Corrosion monitoring in humidity-controlled environment simulating gamma ray irradiation

Omori, Atsushi*; Akiyama, Eiji*; Abe, Hiroshi*; Hata, Kuniki; Sato, Tomonori; Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Inoue, Hiroyuki*; Taguchi, Mitsumasa*; Seito, Hajime*; Tada, Eiji*; et al.

Zairyo To Kankyo, 69(4), p.107 - 111, 2020/04

https://doi.org/10.3323/jcorr.69.107

To evaluate the effect of oxidants, which are formed by radiolysis of water under gamma ray irradiation, on the corrosion of a carbon steel in humid environment, ozone was introduced as a model oxidant in to humidity-controlled air at 50C in a thermo-hygrostat chamber. Corrosion monitoring was performed by using an Atmospheric Corrosion Monitor-type (ACM) sensor consisting of a carbon steel anode and an Ag cathode. The output current of the ACM sensor was increased with the increase in relative humidity and it was obviously increased with the increase in the introduced ozone concentration at each relative humidity. The results indicate that ozone accelerates the corrosion of the carbon steel. The effect of ozone on the corrosion acceleration is attributed to the fast reduction reaction and fast dissolution reaction in to water compared to that of oxygen.

"Crystal lattice engineering", an approach to engineer protein crystal contacts by creating intermolecular symmetry; Crystallization and structure determination of a mutant human RNase 1 with a hydrophobic interface of leucines

Yamada, Hidenori*; Tamada, Taro; Kosaka, Megumi*; Miyata, Kohei*; Fujiki, Shinya*; Tano, Masaru*; Moriya, Masayuki*; Yamanishi, Mamoru*; Honjo, Eijiro; Tada, Horiko*; et al.

Protein Science, 16(7), p.1389 - 1397, 2007/07

https://doi.org/10.1110/ps.072851407

In an attempt to control protein incorporation in a crystal lattice, a leucine zipper-like hydrophobic interface (comprising four leucine residues) was introduced into a helical region (helix 2) of the human pancreatic ribonuclease 1 (RNase 1) that was predicted to form a suitable crystallization interface. Although crystallization of wild type RNase 1 has not yet been reported, the RNase 1 mutant having four leucines (4L-RNase 1) was successfully crystallized under several different conditions. The crystal structures were subsequently determined by X-ray crystallography by molecular replacement using the structure of bovine RNase A. The overall structure of 4L-RNase 1 is quite similar to that of the bovine RNase A, and the introduced leucine residues formed the designed crystal interface. To further characterize the role of the introduced leucine residues in crystallization of RNase 1, the number of leucines was reduced to three or two (3L- and 2L-RNase 1, respectively). Both mutants crystallized and a similar hydrophobic interface as in 4L-RNase 1 was observed. A related approach to engineer crystal contacts at helix 3 of RNase 1 (N4L-RNase 1) was also evaluated. N4L-RNase 1 also successfully crystallized, and formed the expected hydrophobic packing interface. These results suggest that appropriate introduction of a leucine zipper-like hydrophobic interface can promote intra molecular symmetry for more efficient protein crystallization in crystal lattice engineering efforts.

Temperature effect on radiation shielding for HTTR primary upper shield

Takada, Eiji*; Sumita, Junya; Sawa, Kazuhiro; Tada, Keiko*

JAERI-Tech 2000-020, p.65 - 0, 2000/03

JAERI-Tech-2000-020.pdf:2.12MB

no abstracts in English

Fabrication of a blanket box structure integrated with the first wall for a fusion experimental reactor

Sato, Satoshi; Takatsu, Hideyuki; Hashimoto, T.*; Kurasawa, Toshimasa; Mori, Seiji*; Tada, Eisuke; Akiba, Masato; Kuroda, Toshimasa*; Mori, Kensuke*; *

15th IEEE/NPSS Symp. on Fusion Engineering,Vol. 1, 0, p.259 - 262, 1994/00

no abstracts in English

Development of dose monitor and dosimeter applicable to high-energy neutron

Endo, Akira; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Satoh, Daiki; Shikaze, Yoshiaki; Tanimura, Yoshihiko; Saegusa, Jun; Tsutsumi, Masahiro; Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro; Kaneko, Hirohisa; Oda, Keiji*; et al.

