東海再処理施設周辺の環境放射線モニタリング結果; 2024年度

國分 祐司; 細見 健二; 井上 和美; 小池 優子; 内山 怜; 佐々木 一樹; 前原 勇志; 松尾 一樹; 上杉 美咲; 山下 大智; et al.

JAEA-Review 2025-057, 168 Pages, 2026/03

JAEA-Review-2025-057.pdf:2.43MB

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、2024年4月から2025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一部の項目で見られた。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。

Formulation of material property formula for calculation of damage in reactor pressure vessel during accident evaluation

下村 健太; 山下 拓哉; 永江 勇二

Proceedings of 11th European Review Meeting on Severe Accident Research Conference (ERMSAR 2024) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000174165/v2

From the results of the internal investigation of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 2, it was confirmed that part of the fuel assembly (upper tie plate) had fallen to the bottom of the pedestal periphery. From this result, it could be presumed that RPV has a hole large enough for the upper tie plate to drop. However, internal investigations have not revealed where the holes are located at the bottom of the RPV. One of failure mode of the RPV lower head would be assumed to be mechanical failure. In this failure, it is assumed that the RPV lower head will be damaged due to the accumulation of creep damage caused by core material above the creep temperature of the RPV substructure materials falling into the lower plenum. Such damage evaluation is performed by thermohydraulic-structure coupled analysis. In the analysis during accident, the RPV lower head is exposed to high temperature conditions. Therefore, the material properties of the RPV material in the high temperature range are required for evaluation by analysis. In this study, we obtained the strength data of RPV material form the creep temperature range to near the melting point and formulated the material property formulas (elastoplastic stress-strain, creep strain, creep rupture) necessary for mechanical failure evaluation.

Numerical analysis of melt penetration behavior in the control rod drive housing of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit-2

Li, X.; 山路 哲史*; 佐藤 一憲*; 山下 拓哉; 永江 勇二

Proceedings of 11th European Review Meeting on Severe Accident Research Conference (ERMSAR 2024) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2024/05

For Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F) Unit-2, the muon radiography investigation results indicate that the fuel debris are largely retained inside the RPV. The current study focuses on the analysis of metallic melt penetration behavior in the CRD housing with Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method. A three-dimensional CRD housing model with simplified inner structures was established. The injection of SS-Zircaloy eutectic melt into the CRD housing was simulated and its downstream penetration and freezing behavior under vertically varying temperature boundary conditions was analyzed. It is found that the melt would start to freeze and form channel blockages soon after it enters the region with a relatively cold boundary in the downstream.

令和3年度開始 廃炉・汚染水対策事業費補助金に係る補助事業「燃料デブリの性状把握のための分析・推定技術の開発(燃料デブリの分析精度の向上、熱挙動の推定及び簡易分析のための技術開発)」; 2022年度最終報告

小山 真一; 池内 宏知; 三次 岳志; 前田 宏治; 佐々木 新治; 大西 貴士; Tsai, T.-H.; 高野 公秀; 深谷 洋行; 中村 聡志; et al.

廃炉・汚染水・処理水対策事業事務局ホームページ(インターネット), 216 Pages, 2023/11

https://en.dccc-program.jp/wp-content/uploads/20231117_JAEA.pdf

令和3年度及び4年度に原子力機構が補助事業者となって実施した令和3年度開始「廃炉・汚染水対策事業費補助金に係る補助事業(燃料デブリの性状把握のための分析・推定技術の開発(燃料デブリの分析精度の向上、熱挙動の推定及び簡易分析のための技術開発))」の成果概要を最終報告として取りまとめた。本報告資料は、廃炉・汚染水・処理水対策事業事務局ウェブサイトにて公開される。

Numerical simulation method using a Cartesian grid for oxidation of core materials under steam-starved conditions

山下 晋; 佐藤 拓未; 永江 勇二; 倉田 正輝; 吉田 啓之

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(9), p.1029 - 1045, 2023/09

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2022.2162996

We newly developed a detailed simulation method for the oxide layer growth/recession under steam-starved conditions using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methodologies to elaborate the understanding of failure conditions of fuel assemblies during severe accidents. The new method uses the concept of the distance function in a Cartesian grid and is implemented in the original multiphase/multicomponent CFD code named JUPITER (JAEA Utility Program for Interdisciplinary Thermal-hydraulics Engineering and Research). A distance calculation of the normal direction from the interface is generally difficult in a Cartesian grid. However, the distance function can give a distance normal to the surface of materials by referring to the value of the function. Thus, the growth/recession calculations, which require the distance normal to the interface, become very easy. We checked the availability of JUPITER, considering these models against the verification and validation problems. As a result, we confirmed that JUPITER gives good results, which may contribute to understanding the progress of core degradation under steam-starved conditions.

BWR lower head penetration failure test focusing on eutectic melting

山下 拓哉; 佐藤 拓未; 間所 寛; 永江 勇二

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 173, p.109129_1 - 109129_15, 2022/08

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2022.109129

Decommissioning work occasioned by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F) accident of March 2011 is in progress. Severe accident (SA) analysis, testing, and internal investigation are being used to grasp the 1F internal state. A PWR system that refers to the TMI-2 accident is typical for SA codes and testing, on the other hand, a BWR system like 1F is uncommon, understanding the 1F internal state is challenging. The present study conducted the ELSA-1 test, a test that focused on damage from eutectic melting of the liquid metal pool and control rod drive (CRD), to elucidate the lower head (LH) failure mechanism in the 1F accident. The results demonstrated that depending on the condition of the melt pool formed in the lower plenum, a factor of LH boundary failure was due to eutectic melting. In addition, the state related to the CRD structure of 1F unit 2 were estimated.

