Quantitative analysis of microstructure evolution, stress partitioning and thermodynamics in the dynamic transformation of Fe-14Ni alloy

Li, L.*; 宮本 吾郎*; Zhang, Y.*; Li, M.*; 諸岡 聡; 及川 勝成*; 友田 陽*; 古原 忠*

Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 184, p.221 - 234, 2024/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmst.2023.10.037

Dynamic transformation (DT) of austenite () to ferrite () in the hot deformation of various carbon steels was widely investigated. However, the nature of DT remains unclear due to the lack of quantitative analysis of stress partitioning between two phases and the uncertainty of local distribution of substitutional elements at the interface in multi-component carbon steels used in the previous studies. Therefore, in the present study, a binary Fe-Ni alloy with + duplex microstructure in equilibrium was prepared and isothermally compressed in + two-phase region to achieve quantitative analysis of microstructure evolution, stress partitioning and thermodynamics during DT. to DT during isothermal compression and to reverse transformation on isothermal annealing under unloaded condition after deformation were accompanied by Ni partitioning. The lattice strains during thermomechanical processing were obtained via in-situ neutron diffraction measurement, based on which the stress partitioning behavior between and was discussed by using the generalized Hooke's law. A thermodynamic framework for the isothermal deformation in solids was established based on the basic laws of thermodynamics, and it was shown that the total Helmholtz free energy change in the deformable material during the isothermal process should be smaller than the work done to the deformable material. Under the present thermodynamic framework, the microstructure evolution in the isothermal compression of Fe-14Ni alloy was well explained by considering the changes in chemical free energy, plastic and elastic energies and the work done to the material. In addition, the stabilization of the soft phase in Fe-14Ni alloy by deformation was rationalized since the to transformation decreased the total Helmholtz free energy by decreasing the elastic and dislocation energies.

Determination of Sr in highly radioactive aqueous samples via conversion to a kinetically stable 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-1,4,7,10-tetraacetic acid complex followed by concentration-separation-fractionation based on capillary electrophoresis-liquid scintillation

大内 和希; 原賀 智子; 廣瀬 和生*; 黒澤 結香*; 佐藤 義行; 渋川 雅美*; 齋藤 伸吾*

Analytica Chimica Acta, 1298, p.342399_1 - 342399_7, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2024.342399

従来の高線量試料分析法では被ばくリスクが高く、大量の二次放射性廃棄物が発生することから、放射線放出量を低減できる迅速な分析法が強く望まれている。このニーズに取り組むため、我々は液体シンチレーションカウンティングと2点検出によるキャピラリー過渡的等速電気泳動(ctITP)を組み合わせたSr定量法を開発した。これは、1,4,7,10-テトラアザシクロドデカン-1,4,7,10-テトラ酢酸(DOTA)-Sr錯体を1回の操作で分離・分画する方法である。高線量の放射性試料をマイクロリットルレベルで取り扱うことができ、従来のイオン交換法よりも大幅に高速であるこの方法により、実高線量廃棄物中のSrを選択的に定量した。ctITPにおける濃縮・分離の成功は、Sr-DOTA錯体が解離不活性であることに起因する。

An Analytical model to decompose mass transfer and chemical process contributions to molecular iodine release from aqueous phase under severe accident conditions

Zablackaite, G.; 塩津 弘之; 城戸 健太朗; 杉山 智之

Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 56(2), p.536 - 545, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2023.10.030

Radioactive iodine is a representative fission product to be quantified for the safety assessment of nuclear facilities. In integral severe accident analysis codes, the iodine behavior is usually described by a multi-physical model of iodine chemistry in aqueous phase under radiation field and mass transfer through gas-liquid interface. The focus of studies on iodine source term evaluations using the combination approach is usually put on the chemical aspect, but each contribution to the iodine amount released to the environment has not been decomposed so far. In this study, we attempted the decomposition by revising the two-film theory of molecular-iodine mass transfer. The model involves an effective overall mass transfer coefficient to consider the iodine chemistry. The decomposition was performed by regarding the coefficient as a product of two functions of pH and the overall mass transfer coefficient for molecular iodine. The procedure was applied to the EPICUR experiment and suppression chamber in BWR.

Fe-5Mn-0.1C中Mn鋼におけるリューダース帯伝播中の階層的不均一変形; その場走査型電子顕微鏡観察

小山 元道*; 山下 享介*; 諸岡 聡; Yang, Z.*; Varanasi, R. S.*; 北條 智彦*; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.

