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Ishitsuka, Etsuo; Kenzhina, I. E.*; Okumura, Keisuke; Takemoto, Noriyuki; Chikhray, Y.*
JAEA-Technology 2016-022, 35 Pages, 2016/10
JAEA-Technology-2016-022.pdf:3.73MB
As a part of study on the mechanism of tritium release to the primary coolant in research and testing reactors, the calculation methods by PHITS code is studied to evaluate the recoil tritium release rate from beryllium core components. Calculations using neutron and triton sources were compared, and it is clear that the tritium release rates in both cases show similar values. However, the calculation speed for the triton source cases is two orders faster than that for the neutron source case. It is also clear that the calculation up to history number per unit volume of 2
10
(cm
) is necessary to determine the recoil tritium release rate of two effective digits precision. Furthermore, the relationship between the beryllium shape and recoil tritium release rate using the triton sources was studied. Recoil tritium release rate showed linear relation to the surface area per volume of beryllium, and the recoil tritium release rate showed about half of the conventional equation value.
Kenzhina, I. E.*; Ishitsuka, Etsuo; Okumura, Keisuke; Takemoto, Noriyuki; Mukanova, A.*; Chikhray, Y.*
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Increase of tritium concentration in the primary coolant for research and testing reactors during reactor operation had been reported. To clarify the tritium sources, a curve of tritium release rate into the primary coolant for the JMTR and JRR-3M are evaluated. As a result, the tritium release rate is related with produced 
Li by (n,
) reaction from 
Be, and evaluation results of tritium release curve are shown as the dominant source of tritium release into the primary coolant for the JMTR and JRR-3M are beryllium components. Scattering of the tritium release rate with irradiation time were observed, and this phenomena in the JMTR occurred in earlier time than that of the JRR-3M.