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沖田 将一朗; 青木 健; 深谷 裕司; 橘 幸男
Proceedings of 31st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE31) (Internet), 5 Pages, 2024/11
We have been developing a methodology for nuclide production and annihilation and decay heat evaluations for High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors (HTGRs). We are planning to perform validation of the evaluation method with isotopic composition data obtained from HTGR type fuel irradiation tests (AGR tests) performed at the Idaho National Laboratory. As a first step of this plan, preliminary validation of a calculation code and a nuclear data library to be used in the evaluation methodology should be conducted. We made a calculation model of the Advanced Test Reactor (ATR) with a continuous-energy Monte Carlo code MVP-3 and the latest nuclear data library in Japan JENDL-5 on the basis of a calculation input for another Monte Carlo code MCNP5 documented in the International Handbook of Evaluated Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE). We also calculated effective multiplication factors and relative power densities for the ATR calculation model. As a result of comparison with measured values reported in the IRPhE handbook, the JENDL-5 and the calculation model built with MVP-3 shows an enough calculation accuracy in the ATR. Our results will help us to perform our planned validation of our nuclide production and annihilation and decay heat evaluation methodology with the AGR test data.
沖田 将一朗; 安部 豊*; 田崎 誠司*; 深谷 裕司
Radioisotopes, 73(3), p.233 - 240, 2024/11
In the latest nuclear data libraries ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JENDL-5, the inelastic scattering cross-section data for reactor graphite and crystalline graphite are employed. The data for reactor graphite reproduces the measurement values very well, while the data for crystalline graphite tends to underestimate the measurement values, and there is room for improvement. Therefore, in the present study, for future updates of JENDL, a new molecular dynamics simulation model for crystalline graphite is prepared and inelastic scattering cross-section data are evaluated based on both incoherent approximation and Vineyard approximation. As a result, the obtained inelastic scattering cross-section data of crystalline graphite show very good agreement with the measured data and successfully presented more reliable data than those employed in ENDF/B-VIII.0 and JENDL-5.
深谷 裕司; 沖田 将一朗; 中川 繁昭; 寺尾 剛*; 小池 昭史*
Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle (GLOBAL2024) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2024/10
日本原子力研究開発機構は、株式会社ANSeeN、静岡大学とともに、高温ガス炉の出力分布測定のための核計装の開発を2021年から3年間の間、文部科学省の原子力システム研究開発事業の支援を受けて実施した。このプロジェクトは、炉外計装の開発と炉内計装の開発の二つに分けられ、本発表では、炉外計装の開発について報告する。炉外計装の開発に関しては、中性子飛程の長い黒鉛減速の高温ガス炉とCT原理の特性を活かした革新技術であり、他の炉型への応用も期待できる。
沖田 将一朗; 櫻井 辰大*; 江崎 巌*; 都木 克之*; 中野 貴之*; 日野 正裕*
KURNS Progress Report 2023, P. 97, 2024/07
BGaN semiconductor neutron detectors are currently under development at Shizuoka University as promising compact and high-temperature resistant neutron detectors. In this experiment, we observe the pulsed detection signals for thermal neutron beams irradiated to the BGaN semiconductor neutron detectors installed on a high-temperature hot plate wih ambient temperatures of 300 Celsius degree. This experiment is performed in the cold neutron beam line (CN-3) in KUR, which has relatively low background noise and can irradiate low-energy neutrons for sensitive detection. As a result, clear pulsed detection signals were successfully found several times per hour for both detectors. These results suggest that BGaN semiconductor neutron detectors demonstrate the operability at around 300 Celsius degree at least.
関 暁之; 吉川 雅紀; 西野宮 良太*; 沖田 将一朗; 高屋 茂; Yan, X.
