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相馬 秀; 石垣 将宏*; 柴本 泰照
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 219, p.111455_1 - 111455_12, 2025/09
被引用回数：0Containment venting is one of the accident mitigation measures during severe accidents in nuclear power plants for preventing overpressure failure of the containment vessels. Because of the capability of releasing hydrogen generated in the containment vessel, the hydrogen risk can be also reduced. In this study, we conducted experiments with the large-scale test facility CIGMA to investigate the light gas transport during the venting action, mainly focusing on the effect of sump water boiling caused by the vent. The CIGMA test vessel initially pressurized by steam, air, and helium (hydrogen simulant) that formed a helium-rich density stratification was depressurized with and without sump water, with different venting flow rates, and at different venting positions. As the sump water became a steam source due to flash boiling, the helium stratification was diluted and the venting time increased twofold compared to the case without sump water, which significantly affected the amount of helium discharged to the atmosphere. Especially for the high venting flow rate condition, the amount of helium remaining in the vessel at the end of depressurization was half that of the case without sump water. Lowering the venting position from within the initial stratification to 3 m below its interface led to a threefold increase in the amount of helium remaining at the same low pressure, because of the longer time until the helium-rich stratification reached the venting position.
Rizaal, M.; 中島 邦久; 鈴木 恵理子; 三輪 周平
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 218, p.111433_1 - 111433_10, 2025/08
被引用回数：0The release of iodine in a case of severe nuclear accident is directly linked to short-term radiological consequences. This concern raises issues in understanding the chemical forms of the transported iodine to devise proper accident management measures/strategies. In contributing to such efforts, this work presents experimental and theoretical approaches to defining the impact of molybdenum as a semi-volatile fission product toward iodine speciation in the gas phase. Given humid atmospheric conditions with different oxygen potentials, the interactions were revealed through the reaction products consisting of both gas and aerosols upon their transport and condensation in the temperature range of 1150-450 K. Through thermodynamic equilibrium calculations where new thermodynamic data of cesium molybdates have been incorporated, the experimental observation was reproduced, hence general interaction mechanism was proposed in this work.
荒木 祥平; 會澤 栄寿; 村上 貴彦; 新垣 優; 多田 裕太; 神川 豊; 長谷川 健太; 吉川 智輝; 住谷 正人; 関 真和; et al.
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 217, p.111323_1 - 111323_8, 2025/07
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)原子力機構では、臨界集合体STACYを均質溶液体系から非均質軽水減速体系へと更新した。STACY更新炉においても最大熱出力は200Wと定められており、熱出力校正は運転を行う上で重要である。熱出力測定においては、溶液系STACYで用いていたFPの分析による熱出力の評価が適応できなかったため、放射化法をベースとする実験データと数値計算を組み合わせて出力を評価する手法をSTACY更新炉の体系に適応し、測定を実施した。測定データを基に出力校正を実施した結果、校正後の指示値は放射化法による測定結果と3%以内で一致した。
相馬 康孝; 小松 篤史; 加治 芳行; 山本 正弘*; 五十嵐 誉廣
Corrosion Science, 251, p.112897_1 - 112897_15, 2025/07
被引用回数：0高温水中(288
C)におけるステンレス鋼のすき間内部への酸素侵入に関する実験およびモデリング研究を実施した。すき間内への酸素侵入の限界距離
は、酸素濃度、すき間幅、浸漬時間に関わらず、すき間開口部からの距離dがそれ以上の数値になる場合、主要表面酸化物組成が(ヘマタイト
マグネタイトに)変化する位置として定義することができた。その場測定により、付近での電気伝導度の増加が確認され、これは酸素濃度差電池によるイオン濃縮を示した。は、すき間幅、酸素濃度、浸漬時間の増加に伴って拡大した。モデル計算の結果、酸化膜の成長によってステンレス鋼金属のアノード溶解が抑制され、対応する酸素のカソード還元消費速度が低下することで、時間とともに酸素の侵入が進行することが示唆された。
Gu, G. H.*; Jeong, S. G.*; Heo, Y.-U.*; Harjo, S.; Gong, W.; Cho, J.*; Kim, H. S.*; 他4名*
Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 223, p.308 - 324, 2025/07
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Face-centered cubic (FCC) equi-atomic multi-principal element alloys (MPEAs) exhibit excellent mechanical properties from cryogenic to room temperatures. At room temperature, deformation is dominated by dislocation slip, while at cryogenic temperatures (CTs), reduced stacking fault energy enhances strain hardening with twinning. This study uses in-situ neutron diffraction to analyze the temperature-dependent deformation behavior of Al
(CoNiV)
, a dual-phase (FCC/BCC) medium-entropy alloy (MEA). At liquid nitrogen temperature (LNT), deformation twinning in the FCC matrix leads to additional strain hardening through the dynamic Hall-Petch effect, giving the appearance of improved strengthening at LNT. In contrast, BCC precipitates show dislocation slip at both 77 K and 298 K, with temperature-dependent lattice friction stress playing a significant role in strengthening. The study enhances understanding of deformation behaviors and provides insights for future alloy design.
