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曽根原 正晃; 岡野 靖; 内堀 昭寛; 大木 裕*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 62(5), p.403 - 414, 2025/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)ナトリウム冷却高速炉では、ナトリウム漏えい事故を管理するためにナトリウムの燃焼挙動を理解することが極めて重要である。本研究では、多次元熱流動解析コードAQUA-SFを用いて、サンディア国立研究所(SNL)のT3実験のベンチマーク解析を実施した。この実験は、容器容積100m
、ナトリウム流量1kg/sの密閉空間で実施され、ナトリウム注入直後の局所的な温度上昇がもたらす多次元的な影響を明らかにした。本研究では、AQUA-SFの機能を拡張することを目的として、このような多次元的な温度変動、特に容器底部における高温領域の形成のシミュレーションに焦点を当てた。提案したモデルには、ナトリウム液滴着火の一時停止と床面上のナトリウム飛沫の噴霧燃焼が含まれる。さらに、底部高温域の再現性を高めるためには、床部近傍に熱源を追加することが不可欠であることを示した。そこで、噴霧円錐角の感度解析と床面上の液滴の長時間燃焼を含むケーススタディを実施した。この包括的なアプローチにより、ナトリウム冷却高速炉におけるナトリウム燃焼のダイナミクスと安全対策に関する貴重な知見を得ることができた。
松下 健太郎; 江連 俊樹; 田中 正暁; 今井 康友*; 藤崎 竜也*; 堺 公明*
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 432, p.113785_1 - 113785_16, 2025/02
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)ナトリウム冷却高速炉の安全設計の観点から、液面渦によるアルゴンカバーガスのガス巻込み現象(GE)を評価する手法の確立が必要となる。本研究では、GEを評価するインハウスツールである「StreamViewer」の評価モデルの高度化として、吸込み部から液面部にかけて連続する渦中心点を接続することで渦中心線を抽出し、渦中心線に沿った減圧量分布と水頭圧とのつり合いに基づいて渦のガスコア長さを評価する「PVLモデル」について提案した。PVLモデルの適用性確認として、矩形開水路体系における垂直平板による非定常後流渦試験の三次元数値解析結果に本モデルを適用し、その結果、PVLモデルを用いたStreamViewerによるGE評価によって、非定常渦流れの試験における入口流速とガスコア長さの関係を再現できることが確認された。
大西 貴士; 小山 真一*; 横山 佳祐; 森下 一喜; 渡部 雅; 前田 茂貴; 矢野 康英; 大木 繁夫
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 432, p.113755_1 - 113755_17, 2025/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)The burning of minor actinide (MA) elements, such as neptunium (Np) and americium (Am), in fast reactors (FRs) has been proposed to reduce the volume of high-level radioactive waste. Evaluation of the transmutation behavior of Am for a wide spectral range from thermal to fast neutrons requires experimental validation based on the irradiation of Am targets with well-known isotopic compositions. Four samples each of two types of Am targets, Am-241 oxide and Am-243 oxide, were prepared and irradiated in the experimental fast reactor Joyo under fast neutron flux. Additionally, a ninth sample consisting of Am-241 oxide contained in a MgO pellet was prepared and irradiated in the JMTR under thermal neutron flux. All irradiated samples were analyzed by a radiochemical method. Indexes of the transmutation behavior such as the transmutation ratio, the ratio between burnup and accumulation of an actinide could be evaluated based on the analytical results.
土井 大輔
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 91, p.1245 - 1252, 2024/11
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：25.55(Chemistry, Physical)Hydrogen is a major nonmetallic impurity in the coolant of sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) during normal operation. A higher hydrogen concentration than the gas-liquid equilibrium has been transiently detected in the gas space of actual SFR plants. The presence of several sodium compounds can increase hydrogen generation; however, a thorough understanding of the thermal behavior of candidate reactions is lacking. Herein, thermal analysis reveals the hydrogen release behavior of sodium hydride. Mass spectrometry indicates hydrogen generation with decreasing sample mass, indicating thermal decomposition. Detailed kinetic analysis based on master plot methods indicates that the hydrogen release reaction occurred through a mechanism involving random nucleation and growth of nuclei. Furthermore, the reaction rate was newly formulated based on a kinetic model function representing the above mechanism and the Arrhenius-type reaction rate constant comprising an activation energy of 119.0 
0.8 kJ mol
and a frequency factor of 1.8 
10
s. These findings will enable the numerical simulation of the hydrogen release behavior in SFRs.