Nuclear Technology, 210(6), p.1003 - 1014, 2024/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)原子力プラントの安全な運転を支援するため、2種類のディープニューラルネットワーク(DNN)のシステムを構築した。一つは、原子力プラントの各種物理量についてシミュレーションよりも数桁少ない計算時間で推定するサロゲートシステム(SS)である。もう一つは、物理量から異常の原因となる外乱の状態を推定するシステム(ASIS)である。両システムとも、高温工学試験研究炉(HTTR)の挙動を様々なシナリオで再現することができる解析コード(ACCORD)から得られたデータを用いて学習を行った。DNNのモデルは、主要なハイパーパラメータを調整することにより構築された。これらの手順を経て、開発したシステムが高い精度で動作することを確認した。
多田 健一; 長家 康展; 谷中 裕; 横山 賢治; 沖田 将一朗; 大泉 昭人; 福島 昌宏; 中山 梓介
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(1), p.2 - 22, 2024/01
被引用回数：10 パーセンタイル：96.64(Nuclear Science & Technology)日本の新しい評価済み核データライブラリJENDL-5が2021年12月に公開された。本論文は、核分裂炉に対するベンチマーク計算によりJENDL-5の妥当性を実証するものである。ベンチマーク計算は連続エネルギーモンテカルロコードMVP、MCNP及び決定論コードMARBLEを用いて実施された。ベンチマーク計算結果より、核分裂炉に対するJENDL-5の計算精度が、以前のJENDL-4.0に比べて改善されていることが分かった。
沖田 将一朗; 後藤 実
Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC2023) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2023/10
The recently released JENDL-5 and ENDF/B-VIII.0 have adopted porosity-dependent thermal neutron scattering law (TSL) data for reactor graphite, and they improve neutronic calculation accuracy of criticality for graphite-moderated cores. Currently, we can only handle neutronic calculations for three graphite porosities of 0%, 10%, and 30%. The uncertainties associated with the difference between the porosity of actual reactor graphite (
20%) and the porosity remains. Toward the future update of JENDL-5, we are planning to preparing new TSL data of reactor graphite. As a first step, it is essential to evalute phonon density state distribution of reactor graphite. In this study, in order to evalute it, molecular dynamic (MD) analysis is performed for three MD models: ideal crystalline graphite (Ideal model), 20%-porous reactor graphite with monoatomic random pore (Monoatomic random model), and 20%-porous reactor graphite with atomic cluster random pore (Cluster random model). The ideal crystalline graphite is modeled without any pores for reference. The 20%-porous reactor graphite with monoatomic random pore is modeled by randomly removing atoms from the ideal crystalline graphite. The 20%-porous reactor graphite with cluster random pore is modeled by randomly removing atomic clusters of approximately 2 nm in diameter from the ideal crystalline graphite. Their interatomic interactions are on the basis of Reactive Empirical Bond Order (REBO) potential. Velocity autocorrelation functions and phonon density of states distributions are calculated for these models. For validation, specific heat for each model is evaluated, and they are compred with experimental values.
沖田 将一朗; 深谷 裕司; 左近 敦士*; 佐野 忠史*; 高橋 佳之*; 宇根崎 博信*
Nuclear Science and Engineering, 197(8), p.2251 - 2257, 2023/08
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：16.36(Nuclear Science & Technology)In this paper, integral experiments on a graphite-moderated core were conducted at the B-rack of the Kyoto University Criticality Assembly in order to develop an integral experiment database for the applicability of data assimilation techniques to the neutronic design of a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor. The calculation/experiment-1 (C/E-1)values for the 
values at critical cores with the major nuclear data libraries, such as JENDL-4.0, JENDL-5, JEFF-3.2, ENDF/B-VII.1, and ENDF/B-VIII.0, were calculated for the core. Of these, the values with JENDL-5 with thermal neutron scattering law data for 30% porous graphite showed the best agreement with experimental values within 0.02% accuracy.
岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 国枝 賢; 湊 太志; 中山 梓介; 木村 敦; 中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; 長家 康展; 多田 健一; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 284, p.14001_1 - 14001_7, 2023/05
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：87.21(Nuclear Science & Technology)Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library version 5 (JENDL-5) was released in 2021. JENDL-5 is intended to extend its generality from JENDL-4.0 by covering a wide variety of nuclear data for applications not only to nuclear design and decommissioning, but also to radiation-related fields. Overview of JENDL-5 and a future plan for the next of JENDL-5 are presented. JENDL-5 includes up-to-date neutron reaction cross sections incorporating other various types of data such as newly evaluated nuclear decay, fission yield, and thermal neutron scattering law. The neutron induced reaction cross sections especially on minor actinides in the resonance regions are improved by the experimental data measured at ANNRI. The extensive benchmark analyses on neutron nuclear data were made and the performance of JENDL-5 was confirmed by benchmark tests of ICSBEP and IRPhEP as well as fast reactors, radiation shielding calculations, and so on. So far, several JENDL special-purpose files have been developed for various applications. The data cover neutron, charged particles, and photon induced reactions. As the neutron induced reaction files, two special purpose files of JENDL/AD-2017 and JENDL/ImPACT-2018 were released to meet needs of nuclear backend applications including activation evaluation for nuclear facilities and nuclear transmutations of high-level radioactive wastes of long-lived fission products, respectively. Furthermore, the photon, proton and deuteron data were released as JENDL/PD-2016.1, JENDL-4.0/HE and JENDL/DEU-2020, respectively, for accelerator applications. With updating the data, they were incorporated in JENDL-5 as sub-libraries for facilitation of usability of JENDL. As the next step of JENDL-5, provision of the proper and sufficient covariance will be a major challenge, where cross correlations across different reactions or data-types may play a significant role in connection with data assimilation for various applications.
沖田 将一朗; 水田 直紀; 高松 邦吉; 後藤 実; 吉田 克己*; 西村 洋亮*; 岡本 孝司*
Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2023/05
Adoption of SiC-matrix fuel elements in future pin-in-block type HTGR designs will enhance oxidation resistance of the fuel element in the event of the air ingress accident, one of the most worrisome accidents in HTGRs. This would eliminate the need for the graphite sleeves used in the current pin-in-block type HTGR designs and enable high power density core designs with sleeveless and direct coolable fuel structure. Such a concept itself has been suggested by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in the past. However, JAEA has not yet demonstrated the feasibility for a core design with the SiC-matrix fuel elements. The present work is intended to demonstrate the feasibility for a new core design upgraded from an existing conceptual core design, called HTR50S, with 50 MW thermal power and reactor outlet temperature of 750
C. The new core design uses SiC-matrix fuel elements and increases the reactor power density to 1.2 times higher than the original HTR50S design. The feasibility is determined by whether the core satisfies the target values in nuclear and thermal-hydraulic designs by performing burn-up calculation with the whole core model and fuel temperature calculations. The calculation results showed that the new core design satisfied these target values on the reactor shutdown margin, the temperature coefficient of reactivity, and the maximum fuel temperature during normal operation.
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.
野本 恭信; 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; et al.
Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 7 Pages, 2023/05
JAEA initiated an HTTR heat application test plan to develop for coupling technology between HTGR and hydrogen production facility. The principal objective of this test plan is to establish the high safety coupling technology for coupling a hydrogen production facility to HTGR through the demonstration of a hydrogen production by the proven technology of methane steam reforming method utilizing the HTTR as a high temperature heat source. The other objective is to develop for coupling equipment such as a high temperature isolation valve, a helium gas circulator and a high temperature insulation pipe. This paper describes the overview of an HTTR heat application test plan such as a draft test schedule and test targets for the demonstration of a hydrogen production. This paper also presents basic specifications of an HTTR heat application test facility such as the HTTR modification strategy, overall system configuration and heat and mass balance at rated test operation for the demonstration of a hydrogen production. Furthermore, the operation plan during the normal start-up and shut-down processes is proposed.
