11

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Study on the stability of AmN and (Am,Zr)N

Takano, Masahide; Ito, Akinori; Akabori, Mitsuo; Minato, Kazuo; Numata, Masami

Proceedings of GLOBAL2003 Atoms for Prosperity; Updating Eisenhower's Global Vision for Nuclear Energy (CD-ROM), p.2285 - 2291, 2003/00

Stability of AmN and (Am,Zr)N was studied comparatively from the viewpoints of the hydrolytic and evaporative behavior. AmN powder reacted with moisture to form hydroxide Am(OH)$$_{3}$$, while the solid solution (Am$$_{0.1}$$Zr$$_{0.9}$$)N remained stable as long as 1000 hours. Stabilization effect of ZrN was found to depend significantly on its mole fraction from the experiments on (Dy,Zr)N. In the oxidation experiments on (Dy,Zr)N by TG-DTA technique, rapid weight gain by the oxidation occurred above 700 K. Effect of ZrN on the stability against oxygen was slight. Nitrogen release by the evaporation of AmN and (Am$$_{0.1}$$Zr$$_{0.9}$$)N in He gas flow was measured by gas chromatography. Evaporation rate constants of AmN were obtained at 1623-1733 K. Although the evaporation rate constant of AmN in the solid solution were lower than those of the pure AmN, the selective evaporation of AmN from the solid slution were recognized, which resulted in a decrease in the Am mole fraction.

Journal Articles

Fabrication of americium-based nitrides by carbothermic reduction method

Ito, Akinori; Akabori, Mitsuo; Takano, Masahide; Ogawa, Toru; Numata, Masami; Itonaga, Fumio

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(Suppl.3), p.737 - 740, 2002/11

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Lattice parameter expansion by self-irradiation damage of $$^{244}$$Cm-$$^{240}$$Pu oxide and mononitride

Takano, Masahide; Ito, Akinori; Akabori, Mitsuo; Ogawa, Toru; Numata, Masami; Kizaki, Minoru

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(Suppl.3), p.842 - 845, 2002/11

no abstracts in English

JAEA Reports

Development of corrosion testing equipment under heat transfer and irradiation conditions to evaluate corrosion resistance of materials used in acid recovery evaporator (Contract research)

Motooka, Takafumi; Numata, Masami; Kiuchi, Kiyoshi

JAERI-Tech 2001-088, 38 Pages, 2002/01

JAERI-Tech-2001-088.pdf:2.78MB

We have been evaluated the safety for corrosion of various metals applied to acid recovery evaporators by the mock-up tests using small scaled equipment and the reference tests in laboratories with small specimens. These tests have been conducted under un-radioactive environment. The environment in practical reprocessing plants has many radioactive species. Therefore, the effect of irradiation on corrosion should be evaluated in detail.In this study, we have developed the corrosion testing equipment, which is employed to simulate environments in the acid recovery evaporators. This report describes the specification of corrosion testing equipment and the results of primary, reference and hot tests.Using the equipment, the corrosion test under heat transfer and irradiation conditions has been carried out for 930 hours in safety. It is expectable that useful corrosion test data in radioactive environment are accumulated with this equipment in future, and help the adequate choice of corrosion test condition in laboratories.

Journal Articles

Carbothermic synthesis of (Cm,Pu)N

Takano, Masahide; Ito, Akinori; Akabori, Mitsuo; Ogawa, Toru; Numata, Masami; Okamoto, Hisato

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 294(1-2), p.24 - 27, 2001/04

 Times Cited Count:13 Percentile:66.85(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

Thermal conductivity of neptunium dioxide

Nishi, Tsuyoshi; Takano, Masahide; Ito, Akinori; Akabori, Mitsuo; Minato, Kazuo; Tomita, Takeshi; Numata, Masami

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

Development of volume reduction equipment for radioactive waste

Ichise, Kenichi; Sakuraba, Naotoshi; Suzuki, Kazuhiro; Miyata, Seiichi; Komiya, Tomokazu; Nishi, Masahiro; Kitagawa, Isamu; Numata, Masami

no journal, , 

As a part of measures to reduce radioactive wastes, which are generated during operation and maintenance of Waste Safety Testing Facility (WASTEF), we developed volume reduction equipment for $$beta$$$$gamma$$ and $$alpha$$ wastes. In this presentation, we report manufacture of an experimental model, its operativeness & verification of reduction effect in a mock-up test, improvements, and application to actual radioactive wastes.

Oral presentation

Measurement of pitting potential of irradiated zircaloy-2 cladding tube in diluted artificial seawater, 1; Development of specimen preparation techniques for pitting potential measurement

Suzuki, Kazuhiro; Motooka, Takafumi; Tsukada, Takashi; Terakawa, Yuto; Ichise, Kenichi; Numata, Masami; Kikuchi, Hiroyuki

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Oral presentation

Measurement of pitting potential of irradiated fuel cladding in diluted artificial seawater

Komatsu, Atsushi; Motooka, Takafumi; Suzuki, Kazuhiro; Terakawa, Yuto; Numata, Masami; Kikuchi, Hiroyuki; Tsukada, Takashi

no journal, , 

Pitting potential of irradiated fuel cladding tube (Zry-2) was measured in diluted artificial seawater. The pitting potential was higher than that of non-irradiated Zry-2. Pitting corrosion was inhibited by the oxide film formed during irradiation, since scratches on the surface affect pitting potential.

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