江村 優軌; 松場 賢一; 菊地 晋; 山野 秀将
Proceedings of 13th Korea-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS13) (Internet), 8 Pages, 2024/11
Assuming the CDA of SFRs, the eutectic melting between B
C as a control rod material and stainless steel (SS) as a structural material could occur below their melting points. After that, the mixture produced by eutectic melting between BC and SS (BC-SS mixture) would relocate inside or outside of the original core region. From the viewpoint of core reactivity changes, the relocation behavior of BC-SS mixture induced by its melting/freezing behavior, is one of the key elements to evaluate the CDA consequences. Many experimental studies on freezing behavior using core materials and its simulants, including molten UO
, SS, tin, wood's metal have been reported in the past. Based on these experimental findings, the freezing/blockage model for the severe accident simulation code was established and discussed through analyses of freezing process. Specifically, it has been considered that the experimental correlation of melt-penetration length was a key indicator to quantitatively describe freezing behavior. However, there was no experimental data for the freezing behavior of actual BC-SS mixture. Therefore, the freezing experiments of BC-SS mixture were conducted to investigate the freezing and blockage behavior inside a flow path such as fuel pin bundle. In the freezing experiments, BC powder and SS block were heated up to around 1,750 K using a graphite heating furnace, then BC-SS mixture flowed down into an SS pipe for cooling below 750 K. The experimental results showed that the BC-SS mixture solidified and resulted in the blockage in the SS pipe with 4 mm or 6.7 mm in inner diameter, respectively. Furthermore, the observations for cross section of SS pipe suggested that the BC-SS mixture penetrated deeper than molten SS. This difference is considered to be influenced by decrease of the melting point.
宮澤 健; 上羽 智之; 矢野 康英; 丹野 敬嗣; 大塚 智史; 鬼澤 高志; 安藤 勝訓; 皆藤 威二
JAEA-Technology 2024-009, 140 Pages, 2024/10
JAEA-Technology-2024-009.pdf:8.03MB
SUS316相当鋼を用いた高速炉燃料設計の高信頼性化に向けて、SUS316相当鋼被覆管及びラッパ管の高温強度及び照射データを材料学的及び統計学的な観点で評価・解析することで、高温強度及び高照射量までの照射特性に係る設計用強度式を導出した。異常な過渡変化の上限温度を超える900
CまでのSUS316相当鋼被覆管及びラッパ管(非照射材)の高温引張試験データ及び高温クリープ試験データを拡充し、0.2%耐力、引張強さ、クリープ破断強度の最適近似式と下限式並びに熱クリープひずみの最適近似式と上下限式を導出した。また、高速実験炉「常陽」、仏国・高速原型炉Phenix及び米国・FFTFで高照射量まで中性子照射したSUS316相当鋼被覆管及びラッパ管の照射後引張試験データ及びSUS316相当鋼被覆管の炉内クリープ破断試験データを解析することで、炉内Na中照射による引張強度及びクリープ強度の低下を表す強度補正係数を導出した。導出した式を実測値と比較することで、その妥当性を確認した。
曽我部 丞司; 石田 真也; 田上 浩孝; 岡野 靖; 神山 健司; 小野田 雄一; 松場 賢一; 山野 秀将; 久保 重信; 久保田 龍三郎*; et al.
Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle (GLOBAL2024) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2024/10
日仏協力の枠組みにおいて、タンク型ナトリウム冷却高速を対象とした過酷事故の評価手法を定義し、解析評価を実施した。
山野 秀将; 二神 敏; 柴田 明裕*
Proceedings of Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS 2024), p.151 - 160, 2024/08
本研究では、動的安全保護系に関して、第4世代国際フォーラムで開発された安全設計クライテリアとガイドラインを我が国で最近に設計されたナトリウム冷却高速炉へ適用した。
山野 秀将; 二神 敏; 日暮 浩一*
Proceedings of Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS 2024), p.121 - 130, 2024/08
本論文は、信頼性を向上させた崩壊熱除去系について、第4世代炉国際フォーラムで開発された安全設計クライテリアと安全設計ガイドラインを我が国で最近設計されたナトリウム冷却高速炉へ適用したことを記述する。
江村 優軌; 高井 俊秀; 菊地 晋; 神山 健司; 山野 秀将; 横山 博紀*; 坂本 寛*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(7), p.911 - 920, 2024/07
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)Boron carbide (B
C)- stainless steel (SS) eutectic reaction behavior is one of the most important issues in the core disruptive accidents (CDAs) of sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs). In this study, the immersion experiments using BC pellets with molten SS were conducted to evaluate the CDA sequences such as contact event of solid BC with degraded core materials including SS at very high temperature. The immersion experiment aims at understanding the kinetic behavior of solid BC-liquid SS reaction based on the reduced thickness of BC pellet after the experiment in the temperature ranges from 1763 to 1943 K, which is higher than the temperature of solid BC-solid SS reaction. Based on the kinetic consideration of the reaction rate constants for solid BC-liquid SS reaction, it was found that similar temperature dependency was identified between solid BC-liquid SS and solid BC-solid SS. Besides, the reaction rate constants of solid BC-liquid SS were smaller than those of solid BC-solid SS extrapolated in higher temperature region by two or more orders of magnitude due to two different evaluation method for BC side/SS side. It was confirmed that this difference was reasonable through the consideration of previous reaction tests in solid-solid contact for BC side/SS side.
石田 真也; 内堀 昭寛; 岡野 靖
第28回動力・エネルギー技術シンポジウム講演論文集(インターネット), 4 Pages, 2024/06
本研究では、炉心損傷事故の起因過程から遷移過程までの一貫解析も可能な炉心損傷挙動評価モジュールの開発を行い、ナトリウム冷却高速炉のシビアアクシデント時の原子炉全体の挙動を一貫して評価する解析コードSPECTRAに導入した。本モジュールを含むSPECTRAの統合的な妥当性確認の一環として、混合酸化物(MOX)燃料炉心における炉心流量喪失時原子炉停止機能喪失事象(ULOF)を対象とした解析を実施し、冷却材の沸騰から燃料ピンの破損、損傷領域の拡大に至るまでの高速炉の炉心損傷事故を評価するための機能がSPECTRAに備わっていることを確認した。
宮澤 健; 丹野 敬嗣; 今川 裕也; 橋立 竜太; 矢野 康英; 皆藤 威二; 大塚 智史; 光原 昌寿*; 外山 健*; 大沼 正人*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 593, p.155008_1 - 155008_16, 2024/05
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：51.66(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)This paper discusses the applicability of J.L. Straalsund et al.'s technique for combining the Larson-Miller parameter (LMP) and life-fraction rule to form a single high-temperature strength equation for 9Cr- oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) tempered martensitic steels (TMS). It uses the extensive dataset on creep rupture, tensile, and temperature-transient-to-burst tests of 9Cr-ODS TMS cladding tubes in the 
-phase, /
-duplex, -phase matrices, which are accumulated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency so far. The technique is adequately applicable to 9Cr-ODS TMS cladding tubes. A single high-temperature strength equation expressing the mechanical strength in different deformation and rupture modes (creep, tensile, temperature-transient-to-burst) is derived for 9Cr-ODS TMS cladding tubes. This equation can predict the rupture life of the cladding tubes under various stresses and temperatures over time. The applicable range of the high-temperature strength equation is specified in this study and the upper limit temperature for the equation is found to be 1200C. At temperatures higher than 1200C, the coarsening and aggregation of nanosized oxide particles and the to 
phase transformation are reported in previous studies. The high-temperature strength equation can be well applied to the creep and tensile strength in the -phase matrix, the creep strength in the -phase matrix and the temperature-transient-to-burst strength in both phases except for the low equivalent stress (43 MPa) at temperatures exceeding 1050C. The mechanism of the notable consistency between creep and tensile strength in the -phase matrix is discussed by analyzing the high-temperature deformation data in the light of existing deformation models.
