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Kobayashi, Tetsuya; Araki, Masaaki; Oba, Toshinobu; Torii, Yoshiya; Takeuchi, Masaki*
JAEA-Conf 2011-003, p.83 - 86, 2012/03
Oba, Toshinobu; Fukushima, Manabu; Takeuchi, Masaki; Uno, Yuki; Owada, Minoru; Terakado, Yoshibumi
JAEA-Technology 2010-020, 31 Pages, 2010/07
JAEA-Technology-2010-020.pdf:1.33MB
Japan research reactor No.3 (JRR-3) has a heavy water tank. The heavy water tank surrounds the reactor core to use thermalize neutrons for experiments. The heavy water cooling system removes the heat generated by 
ray in the heavy water reflector. The heavy water cooling system is composed of the cooling system and the helium gas system. The helium gas system has an important role of helium gas circulation. The helium gas system also has a role to recombine deuterium gas and oxygen gas. We had overhauled the helium compressor regularly and replaced consumable parts. However, in recent year, the helium compressor had sometimes stopped by the leakage of seal oil. In 2007, we refurbished the helium compressor with new one. This report describes refurbishment of helium compressor.
Ichimura, Toshiyuki; Suwa, Masayuki; Fukushima, Manabu; Oba, Toshinobu; Nemoto, Yoshinori; Terakado, Yoshibumi
Proceedings of 12th International Group on Research Reactors (12th IGORR) (USB Flash Drive), 8 Pages, 2009/10
Ouchi, Yasuhiro; Ito, Masatoshi; Oba, Toshinobu; Kawamata, Satoshi; Ishizaki, Katsuhiko
JAEA-Technology 2009-038, 38 Pages, 2009/07
JAEA-Technology-2009-038.pdf:2.87MB
The primary cooling system of JRR-3 is one of important facility which removes heat from reactor core. Therefore, it is necessary for safe and stable reactor operation to keep performance of four pumps which are main equipments of primary cooling system. These four pumps have been checked and maintained appropriately since the operation of JRR-3 started. Maintenance items and its records of primary cooling pumps are reported in this paper. Furthermore, aging problems of primary cooling pumps is investigated to contribute to management for maintenance of primary cooling pumps.
Oba, Toshinobu; Inoue, Takeshi; Unesaki, Hironobu*
Proceedings of International Meeting on Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors 2008 (RERTR 2008) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2008/10
The current status of research and test reactors relevant to RERTR program is described. The reduced enrichment programs for the JRR-3, JRR-4 and JMTR of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) were completed by 1999. The core of JRR-3 was converted from aluminide (UAl
-Al) to silicide (U
Si
-Al) in order to reduce the amount of spent fuel. The JRR-3 has been well operated with LEU fuel since 1990 and reached 55,400 MWD in December 2007 at the last operation cycle. Operation with 10 cycles (26 days/cycle) is scheduled for one year from July 2008 to July 2009. The JRR-4 is under shut down condition to replace reflector elements with new ones. It will restart in July 2009. The JMTR is under refurbishment of irradiation facilities. Kyoto University Research Reactor (KUR) has terminated its operation with HEU on February 2006. Shipment of all HEU spent fuel elements to the United States has been successfully completed. The full core conversion of KUR to LEU fuel, including fuel fabrication, is currently under progress and the reactor restart using LEU core is expected to be achieved in May 2009.
Ota, Kazunori; Ikekame, Yoshinori; Owada, Minoru; Fukushima, Manabu; Oba, Toshinobu; Takeuchi, Masaki; Imahashi, Masaki; Murayama, Yoji
JAEA-Technology 2008-023, 31 Pages, 2008/03
JAEA-Technology-2008-023.pdf:3.3MB
JRR-3 uses shell and tube heat exchangers. The secondary coolant flushes into the tubes and the primary coolant flows outside of the tubes. The heat exchangers are cleaned with the ball-cleaning method, which is a method to clean inside of the tubes by passing the sponge balls with secondary coolant. Decline in the performance of heat exchanger could rise temperature of the primary coolant and then influence the safe and stable reactor operation. The effective way of ball-cleaning for JRR-3 heat exchangers is examined based on past cleaning data. The results show the optimal ball size and the way to determine the cleaning time.
Oba, Toshinobu; Owada, Minoru; Fukushima, Manabu; Takeuchi, Masaki; Uno, Yuki; Murayama, Yoji
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Araki, Masaaki; Kobayashi, Tetsuya; Oba, Toshinobu; Takeuchi, Masaki
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Imahashi, Masaki; Oba, Toshinobu; Oki, Keiichi; Suzuki, Makoto; Hayashi, Kazuhiko
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