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Sasa, Toshinobu; Takei, Hayanori; Saito, Shigeru; Obayashi, Hironari; Nishihara, Kenji; Sugawara, Takanori; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Yamaguchi, Kazushi; Tsujimoto, Kazufumi; Oigawa, Hiroyuki
NEA/CSNI/R(2015)2 (Internet), p.85 - 91, 2015/06
Nuclear transmutation got much interested as an effective option of nuclear waste management. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) proposes the transmutation of minor actinides (MA) by accelerator-driven system (ADS) using lead-bismuth alloy (Pb-Bi). To obtain the data for ADS design, JAEA plans to build a Transmutation Experimental Facility (TEF) in the J-PARC project. TEF consists of two buildings, an ADS target test facility (TEF-T) with 400MeV-250kW Pb-Bi target, and a Transmutation Physics Experimental Facility (TEF-P), which set up a fast critical assembly driven by low power proton beam with MA fuel. In TEF-T, irradiation test for materials, and engineering tests for Pb-Bi target operation will be performed. Various research plans such as nuclear data measurements have been proposed and layout of the experimental hall are underway. In the presentation, roadmap to establish the ADS transmutor and latest design activities for TEF construction will be summarized.
Oigawa, Hiroyuki
NEA/NSC/R(2015)2 (Internet), p.37 - 43, 2015/06
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan launched a Working Party to review research and development (R&D) on Partitioning and Transmutation (P&T) technology using an Accelerator Driven System (ADS), and issued an interim report in November, 2013. Although P&T concept with ADS, called Double-strata Fuel Cycle, had been regarded as a backup option of that with FBR, the Working Party recommended to promote the R&D phase of this technology to a principle demonstration stage. The Working Party recommended to facilitate the R&D toward the Transmutation Experimental Facility of J-PARC, though further technical evaluation was requested to start the construction. The Working Party also recommended to consistently facilitate R&D on partitioning process, dedicated transmutation fuel and its cycle. A consolidated roadmap toward the realization of this technology was also discussed
fuelsWatanabe, Masashi; Matsumoto, Taku*; Kato, Masato
NEA/NSC/R(2015)2 (Internet), p.376 - 380, 2015/06
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and PuOKato, Masato; Matsumoto, Taku
NEA/NSC/R(2015)2 (Internet), p.162 - 167, 2015/06
Uranium and plutonium mixed oxide is base material for minor actinide (MA)-bearing MOX fuels. It is important to evaluate basic properties of UO and PuO as fundamental aspects of MA-bearing MOX fuel development. Especially, heat capacity and thermal conductivity of UO and PuO are important data to analyze thermal behaviors depending on Pu content. However, the data of PuO is limited, and it is difficult to understand the mechanism of temperature dependence on their properties. The (Cv+Cd) of UO and PuO is almost same. The analysis results showed that the Schottky term of PuO is 1.5 times as larger as that of UO. The thermal conductivity was analyzed by Slack equation. The calculation results showed that the thermal conductivity of PuO was higher than that of UO. The relationship between mechanical and thermal properties was described, and the heat capacity and thermal conductivity were analyzed.
Watanabe, So; Sano, Yuichi; Kofuji, Hirohide; Takeuchi, Masayuki; Koizumi, Tsutomu
NEA/NSC/R(2015)2 (Internet), p.338 - 344, 2015/06
Tsujimoto, Kazufumi; Nishihara, Kenji; Takei, Hayanori; Sugawara, Takanori; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Sasa, Toshinobu
NEA/NSC/R(2015)2 (Internet), p.254 - 261, 2015/06
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been conducting the research and development (R&D) on accelerator-driven system (ADS) as a dedicated transmutation system of long-lived radioactive nuclides. The ADS proposed by JAEA is a lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE) cooled fast subcritical reactor with thermal output of 800 MW. For ADS to play important roles in the nuclear fuel cycle, several critical issues have to be resolved. The critical issue in the design of the ADS is the engineering feasibility of the beam window for the high power spallation target. Although a feasible concept of the beam window for the ADS was proposed in our previous work. To mitigate the thermal load of the beam window not only in the normal operation but also in the transient situations, the R&D for the mechanism of reactivity adjustment and the accelerator design have been performed in JAEA.
Hayashi, Hirokazu; Nishi, Tsuyoshi; Takano, Masahide; Sato, Takumi; Shibata, Hiroki; Kurata, Masaki
NEA/NSC/R(2015)2 (Internet), p.360 - 367, 2015/06
Uranium-free nitride fuel was chosen as the first candidate for transmutation of long-lived minor actinides (MA) using accelerator-driven system (ADS) under the double strata fuel cycle concept by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). The advantages of nitride fuel are good thermal properties and large mutual solubility among actinide elements. A pyrochemical process is proposed as the first candidate for the reprocessing of the spent nitride fuel, because this technique has some advantages over aqueous process, such as the resistance to radiation damage, which is an important issue for the fuels containing large amounts of highly radioactive MA. This paper overviews the recent progress and future R&D plan of the study on the nitride fuel cycle technology in JAEA.
Obayashi, Hironari; Yamaguchi, Kazushi; Saito, Shigeru; Sugawara, Takanori; Takei, Hayanori; Sasa, Toshinobu
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Nakamura, Hirofumi; Kihara, Yoshiyuki; Koyama, Shinichi; Tanaka, Kosuke; Katsuyama, Kozo; Soga, Tomonori; Maeda, Shigetaka; Takeuchi, Masayuki
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