少量燃料デブリの構外輸送に向けたA型輸送容器の適用性評価

坂本 雅洋; 奥村 啓介; 神野 郁夫; 松村 太伊知; 寺島 顕一; Riyana E. S.; 溝上 暢人*; 溝上 伸也*

JAEA-Research 2024-017, 14 Pages, 2025/03

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東京電力ホールディングス株式会社福島第一原子力発電所では、2号機から燃料デブリの試験的取り出しを行い、回収物を構外輸送し茨城地区で分析することが計画されている。取り出された燃料デブリの分析結果は、将来的な燃料デブリ管理の各工程(取り出し、収納、移送、保管等)の検討にフィードバックされ、必要な技術開発に活用することが期待されている。試験的取り出しでサンプリングされる燃料デブリは数グラム程度が予定されており、その後、段階的に取り出し規模を拡大させていくことになる。試験的取り出しにおいては、構外輸送に係る関係法令に則って事前に合理的な輸送容器を検討することが必要になる。本報では物質組成や性状が不明瞭な燃料デブリ回収物の安全評価に資するため、少量燃料デブリの構外輸送に向けたA型輸送容器の適用性評価を行った。

Development of a theoretical scaling factor method for the inventory estimation of difficult-to-measure nuclide Cs-135 in fuel debris and radioactive wastes

坂本 雅洋; 奥村 啓介; 神野 郁夫; 松村 太伊知; 寺島 顕一; Riyana E. S.; 金子 純一*; 溝上 暢人*; 溝上 伸也*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 10 Pages, 2025/00

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2025.2478926

In this paper, we propose a new nuclide inventory estimation method based on computational methods, called a "theoretical scaling factor method" for difficult-to-measure (DTM) nuclides in fuel debris and radioactive wastes. The theoretical scaling factor method provides a method similar to a conventional scaling factor method. The theoretical scaling factor method, however, does not require performing many measurements to obtain correlations between a key nuclide which is easy-to-measure and a DTM nuclide. Instead of actual analytical measurements, the results of theoretical calculations are used. A correlation equation between the key nuclide and the DTM nuclide is created based on the results of theoretical calculations, and the DTM nuclide is deterministically estimated using the measurement value of the key nuclide only. In this paper, we selected Cs-135 as the DTM nuclide and Cs-137 as the key nuclide. Cs-135 has a long half-life of 2.310 years and is one of the important fission products in the safety evaluation for the geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste, because it dissolves and migrates in groundwater easily. We confirmed the validity of the proposed method using measured data of Cs-137 and Cs-135 on radioactive wastes from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F) accident obtained by many researchers. It can be used as a rational and efficient technology to reduce the analysis costs of various types of fuel debris and radioactive waste present at 1F.

Characterization of bremsstrahlung and -rays of fuel debris

松村 太伊知; 奥村 啓介; 藤田 学*; 坂本 雅洋; 寺島 顕一; Riyana, E. S.

Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 199, p.110298_1 - 110298_8, 2022/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2022.110298

The characterization of bremsstrahlung and -rays from fuel debris differs from that of spent fuels evaluated to date, due to factors such as material composition and release of volatile fission products. In this work, in order to clarify the conditions under which the effect of bremsstrahlung compared to the total photons (bremsstrahlung and -rays) in fuel debris is maximized, the average energies and dose rates from the energy spectra of bremsstrahlung and -rays on the fuel debris surface were obtained using a Monte Carlo simulation. In the simulation, the average energies and dose rates were evaluated with consideration of the composition, size, fission product release, and retrieval time of the fuel debris. The simulation showed that the composition with the largest amount of change to the average total photons energy caused by bremsstrahlung was the molten fuel debris, and the composition with the maximum fraction of bremsstrahlung in the dose rate was the UO. The maximum value of the fraction of bremsstrahlung in the dose rate was evaluated to be about 17%. This work is expected to contribute to the prediction of the radiation characteristics of the fuel debris that will be retrieved from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the near future.

Gamma detector response simulation inside the pedestal of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Riyana, E. S.; 奥村 啓介; 寺島 顕一; 松村 太伊知; 坂本 雅洋

Mechanical Engineering Journal (Internet), 7(3), p.19-00543_1 - 19-00543_8, 2020/06

https://doi.org/10.1299/mej.19-00543

Prediction of the fuel debris location and distribution inside the primary containment vessel (PCV) of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is important to decide further decommissioning step and strategy. The radiation measurements in the past internal investigations have not yet provided enough information to predict fuel debris location and its distribution inside PCV. To support further measurement efforts, we simulate the detector response inside the PCV. The calculation result could provide a base on deciding suitable detector systems to assist the efforts on searching, localizing and defining distributions of the fuel debris.