Hamdani, A.; 相馬 秀; 安部 諭; 柴本 泰照
Progress in Nuclear Energy, 185, p.105771_1 - 105771_13, 2025/07
被引用回数：0This study, motivated by previous TEPSYS analysis, examined how different temperatures on the 4th and 5th floors of the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 3 reactor building (R/B) influenced non-condensable gas distribution during the 2011 severe accident. Understanding this is vital for assessing risks related to gas accumulation, especially since the hydrogen explosion may have involved multiple stages. An experimental study was conducted using the CIGMA facility, designed to mimic the R/B structure, where steam and helium (as a substitute for hydrogen) were injected for 10,000 seconds to simulate leakage. Two cooling conditions were tested: 50C (Case 1) and 90C (Case 2). Results showed that the highest concentration of non-condensable gases was often found downstream rather than near the injection point. In Case 1, after 10,000 seconds, helium concentration reached 65% in the middle region (4th floor) and 45% in the top region (5th floor). Analysis indicated that the gas mixture in the middle region posed a potential detonation risk. This study offers crucial insights for enhancing safety measures and risk mitigation strategies in nuclear reactor designs.
Lin, Z. M.*; Liu, B. X.*; Ming, K. S.*; 徐 平光; Yin, F. X.*; Zheng, S. J.*
Scripta Materialia, 263, p.116692_1 - 116692_7, 2025/07
被引用回数：0Complementary layer thickness effects on strength and plasticity in Q235 and SUS304 steels provide a novel strategy to realize high strength and high plasticity of heterogeneous Q235/SUS304 multilayered steel. In this work, the tensile deformation behaviors and fracture characteristics of vacuum hot-rolled Q235/SUS304 multilayered steel with various layer thicknesses ranging from 223 
m to 5 m were deeply investigated. The tensile strength improved with the reduction of layer thickness, and the uniform elongation were first increasing and then decreasing with the decrease of layer thickness, and the peak value appeared at the layer thickness of 20 m. Interestingly, the fracture elongation forms a high plateau value within the 10
20 m range. Further analysis reveals that the severe strain localization in the brittle SUS304 thin layers is delayed by the ductile Q235 layers, which is mainly attributed to the different texture evolution and dislocation configuration characteristics during tensile deformation.
小川 達彦
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 216, p.111256_1 - 111256_12, 2025/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)AmBeに代表されるような、アルファ線を放出するアクチノイドと軽元素から構成される複合中性子源の性能を、多面的かつ絶対値でシミュレートできる新しい方法を開発した。この手法はモンテカルロ放射線輸送コードPHITSを用いて、
粒子用JENDL-5断面データライブラリと、ATIMAによる阻止能計算、ラティスジオメトリ計算機能を組み合わせることで、複合線源の様々な観測量を再現できる。従来の複合中性子源シミュレーション法は、測定値や近似的な断面積、多数イベントを平均した積分量などを使用するため、線源の特性パラメータ(アクチノイド粒径や線源のマクロなサイズ)を変更できなかったり、イベント内に放出される粒子間の相関を考慮できないなどの問題があったが、本手法ではそれらの問題が克服されている。この手法を用いて複合中性子源の様々な量、アクチノイド粒径依存性、中性子放出絶対強度、中性子および光子のエネルギースペクトル、中性子多重度、中性子放出の時間構造などを予測できることを示した。特に中性子の放出絶対強度とエネルギースペクトルについては、
AmBe、AmF、AmB、
PuBe、
CmBe、
Pu
Cの6種類の線源で実験値と比較し、実験値の絶対値に不確定性があるPuBeを除いて矛盾ない結果が得られた。この方法を用いれば、複合中性子源から生じる中性子のシミュレーションにおいて、カウントレート、コインシデンスイベントの量、ガンマ線によるノイズなど、実用的な定量指標の計算が可能になる。
長谷川 邦夫; 山口 義仁; Udyawar, A.*
Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 147(3), p.034501_1 - 034501_7, 2025/06
Fatigue crack growth thresholds and reference fatigue crack growth rate da/dN curves for ferritic steels in air environment are provided in Appendix Y of the ASME Code Section XI. Therein, the thresholds and da/dN are expressed as a function of stress ratio R; however, the R is not explicit, when R is negative. The thresholds are given as constant values for negative R. In addition, the ASME provides two equations for da/dN under negative R; however, the boundary between the two equations is not technically known. Thus, the dependency of negative R on da/dN is not well understood. Herein, revised threshold values for negative R are provided based on experimental data, and a new boundary between the two equations for da/dN is defined using crack opening behavior and the R dependency of da/dN based on a literature survey.