鉄と鋼, 110(3), p.205 - 216, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.2355/tetsutohagane.TETSU-2023-052

deformation experiments with cold-rolled and intercritically annealed Fe-5Mn-0.1C steel were carried out at ambient temperature to characterize the deformation heterogeneity during Lders band propagation. Deformation band formation, which is a precursor phenomenon of Lders band propagation, occurred even in the macroscopically elastic deformation stage. The deformation bands in the Lders front grew from both the side edges to the center of the specimen. After macroscopic yielding, the thin deformation bands grew via band branching, thickening, multiple band initiation, and their coalescence, the behavior of which was heterogeneous. Thick deformation bands formed irregularly in front of the region where the thin deformation bands were densified. The thin deformation bands were not further densified when the spacing of the bands was below 10 m. Instead, the regions between the deformation bands showed a homogeneous plasticity evolution. The growth of the thin deformation bands was discontinuous, which may be due to the presence of ferrite groups in the propagation path of the deformation bands. Based on these observations, a model for discontinuous Lders band propagation has been proposed.

健全性崩壊をもたらす微生物による視認不可腐食の分子生物・電気化学的診断及び抑制技術の開発(委託研究); 令和4年度英知を結集した原子力科学技術・人材育成推進事業

廃炉環境国際共同研究センター; 物質・材料研究機構*

JAEA-Review 2023-031, 101 Pages, 2024/01

JAEA-Review-2023-031.pdf:24.47MB

日本原子力研究開発機構(JAEA)廃炉環境国際共同研究センター(CLADS)では、令和4年度英知を結集した原子力科学技術・人材育成推進事業(以下、「本事業」という。)を実施している。本事業は、東京電力ホールディングス株式会社福島第一原子力発電所(1F)の廃炉等をはじめとした原子力分野の課題解決に貢献するため、国内外の英知を結集し、様々な分野の知見や経験を、従前の機関や分野の壁を越えて緊密に融合・連携させた基礎的・基盤的研究及び人材育成を推進することを目的としている。平成30年度の新規採択課題から実施主体を文部科学省からJAEAに移行することで、JAEAとアカデミアとの連携を強化し、廃炉に資する中長期的な研究開発・人材育成をより安定的かつ継続的に実施する体制を構築した。本研究は、令和2年度に採択された研究課題のうち、「健全性崩壊をもたらす微生物による視認不可腐食の分子生物・電気化学的診断及び抑制技術の開発」の令和2年度から令和4年度分の研究成果について取りまとめたものである。本研究では、微生物が関与して誘起・加速する金属材料の腐食(微生物鉄腐食)に関して、加速検査試験片、オンサイト遺伝子検査などの革新的な診断技術を開発、1Fで想定される微生物腐食の発生・進行条件の洗い出しを行い、水質や環境コントロールによって微生物腐食を防ぐ方法を提案することを目的とした。具体的な研究成果として、微生物腐食反応の加速技術を材料と細菌集積の2つの方向から実現し、採水によるオンサイト加速試験の要素技術開発を行なった。さらに、局所的に激しい腐食を行う細菌の単離に成功し、新しい微生物腐食の抑止技術へと繋がる成果が得られた。さらに、これらの成果の大部分は、春に博士課程に進学した2人の修士課程の学生によって達成されたもので有り、高い学際性を持つリーダー人材の育成に貢献した。

Estimation of continuous distribution of iterated fission probability using an artificial neural network with Monte Carlo-based training data

Tuya, D.; 長家 康展

Journal of Nuclear Engineering (Internet), 4(4), p.691 - 710, 2023/11

https://doi.org/10.3390/jne4040043

モンテカルロ中性子輸送計算手法は、固有値や積分中性子束などの様々な量を正確に評価するために用いられる。しかし、ある分布量を求める場合、モンテカルロ法では連続的な分布が得られないのが一般的である。近年、モンテカルロ法で連続分布を得るために、関数展開法やカーネル密度推定法が開発されている。本論文では、モンテカルロ法によって得られた訓練データと人工ニューラルネットワーク(ANN)モデルを用いたある物理量に対する連続分布の推定手法を提案する。概念実証として、2つの核分裂体系における反復核分裂確率(IFP)の連続分布をANNモデルにより推定した。ANNモデルによるIFP分布を、元のデータセット及びPARTISNコードで得られた随伴角中性子束と比較した。比較の結果、一致や不一致の程度はさまざまであったが、ANNモデルはIFP分布の一般的な傾向を学習することを確認した。

