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Naeem, M.*; Ma, Y.*; Tian, J.*; Kong, H.*; Romero-Resendiz, L.*; Fan, Z.*; Jiang, F.*; Gong, W.; Harjo, S.; Wu, Z.*; et al.
Materials Science & Engineering A, 924, p.147819_1 - 147819_10, 2025/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)Face-centered cubic (fcc) medium-/high-entropy alloys (M/HEAs) typically enhance strength and ductility at cryogenic temperatures via stacking faults, twinning, or martensitic transformation. However, in-situ neutron diffraction on VCoNi MEA at 15 K reveals that strain hardening is driven solely by rapid dislocation accumulation, without these mechanisms. This results in increased yield strength, strain hardening, and fracture strain. The behavior, explained by the Orowan equation, challenges conventional views on cryogenic strengthening in fcc M/HEAs and highlights the role of dislocation-mediated plasticity at low temperatures.
佐藤 聡; 日引 俊*; 池田 遼; 柴本 泰照
Progress in Nuclear Energy, 180, p.105593_1 - 105593_11, 2025/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)加圧水型原子炉(PWR)の冷却材喪失事故では、ダウンカマーに流入するコールドレグに注入された緊急炉心冷却(ECC)水の流れにより、原子炉圧力容器(RPV)内壁に加圧熱衝撃(PTS)が発生するリスクがある。PTSは、ECC水によるダウンカマー壁の急冷によって発生し、ECC水の温度、壁面へのジェットの衝突位置と速度、壁面上の液膜の速度、液膜の厚さ、下降流の広がりなどに強く影響される。したがって、コールドレグからダウンカマーに流出するECC水の流れは、PTS事象に強く影響する可能性がある。この流動現象を理解するために、円管からの自由流出に関する研究をレビューした。流動条件の分類、流動条件間の遷移条件、端部深さ比、円管内の流れの自由表面形状、管から流出するナッペの形状に関する実験結果は、ほぼ一致した形で得られている。これに対し、コールドレグからダウンカマーへの流れを考慮する場合、自由空間ではなく狭い隙間への流れ、円管出口の角の丸みの存在、炉心からコールドレグへ流れる蒸気流の影響など、特殊な状況での流れ場を扱う必要がある。しかし、これらの要因を考慮した先行研究は少ないため、今後蓄積すべき知見としてまとめた。
竹田 武司
JAEA-Data/Code 2024-014, 76 Pages, 2024/12
JAEA-Data-Code-2024-014.pdf:4.0MB
ROSA-V計画において、大型非定常実験装置(LSTF)を用いた実験(実験番号:SB-PV-03)が2002年11月19日に行われた。ROSA/LSTFSB-PV-03実験では、加圧水型原子炉(PWR)の0.2%圧力容器底部小破断冷却材喪失事故を模擬した。このとき、非常用炉心冷却系(ECCS)である高圧注入系の全故障とともに、蓄圧注入(ACC)タンクから一次系への非凝縮性ガス(窒素ガス)の流入を仮定した。また、アクシデントマネジメント(AM)策として両蒸気発生器(SG)二次側減圧を安全注入設備信号発信後10分に一次系減圧率55K/hを目標として開始し、その後継続した。さらに、AM策から少し遅れて両SG二次側への30分間の補助給水を開始した。ACCタンクから一次系への窒素ガスの流入開始まで、AM策は一次系減圧に対して有効であった。ACC系から両低温側配管への間欠的な冷却材注入により、炉心水位は振動しながら回復した。このため、炉心水位は小さな低下にとどまった。窒素ガスの流入後、一次系とSG二次側の圧力差が大きくなった。窒素ガス流入下におけるSG伝熱管でのリフラックス凝縮時に、ボイルオフによる炉心露出が生じた。模擬燃料棒の被覆管表面最高温度がLSTFの炉心保護のために予め決定した値(908K)を超えたとき、炉心出力は自動的に低下した。炉心出力の自動低下後、ECCSである低圧注入(LPI)系から両低温側配管への冷却材注入により、全炉心はクエンチした。LPI系の作動を通じた継続的な炉心冷却を確認後、実験を終了した。本報告書は、ROSA/LSTFSB-PV-03実験の手順、条件および実験で観察された主な結果をまとめたものである。
高松 邦吉; 舩谷 俊平*
Proceedings of 13th Korea-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS13) (Internet), 11 Pages, 2024/11
本研究は、外的ハザードに対する安全性向上に向けて、水や空気等の流体の駆動に期待するのではなく、事故時の崩壊熱及び残留熱を受動的に冷却可能な、放射冷却を利用した新たな冷却システム(炉容器冷却システム)の開発を目的とする。本発表では、提案する炉容器冷却システムを原子炉建家と一体化した構造概念を提示するとともに、これまでの実験及び解析検討結果に基づく性能評価結果を報告する。