山本 智彦; 加藤 篤志; 早川 雅人; 下山 一仁; 荒 邦章; 畠山 望*; 山内 和*; 江田 優平*; 由井 正弘*
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 56(3), p.893 - 899, 2024/03
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：51.66(Nuclear Science & Technology)In a secondary cooling system of a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), rapid detection of hydrogen due to sodium-water reaction (SWR) caused by water leakage from a heat exchanger tube of a steam generator (SG) is important in terms of safety and property protection of the SFR. For hydrogen detection, the hydrogen detectors using atomic transmission phenomenon of hydrogen within Ni-membrane were used in Japanese proto-type SFR "Monju." However, during the plant operation, detection signals of water leakage were observed even in the situation without SWR concerning temperature up and down in the cooling system. For this reason, the study of a new hydrogen detector has been carried out to improve stability, accuracy and reliability. In this research, the authors focus on the difference in composition of hydrogen and the difference between the background hydrogen under normal plant operation and the one generated by SWR and theoretically estimate the hydrogen behavior in liquid sodium by using ultra-accelerated quantum chemical molecular dynamics (UA-QCMD). Based on the estimation, dissolved H or NaH, rather than molecular hydrogen (H), is the predominant form of the background hydrogen in liquid sodium in terms of energetical stability. On the other hand, it was found that hydrogen molecules produced by the sodium-water reaction can exist stably as a form of a fine bubble concerning some confinement mechanism such as a NaH layer on their surface. In parallel, we observed experimentally that the fine bubbles of H stably existed in the liquid sodium than expected before. This paper describes the comparison between the theoretical estimation and experimental results based on hydrogen form in sodium in the development of the new hydrogen detector in Japan.
上出 英樹; 川崎 信史; 早船 浩樹; 久保 重信; 近澤 佳隆; 前田 誠一郎; 佐賀山 豊; 西原 哲夫; 角田 淳弥; 柴田 大受; et al.
次世代原子炉が拓く新しい市場; NSAコメンタリーシリーズ, No.28, p.14 - 36, 2023/10
高速炉、高温ガス炉を始めとする次世代原子炉の開発が進み、日本を含む世界の電力あるいは熱利用など産業利用の市場への貢献が目前となっている。ここでは、世界の動向を含め日本の開発状況についてまとめ、特に第4世代原子力システム国際フォーラム(GIF)の活動ならびに日本の高速炉、高温ガス炉、世界のSMRについて開発の現状を解説した。
大野 修司; 前田 誠一郎
第27回動力・エネルギー技術シンポジウム講演論文集(インターネット), 3 Pages, 2023/09
The book, JSME Series in Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation Vol.3 Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor, was published. The book is a collection of the past experience of design, construction, and operation of the experimental reactor "Joyo" and the prototype reactor "Monju", the latest knowledge including related research and development activities and technology for SFR designs, and the future prospects of SFR development in Japan, looking back the history of development of fast reactors started in the early 1960s. The development of sodium-cooled fast reactor in Japan, which contributes to energy security and high-level waste reduction, is reaching to the stage where demonstration reactor will be deployed based on the experience of "Joyo" and "Monju" design, construction and operation. The present report introduces outlines of experiences, results and activities accumulated through these reactors and R&Ds for demonstration reactor.
小坂 亘; 内堀 昭寛; 岡野 靖; 柳沢 秀樹*
Proceedings of 20th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-20) (Internet), p.1150 - 1163, 2023/08
ナトリウム冷却型高速炉における蒸気発生器(SG)の安全性評価及び設計について、SG内伝熱管からの加圧水のリーク及びその後の事象進展の評価は重要である。解析コードLEAP-IIIは半経験式や1次元保存式などの低計算コストなモデルで構成されるために短い計算時間で水リーク率等を評価でき、革新炉開発における多様なSG設計の探求を加速させることが期待される。しかし、現在の温度分布評価モデルには、過度な保守性を示す場合があること、及びチューニングのために予備的な実験又は詳細な数値解析が必要とされて準備に時間がかかることに課題がある。これらを改善するため、より単純な計算原理に従い、機構論的な側面を持ちつつも高速計算可能なラグランジュ粒子法コードの開発に取り組んでいる。今回は、本粒子法コードに実装されている粒子ペア探索手法の効率化、及び粒子ペア探索を用いずに同等の結果を得るためのモデルの開発を行った。テスト解析を通して、これらのモデル改良による計算時間短縮効果を確認し、また、伝熱管破損判定に重要な伝熱管周囲の代表温度について、詳細な機構論的解析コード(SERAPHIM)による評価結果とよい一致を示すことを確認した。
Li, C.-Y.; Wang, K.*; 内堀 昭寛; 岡野 靖; Pellegrini, M.*; Erkan, N.*; 高田 孝*; 岡本 孝司*
Applied Sciences (Internet), 13(13), p.7705_1 - 7705_29, 2023/07
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：36.16(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)For a sodium-cooled fast reactor, the capability for stable cooling and avoiding re-criticality on the debris bed is essential for achieving in-vessel retention when severe accidents occur. However, an unexploited uncertainty still existed regarding the compound effect of the heterogeneous configuration and dynamic particle redistribution for the debris bed's criticality and cooling safety assessment. Therefore, this research aims to develop a numerical tool for investigating the effects of the different transformations of the heterogeneous configurations on the debris bed's criticality/cooling assessment. Based on the newly proposed methodology in this research, via integrating the Discrete Element Method (DEM) with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Monte-Carlo-based Neutronics (MCN), the coupled CFD-DEM-MCN solver was constructed with the originally created interface to integrate two existing codes. The effects of the different bed configurations' transformations on the bed safety assessments were also quantitively confirmed, indicating that the effect of the particle-centralized fissile material had the dominant negative effect on the safety margin of avoiding re-criticality and particle re-melting accidents and had a more evident impact than the net bed-centralized effect. This coupled solver can serve to further assess the debris bed's safety via a multi-physics simulation approach, leading to safer SFR design concepts.
