New insight on the thermal impact on cementitious materials due to high-temperature with water supply; Continuous expansive spalling in water

三浦 泰人*; 宮本 慎太郎*; 丸山 一平*; Aili, A.*; 佐藤 拓未; 永江 勇二; 五十嵐 豪*

Case Studies in Construction Materials, 21, p.e03571_1 - e03571_14, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e03571

In this study, the expansion behavior of cement materials after high-temperature heating and water immersion was observed experimentally. Two experiments were conducted using mortar specimens with different sand-to-cement ratios subjected to different high-temperature histories up to 1000C. In Case 1, the specimens were immersed in water after high-temperature heating and then cooled naturally; in Case 2, the specimens were immersed in water at high temperatures without the cooling process. Based on the results, it was confirmed that lime expansion due to the rehydration of CaO by heating occurred in Case 1. In contrast, dynamic continuous explosive spalling occurred in Case 2 because of water penetration into the specimen at a high temperature. The explosive spalling in water observed in Case 2 is a phenomenon that has not been reported to date. Possible failure mechanisms for lime expansion and continuous expansive spalling in water are suggested.

Single-shot laser-driven neutron resonance spectroscopy for temperature profiling

Lan, Z.*; 有川 安信*; Mirfayzi, S. R.*; Morace, A.*; 早川 岳人*; 佐藤 博隆*; 加美山 隆*; Wei, T.*; 巽 湧太*; 小泉 光生; et al.

Nature Communications (Internet), 15, p.5365_1 - 5365_7, 2024/07

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49142-y

The temperature measurement of material inside of an object is one of the key technologies for control of dynamical processes. For this purpose, various techniques such as laser-based thermography and phase-contrast imaging thermography have been studied. However, it is, in principle, impossible to measure the temperature of an element inside of an object using these techniques. One of the possible solutions is measurements of Doppler brooding effect in neutron resonance absorption (NRA). Here we present a method to measure the temperature of an element or an isotope inside of an object using NRA with a single neutron pulse of approximately 100 ns width provided from a high-power laser. We demonstrate temperature measurements of a tantalum (Ta) metallic foil heated from the room temperature up to 617 K. Although the neutron energy resolution is fluctuated from shot to shot, we obtain the temperature dependence of resonance Doppler broadening using a reference of a silver (Ag) foil kept to the room temperature. A free gas model well reproduces the results. This method enables element(isotope)-sensitive thermometry to detect the instantaneous temperature rise in dynamical processes.

ナトリウム-溶融塩熱交換器を有する蓄熱式高速炉の安全設計技術開発,1; 全体概要及び伝熱管破損の影響検討

山野 秀将; 高野 和也; 栗坂 健一; 菊地 晋; 近藤 俊樹; 梅田 良太; 佐藤 理花; 白倉 翔太*

第28回動力・エネルギー技術シンポジウム講演論文集(インターネット), 5 Pages, 2024/06

溶融塩蓄熱式高速炉の安全設計方針及びリスク評価技術、ナトリウム-溶融塩の熱交換性能評価技術と伝熱向上方策、及びナトリウム-溶融塩の化学反応特性評価と安全性向上方策を開発する研究プロジェクトを進めている。ここでは、プロジェクト全体概要に加えて、ナトリウム-溶融塩伝熱破損の影響検討について報告する。

MAAP code analysis for the in-vessel phase of Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 and comparison of the results among Units 1 to 3

佐藤 一憲; 吉川 信治; 山下 拓哉; 下村 健太; Cibula, M.*; 溝上 伸也*

Nuclear Engineering and Design, 422, p.113088_1 - 113088_24, 2024/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2024.113088

The accident progression of the in-vessel phase of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 was analyzed using the MAAP code. Although there is a large uncertainty in the initial stage of accident progression behavior in Unit 1 with little measurement data, it is presumed to have similarities to that of Unit 3. As a result, in Unit 1, since there was almost no alternative water injection during the in-vessel phase, cooling of the debris transferred to the lower plenum was small. It was likely that a large molten pool of metals had formed, and that the steam supply to the high-temperature core materials was suppressed and metal oxidation was relatively small. The analysis results for Unit 1 were compared with those for Units 2 and 3, and differences between units such as the thermal conditions of the debris that relocated to the pedestal and the degree of metal oxidation were shown.

