Core degradation behavior under ULOF transient on CFV-type core equipped SFR

小野田 雄一; 久保田 龍三朗*; 山野 秀将

Proceedings of 2025 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2025) (Internet), 11 Pages, 2025/09

Calculations of core degradation behavior under Unprotected Loss of Flow (ULOF) accident of ASTRID CFV-type core equipped Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor (SFR) had been conducted using severe accident analysis code SIMMER-III. The main objective of this study is to understand event sequences accompanied by re-criticality due to core material motion. Fuel melting and significant core degradation leading to fuel discharge into the upper and lower direction of the core occurred in the reference case calculation. Two types of sensitivity calculations have been done. One aims to investigate the effect of Fuel-Coolant Interaction (FCI) in the failed control rod guide tube. The other one aims to investigate the effect of pressure generation due to FCI inside a special device which discharges molten core material into the lower plenum. This study is a part of France-Japan collaboration on R&Ds of SFRs conducted from 2020 to 2024.

Cooling capability of remaining core fuel after core degradation in SFRs

今泉 悠也; 曽我部 丞司*; 小野田 雄一; 山野 秀将

Proceedings of 2025 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2025) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2025/09

Cooling capability of core remaining fuel after core degradation in ULOF accident in a SFR was evaluated. Two analysis cases with and without coolant re-entry from lower side of transfer tubes were defined in this study, because the cooling capability depends on it. For the no coolant re-entry case where stratified layers of fuel and steel are formed and cooled down in a long time, new analysis code with one-dimensional heat and mass transfer model, called PAHRCR, was developed and applied. As a result of the analyses, the melting of lower core structure stopped in the 60 % fuel inventory case, but it was melted and almost lost in the 70 % fuel inventory case. This result showed the coolable inventory of the core fuel. For the analysis of the coolant re-entry case with assumption of molten fuel discharge, the SIMMER-III code was used. As a result, the remaining core fuel was cooled down in relatively short time, and all fuel particles were finally immersed in the coolant.

Reaction behavior between sodium and molten salt caused by the heat transfer tube failure for sodium-cooled fast reactor coupled to thermal energy storage system

佐藤 理花; 近藤 俊樹; 梅田 良太; 菊地 晋; 山野 秀将

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 8, p.137 - 142, 2025/09

https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.8.137

ナトリウム-溶融塩熱交換器を有する蓄熱式高速炉では、ナトリウム(Na)と硝酸系溶融塩との熱交換器伝熱管破損に至るような仮想的な事故条件下でNaと硝酸系溶融塩との化学反応が発生する可能性がある。そのため、Naと硝酸系溶融塩の反応挙動は、当該システムの安全評価上、重要現象の一つとなっている。本研究では、NaNO-KNOの混合物であるソーラーソルトとNaとの反応試験を実施し、得られた試験結果について検討を行った。その結果、ソーラーソルトの融解が開始した後にNaとの反応が起こることが分かった。試験で得られた反応温度から、速度論的パラメータおよび反応速度を求め、Na-水反応と比較した。その結果、Na-溶融塩熱交換器を有する蓄熱式高速炉の伝熱管破損時の事象進展で勘案すべき時間スケール内にソーラーソルト反応が生じ得ることが分かった。

再生可能エネルギー導入拡大を見据えた新型炉に期待される新たな技術開発,1; 再エネ協調技術開発の国内外動向

山野 秀将; 豊岡 淳一

日本原子力学会誌ATOMO, 67(7), p.389 - 393, 2025/07

https://doi.org/10.3327/jaesjb.67.7_389

再生可能エネルギー導入拡大を見据えた新型炉に期待される新たな技術開発として、IAEAとGIFの取組を中心に、再エネ協調技術開発の国内外動向を紹介する。

Densities, surface tensions, and viscosities of molten high-silicon electrical steels with different silicon contents

Neubert, L.*; Bell, M. R.*; 山本 泰生*; 西 剛史*; 山野 秀将; Ahrenhold, F.*; Volkova, O.*

Steel Research International, 96(5), p.202400237_1 - 202400237_8, 2025/05

https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202400237

Density, surface tension, and viscosity of various liquid electrical steels are measured at different temperatures, varying in their silicon content between 3 and 6mass%.

