原子力科学研究所放射性廃棄物処理場の新規制基準対応; 第3廃棄物処理棟、解体分別保管棟及び減容処理棟の耐震補強

池谷 正太郎; 鈴木 武; 横堀 智彦; 菅原 聡; 横田 顕; 菊地 絃太; 村口 佳典; 北原 理; 瀬谷 真南人; 黒澤 剛史; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2025-001, 169 Pages, 2025/08

JAEA-Technology-2025-001.pdf:14.22MB

原子力科学研究所の放射性廃棄物処理場は、多様な施設により構成されており、その中に、第3廃棄物処理棟、解体分別保管棟及び減容処理棟がある。これらの3建家は、核原料物質、核燃料物質及び原子炉の規制に関する法律による規制を受けており、耐震重要度分類でCクラスに分類されている。東京電力福島第一原子力発電所の事故を契機として原子力規制委員会が策定した新規制基準に対応するため、最新の建築基準法に基づき3建家の耐震評価を実施したところ、許容応力度評価で一部基準を満足しない箇所が認められた。これに対応すべく、令和3年3月5日に設計及び工事の計画の認可(設工認)を取得し、令和3年(2021)から令和4年(2022)までの期間にて耐震補強を行った。本報告書は、第3廃棄物処理棟、解体分別保管棟及び減容処理棟の各建家の耐震設計の概況をはじめ、耐震改修工事の工事概要、作業体制、安全管理、使用前事業者検査について取りまとめたものである。

Spontaneous magnetic field and disorder effects in BaPtAsSb with a honeycomb network

足立 匡*; Ogawa, Taiki*; 小宮山 陽太*; 須村 拓也*; Saito-Tsuboi, Yuki*; Takeuchi, Takaaki*; Mano, Kohei*; Manabe, Kaoru*; 川端 幸樹*; 今津 毅士*; et al.

Physical Review B, 111(10), p.L100508_1 - L100508_6, 2025/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.L100508

Chiral superconductivity exhibits the formation of novel electron pairs that breaks the time-reversal symmetry and has been actively studied in various quantum materials in recent years. However, despite its potential to provide definitive information, effects of disorder in the crystal structure on the chiral superconductivity has not yet been clarified, and therefore the investigation using a solid-solution system is desirable. We report muon-spin-relaxation (SR) results of layered pnictide BaPtAsSb with a honeycomb network composed of Pt and (As, Sb). We observed an increase of the zero-field SR rate in the superconducting (SC) state at the Sb end of , suggesting the occurrence of a spontaneous magnetic field due to the time-reversal symmetry breaking in the SC state. On the other hand, a spontaneous magnetic field was almost and completely suppressed for the As-Sb mixed samples of and 0.2, respectively, suggesting that the time-reversal symmetry-breaking SC state in is sensitive to disorder. The magnetic penetration depth estimated from transverse-field SR measurements at and 0.2 behaved like weak-coupling -wave superconductivity. These seemingly incompatible zero-field and transverse-field SR results of BaPtAsSb with could be understood in terms of chiral -wave superconductivity with point nodes on the three-dimensional Fermi surface.

Adsorption mechanism of Eu onto newly synthesized fluorous-compound-impregnating adsorbent

荒井 陽一; 渡部 創; 渡部 雅之; 新井 剛*; 勝木 健太*; 吾郷 友宏*; 藤川 寿治*; 武田 啓佑*; 福元 博基*; 保科 宏行*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 554, p.165448_1 - 165448_10, 2024/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2024.165448

Radioactive aqueous and organic liquid wastes contaminated by U and radioactive materials have been generated through solvent extraction experiments on nuclear fuel materials. Although incineration and denitrification / conversion processes are promising for treatment of such liquid wastes, installation of large equipment is essential. Treatment of liquid wastes generated from the reprocessing experiments is one of important tasks of Systematic Treatments of RAdioactive liquid wastes for Decommissioning (STRAD) project, and the recovery technologies of nuclear materials from the spent solvent has been developed. However, recovery of trace amounts of nuclear fuel material from aqueous solutions with wide pH range is still a challenging task. In our previous study, the porous silica particles with a high specific surface area bearing the iminodiacetic acid (IDA) functional group were revealed to be applicable to recover cations. Although the IDA group introduced adsorbents showed an excellent adsorption reaction from the aqueous solution, further improvement related to the adsorption amount is indispensable for application to the radioactive liquid treatment. In this study, fluorous ligands with IDA group were newly synthesized, and its complexation behavior with cations was investigated in order to understand the adsorption mechanism.

Development of a process for the separation of MA(III) from Ln(III) fission products using HONTA impregnated adsorbent

久保田 真彦*; Kim, S.-Y.*; Wu, H.*; 渡部 創; 佐野 雄一; 竹内 正行; 新井 剛*

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 333(5), p.2413 - 2420, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-024-09471-0

To minimize the use of organic solvents and achieve a selective adsorption separation of minor actinides (MA(III)) and Ln(III), adsorbents consisting of SiO-P particles impregnated with hexaoctylnitrilotriacetamide (HONTA) were prepared. Batch experiments were performed to evaluate the adsorption properties of the HONTA/SiO-P adsorbent for MA(III) and simulated fission products in HNOsolution. The uniform distribution of Eu(III) on the adsorbent was confirmed via particle induced X-ray emission analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed that EuNO was the adsorbed species. This study provides a simplified process for the separation of MA(III) using a HONTA/SiO-P packed column.