Production rates of long-lived radionuclides Be and Al under direct muon-induced spallation in granite quartz and its implications for past high-energy cosmic ray fluxes

櫻井 敬久*; 紅林 泰*; 鈴木 颯一郎*; 堀内 一穂*; 高橋 唯*; 堂下 典弘*; 菊地 聡*; 門叶 冬樹*; 岩田 尚能*; 田島 靖*; et al.

Physical Review D, 109(10), p.102005_1 - 102005_18, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.102005

銀河宇宙線の永年変化は銀河の活動に密接に関係しており、局所的な銀河磁場・星間雲・超新星残骸の近くの環境が反映される。高エネルギー銀河宇宙線によって大気中で生成される高エネルギーミューオンは、深い地層まで透過し、岩石中に放射性同位体を生成する。BeやAlのような長寿命の放射性核種は岩石中に蓄積されるため、高エネルギーミューオンの収量の長期変動、ひいては数百万年間の高エネルギー銀河宇宙線(GCR)の長期変動の調査に利用できる。本研究では、CERN SPSのCOMPASS実験ラインにて、160GeV/cの正ミューオンを合成石英プレートと花崗岩コアに照射して、岩石中のBeとAlの生成断面積を測定した。更に、ミューオンが直接起こす核破砕反応とミューオンが生成した二次粒子が引き起こす反応が、岩石中での長寿命核種の生成にそれぞれどの程度寄与するかを明らかにした。

Microbiome analysis of the restricted bacteria in radioactive element-containing water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

藁科 友朗*; 佐藤 朝子*; 比内 浩; Shaikhutdinov, N.*; Shagimardanova, E.*; 森 宙史*; 玉木 聡志*; 斎藤 元文*; 眞田 幸尚; 佐々木 祥人; et al.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90(4), p.e02113-23_1 - e02113-23_23, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02113-23

A major incident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station following the tsunami triggered by the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake in March 2011, whereby seawater entered the torus room in the basement of the reactor building. Here, we identify and analyze the bacterial communities in the torus room water and several environmental samples. Samples of the torus room water (1 10 BqCs/L) were collected by the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings from two sampling points between 30 cm and 1 m from the bottom of the room (TW1) and the bottom layer (TW2). A structural analysis of the bacterial communities based on 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing revealed that the predominant bacterial genera in TW1 and TW2 were similar. TW1 primarily contained the genus Limnobacter, a thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium. -Irradiation tests on Limnobacter thiooxidans, the most closely related phylogenetically found in TW1, indicated that its radiation resistance was similar to ordinary bacteria. TW2 predominantly contained the genus Brevirhabdus, a manganese- oxidizing bacterium. Although bacterial diversity in the torus room water was lower than seawater near Fukushima, 70% of identified genera were associated with metal corrosion. Latent environment allocation - an analytical technique that estimates habitat distributions and co-detection analyses - revealed that the microbial communities in the torus room water originated from a distinct blend of natural marine microbial and artificial bacterial communities typical of biofilms, sludge, and wastewater. Understanding the specific bacteria linked to metal corrosion in damaged plants is important for advancing decommissioning efforts.

東海再処理施設周辺の環境放射線モニタリング結果; 2022年度

國分 祐司; 中田 陽; 瀬谷 夏美; 小池 優子; 根本 正史; 飛田 慶司; 山田 椋平*; 内山 怜; 山下 大智; 永井 信嗣; et al.

JAEA-Review 2023-046, 164 Pages, 2024/03

JAEA-Review-2023-046.pdf:4.2MB

核燃料サイクル工学研究所では、「日本原子力研究開発機構核燃料サイクル工学研究所再処理施設保安規定、第IV編環境監視」に基づき、再処理施設周辺の環境放射線モニタリングを実施している。本報告書は、2022年4月から2023年3月までの間に実施した環境放射線モニタリングの結果及び大気、海洋への放射性物質の放出に起因する周辺公衆の線量算出結果について、取りまとめたものである。なお、上記の環境放射線モニタリングの結果において、2011年3月に発生した東京電力株式会社(2016年4月1日付けで東京電力ホールディングス株式会社に変更)福島第一原子力発電所事故で放出された放射性物質の影響が多くの項目で見られた。また、環境監視計画の概要、測定方法の概要、測定結果及びその経時変化、気象統計結果、放射性廃棄物の放出状況、平常の変動幅の範囲を外れた値の評価について付録として収録した。