沖田 将一朗
炉物理の研究(インターネット), (75), 3 Pages, 2023/03
本稿は、2022年5月15日19日にかけて米国・ピッツバーグにて開催されたInternational Conference on Physics of Reactors 2022 (PHYSOR2022)の報告である。
岩本 修; 岩本 信之; 国枝 賢; 湊 太志; 中山 梓介; 安部 豊*; 椿原 康介*; 奥村 森*; 石塚 知香子*; 吉田 正*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(1), p.1 - 60, 2023/01
被引用回数：180 パーセンタイル：99.98(Nuclear Science & Technology)The fifth version of Japanese Evaluated Nuclear Data Library, JENDL-5, was developed. JENDL-5 aimed to meet a variety of needs not only from nuclear reactors but also from other applications such as accelerators. Most of the JENDL special purpose files published so far were integrated into JENDL-5 with revisions. JENDL-5 consists of 11 sublibraries: (1) Neutron, (2) Thermal scattering law, (3) Fission product yield, (4) Decay data, (5) Proton, (6) Deuteron, (7) Alpha-particle, (8) Photonuclear, (9) Photo-atomic, (10) Electro-atomic, and (11) Atomic relaxation. The neutron reaction data for a large number of nuclei in JENDL-4.0 were updated ranging from light to heavy ones, including major and minor actinides which affect nuclear reactor calculations. In addition, the number of nuclei of neutron reaction data stored in JENDL-5 was largely increased; the neutron data covered not only all of naturally existing nuclei but also their neighbor ones with half-lives longer than 1 day. JENDL-5 included the originally evaluated data of thermal scattering law and fission product yield for the first time. Light charged-particle and photon induced reaction data were also included for the first time as the JENDL general purpose file.
深谷 裕司; 沖田 将一朗; 佐々木 孔英; 植田 祥平; 後藤 実; 大橋 弘史; Yan, X.
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 399, p.112033_1 - 112033_9, 2022/12
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)高温ガス炉のTRISO燃料の核移動を解析し潜在的な支配的な影響を調査した。核移動は主要な燃料破損モードであり、高温工学試験研究炉HTTRでは燃料の寿命を決定するために支配的な要因である。しかし、本研究では、結果と信頼性が評価方法に依存することを示す。この研究で使用される評価方法は、被覆燃料粒子の実際の分布と、結果として生じる非均質な燃料温度計算を考慮している。結果として、最も保守的な評価と比較して、核移動速度が約10%低い評価が得られることが分かった。
青木 健; 清水 厚志; 飯垣 和彦; 沖田 将一朗; 長谷川 武史; 水田 直紀; 佐藤 博之; 坂場 成昭
JAEA-Review 2022-016, 193 Pages, 2022/08
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日本原子力研究開発機構では、高温ガス炉による大量かつ安価なカーボンフリー水素製造技術の実用化を目指し、世界最高の原子炉出口冷却材温度950Cを記録した高温工学試験研究炉(HTTR)を用いて水素製造を行うHTTR-熱利用試験を計画している。HTTR-熱利用試験では、原子力規制委員会からの設置許可取得を通じて、高温ガス炉と水素製造施設の接続に関し、高い安全性を実現する安全設計を確立することが求められている。しかしながら、これまでに原子炉に水素製造施設を接続した例は世界にまだなく、我が国唯一の高温ガス炉であるHTTRを含め、既存の原子力施設を対象とした安全設計ではこのようなシステムを想定していない。そこで、高温ガス炉研究開発センターの下に設置した「HTTR-熱利用試験専門委員会」では、原子力規制委員会による新規制基準への適合性審査に合格したHTTR安全設計をベースに、施設の変更や水素製造施設の接続に伴い安全設計上新たに考慮すべき事象に対する対策を考慮し、HTTR-熱利用試験施設の安全設計案の検討を行った。本稿は、HTTR-熱利用試験専門委員会の技術報告資料や委員コメントとその回答、議事録を取りまとめた。
青木 健; 清水 厚志; 飯垣 和彦; 沖田 将一朗; 長谷川 武史; 水田 直紀; 佐藤 博之; 坂場 成昭
JAEA-Technology 2022-011, 60 Pages, 2022/07
