Development of technology to simultaneously measure viscosity and surface tension of molten materials in reactor core (Contract research); FY2020 Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project

Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Osaka University*

JAEA-Review 2021-046, 77 Pages, 2022/01

JAEA-Review-2021-046.pdf:2.92MB

The Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), had been conducting the Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2020. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in the nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO). For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. The sponsor of the Project was moved from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to JAEA since the newly adopted proposals in FY2018. On this occasion, JAEA constructed a new research system where JAEA-academia collaboration is reinforced and medium-to-long term research/development and human resource development contributing to the decommissioning are stably and consecutively implemented. Among the adopted proposals in FY2018, this report summarizes the research results of the "Development of technology to simultaneously measure viscosity and surface tension of molten materials in reactor core" conducted from FY2018 to FY2020. Since the final year of this proposal was FY2020, the results for three fiscal years were summarized. Since (U, Zr)O and boride, molten materials in reactor core, exist at extremely high temperature, chemical reactions between the vessel and these molten materials are unavoidable. Therefore, it is difficult to measure the thermophysical property of these materials. In the present study, droplets are produced by heating and melting the samples levitated by a gas levitation method, then the droplets are collided with a substrate.

Development of technology to simultaneously measure viscosity and surface tension of molten materials in reactor core (Contract research); FY2018 Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear Science/Technology and Human Resource Development

Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Osaka University*

JAEA-Review 2019-025, 36 Pages, 2020/01

JAEA-Review-2019-025.pdf:2.57MB

CLADS, JAEA, had been conducting the Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear Science/Technology and Human Resource Development (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2018. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. The sponsor of the Project was moved from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to JAEA since the newly adopted proposals in FY2018. On this occasion, JAEA constructed a new research system where JAEA-academia collaboration is reinforced and medium-to-long term research/development and human resource development contributing to the decommissioning are stably and consecutively implemented. Among the adopted proposals in FY2018, this report summarizes the research results of the "Development of Technology to Simultaneously Measure Viscosity and Surface Tension of Molten Materials in Reactor Core". Since (U,Zr)O and boride, molten materials in reactor core, exist at extremely high temperature, chemical reactions between the vessel and these molten materials are unavoidable. Therefore, it is difficult to measure the thermophysical property of these materials. In the present study, droplets are produced by heating and melting the samples levitated by a gas levitation method, then the droplets are collided with a substrate. From the instant behavior of the collision, a new technology to simultaneously derive the viscosity and surface tension will be developed.

Evaluation of oxidation efficiency of hydrophobic palladium catalyst for C monitoring in gaseous radioactive waste

Ueno, Yumi; Nakagawa, Masahiro; Sato, Junya; Iwai, Yasunori

Hoken Butsuri, 51(1), p.7 - 11, 2016/03

https://doi.org/10.5453/jhps.51.7

In the Nuclear Science Research Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), in order to oxidize C, which exists in various chemical forms in exhaust, into CO, a copper oxide (CuO) catalyst is introduced after heating to 600C. Our goal was to establish a safer C monitoring system by lowering the heating temperature required for the catalyst; therefore, we developed a new hydrophobic palladium/silicon dioxide (Pd/SiO) catalyst that makes the carrier's surface hydrophobic. In these experiments, catalysts CuO, platinum/aluminum oxide (Pt/AlO), palladium/zirconium dioxide (Pd/ZrO), hydrophobic Pd/SiO, and hydrophilic Pd/SiO were ventilated with standard methane gas, and we compared the oxidation efficiency of each catalyst at different temperatures. As a result, we determined that the hydrophobic Pd/SiO catalyst had the best oxidation efficiency. By substituting the currently used CuO catalyst with the hydrophobic Pd/SiO catalyst, we will be able to lower the working temperature from 600C to 300C and improve the safety of the monitoring process.

Correlation of crystal structures with electric field gradients in the fluorite- and pyrochlore-type compounds in the GdO-ZrO system

Wang, J.*; Otobe, Haruyoshi; Nakamura, Akio; Takeda, Masuo*

Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 176(1), p.105 - 110, 2003/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4596(03)00353-0

no abstracts in English

Irradiation effects on yttria-stabilized Zirconia irradiated with neon ions

Hojo, Tomohiro; Aihara, Jun; Hojo, Kiichi; Furuno, Shigemi*; Yamamoto, Hiroyuki; Nitani, Noriko; Yamashita, Toshiyuki; Minato, Kazuo; Sakuma, Takaaki*

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 319, p.81 - 86, 2003/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(03)00137-5

no abstracts in English

Phase relations between a fluorite and a pyrochlore structure in the system of actinides and zirconium oxides

Yamashita, Toshiyuki; Kuramoto, Kenichi; Nakada, Masami; Yamazaki, Satoshi*; Sato, Tsuyoshi*; Matsui, Tsuneo*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(Suppl.3), p.585 - 591, 2002/11

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00223131.2002.10875536

no abstracts in English

Re-evaluation of the phase relationship between plutonium and zirconium dioxides

Serizawa, Hiroyuki; Nakajima, Kunihisa; Arai, Yasuo; Yamashita, Toshiyuki; Kuramoto, Kenichi; Kinoshita, H.*; Yamanaka, Shinsuke*; Uno, Masayoshi*; Kurosaki, K.*

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 38(3-4), p.237 - 240, 2001/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0149-1970(00)00107-4

no abstracts in English

Plutonium rock like fuel LWR nuclear characteristics and transient behavior in accidents

Akie, Hiroshi; Anoda, Yoshinari; Takano, Hideki; *; *

JAERI-Research 98-009, 44 Pages, 1998/03

JAERI-Research-98-009.pdf:2.49MB

no abstracts in English

Epitaxial growth of zirconium dioxide films on sapphire substrates

Asaoka, Hidehito; Katano, Yoshio; Noda, Kenji

Applied Surface Science, 113-114, p.198 - 201, 1997/00

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-4332(96)00830-6

no abstracts in English

LMM spectator auger processes in 4d transition metal compounds

Yoshii, Kenji; Baba, Yuji; Sasaki, Teikichi

Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 72, p.107 - 112, 1995/00

https://doi.org/10.1016/0368-2048(94)02340-9

no abstracts in English