Calculation of low-energy electron antineutrino spectra emitted from nuclear reactors with consideration of fuel burn-up

Riyana, E. S.*; 須田 翔哉*; 石橋 健二*; 松浦 秀明*; 片倉 純一*; Sun, G. M.*; 片野 好章

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 56(5), p.369 - 375, 2019/05

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2017.1291370

原子炉は主に核分裂片のベータ崩壊チェインから多数の反電子ニュートリノを生成し、それらのニュートリノは主にMeV程度のエネルギーを有することが知られている。一方、エネルギーkeV程度の低エネルギーニュートリノは燃料の燃焼の情報を含むと考えられ、その低エネルギーニュートリノは計測技術の進歩により将来的に測定可能になる可能性がある。そこで、著者らはkeV領域の低エネルギーニュートリノの生成に注目した。本研究では、典型的なPWRとその他の型の原子炉について低エネルギーニュートリノスペクトルを示し、それらは燃料の燃焼に従って低Q値をもつ核種が蓄積されるにつれて生成が増えることを示した。

A Method for the prediction of the dose rate distribution in a primary containment vessel of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

奥村 啓介; Riyana, E. S.; 佐藤 若英*; 前田 裕文*; 片倉 純一*; 鎌田 創*; Joyce, M. J.*; Lennox, B.*

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 6, p.108 - 112, 2019/01

https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.6.108

福島第一原子力発電所(1F)の原子炉格納容器(PCV)内における線量率分布の予測手法を確立するため、以下の一連の計算を行った。(1)事故時の燃料組成を得るための燃焼計算、(2)不純物を含む炉内構造物の放射化計算、(3) IRIDによる事故解析の結果に基づくPCV中のCs汚染分布の推定、(4) PCV内の放射性核種の崩壊計算、(5)線量率を得るための光子輸送計算。これらの計算の後、ドライウェル周辺のCs濃度を、IRIDによるPCV調査で測定された局所線量率の結果と一致するように修正した。

Analytical study for detection method of fuel debris derived from MOX fuel

寺島 顕一; 坂本 雅洋; 松村 太伊知; Riyana E. S.; 神野 郁夫; 奥村 啓介

no journal, , 

At the time of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, mixed oxide (MOX) fuels were partially loaded in the core of Unit-3 while not in Unit-1 and Unit-2. Since the MOX fuel contain larger amount of plutonium even if its burnup degree is relatively smaller than that of UO fuel, it is expected to distinguish whether fuel debris are originated from MOX or UO. Therefore, we focused on Cm and Eu generated until the accident. From the burnup calculations, the possibility of a method for detecting the MOX-derived fuel debris was suggested.

Preliminary study of neutron intensity and spectrum of various fuel debris

松村 太伊知; 奥村 啓介; 坂本 雅洋; 寺島 顕一; Riyana E. S.; 近藤 千博*

no journal, , 

Retrieving objects with a small amount, such as a few grams, will begin soon at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as the start of decommissioning process. The retrieved objects will be sorted as fuel debris and others for reducing the amount of long-time storage. Since the fuel debris emits neutrons, the knowledge of emitted neutron features is necessary for the design of neutron detectors. For this purpose, we estimated the number and energy spectra of (, ) and the spontaneous fission neutrons emitted from 1 g of fuel debris by calculation using the SOURCES 4C code. The calculations were performed for five types of fuel debris, according to the elapsed time from the accident, burnup, and fuel type. The results showed that the average neutron energy is 2 MeV regardless of the fuel debris type, however, the intensity changed four orders of magnitude according to the fuel debris type.

燃料デブリ探査のためのバブルディテクターの中性子照射試験

寺島 顕一; 松村 太伊知; 冠城 雅晃; 坂本 雅洋; Riyana, E. S.; 奥村 啓介

no journal, , 

福島第一原子力発電所(1F)の燃料デブリを検知する手法の1つとして、自発核分裂,誘起核分裂,または(,n)反応に起因する中性子を検出する方法が考えられる。しかし、燃料デブリの性状や適用場所に応じて、バックグラウンドガンマ線や中性子線の強度は大きく変わることが予想され、事前のガンマ線遮蔽の最適化は困難である。バブルディテクー(BD)は、中性子照射により発生する気泡数から中性子積算線量を計測するものであり、ガンマ線に不感,小型,軽量,電源・ケーブル不要,目視確認が可能といった特長を有する。また、極少の中性子線場でも、照射時間を長く設定することにより検出できる可能性がある。そこで、BDの1F現場への適用性を評価するため、BDの中性子照射試験を行い、照射条件に依存した基礎データを取得した。本発表では、本試験で得られた結果を踏まえて、1F現場への適用性について報告する。

Time dependent correlation between the criticality and short-half-life noble-gas fission products of fuel debris

Riyana E. S.; 坂本 雅洋; 松村 太伊知; 寺島 顕一; 奥村 啓介; 神野 郁夫

no journal, , 

The activity ratio of short half-life noble gas fission products, Kr to Xe (A(Kr/Xe)), has close relationship with the criticality () in the primary containment vessel (PCV) or fuel debris canister, in which fuel debris are accumulated. In this paper, we investigated the time-dependence of the A(Kr/Xe) when the k changes according to an incident such as the change of geometry in the PCV. Our calculation shows a slow change of the A(Kr/Xe) value with the maximum or minimum values before settling in a new stable value after several hours from the change. The applicability and the suitability of the A(Kr/Xe) time-dependent measurement is discussed for the monitoring of the in PCV.