In situ transmission electron microscopy observation of melted germanium encapsulated in multilayer graphene

鈴木 誠也; 根本 善弘*; 椎木 菜摘*; 中山 佳子*; 竹口 雅樹*

Annalen der Physik, 535(9), p.2300122_1 - 2300122_12, 2023/09

https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.202300122

Germanene is a two-dimensional (2D) germanium (Ge) analogous of graphene, and its unique topological properties are expected to be a material for next-generation electronics. However, no germanene electronic devices have yet been reported. One of the reasons for this is that germanene is easily oxidized in air due to its lack of chemical stability. Therefore, growing germanene at solid interfaces where it is not oxidized is one of the key ideas for realizing electronic devices based on germanene. In this study, the behavior of Ge at the solid interface at high temperatures was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). To achieve such in situ heating TEM observation, we fabricated a graphene/Ge/graphene encapsulated structure. In situ heating TEM experiments revealed that Ge like droplets moved and coalesced with other Ge droplets, indicating that Ge remained as a liquid phase between graphene layers at temperatures higher than the Ge melting point.

Impact of the temperature on the non-destructive nuclide assay in the transmission NRF method

Omer, M.; 静間 俊行*; 小泉 光生; 平 義隆*; Zen, H.*; 大垣 英明*; 羽島 良一

UVSOR-50, P. 37, 2023/08

https://www.uvsor.ims.ac.jp/eng/activity/2022/pdf/ActivityReport2022.pdf

核共鳴蛍光(NRF)を用いた非破壊分析において、試料温度によるドップラー効果による影響を調べることを目的とした研究を開始した。今回は、波長1980nmのファイバーレーザーを加速エネルギー746MeVの電子ビームと衝突させて生成した最大エネルギー5.54MeVのレーザーコンプトンガンマ線をPb標的に照射し、共鳴散乱ガンマ線を3台の高純度ゲルマニウム検出器を用いて測定した。その結果、レーザーコンプトンガンマ線最大エネルギーよりも高いエネルギーで、複数のガンマ線ピークが観測された。これらのガンマ線は、実験室内の制動放射線によって発生した中性子が測定装置の周囲の物質と反応した後に放出された中性子捕獲即発ガンマ線であると考えられる。そのため、バックグラウンドガンマ線の低減のため、ゲルマニウム検出器の周囲を厚さ10cmの鉛を用いて遮蔽した。その結果、即発ガンマ線のバックグラウンドは抑制され、Pbの共鳴散乱ガンマ線を観測することができた。

Estimation for mass transfer coefficient under two-phase flow conditions using two gas components

南上 光太郎; 塩津 弘之; 丸山 結; 杉山 智之; 岡本 孝司*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(7), p.816 - 823, 2023/07

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2022.2146015

For proper source term evaluation, we constructed the theoretical model to estimate the mass transfer coefficient of gaseous iodine species under two-phase flow conditions, which complicates the direct experimental measurements. The mass transfer speed is determined by the product of the overall mass transfer coefficient and the interfacial area. By using the ratio of two gas components, the interfacial area, which is an important parameter that is difficult to measure, can be canceled out and the ratio of their overall mass transfer coefficients can be obtained. This ratio is expected to be equal to the ratio of their diffusion coefficients. Therefore, the unknown mass transfer coefficient such as iodine species can be estimated using the diffusion coefficients of two gas components and the reference mass transfer coefficient such as O. We carried out the experiments using the bubble column to confirm this relationship. From the results in this study, we confirmed that the ratio of the overall mass transfer coefficient was in good agreement with the ratio of diffusion coefficient under the bubbly flow conditions. Using this relationship confirmed in this study, we estimated the mass transfer coefficient of I, one of the iodine species.

Cs transfer from soils contaminated by resuspended particles to Japanese mustard spinach in difficult-to-return zone of Fukushima

辰野 宇大*; 二瓶 直登*; 吉村 和也; 大手 信人*

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 332(6), p.1677 - 1686, 2023/06

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08899-0

This study investigated the transfer of Cs to crops and soil contamination by resuspended particles derived from airborne and ground surface. We conducted the cultivation test of a Japanese mustard spinach in pot placed at study fields. The soil in pots might be mainly contaminated by soil particles derived from the ground surface, and Cs transferred to the spinaches was observed. However, the proportion of water-exchangeable and organic fractions of Cs in the resuspended particles derived from airborne was greater than that from ground surface, resulting in the greater Cs transfer factor. Therefore, it is important to grasp the source of resuspended particles.