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成川 隆文; 天谷 政樹
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 57(7), p.782 - 791, 2020/07
被引用回数：6 パーセンタイル：60.71(Nuclear Science & Technology)To evaluate the fracture resistance of high-burnup advanced fuel cladding tubes during the long-term core cooling period following loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCAs), laboratory-scale four-point-bend tests were performed using the following advanced fuel cladding tubes with burnups of 73 - 84 GWd/t: low-tin ZIRLO
, M5
, and Zircaloy-2 (LK3). Three four-point-bend tests were performed on the high-burnup advanced fuel cladding tube specimens subjected to the integral thermal shock tests which simulated LOCA conditions (ballooning and rupture, oxidation in high-temperature steam, and quench). During the four-point-bend tests, all the specimens that were oxidized at 1474 K to 9.9% - 21.5% equivalent cladding reacted exhibited brittle fractures. The maximum bending moments were comparable to those of the conventional Zircaloy cladding tube specimens. Furthermore, the effects of oxidation and hydriding on the maximum bending moment were comparable between the high-burnup advanced fuel cladding tube specimens and the unirradiated Zircaloy-4 cladding tube specimens. Therefore, it can be concluded that the post-LOCA fracture resistance of fuel cladding tubes is not significantly reduced by extending the burnup to 84 GWd/t and using the advanced fuel cladding tubes, though it may slightly decrease with increasing initial hydrogen concentration in a relatively lower ECR range (
15%), as observed for the unirradiated Zircaloy-4 cladding tubes.
成川 隆文
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JAEA has performed a wide range of loss-of-coolant-accident (LOCA) studies in response to fuel-burnup extension, new experimental results, and the accident at NPPs. Currently, new LOCA tests are ongoing in JAEA to evaluate fuel behavior under LOCA conditions including the phenomena of fuel fragmentation, relocation, and dispersal (FFRD) and the mechanical strength of fuel cladding tubes during the post-LOCA long-term core cooling period. These test results, including those obtained from the future study, are expected to provide the necessary information for the future regulation on high-burnup fuels.
成川 隆文; 宇田川 豊; 天谷 政樹
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冷却材喪失事故(LOCA)後に長期にわたって炉心の冷却可能形状を維持できるか否かを評価するために必要な、燃料被覆管のLOCA後耐破断性に及ぼすLOCA時二次水素化の影響、並びに燃焼の進展及び被覆管材質変更の影響を評価することを目的に、LOCA模擬試験後の非照射燃料被覆管及び高燃焼度改良型燃料被覆管に対し4点曲げ試験を実施し、作用する曲げに対する耐破断性を評価した。その結果、燃料被覆管の二次水素化した領域は酸化のみの領域(破裂開口部)に比べ最大曲げ応力が半分程度に低下し、LOCA時の膨れ量及び酸化量次第で燃料被覆管は二次水素化部で破断する可能性があること、並びにLOCA後耐破断性は通常運転中の水素吸収量の増大に伴い若干低下するものの約85GWd/tまでの燃焼度進展や被覆管材質の変更により著しく低下しないことを明らかにした。