Heavy fermion state of YbNiSi without local inversion symmetry

中村 翔太*; 兵頭 一志*; 松本 裕司*; 芳賀 芳範; 佐藤 仁*; 上田 茂典*; 三村 功次郎*; 斉木 克祥*; 磯 孝斉*; 山下 穣*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 89(2), p.024705_1 - 024705_5, 2020/02

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.89.024705

We have succeeded in growing a new heavy fermion compound YbNiSi by the flux method. From electrical resistivity, magnetization, specific heat, magnetic torque and X-ray photoemission measurements concluded that this compound is a heavy fermion compound exhibiting an antiferromagnetic order at 0.35 K.

In situ X-ray observations of pure-copper layer formation with blue direct diode lasers

佐藤 雄二*; 塚本 雅裕*; 菖蒲 敬久; 舟田 義則*; 山下 順広*; 原 崇裕*; 仙石 正則*; 左近 祐*; 大久保 友政*; 吉田 実*; et al.

Applied Surface Science, 480, p.861 - 867, 2019/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.03.057

A blue direct diode laser metal deposition system, which uses multiple lasers, was developed to realize a high-quality coating layer with a dense, fine structure and high purity. To clarify the formation mechanism of the pure copper layer, the formation process using a blue direct diode laser system was observed using in situ X-ray observations. The stainless steel 304 substrate melts, generating bubbles in the molten pool at a laser power density of 7.2 10 W/cm and a scanning speed of 3.0 mm/s. At a laser scanning speed of 9.0 mm/s, the bubbles disappear because only a slightly molten pool is formed on the surface of the substrate. The bubble amount and penetration depth depend on the laser input energy with a blue direct diode laser. By controlling the amount of input energy, a copper coating is produced minutely without a weld penetration.

異材溶接継手の界面破断の力学的要因分析

山下 拓哉; 山下 勇人; 永江 勇二

鉄と鋼, 105(1), p.96 - 104, 2019/01

https://doi.org/10.2355/tetsutohagane.TETSU-2018-052

火力・原子力発電プラントの使用温度条件である550度では、フェライト鋼と溶接材の界面で破断が生じる研究結果が報告されている。本研究では、フェライト鋼への溶接時の入熱量が異なる2種類の異材継手を製作した。溶接には高入熱であるプラズマ溶接および低入熱であるティグ溶接をそれぞれ使用した。改良9Cr-1Mo鋼に形成された熱影響部の組織はプラズマ溶接とティグ溶接とで異なっていた。改良9Cr-1Mo鋼/Alloy 600部を用いて試験片を製作し、550度のクリープ試験を実施した。試験より、ティグ溶接を使用した試験片は界面破断し、プラズマ溶接を使用した試験片は界面破断しない結果が得られた。そのため、熱影響部のひずみ分布計測および有限要素解析を実施し、フェライト鋼に形成される熱影響部の変形挙動に着目し界面破断メカニズムを力学的観点で分析した。各溶接法により製作した異材接手のフェライト鋼の界面近傍に形成する熱影響部の特性の違いにより、界面近傍でのひずみ分布に違いが生じることが分かった。界面破断を回避するためには、フェライト鋼界面近傍にクリープひずみ速度が遅い熱影響部を形成させる必要がある。

Development of experimental technology for simulated fuel-assembly heating to address core-material-relocation behavior during severe accident

阿部 雄太; 山下 拓哉; 佐藤 一憲; 中桐 俊男; 石見 明洋; 永江 勇二

Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-26) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2018/07

https://asme.pinetec.com/icone26/

Authors are developing an experimental technology to realize experiments simulating Severe Accident (SA) conditions using simulant fuel material (ZrO with slight addition of MgO for stabilization) that would contribute not only to Fukushima Daiichi (1F) decommissioning but also to enhance the safety of worldwide existing and future nuclear power plants through clarification of the accident progression behavior. Based on the results of the prototype test, improvement of plasma heating technology was conducted. The Core Material Melting and Relocation (CMMR)-1/-2 experiments were carried out in 2017 with the large-scale simulated fuel assembly (1 m 0.3 m ) applying the improved technology (higher heating power and controlled oxygen concentration). In these two tests, heating history was different resulting basically in similar physical responses with more pronounced material melting and relocation in the CMMR-2 experiment. The CMMR-2 experiment is selected here from the viewpoint of establishing an experimental technology. The CMMR-2 experiment adopted 30-min heating period, the power was increased up to a level so that a large temperature gradient ( 2,000 K/m) expected at the lower part of the core in the actual 1F accident conditions. Most of the control blade and the channel box migrated from the original position. After the heating, the simulated fuel assembly was measured by the X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) technology and by Electron Probe Micro Analyzer (EPMA). CT pictures and elemental mapping demonstrated its excellent performance with rather good precision. Based on these results, an excellent perspective in terms of applicability of the non-transfer type plasma heating technology to the SA experimental study was obtained.