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Suzuki, Masahide*; Murakami, Kenta*; Suzuki, Takashi*; Okayama, Ryuta*; Katsuyama, Jinya; Li, Y.
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 11(4), p.172 - 178, 2020/02
no abstracts in English
Hanari, Toshihide; Kawabata, Kuniaki
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 11(2), p.99 - 105, 2019/09
This paper describes our trials on 3-dimensional environment reconstruction from plural images for recognizing the status in the reactor building of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Structure from Motion is one of photogrammetry techniques to estimate 3-dimensional structure of the objects and the camera's trajectory. We try to apply a Structure from Motion method and a pre-processing to plural images obtained by the reconnaissance task inside Primary Containment Vessel of Unit 3 using remotely operated vehicle. For improving a visibility, Multi-View Stereo is conducted the data obtained by Structure from Motion. In this paper, we report the results of the partial 3D reconstruction using SfM (Structure from Motion) and the visibility improvement of the 3D reconstructed data using MVS.
Muto, Keitaro; Hamano, Daisuke; Kawabata, Mamoru; Tabakoya, Yasuhiro; Yanai, Chisato
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 11(2), p.86 - 91, 2019/09
Gas sampling type sodium small leak detector, SID, Sodium Ionization Detector, a gas sampling detector installed to monitor small sodium leak in the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Monju, had been operated since it's system start up test through to the 40% reactors output test, It's use was terminated in April, 2018. SID showed some indication variations during its operation period, and necessary measures were implemented. As a result, the SID system maintained its functions without any critical malfunction until the end of its operation.
Ono, Hitomi*; Takenaka, Keisuke*; Kita, Tomoaki*; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Matsumura, Daiju; Nishihata, Yasuo; Hino, Ryutaro; Reinecke, E.-A.*; Takase, Kazuyuki*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 11(1), p.40 - 45, 2019/05
Suzuki, Kenji*; Shobu, Takahisa
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 10(4), p.9 - 17, 2019/02
In materials with an elastic anisotropy, a stress difference is generated between crystals when plastic deformation occurs, and it is known that this is deeply involved in material fracture. In this study, the residual stress for load direction in the plastically deformed material was investigated for each crystal orientation using the high-energy synchrotron radiation diffraction method. As a result, it was found that the residual stress is a tensile residual stress at an index with a high X-ray elastic constant (Young's modulus obtained for each diffraction surface) and a compressive residual stress at an index with a low X-ray elastic constant. We believe that this result will be useful for the technique of controlling the crystal orientation like the texture as improving the material strength.
Saruta, Koichi; Shirahama, Takuma*; Yamaguchi, Toshihiko; Ueda, Masashi
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 10(2), p.1 - 8, 2018/08
Ikushima, Kazuki*; Shibahara, Masakazu*; Nishikawa, Satoru*; Furukawa, Takashi*; Akita, Koichi; Suzuki, Hiroshi; Morooka, Satoshi
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 9(3), p.NT87_1 - NT87_5, 2017/11
Nishimura, Akihiko; Takenaka, Yusuke*; Furusawa, Akinori; Torimoto, Kazuhiro; Ueda, Masashi; Fukuda, Naoaki*; Hirao, Kazuyuki*
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 9(2), p.52 - 59, 2017/08
no abstracts in English
Mihalache, O.; Yamaguchi, Toshihiko; Shirahama, Takuma; Ueda, Masashi
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 9(2), p.60 - 65, 2017/08
Furusawa, Akinori; Nishimura, Akihiko; Takebe, Toshihiko*; Nakamura, Masaki*; Takenaka, Yusuke*; Saijo, Shingo*; Nakamoto, Hiroyuki*
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 9(2), p.44 - 51, 2017/08
The aim of this work is to investigate the applicability of ultrasonic guided wave for evaluation of laser beam butt-welding quality. Ten in total test pipes having welding seam is prepared. Two piece of pipe are jointed and continuous laser beam is irradiated on the edges, varying laser irradiation power, welding side and surface profile of the adjacent edges of the pipe. Ultrasonic guided wave testing experiment is performed on the pipes. Torsional mode guided wave is excited by EMAT. The experimental results are analyzed and issues are discussed. The reflection wave bullet from the poor interface of the welding seam is clearly observed, whereas no reflection from fine welded line. From the aspect of laser irradiation power, welding side and surface profile of the adjacent edges, the relation between the interface condition and detection wave bullet are analyzed. It is found that the ultrasonic guided wave technologies have the potential for evaluating laser beam butt-welding seam.
