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Miura, Akihiko;
JNC TN8410 99-044, 189 Pages, 1999/10
This report includes several results that were made by calculation with several methods to clarify the cause of the fire and explosion incident. In the early times, we didn't have exact information of chemicaI property, reaction rate and any physical constants that we needed. But because the only data that indicate the cooling process of bituminized product was reported, we made heat-transporting calculation with taking this data. Based on the theory of the thermal hazard evaluation that was called Semenov theory or Frank-Kamenetskii theory, the amount of heat generation was estimated using the heat transporting calculation. Common theories were introduced in first section. In the second section, several results of heat transporting calculation were indicated. Calculations were made as follows. First, the model of bituminized product that was filled in the drum was created with the data of cooling process. Second, when the heat was generated in the drum, time-dependent temperature distribution was calculated. And last, judging from the balance of heat generation and heat radiation the critical heat rate was estimated.
; Miura, Akihiko; ;
JNC TN8410 99-043, 135 Pages, 1999/10
All result of chemical analysis and operators observation suggest non-chemical mechanism raised the filling temperature of the bituminized product at the incident. We, Tokai reprocessing plant safety evaluation and analysis team, performed the experiment using laboratory scale extruder and viscosity measurement to explain the high temperature of mixture. The result of the experiment using laboratory scale extruder showed that the phenomena of salt enrichment and salt accumulation oceured and they raised mixture temperature at the decreased feeed rate. These phenomena depend on the feed rate and they have large contribution of heat transportation and rise of operational torque due to the friction between screw and mixture. Based on the experiment result and all information, we investigated the operation procedure, operational records and machine arrangement to try to explain the behavior of the mixture in the extruder. Judging from each torque and temperature behavior, we succeeded in explaining a sequential behavior in the incident. It is estimated that mixture temperature was raised by physical heat generation in the extruder and this report explains each operation, investigated result and estimated event sequences.
Shigetome, Yoshiaki; ; ; Miura, Akihiko; Sato, Yoshihiko; Koyama, Tomozo
JNC TN8200 99-001, 128 Pages, 1999/07
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