市川 真也; Gubler, P.; 成木 恵; 四日市 悟*
Journal of Subatomic Particles and Cosmology (Internet), 3, p.100018_1 - 100018_5, 2025/06
It is important to measure the hadron spectrum at finite density to explore the origin of hadron masses. At the KEK-PS E325 experiment, 
mesons inside and outside nuclei were measured by using 12GeV pA reactions and significant spectral modification was observed. In order to accurately estimate the density that the mesons felt during the reaction, a PHSD transport calculation of the respective reaction is currently ongoing. In this paper, PHSD and the current status of its implementation are reported.
佐藤 聡; 和田 裕貴; 柴本 泰照
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 437, p.114020_1 - 114020_14, 2025/06
被引用回数：0沸騰遷移後(ポストBT)の熱伝達は、軽水炉における異常過渡および事故時の被覆管表面のドライアウト継続時間やピーク温度を分析する上で不可欠である。ドライアウト継続時間の評価には、リウェット現象が非常に重要だが、高流量および高熱流束条件下でのリウェット速度に関する実験データベースが不足しているため、モデルの開発および検証に十分なデータが存在しない。そこで、単管実験装置を用いて、幅広い熱水力条件下でステップ状の境界条件の変化によって生じるリウェット速度に関するデータベースを構築した。このデータベースと得られたリウェット速度の特性に基づいて、リウェット速度の実験的相関式を提案した。この相関式は、ステップ状過渡変化における液相または気相の質量フラックスの変化をパラメータとして用いることで、リウェット速度を正確に予測する。これは、再冠水過程と比較して、極めて高い質量流束条件下では、液膜前面近傍における気相または液相の質量流束の変化がリウェットに強く影響することを示唆している。
Shi, W.*; 町田 昌彦; 山田 進; 岡本 孝司
Progress in Nuclear Energy, 184, p.105710_1 - 105710_10, 2025/06
最近、原子炉建屋内の少ない観測点で測定された空間線量値から放射線源分布を逆推定する方法としてLASSO(Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator)が提案された。しかし、空間線量値を測定する際には誤差が含まれるが、この誤差が逆推定結果の精度にどのように影響するかは解析されていなかった。そこで本論文では、LASSOに対する不確実性解析を行い、Candesの理論に基づく不確実性推定関数を提案した。実際に、モンテカルロ法の1つであるParticle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS)を使用して得られた不確実性を持つ数値を入力値として用いたテスト計算を実施し、計算結果の誤差が提案された推定関数に従うことを示した。これにより、LASSOは推定された不確実性の範囲内で放射線源分布を求めることができる方法であることが確認できた。
青山 高士; 上野 文義; 佐藤 智徳; 加藤 千明; 佐野 成人; 山下 直輝; 大谷 恭平; 五十嵐 誉廣
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 214, p.111229_1 - 111229_6, 2025/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)To elucidate the effect of dissolved radionuclides on corrosion of carbon steels and on formation of corrosion products of carbon steel, corrosion tests and imaging plate analysis were conducted. Carbon steel samples immersed in 10 mM NaCl containing 
Sr and 
Cs were analyzed using an imaging plate. As a result, the distribution of Sr or Cs in the corrosion products formed on carbon steel was successfully visualized. Furthermore, the radioactivity of the corroded specimens was calculated from calibration curves prepared using a Sr standard.
