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Yamashita, Shinichiro; Abe, Hiroaki*; Sato, Daiki*; Owaki, Masao*; Sakamoto, Kan*; Kusagaya, Kazuyuki*; Tsuchiya, Akiyuki*
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The ATF Working Group (ATF-WG), which started its activities in July 2017, has been considering safety requirements for the introduction of ATF while incorporating overseas knowledge of the United States, which is ahead of ATF development. In the ATF-WG activities, based on the safety design of the core and fuel of LWRs for power generation, we organized the concept of extracting the evaluation items necessary for ATF safety design and the importance of ATF safety. The way of thinking organized here can also be used for the research and development of ATF that are currently underway, and we are going to summarize it in a report in the future.
Yamashita, Shinichiro; Mohamad, A. B.; Ioka, Ikuo; Nemoto, Yoshiyuki; Kawanishi, Tomohiro; Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Osaka, Masahiko; Murakami, Nozomu*; Owaki, Masao*; Sasaki, Masana*; et al.
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Japan's Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) research and development (R&D) program has been conducted since 2015 in cooperation with power plant providers, fuel venders and universities for making the most use of the experiences in R&D, practical design, and evaluations of fuels and cores of commercial Light Water Reactors (LWRs). An overview of the present R&D progress is given, in relation to the role of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in the program. The ATF candidate materials currently under consideration are the following three claddings: the silicon carbide (SiC) composite which is potentially applicable for Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) and Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), the FeCrAl steel strengthened by dispersion of fine oxide particles (FeCrAl-ODS) for BWR, and Cr-coated zircalloy claddings for PWR. In addition to the cladding materials, R&D on the SiC-made BWR channel box and accident tolerant control rods are also underway.