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Hydrogen absorption behavior of titanium alloys by cathodic polarization

Ishijima, Yasuhiro; Motooka, Takafumi; Ueno, Fumiyoshi; Yamamoto, Masahiro; Uchiyama, Gunzo; Sakai, Junichi*; Yokoyama, Kenichi*; Tada, Eiji*; Tsuru, Toru*; Nojima, Yasuo*; et al.

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Titanium and Ti-5mass%Ta alloy has been utilized in nuclear fuel reprocessing plant material because of its superior corrosion resistance in nitric acid solutions. However, Ti alloy have been known to high susceptibility of hydrogen embrittlement. To evaluate properties of hydrogen absorption and hydrogen embrittlement of Ti alloys, cathodic polarization tests and slow strain rate tests (SSRT) under cathodic polarization were carried out. Results show titanium hydrides covered on the surface of metals and hydrides thickness were within m. Ti and Ti-5%Ta did not show hydrogen embrittlement by SSRT under cathodic charging. These results suggested that Ti and Ti-5%Ta could absorb hydrogen. But hydrogen did not penetrate inner portion of the metals more than m in depth because titanium hydrides act as barrier of hydrogen diffusion. It is considered that retardation of hydrogen diffusion hindered hydrogen embrittlement of Ti and Ti-5%Ta alloys.

Summary of development of corrosion database under radiation environment

Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Sato, Tomonori; Hata, Kuniki; Inoue, Hiroyuki*; Taguchi, Mitsumasa*; Seito, Hajime*; Tada, Eiji*; Abe, Hiroshi*; Akiyama, Eiji*; Suzuki, Shunichi*

no journal, , 

Risk of corrosion degradation for plant materials in Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (1F) site have been increasing with time duration and/or environmental changes by decommissioning procedure. We will build the corrosion and radiolysis database in irradiated condition including estimating data area for 1F corrosion in this project. In this presentation, we will describe summary of this project.

Development of corrosion database under radiation environment, 2; Development of data set and database for radiolysis calculation

Hata, Kuniki; Sato, Tomonori; Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Inoue, Hiroyuki*; Taguchi, Mitsumasa*; Seito, Hajime*; Tada, Eiji*; Abe, Hiroshi*; Akiyama, Eiji*; Suzuki, Shunichi*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Development of corrosion database under radiation environment, 3; Construction of corrosion test environment in gamma-ray irradiation and Influence of gamma irradiation on de-passivation of carbon steel

Sato, Tomonori; Taguchi, Mitsumasa*; Seito, Hajime*; Tada, Eiji*; Inoue, Hiroyuki*; Abe, Hiroshi*; Akiyama, Eiji*; Suzuki, Shunichi*; Hata, Kuniki; Kaji, Yoshiyuki

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To develop the database for the corrosion under irradiation, the experimental evaluation for the corrosion under irradiation is necessary. So, the corrosion test environment under irradiation with controlling pH, temperature dissolved O concentration and ion concentration was constructed in Takasaki Research center, QST. And, influence of gamma irradiation on de-passivation of carbon steel was evaluated. The map for corrosion property of carbon steel in the borate and chloride ions containing water was created based on the experimental data. The corrosion behavior changes with the concentration of borate.

Development of corrosion database under radiation environment, 2; Development of radiolysis dataset for contaminated stagnant water

Hata, Kuniki; Sato, Tomonori; Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Inoue, Hiroyuki*; Taguchi, Mitsumasa*; Seito, Hajime*; Tada, Eiji*; Abe, Hiroshi*; Akiyama, Eiji*; Suzuki, Shunichi*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English