neutron diffraction study to elucidate hydrogen effect on the deformation mechanism in Type 310S austenitic stainless steel伊東 達矢; 小川 祐平*; Gong, W.; Mao, W.*; 川崎 卓郎; 岡田 和歩*; 柴田 曉伸*; Harjo, S.
Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Steel Science (ISSS 2024), p.237 - 240, 2024/11
Hydrogen embrittlement has long been an obstacle to the development of safe infrastructure. However, in contrast to hydrogen's embrittling effect, recent research has revealed that the addition of hydrogen improves both the strength and uniform elongation of AISI Type 310S austenitic stainless steel. A detailed understanding of how hydrogen affects the deformation mechanism of this steel could pave the way for the development of more advanced materials with superior properties. In the present study, 
neutron diffraction experiments were conducted on Type 310S steel with and without hydrogen-charged to investigate the effect of hydrogen on the deformation mechanism. In addition to the effect of solid-solution strengthening by hydrogen, the q-value, a parameter representing the proportion of edge and screw dislocations in the accumulated dislocations, was quantitatively evaluated using CMWP analysis on neutron diffraction patterns. The comparison of q-values between the hydrogen-charged and non-charged samples reveals that hydrogen has minimal effect on dislocation character in Type 310S steel.
田崎 雄大; 成川 隆文; 宇田川 豊
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(10), p.1349 - 1359, 2024/10
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)This study developed a probabilistic determination model with respect to cladding high-temperature burst conditions based on the Bayesian statistical method to reasonably evaluate fuel behaviors under loss-of-coolant accident conditions, including fuel fragmentation, relocation, and dispersal. The candidate models were based on the widely accepted empirical model established based on nonirradiated fuel cladding data. Explanatory variables were added to improve the applicability of these models with respect to irradiated materials and generalization performance. The posterior predictive distribution of each candidate model was evaluated using Bayesian estimation comprising 238 sets of high-temperature burst test data. The generalization performance was evaluated using information criteria. The results of model evaluation showed improved predictive performance by considering the effect of hydrogen content. A comparison with burnup as an alternative explanatory variable confirmed that hydrogen content was the better parameter and other burnup-associated effects, such as irradiation hardening of the metal matrix and oxide growth (reduction of the metal matrix), were less dominant under burst conditions.
曽我部 丞司; 石田 真也; 田上 浩孝; 岡野 靖; 神山 健司; 小野田 雄一; 松場 賢一; 山野 秀将; 久保 重信; 久保田 龍三郎*; et al.
Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle (GLOBAL2024) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2024/10
日仏協力の枠組みにおいて、タンク型ナトリウム冷却高速を対象とした過酷事故の評価手法を定義し、解析評価を実施した。
Li, F.; 成川 隆文; 宇田川 豊
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(8), p.1036 - 1047, 2024/08
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)The seismic resistance of fuel cladding during the long-term core cooling after loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCAs) was investigated by performing cyclic four-point bending tests (4PBTs) of up to 1000 cycles with fresh fuel cladding samples that experienced integral thermal shock test, simulating LOCA conditions, including ballooning, rupture, oxidation, and quench. 4PBTs were performed on the samples that survived the quenching process. The results showed that up to 1000 cycles and 5.8 Nm of cyclic loading moment, there was no apparent effect on the bending fracture limit of the fuel cladding under the 4PBT. The scatter of the bending fracture limit for a given equivalent cladding reacted (ECR) evaluated by the Baker-Just oxidation rate equation (BJ-ECR) is attributed to two primary factors: first, the difference between the prescribed and the actual oxidation behavior, confirmed by comparing the BJ-ECR and the ECR evaluated based on metallographic observation (M-ECR), and second, the variated shape of the rupture-opening area after the integral thermal shock test. The strength of the alpha phase-dominant zone near the rupture opening seems to contribute to the bending fracture limit.
CNguyen, B. V. C.*; 村上 健太*; Chena, L.*; Phongsakorn, P. T.*; Chen, X.*; 橋本 貴司; Hwang, T.*; 古澤 彰憲; 鈴木 達也*
Nuclear Materials and Energy (Internet), 39, p.101639_1 - 101639_9, 2024/06
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)In reactor pressure vessel materials, the formation of Mn- and Ni-rich nanoclusters is a major cause of neutron irradiation embrittlement. The segregation of these solute atoms into dislocation loops has attracted attention as a mechanism to accelerate solute clustering. In this study, the behaviors of solute Mn and Ni atoms in Fe-0.6wt.%Ni, Fe-1.4wt.%Mn, and Fe-1.4wt.%Mn-0.6wt.%Ni alloys irradiated at 400 C up to 3 dpa were analyzed using three-dimensional atom probe tomography. Solute atom clusters were observed in all materials, and their shapes were spherical, flat, and torus in FeNi, FeMn, and FeMnNi, respectively. In ternary alloy FeMnNi, Mn and Ni atoms were concentrated in the sample in the form of arcs, and the orientation of the plane containing the arcs was estimated by comparing field desorption images. The size, number density, and orientation of this structure were found to be in good agreement with those of both types of dislocation loops, namely, b = 1/2 
111
and b = 100, identified in a previous study using the same material. The positions of Ni and Mn enrichment did not fully overlap. Ni atoms tended to be concentrated more in the inner part of the loop than the Mn atoms. Mn atoms were enriched only in the vicinity of the dislocation loops, whereas Ni atoms showed a higher concentration inside the dislocation loops than in the bulk.
F勝又 哲裕*; 鈴木 涼*; 佐藤 直人*; 小田 良哉*; 本山 慎吾*; 鈴木 俊平*; 中島 護*; 稲熊 宜之*; 森 大輔*; 相見 晃久*; et al.
Chemistry of Materials, 36(8), p.3697 - 3704, 2024/04
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：35.94(Chemistry, Physical)ペロブスカイト型酸窒化物のBaFeOFを高圧合成によって作製した。得られた物質はSHGシグナルが観測されたことから自発分極の存在を示唆していたため、分極発現機構を放射光高エネルギーX線回折で調べた。得られた2体相関分布関数をフィットした結果、方位の異なる局所的な分極発現機構を見出した。BaFeOFは磁性材料でもあるため、磁気ドメインと強誘電ドメインが共存していると考えられる。
高松 邦吉; 舩谷 俊平*
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 56(3), p.832 - 845, 2024/03
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)受動的安全性を持つRCCSは、大気を冷却材として使用するため、冷却材を喪失することはないが、大気の擾乱の影響を受けやすいという欠点がある。そのため、大気放射を利用したRCCSと、大気自然循環を利用したRCCSを実用化するためには、想定される自然災害や事故状態を含むあらゆる状況下で、原子炉からの発熱を常に除去できるのかについて安全評価を実施する必要がある。そこで本研究では、2種類の受動的RCCSについて、熱除去のための受動的安全性の余裕(裕度)について同一条件で比較した。その結果、提案した大気輻射を利用したRCCSは、外気(大気)の擾乱に対して原子炉圧力容器(RPV)の温度を安定的に維持できる利点を明らかにすることができた。さらに、RPV表面から放出される廃熱をすべて利用できる方法も提案した。