Development of nuclear de-excitation model EBITEM Ver.2

小川 達彦; 橋本 慎太郎; 佐藤 達彦

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(1), p.68 - 73, 2024/01

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2023.2261932

原子力機構が中心となって開発・普及を行う汎用モンテカルロ放射線輸送計算コードPHITSは、原子核の電磁気的脱励起過程(ガンマ線、内部転換電子を放出する脱励起過程)を理論モデルEvaluated Nuclear Structure Data File (ENSDF-)-Based Isomeric Transition and isomEr production Model (EBITEM)により計算する。本研究では、同モデルを特に中性子捕獲反応の高精度化に焦点を当てて改良した。従来、中性子捕獲反応を起こした原子核は、理論モデルである単核子模型と一部の核しかカバーしないReedyらの文献値で脱励起を計算していたところ、すべての天然核種をカバーするEvaluated Gamma Activation File (EGAF)で計算するように改良した。また、その後に続く脱励起に使われる原子核構造データは、ガンマ線放出のデータが載っているENSDFを2013年に取得して使っていたが、内部転換電子放出のデータも含むReference Input Parameter Library 3 (RIPL-3)に差し替えた。これにより内部転換電子放出過程も計算できるようにし、この過程を飛跡構造解析モデルのために開発した原子脱励起モデルにさらに繋げることで、オージェ電子や蛍光X線の放出も計算できるようにした。この新しいバージョンのEBITEMを使って、中性子捕獲から生じるガンマ線スペクトルを計算し、文献値や核データと従来以上によく一致することを確認した。同モデルは次のPHITS公式リリースに実装し、ユーザーに提供する予定である。

Recent improvements of the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System; PHITS version 3.33

佐藤 達彦; 岩元 洋介; 橋本 慎太郎; 小川 達彦; 古田 琢哉; 安部 晋一郎; 甲斐 健師; 松谷 悠佑; 松田 規宏; 平田 悠歩; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(1), p.127 - 135, 2024/01

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2023.2275736

放射線挙動解析コードPHITSは、モンテカルロ法に基づいてほぼ全ての放射線の挙動を解析することができる。その最新版であるPHITS version 3.31を開発し公開した。最新版では、高エネルギー核データに対する親和性や飛跡構造解析アルゴリズムなどが改良されている。また、PHIG-3DやRT-PHITSなど、パッケージに組み込まれた外部ソフトウェアも充実している。本論文では、2017年にリリースされたPHITS3.02以降に導入された新しい機能について説明する。

MAAP code analysis focusing on the fuel debris conditions in the lower head of the pressure vessel in Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3

佐藤 一憲; 吉川 信治; 山下 拓哉; 下村 健太; Cibula, M.*; 溝上 伸也*

Nuclear Engineering and Design, 414, p.112574_1 - 112574_20, 2023/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112574

Based on the updated knowledge from plant-internal investigations, experiments and computer-model simulations until now, the in-vessel phase of Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 was analyzed using the MAAP code. In Unit 3, it is considered that ca. 40 percent of UO fuel was molten when core materials relocated to the lower plenum of the reactor pressure vessel. Initially relocated molten materials would have been fragmented by mixing with liquid water, while solid materials would have relocated later on. With this two-step relocation, debris in the lower plenum seems to have been permeable for coolant, thus debris seems to have been once cooled down effectively. Although the present MAAP analysis seems to slightly underestimate core-material oxidation during the relocation period, this probable underestimation was compensated for by an existing study that was considered more reliable, so that more realistic debris conditions in the lower plenum could be obtained. Probable debris reheat-up behavior was evaluated based on interpretation of the pressure data. This evaluation predicted that the fuel debris in the lower plenum was basically in solid-phase at the time when it relocated to the pedestal. With this study, basic validity of the former prediction of the Unit 3 accident progression behavior was confirmed, and detailed boundary conditions for future studies addressing the later phases were provided.