地質環境特性調査における衛星リモートセンシング技術の応用; 温暖湿潤地域における植生を指標とした高地下水面地点の推定手法の開発

小出 馨

JAEA-Research 2023-003, 101 Pages, 2023/06

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東濃地科学センターでは、高レベル放射性廃棄物の地層処分技術に関する研究開発のうち、深地層の科学的研究(地層科学研究)として広域地下水流動研究(19922019年度)を実施してきた。本研究はその一環として、広域を対象とした地質環境特性調査において、特に重要と考えられる地下水の地表への流動経路となりうる地層境界や断層破砕帯等の存在を推定する調査手法の構築を目標に、従来、地質分野での適用が困難とされてきた日本のような温暖湿潤地域の森林域を対象に、衛星リモートセンシングによる地下水流出点等の高地下水面地点の推定手法の開発に取り組んだ。開発に当たり、「地下水からの水分供給を受けている樹木は、干ばつ等による水分ストレスの程度が小さく、水分供給を受けていない樹木と比べ成長度が高い」及び「樹木の生育に関する影響因子の状態が同一の場合、同様な生育状態を示すとすれば、地下水以外の影響因子の状態が同じ環境下で生育状態が異なる場合、その原因は地下水の状態差にある」との作業仮説を設定した。これに基づき、地下水からの水分供給に起因する樹木の生育状態の差異を検出するため、NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)等の既存の植生指標に比べ、植被率等の植生物理量に対する応答の直線性・耐飽和性に優れ、植生の水分ストレスにも感度を持つ新たな植生指標(AgbNDVI: Added green band NDVI)を考案した。また、対象領域を樹木の生育に関する影響因子(標高・斜面傾斜角・斜面方位角・林相)の組み合わせによって区分した微小領域(セグメント)ごとに植生指標値の統計量から林分の平均的な生育状態(植生指標値)を求め、それを上回る地点を植生指標値の異常点(高植生指標地点)として抽出するセグメント解析手法を考案した。本手法の妥当性を検証するため、岐阜県東濃地域の約5km四方の範囲を研究対象に、衛星データ(SPOT HRV)を用いて本手法を適用した。その結果、研究対象領域を555のセグメントに区分し、AgbNDVI画像(57600画素)から3768画素の高植生指標地点を抽出した。高植生指標地点における樹木の生育状態及び地形・地質状況を確認した結果、樹木(アカマツ: )は他の地点に比べ成長度が高いこと、また、高植生指標地点は地下水流出が発生しやすい斜面の傾斜変換点や地質境界付近及び既知の湧水点の近傍や地下水面の高い地点に分布していることが明らかになった。

シグマ委員会60周年にあたって; シグマ委員会60年の物語

深堀 智生

核データニュース(インターネット), (134), p.34 - 45, 2023/02

日本原子力学会シグマ委員会の創立60周年にあたり、今後の活動の参考になるように歴史を記録して残すことを試みる。

Numerical analysis of natural convection behavior in density stratification induced by external cooling of a containment vessel

石垣 将宏*; 安部 諭; Hamdani, A.; 廣瀬 意育

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 168, p.108867_1 - 108867_20, 2022/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108867

It is essential to improve computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis accuracy to estimate thermal flow in a containment vessel during a severe accident. Previous studies pointed out the importance of the influence of initial and boundary conditions on the CFD analysis. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of initial and boundary conditions by numerical analysis of natural convection experiments in a large containment vessel test facility CIGMA(Containment InteGral effects Measurement Apparatus). A density stratification layer was initially formed in the vessel using helium and air, and external cooling of the vessel surface-induced natural convection. In this study, we carried out numerical simulations of the density stratification erosion driven by the natural convection using the RANS (Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes) model. As a result, the temperature boundary condition of the small internal structure in the vessel had a significant influence on the fluid temperature distribution in the vessel. The erosion velocity of the density stratification layer changed depending on the initial gas concentration distribution. Then, appropriate settings of the temperature and gas concentration conditions are necessary for accurate analysis.