Tsai, T.-H.; 佐々木 新治; 前田 宏治
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(6), p.715 - 723, 2023/06
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：14.04(Nuclear Science & Technology)A method for processing and visualizing X-ray computed tomography (CT) images of a fuel assembly is developed and applied to a JOYO MK-III fuel assembly. The method provides vertical-section-like images to observe the spatial distribution of CT values in fuel pins and also supplies images that show the relationship between the linear heat rate (LHR) and radial CT-value distribution. In addition, an attempt to analyze the radial cracks in the CT images is proposed, and the results demonstrate the correlation between LHR and the radial cracks.
滝野 一夫; 大木 繁夫
JAEA-Data/Code 2023-003, 26 Pages, 2023/05
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次世代高速炉は、従来炉よりも高い炉心取出燃焼度を目指しているため、炉心核設計の高度化が求められる。そのため、燃焼核特性解析では、計算コストを抑えつつ十分な計算精度が得られる適切な解析条件が必要とされる。そこで、次世代高速炉の燃焼核特性の計算精度に及ぼす解析条件の影響を、中性子エネルギー群、中性子輸送理論、空間メッシュに着目して調査した。本検討では燃焼核特性として、平衡サイクルにおける臨界性、燃焼反応度、制御棒価値、増殖比、集合体単位の出力分布、最大線出力、ナトリウムボイド反応度、ドップラー係数を取り扱った。検討の結果、エネルギー群を18群とし、拡散近似を用いて1集合体あたり6メッシュ分割して、エネルギー群、空間メッシュ、輸送効果の補正係数を適用することが最適であることが分かった。
吉田 啓之; 堀口 直樹; 古市 肇*; 上遠野 健一*
Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 7 Pages, 2023/05
About the boiling transition (BT) that determines the maximum thermal output of the BWR, it is considered that the spacers have significant effects on the occurrence of the BT. The occurrence conditions of the BT can be changed by devising the spacer shapes because it will affect to entrainment and deposition behaviors of droplets. In the light water cooled fast reactor: RBWR, thermal-hydraulics conditions are more challenging than in the current BWR. Then, the effect of the spacer on the BT should be sufficiently utilized in the RBWR. In the thermal-hydraulics design for the current BWR, large-scale tests were carried out and used to evaluate BT conditions. The RBWR is still in the design stage, and there is room to be changed to many parameters. Then, it is not reasonable to determine the shape of the spacer only by large-scale tests but also by local effect on droplet entrainment and deposition. On the other hand, by applying a two-phase CFD method with remarkable development in recent years, we can develop a model that can predict the effect of the spacers mechanistically. This research used the detailed two-phase flow simulation code TPFIT developed by JAEA to simulate annular dispersed flow in RBWR subchannels. In the occurrence of the BT, it is considered that the two-phase flow pattern is the annular dispersed flow, and we want to evaluate the effects of the spacer on annular dispersed flow in the RBWR subchannels. We performed numerical simulations of annular dispersed flow in the simplified subchannel of the RBWR. As a simulation parameter, we choose the existence of the spacer. The spacer in the simulation has a simplified shape and the same blockage ratio as the RBWR. In addition, we performed data analysis of numerical data and identified the occurrence and disappearance points of each droplet. We evaluate entrainment and deposition rate distribution in and around the spacer based on these data.