Li, X.; 山路 哲史*; 佐藤 一憲*; 山下 拓哉
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 214, p.111217_1 - 111217_13, 2025/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)The decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi NPP Unit-2 requires understanding of reactor damage and fuel debris distribution for effective debris retrieval. This study numerically analyzes potential Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) boundary failure due to eutectic melting of Control Rod Drive (CRD) housings during reheating after debris bed dryout. The Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method, with an enthalpy-based temperature algorithm and Boussinesq approximation, is applied to simulate melt/solid interactions in a 2-D model of the lower plenum. The CRD housing melting temperature is set at 1523 K based on a quasi-binary phase diagram of 304 Stainless Steel (SS) and Zirconium (Zr) and ELSA experiments. Results suggest local RPV failure at CRD housings, leading to melt release and refreezing. The estimated failure occurs 8-12 hours post-dryout (ca. 12:00-16:00 on 3/15/2011), providing insights into melt progression and boundary breach scenarios in Unit-2.
上澤 伸一郎; 小野 綾子; 永武 拓; 山下 晋; 吉田 啓之
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 62(5), p.432 - 456, 2025/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)ワイヤメッシュセンサ(WMS)の精度を明らかにするため、単一の球形気泡と気泡流に対してWMSの静電場シミュレーションを実施した。単一気泡の静電場シミュレーションでは、様々な気泡位置における電流密度分布と、送信ワイヤから受信ワイヤまでの電流経路を示した。その結果、WMS周囲の不均一な電流密度分布に基づく系統的誤差があることを明らかにした。また、数値流体解析コードJAEA Utility Program for Interdisciplinary Thermal-hydraulics Engineering and Research (JUPITER)で得られた気泡流結果に対して静電場シミュレーションを実施したところ、線形近似やMaxwellの式などの、WMS信号からボイド率への既存の変換方法では0と1の間の瞬間ボイド率の中間値を定量的に推定できなかった。また、WMS信号に対してボイド率
0.2という大きなばらつきがあり、瞬間ボイド率を定量的に計測することが困難であることがわかった。一方で、時間平均ボイド率においては、流路の中心付近のボイド率は線形近似を使用して推定でき、流路壁面近くのボイド率はMaxwellの式を使用して推定できることがわかった。
orbital system on a simple cubic lattice久保 勝規
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 94(5), p.054703_1 - 054703_7, 2025/05
A tight-binding model for orbitals on a simple cubic lattice with finite thickness is investigated. The hopping integrals for nearest-neighboring sites are considered. We examine the electronic band structures for systems with (001), (110), and (111) surfaces. Electronic states well localized around the surfaces are found for the (110) and (111) surfaces. In particular, the surface state is flat and extends in the entire Brillouin zone for the (111) surface, provided the bulk band projected onto the surface Brillouin zone is gapped. We also find that these surface states possess octupole moments in both the (110) and (111) surface cases.
hydridosilicate at high pressures; A Bridge to BaSiH
polyhydrideBeyer, D. C.*; Spektor, K.*; Vekilova, O. Y.*; Grins, J.*; Barros Brant Carvalho, P. H.*; Leinbach, L. J.*; Sannemo-Targama, M.*; Bhat, S.*; Baran, V.*; Etter, M.*; et al.