Experimental investigation of natural convection and gas mixing behaviors driven by outer surface cooling with and without density stratification consisting of an air-helium gas mixture in a large-scale enclosed vessel

安部 諭; Hamdani, A.; 石垣 将宏*; 柴本 泰照

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 166, p.108791_1 - 108791_18, 2022/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108791

This paper describes an experimental investigation of natural convection driven by outer surface cooling in the presence of density stratification consisting of an air-helium gas mixture (as mimic gas of hydrogen) in an enclosed vessel. The unique cooling system of the Containment InteGral effects Measurement Apparatus (whose test vessel is a cylinder with 2.5-m diameter and 11-m height) is used, and findings reveal that the cooling location relative to the stratification plays an important role in determining the interaction behavior of the heat and mass transfer in the enclosed vessel. When the cooling region is narrower than the stratification thickness, the density-stratified region expands to the lower part while decreasing in concentration (stratification dissolution). When the cooling region is wider than the stratification thickness, the stratification is gradually eroded from the bottom with decreasing layer thickness (stratification breakup). This knowledge is useful for understanding the interaction behavior of heat and mass transfer during severe accidents in nuclear power plants.

Study on mechanism and threshold conditions for fuel fragmentation during loss-of-coolant accident conditions

成川 隆文; 宇田川 豊

Proceedings of TopFuel 2021 (Internet), 10 Pages, 2021/10

To clarify the mechanism and temperature threshold for fuel fragmentation during loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCAs), out-of-pile heating tests on bare fuel pellet pieces taken from a high-burnup PWR UO fuel rod (segment average burnup: 81 GWd/tU) were performed. The fuel pellet pieces taken from various regions in the radial direction of the fuel pellet were inductively heated with no cladding restraint in vacuum up to 1473 K at a rate of 5 K/s. During the heating tests, the fission gases released from the fuel pellet pieces were continuously analyzed in-situ using a quadrupole mass spectrometer. Following the heating tests, microstructural observation of the fuel pellet fragments was carried out. Based on the relationship between the extent of fuel fragmentation and the terminal temperature, and the time history of fission gas release, temperature thresholds for minor fuel fragmentation and slightly more fuel fragmentation were estimated to be 973 - 1073 K and 1173 - 1273 K, respectively. The extent of fuel fragmentation and the amount of fission gas release became more pronounced with increasing temperature. Further, the microstructural observations after the heating tests revealed that most of the fuel fragments smaller than approximately 500 - 750 m have microstructures consisting of many micropores and subgrains, which are characteristic of the dark zone or high-burnup structure. On the basis of these results, the mechanism of fuel fragmentation during LOCAs was discussed.

Transient response of LWR fuels (RIA)

宇田川 豊; 更田 豊志*

Comprehensive Nuclear Materials, 2nd Edition, Vol.2, p.322 - 338, 2020/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.11682-0

This article aims at providing a general outline of fuel behavior during a reactivity-initiated accident (RIA) postulated in light water reactors (LWRs) and at showing experimental data providing technical basis for the current RIA-related regulatory criteria in Japan.

Segmental motions of proteins under non-native states evaluated using quasielastic neutron scattering

藤原 悟*; 松尾 龍人*; 杉本 泰伸*; 柴田 薫

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Internet), 10(23), p.7505 - 7509, 2019/12

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03196

無秩序なポリペプチド鎖のダイナミクスの特性評価は、本質的に無秩序状態なタンパク質およびフォールディングプロセスに関連する非ネイティブ状態下のタンパク質の挙動を解明するために必要である。本研究では、小角X線散乱測定データと動的光散乱測定データと組み合わせて準弾性中性子散乱測定データから、タンパク質のセグメント運動と分子全体の拡散および局所側鎖運動を評価する方法を独自に開発した。そしてこの方法を、非フォールディング状態およびメルトグロビュール(MG)状態のタンパク質RNase Aに適用し、セグメント運動から生じる拡散係数を評価し、非フォールディング状態とMG状態で異なる値をとることを明らかにした。またこの方法で得られた値は、蛍光現象を用いた別の測定技術を使用して得られた値と一致していることも確認できた。これらの研究成果は、この方法の、さまざまな無秩序状態でのタンパク質の挙動を特徴付ける実行可能性だけでなく、有用性も示している。