成川 隆文; 宇田川 豊
Transactions of the 27th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT 27) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2024/03
Information criteria such as a widely applicable information criterion (WAIC) and a widely applicable Bayesian information criterion (WBIC) enable the selection of models with high predictive accuracy and data fit, yet these criteria come with inherent uncertainties as they are statistical measures. To evaluate the uncertainty in model selection based on these information criteria, we performed numerical experiments using the bootstrap method, which is a resampling technique, on models for estimating the fracture probability of fuel cladding tubes during loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCAs). By calculating WAIC and WBIC for each of 10,000 bootstrap samples, we evaluated the dependency of model selection on these samples. Our key findings reveal that: (1) Sample-derived variation in information criteria was significantly greater than variability between models, underscoring the importance of assessing uncertainty from samples. (2) The Log-probit model, developed in our previous study, was selected as the optimal model for its superior predictive performance and data fit, despite the inherent uncertainties associated with WAIC and WBIC. (3) The presence of outliers at the fracture/non-fracture boundary of fuel cladding tubes may negatively impact the information criteria, suggesting the need for careful consideration when including such data in model parameter estimation.
小山 元道*; 山下 享介*; 諸岡 聡; 澤口 孝宏*; Yang, Z.*; 北條 智彦*; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.
鉄と鋼, 110(3), p.197 - 204, 2024/02
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：41.92(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)The local plasticity and associated microstructure evolution in Fe-5Mn-0.1C medium-Mn steel (wt.%) were investigated in this study. Specifically, the micro-deformation mechanism during L
ders banding was characterized based on multi-scale electron backscatter diffraction measurements and electron channeling contrast imaging. Similar to other medium-Mn steels, the Fe-5Mn-0.1C steel showed discontinuous macroscopic deformation, preferential plastic deformation in austenite, and deformation-induced martensitic transformation during Lders deformation. Hexagonal close-packed martensite was also observed as an intermediate phase. Furthermore, an in-situ neutron diffraction experiment revealed that the pre-existing body- centered cubic phase, which was mainly ferrite, was a minor deformation path, although ferrite was the major constituent phase.
小山 元道*; 山下 享介*; 諸岡 聡; Yang, Z.*; Varanasi, R. S.*; 北條 智彦*; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.
鉄と鋼, 110(3), p.205 - 216, 2024/02
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering) deformation experiments with cold-rolled and intercritically annealed Fe-5Mn-0.1C steel were carried out at ambient temperature to characterize the deformation heterogeneity during Lders band propagation. Deformation band formation, which is a precursor phenomenon of Lders band propagation, occurred even in the macroscopically elastic deformation stage. The deformation bands in the Lders front grew from both the side edges to the center of the specimen. After macroscopic yielding, the thin deformation bands grew via band branching, thickening, multiple band initiation, and their coalescence, the behavior of which was heterogeneous. Thick deformation bands formed irregularly in front of the region where the thin deformation bands were densified. The thin deformation bands were not further densified when the spacing of the bands was below 
10 
m. Instead, the regions between the deformation bands showed a homogeneous plasticity evolution. The growth of the thin deformation bands was discontinuous, which may be due to the presence of ferrite groups in the propagation path of the deformation bands. Based on these observations, a model for discontinuous Lders band propagation has been proposed.