ACS Omega (Internet), 10(15), p.15029 - 15035, 2025/04
被引用回数：0SiH八面体部位を特徴とするヒドリドケイ酸塩は、水素貯蔵と水素化物イオン伝導に関連する潜在的な性質を持つかなり新しい化合物のクラスである。ここでは、Zintl相水素化物BaSiH
を4GPa以上の圧力でH
流体と反応させ、その後常圧まで減圧して得られた新しい代表的なBaSiHについて報告する。SiH
イオンはBa
対イオンによって八面体に配位している。Ba原子とSi原子の配置は理想的なfcc NaCl構造からわずかにずれている。IRとラマンスペクトルからSiHの屈曲と伸縮モードがそれぞれ800-1200と1400-1800cm
の範囲で観測された。BaSiHは95
Cまで熱的に安定であり、それ以上ではBaHとSiに分解する。DFT計算により、直接バンドギャップは2.5eVであることが示された。BaSiHの発見により、ギガパスカル圧力(10GPa以下)のシリサイドの水素化反応からアクセス可能なヒドリドケイ酸塩の化合物クラスが固まった。BaSiHの構造的性質は、超伝導ポリハイドライドBaSiHを予測されるより高い圧力で水素化するための中間体(あるいは前駆体)であることを示唆している。
Wang, Y.*; Gong, W.; Harjo, S.; 他7名*
Acta Materialia, 288, p.120840_1 - 120840_14, 2025/04
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Low yield strength and the presence of Luders bands constitute principal impediments to the extensive applications of conventional medium Mn steels with a duplex microstructure of ferrite and austenite. Flash heating and the concept of chemical heterogeneity have been combined to engineer a duplex austenite-martensite microstructure in medium Mn steels, which has proven effective in augmenting the yield strength and mitigating the occurrence of Luders bands. However, the underlying mechanisms remain ambiguous. In the present work, the effect of austenite stability on yielding behavior was systematically investigated in an austenite-martensite duplex medium Mn steel. Austenite stability was identified as the critical factor governing yield strength, where reduced stability promotes early stage deformation induced martensite transformation, thereby decreasing yield strength. Diminished austenite stability may as well induce enhanced work hardening, thereby result in the inclination and eventual elimination of yield plateau, concomitant with the disappearance of Luders bands. These observations expand our current understanding of the yielding behavior in medium Mn steels and offer insights for the design of other advanced high strength steels.
neutron diffraction study伊東 達矢; 小川 祐平*; Gong, W.; Mao, W.*; 川崎 卓郎; 岡田 和歩*; 柴田 曉伸*; Harjo, S.
Acta Materialia, 287, p.120767_1 - 120767_16, 2025/04
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Incorporating solute hydrogen into Fe-Cr-Ni-based austenitic stainless steels enhances both strength and ductility, providing a promising solution to hydrogen embrittlement by causing solid-solution strengthening and assisting deformation twinning. However, its impacts on the relevant lattice defects evolution (
, dislocations, stacking faults, and twins) during deformation remains unclear. This study compared the tensile deformation behavior in an Fe-24Cr-19Ni (mass%) austenitic steel with 7600 atom ppm hydrogen-charged (H-charged) and without hydrogen-charged (non-charged) using neutron diffraction. Hydrogen effects on the lattice expansion, solid-solution strengthening, stacking fault probability, stacking fault energy, dislocation density, and strain/stress for twin evolution were quantitatively evaluated to link them with the macroscale mechanical properties. The H-charged sample showed improvements in yield stress, flow stress, and uniform elongation, consistent with earlier findings. However, solute hydrogen exhibited minimal influences on the evolution of dislocation and stacking fault. This fact contradicts the previous reports on hydrogen-enhanced dislocation and stacking fault evolutions, the latter of which can be responsible for the enhancement of twinning. The strain for twin evolution was smaller in the H-charged sample compared to the non-charged one. Nevertheless, when evaluated as the onset stress for twin evolution, there was minimal change between the two samples. These findings suggest that the increase in flow stress due to the solid-solution strengthening by hydrogen is a root cause of accelerated deformation twinning at a smaller strain, leading to an enhanced work-hardening rate and improved uniform elongation.
永野 博彦*; 神田 裕貴*; 鈴木 優里*; 平舘 俊太郎*; 小嵐 淳; 安藤 麻里子; Guo, Z.*
Discover Soil (Internet), 2, p.27_1 - 27_9, 2025/04
Water-extractable organic matter (WEOM) obtained from air-dried soil samples can be used to estimate microbial biomass instead of chloroform fumigation extraction (CFE) using fresh, moist soils and toxic solvents. However, the accuracy of such WEOM-based estimates has not been evaluated. We evaluated relationships between WEOM measurements obtained from air-dried soils and microbial biomass measurements obtained through CFE based on 50 soil samples from each of 10 soil profiles in Japanese forests and pasture. The amount of water-extractable organic carbon (C) obtained from air-dried soils corresponded to 31% of microbial biomass C, demonstrating a strong correlation. This result supports our hypothesis that WEOM represents a quantitative alternative to microbial biomass, particularly for C, offering a solution to the practical difficulties involved in measuring microbial biomass using CFE.
