Investigation of reactivity coefficient characteristics in actinide burning core concept for the future phaseout of a fast reactor fuel cycle

Mori, Tetsuya; Oki, Shigeo

Nuclear Technology, 20 Pages, 2025/00

https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2025.2472530

This study investigates the characteristics of the Doppler coefficient and sodium void reactivity of a burning fast reactor core concept, which was constructed in a previous study. This concept allows for multiple recyclings of plutonium and minor actinides (transuraniums (TRU)). TRU degradation due to multiple recycling deteriorates the reactivity coefficients through indirect effects, such as by hardening the neutron spectrum and steepening the energy gradient of neutron importance. Using silicon carbide (SiC) structural material improves the reactivity coefficient by causing an opposite indirect effect of TRU degradation. This improvement results not only from neutron spectrum softening due to the neutron moderation effect from C but also from the neutron leakage effect resulting from the low structural material density. The disadvantage of increased calculation uncertainty by using SiC structural material can be practically ignored. Furthermore, the burning core has Doppler coefficient enhancement characteristics by the moderated neutron reflection effect from outside the core. This characteristic has the potential to provide a new measure for reactivity coefficient deterioration due to TRU degradation. The reactivity coefficient characteristics clarified in this study can provide valuable knowledge for future detailed designs and design improvements of a TRU burning core.

Document collection of the 39th Technical Special Committee on Fugen Decommissioning

Sato, Yuji; Miyamoto, Yuta; Awatani, Yuto; Yamamoto, Kosuke; Hatakeyama, Takumi

JAEA-Review 2023-002, 59 Pages, 2023/08

JAEA-Review-2023-002.pdf:8.75MB

"Fugen Decommissioning Engineering Center", in planning and carrying out our decommissioning technical development, organizes "Technical special committee on Fugen decommissioning" which consists of the members well-informed, aiming to make good use of Fugen as a place for technological development which is opened domestic and international, as the central place in research and development base of Fukui prefecture, and to utilize the outcome in our decommissioning to the technical development effectively. This report consists of presentation paper are "Achievements and Considerations for Sampling and Analysis of Reactor Core Components", "Treatment of liquid scintillator waste liquid" and "Results and issues of rationalization of decontamination related to the clearance and considerations related to surface contamination monitoring" which is presented in the 39th Technical Special Committee on Fugen Decommissioning.

Evaluation of source term parameters for spent fuel disposal in foreign countries, 2; Dissolution rates of spent fuel matrices and construction materials for fuel assemblies

Kitamura, Akira; Chikazawa, Takahiro*; Akahori, Kuniaki*; Tachi, Yukio

Genshiryoku Bakkuendo Kenkyu (CD-ROM), 23(1), p.55 - 72, 2016/06

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnuce.23.1_55

The Japanese geological disposal program has started researching disposal of spent nuclear fuel (SF) in deep geological strata (hereafter "direct disposal of SF") as an alternative management option other reprocessing followed by vitrification and geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste. We conducted literature survey of dissolution rate of SF matrix and constructing materials (e.g. zircaloy cladding and control rods) selected in safety assessment reports for direct disposal of SF in Europe and United States. We also investigated basis of release rate determination and assignment of uncertainties in the safety assessment reports. Furthermore, we summarized major conclusions proposed by some European projects governed by European Commission. It was found that determined release rates are fairly similar to each other due to use of similar literature data in all countries of interest. It was also found that the determined release rates were including conservativeness because it was difficult to assign uncertainties quantitatively. It is expected that these findings are useful as fundamental information for determination of the release rates for the safety assessment of Japanese SF disposal system.

Extra radiation hardening and microstructural evolution in F82H by high-dose dual ion irradiation

Ando, Masami; Wakai, Eiichi; Sawai, Tomotsugu; Matsukawa, Shingo; Naito, Akira*; Jitsukawa, Shiro; Oka, Keiichiro*; Tanaka, Teruyuki*; Onuki, Somei*

JAERI-Review 2004-025, TIARA Annual Report 2003, p.159 - 161, 2004/11

https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/pdfdata/JAERI-Review-2004-025-p0117-p0247.pdf