Saruta, Koichi; Yamaguchi, Toshihiko; Ueda, Masashi
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 7(4), p.NT75_1 - NT75_8, 2016/02
Cs in radioactive wastes generated from contaminated water treatment system in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power StationKato, Jun; Meguro, Yoshihiro
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 7(2), p.138 - 144, 2015/08
Concentration of Cs in radioactive wastes such as used cesium adsorption vessels and sludge generated from the cesium adsorption device, the 2nd cesium adsorption device, and the decontamination device, which have operated or been suspended as a part of the contaminated water treatment system in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Stations, was calculated by using analysis data of the contaminated water. The total decontamination amount of Cs from Jun 6, 2011 to Aug 12, 2014 was estimated.
Kamiji, Yu; Taniguchi, Masashi*; Nishihata, Yasuo; Nagaishi, Ryuji; Tanaka, Hirohisa*; Hirata, Shingo*; Hara, Mikiya; Hino, Ryutaro
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 7(1), p.84 - 89, 2015/05
For hydrogen mitigation, a new type passive autocatalytic recombiner is under developing. This new recombiner has been developed from automotive monolithic catalyst in order to reduce weight and to improve hydrogen treating capacity, environmental resistance and product quality. In this study, activation energy of hydrogen-oxygen recombination reaction was examined to clarify the basic characteristics of the catalyst. In addition, the degradation of the catalyst by 
-ray irradiation simulating the environmental condition in nuclear power plants was also examined. As a result, the activation energy was experimentally estimated at 5.75 kJ/mol. Besides, no significant differences were observed in compositional distribution from the EPMA results. On the other hand, specific surface area of the catalyst and surface area of the precious metals were increased. Moreover, catalyst performance test showed that -ray irradiation up to 1.0 MGy can increase activity of catalyst.
Ando, Ryosuke; Abe, Teruyoshi; Nakamura, Takahisa
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 6(4), p.153 - 164, 2015/02
Wall thinning of serviced carbon steel piping of the secondary cooling system after long term operation of Advanced Thermal prototype Reactor (ATR) Fugen power station has been investigated as a series of evaluation of validity and availability of utilization of serviced materials on research projects focused on aging management. Reliability of wall thinning rates of the steel piping has been examined referring the previous inspection data. Examinations also have been made on prediction of wall thinning rates, rationalization of management of pipe wall thinning and verification of countermeasures against wall thinning.
Abe, Teruyoshi; Nogiwa, Kimihiro*; Onitsuka, Takashi*; Nakamura, Takahisa; Sakakibara, Yasuhide
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 6(4), p.146 - 152, 2015/02
Thermal embrittlement of cast austenitic stainless steel components from the decommissioned advanced thermal prototype reactor Fugen has been characterized. Cast stainless steel materials were obtained from recirculation pump casing. The actual time at temperature for the materials was 138,000 h at 275
C. The "Fugen" material show modest decrease in Charpy-impact properties and a small increase in micro-Vickers hardness in ferrite phase because of thermal aging at relatively low service temperatures. The fracture toughness prediction method (H3T model) predicts slightly lower values for Charpy-impact energy obtained from the Fugen material. The results from microstructural analysis suggest that the prediction method have the potential to provide higher accuracy by considerations of the activation energy for embrittlement at low service temperatures.
