JENDL-5 benchmarking for advanced test reactor for preparing burnup analysis using isotopic data from HTGR type fuel irradiation tests

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

https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE31-131748

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.

Evidence for momentum-dependent heavy fermionic electronic structures; Soft X-ray ARPES for the superconductor CeNiGe in the normal state

中谷 泰博*; 荒谷 秀和*; 藤原 秀紀*; 森 健雄*; 鶴田 篤史*; 橘 祥一*; 山口 貴司*; 木須 孝幸*; 山崎 篤志*; 保井 晃*; et al.

Physical Review B, 97(11), p.115160_1 - 115160_7, 2018/03

AA2018-0003.pdf:1.65MB

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.115160

We present clear experimental evidence for the momentum-dependent heavy fermionic electronic structures of the 4-based strongly correlated system CeNiGe by soft X-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. A comparison between the experimental three-dimensional quasiparticle dispersion of LaNiGe and CeNiGe has revealed that heavy fermionic electronic structures are seen in the region surrounding at a specific momentum. Furthermore, the wave vectors between the observed "heavy spots" are consistent with a result of neutron scattering reflecting magnetic correlations, which could be a trigger of the superconductivity in CeNiGe.

Three-dimensional electronic structures and the metal-insulator transition in Ruddlesden-Popper iridates

山崎 篤志*; 藤原 秀紀*; 橘 祥一*; 岩崎 大昌*; 東野 勇志*; 吉見 千秋*; 中川 広野*; 中谷 泰博*; 山神 光平*; 荒谷 秀和*; et al.

Physical Review B, 94(11), p.115103_1 - 115103_10, 2016/11

AA2016-0587.pdf:2.55MB

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.115103

軟X線角度分解光電子分光を用いて、Ruddlesden-Popper型イリジウム酸化物SrIrOの3次元バンド構造を調べた。その結果、IrO面構造の次元性の増加と共に発現する金属-絶縁体転移に関する直接的な証拠を得た。この転移は、スピンー軌道結合により生じた = 1/2バンドがフェルミエネルギーを横切ることにより生じる。入射光エネルギーを350eV以上走査することにより、SrIrOの3次元フェルミ面形状及び、SrIrOの依存した光電子強度の振動を明らかにした。本手法は、電子状態の全体像の理解において非常に有効である。

反応焼結による高温ガス炉用SiCマトリックス燃料コンパクトの作製プロセスの検討

吉田 克己*; Gubarevich, A.*; 橘 幸男; 高松 邦吉; 沖田 将一朗; 西村 洋亮*; 岡本 孝司*

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High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors (HTGRs) adopting silicon carbide (SiC) instead of conventional graphite for fuel compacts with TRISO fuel particles have been proposed to improve the power density and to enhance the oxidation resistance of the fuel elements in the air ingress accident. In this study, we selected reaction sintering method, which is capable of fabricating dense SiC at lower temperature in a short time without mechanical pressure, and the fabrication process of the dense SiC matrix fuel compacts by reaction sintering was studied, and characterization and thermal conductivity measurement of the reaction-sintered SiC were conducted.