The objectives of this study are to evaluate radiation hardening on ion-irradiated F82H up to 100 dpa and to examine the extra component of radiation hardening due to implanted helium atoms (up to 3000 appmHe) in F82H under ratio of 0, 10, 100 appmHe/dpa.The ion-beam irradiation experiment was carried out at the TIARA facility of JAERI. Specimens were irradiated at 633 K by 10.5 MeV Fe ions with/without 1.05 MeV He ions. Micro-indentation tests were performed at loads to penetrate about 0.40 mm in the irradiated specimens using an UMIS-2000. The results are summarized as follows:1) As a result of the single irradiated F82H, the micro-hardness tended to increase about 30 dpa. 2) The extra radiation hardening was obviously caused by co-implanted helium atoms more than 1000 appm in F82H irradiated at 633 K. 3) In the dual-beam (100 appmHe/dpa) irradiated microstructure, nano-voids and fine defects were observed. It is suggested that the formation of nano-voids causes the extra radiation hardening by helium co-implantation.

Impurity release and deuterium retention properties of a ferritic steel wall in JFT-2M

Ogawa, Hiroaki; Yamauchi, Yuji*; Tsuzuki, Kazuhiro; Kawashima, Hisato; Sato, Masayasu; Shinohara, Koji; Kamiya, Kensaku; Kasai, Satoshi; Kusama, Yoshinori; Yamaguchi, Kaoru*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 329-333(Part1), p.678 - 682, 2004/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2004.04.192

no abstracts in English

Effect of simultaneous ion irradiation on microstructural change of SiC/SiC composites at high temperature

Taguchi, Tomitsugu; Wakai, Eiichi; Igawa, Naoki; Nogami, Shuhei*; Snead, L. L.*; Hasegawa, Akira*; Jitsukawa, Shiro

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 307-311(Part2), p.1135 - 1140, 2002/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(02)01051-6

no abstracts in English

Phase stability and mechanical properties of irradiated Ti-Al-V intermetallic compounds

Sawai, Tomotsugu; Wakai, Eiichi; Jitsukawa, Shiro; Hishinuma, Akimichi

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 307-311(Part1), p.389 - 392, 2002/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(02)01206-0

A Ti-35Al-10V alloy was fabricated from mechanically alloyed powder by a hot-isostatic-pressing. The microstructure consists of 2, , and phases. Specimens were irradiated in Japan Research Reactor No. 3 Modified (JRR-3M) up to 3.5 10 n/cm at 400C and 600C. Unirradiated tensile specimens showed total elongation of 3 to 15 % at 400C-tests, while 400C-irradiated or 600C-irradiated specimens showed no plastic deformation before fracture. At 600C tensile tests, unirradiated specimens showed total elongation of more than 60 %, while irradiated ones showed 10 % or less elongation. The low ductility of irradiated specimens suggests embrittlement due to phase decomposition, but electron diffraction using a transmission electron microscope results of irradiated specimens will be also discussed.

Highly thermal conductive sintered SiC fiber-reinforced 3D SiC/SiC composites; Experiments and finite-element analysis of the thermal diffusivity/conductivity

Yamada, Reiji; Igawa, Naoki; Taguchi, Tomitsugu; Jitsukawa, Shiro

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 307-311(Part2), p.1215 - 1220, 2002/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3115(02)00957-1

SiC fiber-reinforced SiC composites (SiC/SiC) are considered an advanced structural material for blanket modules of a fusion reactor, which requires high thermal conductivity in order to keep thermal stresses in the material lower than the allowable design stress. The sintered SiC fiber recently developed has obtained high thermal conductivity, so it is highly expected that sintered SiC fiber-reinforced SiC/SiC composites would also show high thermal conductivity. In this study several types of 3D SiC/SiC composites were fabricated by either CVI or PIP method. The results of the thermal conductivity measurements show that the maximum thermal conductivity at room temperature was about 60 W/mK for CVI composites or 25W/mK for PIP ones. These values are considerably higher than those of non-sintered SiC fiber reinforced SiC/SiC composites, which indicates a possibility that the developed materials would be promising. The FEM thremal analysis shows the good agreement between the caluculated and experimental results.

The State and trend of IASCC study

Tsukada, Takashi

Nihon Yosetsu Kyokai "Genshiryoku Kozo Kiki No Zairyo, Sekkei, Seko, Kensa Ni Kansuru Koshukai" Tekisuto, 40 Pages, 2002/00

no abstracts in English

Aging degradation of light water reactor materials; Reactor internal and pressure vessel materials

Tsukada, Takashi; Ebine, Noriya

Nihon AEM Gakkai-Shi, 9(2), p.171 - 177, 2001/06

no abstracts in English