Masaki, Koichi; Katsuyama, Jinya; Onizawa, Kunio
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 5(2), p.85 - 92, 2013/08
In order to obtain the technical basis to judge the needs of surveillance test specimens from HAZ materials, the features of inhomogeneity of HAZ in RPV steels were investigated. Concerning on the fracture toughness in HAZ, HAZ materials close to weld metal indicated higher toughness than that of base metal due to high-toughness phase, while HAZ materials close to base metal were equivalent or slightly lower toughness than that of base metal due to the same phase as base metal. A structural integrity assessment method concerning such inhomogeneous distribution of fracture toughness for HAZ materials was developed and incorporated into PFM analysis code PASCAL3. Case studies on postulated flaws distribution and chemical composition were performed by using PASCAL3. It was shown that in highly irradiated conditions, CPI and CPF in HAZ close to weld metal are lower than base metal, while those in HAZ close to base metal were almost equivalent to base metal.
Ito, Fuyumi; Nishimura, Akihiko
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 4(2), p.57 - 63, 2012/08
Stress corrosion cracking sometimes occurs in the heat exchanger tubes of aging nuclear power plants. At the present time, Eddy Current Testing (ECT) is used to inspect these heat exchanger tubes. When symptoms of corrosion or cracks are found on the inside wall of the tubes, they are usually repaired. As repaired tubes increase in number, the cost of repair work rises considerably. Therefore, discovering tiny cracks has the purpose of ensuring not only progress on safety but also economical benefit. Cracks are observed not only by ECT but also by Magnetic particle Testing (MT), which facilitates visual observation. In the case of MT, a dispersed liquid with magnetic particles is applied to a magnetized sample. However, this dispersed liquid could potentially enter inside the crack. To solve this problem, this paper proposes that magnetic particles be contained inside a micro capsule, this capsule calls Magnetic Particle Micro Capsule (MPMC).
Yamamoto, Tomohiko; Uesaka, Mitsuru*
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 2(4), p.200 - 206, 2011/02
We have developed an X-ray source using portable X-band (9.3-12 GHz) linear accelerator (linac) for bearing real-time inspection. This system can generate pulsed-X-ray, therefore if X-ray repetition rate synchronizes with bearing rotation rate, we can get still images without stopping rotation. We succeeded in static imaging of rotating equipment. We start to develop more advanced X-ray generators using portable linac and multi-beam klystron (MBK). The advanced systems use higher electron energy linac and MBK as more stable radio-frequency (RF) source. We used 950 keV linac and 250 kW magnetron for X-ray imaging. For the purpose of more stable operation and compactness of the system, we propose a multi-beam klystron (MBK) as its RF power source. In this paper, we show the basic parameters of the system which stability is tolerable for bearing condition based maintenance (CBM) in near future.
Katsuyama, Jinya; Udagawa, Makoto; Nishikawa, Hiroyuki*; Nakamura, Mitsuyuki*; Onizawa, Kunio
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 2(2), p.50 - 64, 2010/08
Weld residual stress is the most important factors to assess the structural integrity of RPV since it affects crack initiation and growth behaviors. Inner surface of the RPV is protected against corrosion by cladding. At the J-weld of the vessel head penetrations, Ni-based alloys are used for weld material. After the fabrication process, the residual stress remains in such dissimilar welds after PWHT. The residual stresses were measured using the DHD method. Thermal-elastic-plastic-creep analyses considering phase transformation were also performed. By comparing analytical results with measured ones, it was shown that there was a good agreement of residual stress distribution. It was suggested that taking phase transformation into account was important to improve the accuracy of analysis. Using the residual stress distributions, PWSCC behavior was calculated using PFM analysis code. Effects of the residual stress and scatter of PWSCC growth rate on the crack penetration were evaluated.
Yanagisawa, Tsutomu; Tabata, Hiroaki; Mori, Masaomi
E-Journal of Advanced Maintenance (Internet), 2(1), 7 Pages, 2010/05
Monju, the Japanese prototype of fast breeder reactor, has engaged in various activities to restore the public trust since the sodium leak accident occurred in 1995. Among the activities is the publication of a risk communication booklet "Response to the possible accident and trouble in Monju" which is compiled according to the operational progress of "Monju". This booklet is intended for promoting the public understanding toward the restart. The supplement of the booklet illustrates the outline and characteristics of "Monju", the recent troubles at not only "Monju", but also home and abroad, and the assumed troubles during the core confirmation test which is implemented when the system start-up test is commenced. These efforts for the restart are also explained.
