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-ray irradiationMotooka, Takafumi; Nagaishi, Ryuji; Yamagishi, Isao
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We conducted ray irradiation test using simulated carbonate slurry to obtain the basic knowledge of the cause of stagnant water over the High Integrity Container. We observed a rise in water level, air bubbles in the slurry, a supernatant when the carbonate slurry with 95 g/L density was irradiated by ray at 8.5 kGy/h. The cause of the rise in water level was regarded as the volume expansion by the gas retention in the carbonate slurry.
Sasaki, Takayuki*; Akimoto, Yuji*; Seki, Kotaro; Nagano, Misato*; Ishimori, Kenichiro; Ueno, Takashi; Kameo, Yutaka
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-concrete system under randomizationUeki, Taro
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Analysis framework under indeterminate material distribution is investigated for the Monte Carlo (MC) criticality calculation of continuously mixed media formed via molten core concrete interaction. Randomized Weierstrass functions (RWF) are utilized to represent the volume fractions of constituent materials. The possibility of several percent fluctuation of effective multiplication factor is shown by the MC simulation with delta-tracking.
Sato, Yuki; Kishimoto, Aya*; Kaburagi, Masaaki; Kataoka, Jun*; Torii, Tatsuo
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Sato, Hiroyuki; Nishida, Akemi; Furuya, Osamu*; Muramatsu, Ken*; Itoi, Tatsuya*; Takada, Tsuyoshi*; Tanabe, Masayuki*; Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi*
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The proposed research aims to establish a probabilistic risk assessment method for high temperature gas-cooled reactors fully utilizing their design and safety characteristics. The method will be developed for the incorporation of a graded approach as well as a component failure evaluation model using the operation and maintenance experience in the high temperature engineering test reactor into an accident frequency analysis. In addition, a source term evaluation method considering failures in core graphite components will be developed.
Yamashita, Susumu; Takase, Kazuyuki; Monji, Hideaki*; Yoshida, Hiroyuki
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4 bundleLiu, W.; Nagatake, Taku; Jiao, L.; Shibata, Mitsuhiko; Komatsu, Masao*; Takase, Kazuyuki; Yoshida, Hiroyuki
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To improve and validate the prediction accuracy of two - phase codes, Japan Atomic Energy Agency is working on the measurement of void faction distribution in rod bundles with using wire mesh sensors, under high pressure and high temperature conditions (2MPa, 212
C). The test section is a 44 rod bundle, in which two three - layer 99 wire mesh sensors are installed at two different axial positions. As the first step of the experiment, to validate the measuring system, we performed experiments in water - air system under atmospheric pressure, with using water and air flow rates as parameters. Void fraction distributions in the sub-channels of the rod bundle were derived in a wide flow pattern from bubbly flow to slug flow. The water flow rate, from the viewpoint of considering the natural circulation after reactor scrum, was lower than 600 kg/m
s. The data will be used to validate the void fraction correlations and two-phase evaluation codes.
Jiao, L.; Takase, Kazuyuki; Liu, W.; Nagatake, Taku; Uesawa, Shinichiro; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Shibata, Mitsuhiko
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To construct a database for upwards air/water flows in a vertical pipe, extensive measurements of air/water flows in a vertical pipe using the wire-mesh sensor technology were conducted at the thermal fluid dynamic test facility TPTF of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. The test section is 4m in length and 58mm in inner diameter, two sets of three-layers-WMS were set separately at the 1.15m and 1.65m elevation of the air injection position. Air was injected from the bottom of the pipe through 0.6mm/1mm/2mm diameter nozzles. The obtained data are characterized particularly by their quantity and their detailed information on important two-phase flow parameters (e.g. radial distribution of the void fraction, the gas velocity and the time and cross-section averaged bubble size distribution for different test section heights). In the near future, we would like to use the WMS to measure the detailed two-phase flow in sub-channels of a simulated bundle flow.
Nagatake, Taku; Takase, Kazuyuki; Yoshida, Hiroyuki
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Itakura, Mitsuhiro; Okita, Taira*
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Time to hydride precipitation in Zircalloy fuel cladding determines the lifetime of the fuel cladding of nuclear reactors. For the design of a new reactor with increased irradiation to transmute TRU elements and reduce waste, the effect of irradiation on the hydride formation must be evaluated. We carried out ab-initio calculations of vacancy cluster and the segregation of hydrogen to the cluster to deduce the fundamental parameters for the modeling of hydride formation. The results are indispensable for the design of the new reactor.
Kim, Jae-Hwan; Nakano, Suguru; Akatsu, Yoshiaki; Nakamichi, Masaru
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Nagaya, Yasunobu
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Takase, Kazuyuki; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Okada, Hidetoshi*; Koikari, Soji*; Tsuzuki, Nobuyoshi*
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Suzuki, Kenta; Isowa, Mitsuru; Kawabata, Kuniaki; Torii, Tatsuo
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Fukano, Yoshitaka; Imaizumi, Yuya; Yoshioka, Naonori*; Akahori, Hisashi*
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Akahori, Hisashi*; Fukano, Yoshitaka
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Yoshioka, Naonori*; Fukano, Yoshitaka
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Tada, Kenichi
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This presentation explains the overview of the nuclear data processing code FRENDY (FRom Evaluated Nuclear Data librarY to any application) under development in JAEA.
Imaizumi, Yuya; Fukano, Yoshitaka
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The test result of EFM1 in the CABRI in-pile experiment which was conducted as an internationally collaborated project was analyzed by SAS4A code. The code was developed for the analysis of initiation phase of core disruptive accident. In the EFM1 test, transient overpower was imposed after the cladding melting and coolant boiling which was due to the previously imposed loss of flow. The behavior of large relocation and refreezing of the molten fuel which was caused by the heating peak after the fuel melting was one of the important point in the analysis. As a result, good agreements were observed between the results of experiment and analysis such as timings of coolant boiling, extension of boiling area and behavior of molten fuel motion.
Yokoyama, Kenji; Yamamoto, Akio*
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