Radiation heating effects on BC-SS eutectic melting and its relocation behaviour

Ahmed, Z.*; Sharma, A. K.*; Pellegrini, M.*; 山野 秀将; 岡本 孝司*

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 50(5), p.3361 - 3371, 2025/03

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09412-9

This study pioneers the use of radiative heating for high-resolution visualisation and quantification of the eutectic melt composition, providing a novel approach to observing the melting and candling phenomena. Key findings include two distinct failure processes: SS cladding detachment forming molten droplets and fragmentation of B pellets, with sintering observed in B powder.

Density, surface tension, and viscosity of liquid low-sulfur manganese-boron steel via maximum bubble pressure and oscillating crucible methods

Bell, M. R.*; Neubert, L.*; Sherstneva, A.*; 山本 泰生*; 西 剛史*; 山野 秀将; Weinberg, M.*; Volkova, O.*

Steel Research International, p.2400252_1 - 2400252_10, 2025/00

https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202400252

低硫黄マンガンボロン鋼について、異なる温度域でボロンと硫黄の含有量を変えて、物性値を測定した。

A Preliminary study for boron mixing effect on severe accident scenario in sodium-cooled fast reactor

山野 秀将; 守田 幸路*

Proceedings of 13th Korea-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS13) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2024/11

This study is intended to investigate the effect of boron mixing in the degraded core using the eutectic reaction model between BC and SS. Two difference BC particle sizes were used to examine the effect of the boron dilution in the degraded core material mixture. The tight fluid-particle momentum coupling in the case of small size of BC particles allows boron to keep remaining in the core mixture in a longer time than in the case of nominal size of BC particles. However, this preliminary calculation showed that the upward motion of the eutectic melt in the molten core pool as well as the reactivity transient behavior caused by the molten core material relocation. This analysis indicated that the reactivity increase could be delayed thanks to the boron mixing.

SIMMER-III and SIMMER-IV; Computer codes for LMFR core disruptive accident analysis

近藤 悟; 飛田 吉春*; 守田 幸路*; 神山 健司; 山野 秀将; 鈴木 徹*; 田上 浩孝; 曽我部 丞司; 石田 真也

JAEA-Research 2024-008, 235 Pages, 2024/10

JAEA-Research-2024-008.pdf:4.77MB

日本原子力研究開発機構が開発したSIMMER-III及びSIMMER-IVは、2次元/3次元、多速度場、多成分流体力学モデルを空間・時間依存の核動特性モデルと結合した計算コードであり、液体金属高速炉の炉心崩壊事故の解析に広く利用されている。従来コードに対して次のような高度化したモデルが採用されている。すなわち、安定かつ頑健な流体力学アルゴリズム、最大8までの多速度場モデル、構造材及び多相流幾何形状の取扱いの改善、熱及び質量移行過程の包括的取扱い、高精度の状態方程式、高精度かつ高効率の中性子束計算モデル、崩壊熱モデルなどである。本報告書ではSIMMER-III及びSIMMER-IVのモデル及び解法の詳細を記述する。別途詳細が報告されている個別モデルについてはその概要をまとめる。なお、コードの検証及び妥当性確認についてはすでに報告済みである。

Development of failure mitigation technologies for improving resilience of nuclear structures

笠原 直人*; 山野 秀将; 中村 いずみ*; 出町 和之*; 佐藤 拓哉*; 一宮 正和*

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, 211, p.105298_1 - 105298_6, 2024/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpvp.2024.105298

Passive safety structures were applied to next-generation fast reactors, subject to high temperature and low-pressure conditions. In the case of loss-of-heat-removal accidents, high temperature conditions accelerate the creep deformation of structures. When deformation redistributes loadings and reduces stresses at important positions such as coolant boundaries, progression to creep rupture of boundaries can be mitigated. When an excessive earthquake occurs, plastic deformation and buckling become dominant, due to low pressure and, therefore, a thin-wall structure. The above-mentioned failure modes reduce rigidity and natural frequency. When the natural frequency becomes lower than the input frequency, vibration energy is hardly transferred to structures and the subsequent failures of structures, such as collapse and break, are mitigated.