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日本原子力研究開発機構では、高温ガス炉による大量かつ安価なカーボンフリー水素製造技術の実用化を目指し、世界最高の原子炉出口冷却材温度950Cを達成した高温工学試験研究炉(HTTR)を用いて水素製造を行うHTTR-熱利用試験を計画している。HTTR-熱利用試験では、原子力規制委員会からの設置変更許可取得を通じて、高温ガス炉と水素製造施設の接続に関し、高い安全性を実現する安全設計を確立することが求められている。そこで、HTTR安全設計をベースに、施設の変更や水素製造施設の接続に伴い安全設計上新たに考慮すべき事象に対する対策を考慮し、HTTR-熱利用試験施設の安全設計の考え方を検討した。検討に当たっては、原子炉安全の観点からの十分な安全性を確保することを大前提としつつ、水素製造施設に対して、高圧ガス災害に対する安全確保の多くの実績を有する一般産業法規を適用することを基本方針とした。本報では、水素製造施設への高圧ガス保安法適用に係る合理性や条件、HTTR-熱利用試験施設の安全機能の重要度分類や耐震設計上の重要度分類、重要安全施設の選定、原子炉設置変更許可申請に係る安全設計の考え方に関する検討結果を報告する。
左近 敦士*; 橋本 憲吾*; 佐野 忠史*; 中嶋 國弘*; 神田 峻*; 後藤 正樹*; 深谷 裕司; 沖田 将一朗; 藤本 望*; 高橋 佳之*
KURNS Progress Report 2021, P. 100, 2022/07
高温ガス炉の核特性を取得するための炉雑音解析技術の開発を京都大学臨界集合体(KUCA)を用い行っている。最新研究では、燃料集合体から55cm離れた検出器によりパワースペクトル密度の測定が行われた。しかしながら、即発中性子減衰定数は他の検出器から得られるものからの差異が発生した。そこで、本研究では炉外検出器によるパワースペクトル法による炉雑音解析を目的とする。
深谷 裕司; 沖田 将一朗; 神田 峻*; 後藤 正樹*; 中嶋 國弘*; 左近 敦士*; 佐野 忠史*; 橋本 憲吾*; 高橋 佳之*; 宇根崎 博信*
KURNS Progress Report 2021, P. 101, 2022/07
日本原子力研究開発機構では、2018年から高温ガス炉の核的予測技術向上に係る研究開発を開始した。その目的は、商用炉初号基のためのフルスケールモックアップ実験を回避するために一般化バイアス因子法を導入することと黒鉛減速特性を生かした中性子計装システムの改良である。このために、B7/4"G2/8"p8EU(3)+3/8"p38EU炉心をKUCAのB架台に2021年に構築した。
沖田 将一朗; 深谷 裕司; 左近 敦士*; 佐野 忠史*; 高橋 佳之*; 宇根崎 博信*
Proceedings of International Conference on Physics of Reactors 2022 (PHYSOR 2022) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2022/05
As a commercial reactor require high economic efficiency, the High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) would be a more attractive proposition if a full mock-up experiment for the first commercial HTGR could be avoided in the future. In this paper, preliminary experiments were conducted in order to obtain basic core characteristics data, such as the criticality, necessary to demonstrate the applicability of a generalized bias factor method to neutronic design of HTGR. The graphite-moderated core with only highly enriched uranium fuels in the B-rack of Kyoto University Criticality Assembly (KUCA) was configured as a reference core. The C/E-1 values (Calculation/Experiment -1 values) for the keff values at the three critical states and the thermal neutron spectra with the major nuclear data libraries, such as JENDL-4.0, JEFF-3.2, ENDF/B-VII.1, and ENDF/B-VIII.0, were calculated for the core. The result shows that the keff values are overestimated for JEFF-3.2, ENDF/B-VII.1, and ENDF/B-VIII.0 by 0.14% - 0.18%, while they are underestimated for JENDL-4.0 by 0.07% - 0.09%. The calculation result with JENDL-4.0 shows a slightly better agreement with this experiment than the others. In addition, the thermal neutron spectrum calculated with ENDF/B-VIII.0 is softer than the others. The Thermal Scattering Law (TSL) data of graphite stored in ENDF/B-VIII.0 suggests that the thermal neutron spectrum become softer than that of traditional TSL data stored in the others. The core characteristics of the reference core, which are necessary for future studies, were obtained.