Experiments on collapse of density stratification by outer surface cooling of containment vessel; CC-PL-12 and CC-PL-24 experiments at CIGMA

石垣 将宏; 安部 諭; 柴本 泰照; 与能本 泰介

Proceedings of 12th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation and Safety (NUTHOS-12) (USB Flash Drive), 11 Pages, 2018/10

シビアアクシデント時における格納容器内熱水力挙動は安全上重要な課題の1つである。本研究では大型格納容器実験装置CIGMAを用いて、格納容器内の水素挙動および自然循環挙動に対する格納容器を外部から冷却した際の影響について検討した。本実験では2つの冷却手法を適用した実験を行った。1つは上部プールに蓄えた冷却水による冷却と上部プール・中段ジャケットへの流下液膜による冷却である。容器内に水素の模擬物質としてヘリウムを注入し、さらに蒸気と空気を注入し、容器上部にヘリウム成層を形成した際の成層挙動について計測を行った。冷却手法に応じて、異なる成層挙動が観測された。

JASMINE Version 3による溶融燃料-冷却材相互作用SERENA2実験解析

堀田 亮年*; 森田 彰伸*; 梶本 光廣*; 丸山 結

日本原子力学会和文論文誌, 16(3), p.139 - 152, 2017/09

https://doi.org/10.3327/taesj.J16.028

Among twelve FCI cases conducted in the OECD/NEA/CSNI/SERENA2 test series using two facilities, six steam explosion cases, five from TROI and one from KROTOS, were analyzed by JASMINE V.3. Major model parameters were categorized into "focused zone", a core part of interest, and "peripheral zone", the initial and boundary conditions given intentionally for each test case. For the former, base values established through past validation studies of JASMINE V.3 were applied. The code was modified to implement the measured distribution of entrained droplet size acquired in TROI-VISU. For the latter, melt release histories were given as a combination of time tables of jet diameter and release velocity that were estimated based on image data and transit timing data of the melt leading edge. The base values were shown to predict impulse responses of SERENA2 systematically with a reasonable error band. A statistical analysis based on the LHS method was performed. Uncertainty ranges were given based on measurement errors and past validation studies in the JASMINE development. Underlying mechanisms causing apparent differences in the mechanical energy conversion ratio between two facilities were studied from the view point of breakup length and trigger timing.

Fission fragments mass distributions of nuclei populated by the multinucleon transfer channels of the O + Th reaction

Lguillon, R.; 西尾 勝久; 廣瀬 健太郎; 牧井 宏之; 西中 一朗*; Orlandi, R.; 塚田 和明; Smallcombe, J.*; 千葉 敏*; 有友 嘉浩*; et al.

Physics Letters B, 761, p.125 - 130, 2016/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.08.010

It is shown that the multinucleon transfer reactions is a powerful tool to study fission of exotic neutron-rich actinide nuclei, which cannot be accessed by particle-capture or heavy-ion fusion reactions. In this work, multinucleon transfer channels of the O + Th reaction are used to study fission of fourteen nuclei Th, Pa, and U. Identification of fissioning nuclei and of their excitation energy is performed on an event-by-event basis, through the measurement of outgoing ejectile particle in coincidence with fission fragments. Fission fragment mass distributions are measured for each transfer channel, in selected bins of excitation energy. In particular, the mass distributions of Th and Pa are measured for the first time. Predominantly asymmetric fission is observed at low excitation energies for all studied cases, with a gradual increase of the symmetric mode towards higher excitation energy. The experimental distributions are found to be in general agreement with predictions of the fluctuation-dissipation model.