Decontamination and solidification treatment on spent liquid scintillation cocktail

渡部 創; 高畠 容子; 小木 浩通*; 大杉 武史; 谷口 拓海; 佐藤 淳也; 新井 剛*; 梶並 昭彦*

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 585, p.154610_1 - 154610_6, 2023/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2023.154610

Treatment of spent scintillation cocktail generated by analysis of radioactivity is one of important tasks for management of nuclear laboratories. This study proposed a procedure consists of adsorption of radioactivity and solidification of residual liquid wastes, and fundamental performance of each step was experimentally tested. Batch-wise adsorption showed excellent adsorption performance of Ni onto silica-based adsorbent, and chelate reaction was suggested as the adsorption mechanism by EXAFS analysis. Alkaline activate material successfully solidified the liquid waste, and TG/DTA and XRD analyses revealed that the organic compounds exist inside the matrix. Only 1% of the loaded organic compounds were leaked from the matrix by a leaching test, and most of the organic compounds should be stably kept inside the matrix.

Improvement in the elution performance of an N,N,N',N-tetraoctyl diglycolamide impregnated extraction chromatography adsorbent using neodymium via micro-particle-induced X-ray emission analysis

高畠 容子; 渡部 創; 新井 剛*; 佐藤 隆博*; 柴田 淳広

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 196, p.110783_1 - 110783_5, 2023/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.110783

An adsorbent used for the recovery of trivalent minor actinides (MA(III); Am and Cm) from high level liquid waste generated from reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel was subjected to micro-PIXE analysis to improve its elution performance. The experimental adsorbent comprised SiO particles, a polymer coating, and an TODGA. The particles to be analyzed were subjected to Nd adsorption and an elution operation, but Nd in the adsorbent was found to be uniformly distributed. This might have been caused by individual differences in the amount of impregnated TODGA. The remaining Nd species were not localized to a specific part of the adsorbent after the adsorption operation. Some Nd elements were retained in the adsorbent after elution, probably because of the poor diffusion of the mobile phase inside the adsorbent. An adsorbent having a different microstructure from the first was then evaluated, and rapid elution was observed on new adsorbent along micro-PIXE analysis

Hybrid process combining solvent extraction / low pressure loss extraction chromatography for a reasonable MA(III) recovery process

佐野 雄一; 坂本 淳志; 宮崎 康典; 渡部 創; 森田 圭介; 江森 達也; 伴 康俊; 新井 剛*; 中谷 清治*; 松浦 治明*; et al.

Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle; Sustainable Energy Beyond the Pandemic (GLOBAL 2022) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2022/07

TBPを利用した溶媒抽出法によるMA(III)+Ln(III)共回収フローシート及び低圧損操作が可能な大粒径多孔質シリカ担体を使用したHONTA含浸吸着材を用いた擬似移動層型クロマトグラフィによるMA(III)/Ln(III)分離フローシートを組み合わせたハイブリッド型のMA(III)回収プロセスを開発した。

Development of MA separation process with TEHDGA/SiO-P for an advanced reprocessing

堀内 勇輔; 渡部 創; 佐野 雄一; 竹内 正行; 木田 福香*; 新井 剛*

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 330(1), p.237 - 244, 2021/10

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07940-4

抽出クロマトグラフィ法を採用した高レベル放射性廃液からのMA分離技術の構築のためにTEHDGA吸着材の適用性をバッチ式吸着およびカラム試験により評価した。バッチ式吸着試験の結果より、TEHDGA吸着材はTODGA吸着材と比較すると核分裂生成物の除染性能が優れていることが確認された。さらにカラム試験の結果より、TEHDGA吸着材から希土類元素の全量溶離が確認されたためTEHDGAは吸着材としても性能は十分に発揮され、プロセスへの適用が期待できる。

Microscopic analyses on Zr adsorbed IDA chelating resin by PIXE and EXAFS

荒井 陽一; 渡部 創; 大野 真平; 野村 和則; 中村 文也*; 新井 剛*; 瀬古 典明*; 保科 宏行*; 羽倉 尚人*; 久保田 俊夫*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 477, p.54 - 59, 2020/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2019.10.028

Used PUREX process solvent generated from reprocessing process of spent nuclear fuel contains a small amount of U and Pu complexed with tributyl phosphate (TBP) or dibutyl phosphate (DBP). The radioactive nuclides should be removed from the solvent for safety storage or disposal. The iminodiacetic acid (IDA) type chelating resin was proposed as promising procedures for efficient recovery of the trapped cations in the solvent. In order to reveal the distribution and amount of Zr in the particle and local structure of Zr complex formed in the adsorbent, PIXE and EXAFS analyses on the Zr adsorbed chelating resin were carried out. Micro-PIXE analysis proved that it is an effectual method for quantitative analysis of trace adsorbed elements. Moreover, some of the adsorption sites were possibly occupied by the molecules. On the other hand, Zr-K edge EXAFS analysis suggested that extraction mechanism of Zr from the aqueous solution and the solvent was different.

Improvement in flow-sheet of extraction chromatography for trivalent minor actinides recovery

渡部 創; 先崎 達也; 柴田 淳広; 野村 和則; 竹内 正行; 中谷 清治*; 松浦 治明*; 堀内 勇輔*; 新井 剛*

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 322(3), p.1273 - 1277, 2019/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06808-y

Extraction chromatography flow-sheet employing octyl(phenyl)--diisobutylcarbonoylmethylphosphine oxide (CMPO) and (2-ethylhexyl) hydrogen phosphate (HDEHP) extractants for trivalent minor actinide recovery was modified to improve column separation performance. Excellent trivalent minor actinides recovery performance was obtained by column separation experiments on nitric acid solution containing the trivalent minor actinides and representative fission product elements, i.e. recovery yields 93% with sufficient decontamination factors against the fission products. Those are the best performance which we have ever obtained by experiments inside hot cell.