Kim, G.*; Cho, S.-M.*; Im, S.*; Suh, H.*; 諸岡 聡; 菖蒲 敬久; 兼松 学*; 町田 晃彦*; Bae, S.*
Construction and Building Materials, 411, p.134529_1 - 134529_18, 2024/01
被引用回数：8 パーセンタイル：69.96(Construction & Building Technology)This study explores the influence of the interatomic structure of sodium aluminosilicate hydrate (N-A-S-H) with varying silica contents on the mechanical properties of metakaolin-based geopolymer. Geopolymer pastes comprising Si/Al ratios between 2.0 and 3.0 were synthesized. A larger number of Si-O-Si linkages compared to Si-O-Al linkages and a higher atomic number density were found in the geopolymers with higher silica contents, which enhanced the compressive strength of the geopolymer pastes up to the optimal Si/Al ratio of 2.5. The paste with a Si/Al = 2.5 exhibited a greater portion of Q
(1Al and 2Al) and denser morphology compared to the other geopolymer pastes. Furthermore, in-situ high-energy synchrotron X-ray scattering experiments were conducted to assess the elastic modulus of the aluminosilicate structure at a local atomic scale. The modulus value in real space decreases with increasing silica contents up to Si/Al = 2.5 and increases with the presence of excessive unreacted silica fume. The modulus value in reciprocal space for the axial and lateral directions both presented a positive value at the geopolymer comprising a Si/Al ratio higher than 2.5, indicating that the load-bearing property of N-A-S-H changed at higher Si/Al ratios. Moreover, the smallest difference between the strains along the axial and lateral directions was detected for the geopolymer with Si/Al = 2.5 in both the real and reciprocal space, owing to the most interconnected and flexible nanostructure, which led to the highest mechanical strength.
成川 隆文; 近藤 啓悦; 藤村 由希; 垣内 一雄; 宇田川 豊; 根本 義之
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 587, p.154736_1 - 154736_8, 2023/12
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：46.61(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)To evaluate the oxidation and embrittlement behavior of an oxide-dispersion-strengthened FeCrAl (FeCrAl-ODS) cladding tube under loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) conditions, we conducted isothermal oxidation and ring-compression tests on unirradiated, stress-relieved FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube specimens. Further, we discussed the loss of coolable geometry of the reactor core loaded with the FeCrAl-ODS cladding tubes under LOCA conditions, using data from the ring-compression tests in this study and the integral thermal shock tests from our previous study. The results reveal that oxidation kinetics of the FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube at 1523 K is four orders of magnitude lower than that of a conventional Zircaloy cladding tube, which highlights the exceptional oxidation resistance of the FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube. The breakaway oxidation of the FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube was observed at 1623 K for durations equal to or exceeding 6 h, and melting was observed at 1723 K. The ring-compression and the integral thermal shock tests indicate that, depending on the oxidation time, the ductile to brittle transition threshold - as determined by the ring-compression test - exists between 1623 K and 1723 K. Meanwhile, the fracture threshold - established through the integral thermal shock test - falls between 1573 K and 1673 K. Therefore, taking a conservative approach based on available data, the fracture and non-fracture results from the integral thermal shock tests can define the lower and upper boundaries of the threshold for the loss of coolable geometry of the reactor core during a LOCA.
竹田 武司
JAEA-Data/Code 2023-012, 75 Pages, 2023/10
JAEA-Data-Code-2023-012.pdf:4.45MB
ROSA-V計画において、大型非定常実験装置(LSTF)を用いた実験(実験番号: TR-LF-15)が2014年6月11日に行われた。ROSA/LSTFTR-LF-15実験では、加圧水型原子炉(PWR)のポンプシール冷却材喪失事故(LOCA)を伴う、補助給水機能喪失を特徴とするTMLB'のシナリオでの全交流電源喪失時のアクシデントマネジメント(AM)策を模擬した。ポンプシールLOCAは、0.1%低温側配管破断により模擬した。このとき、非常用炉心冷却系(ECCS)である高圧注入系及び低圧注入系の全故障とともに、ECCSの蓄圧注入タンクから一次系への非凝縮性ガス(窒素ガス)の流入を仮定した。蒸気発生器(SG)二次側水位が特定の低水位まで低下すると、一次系圧力は上昇に転じた。SG二次側水位喪失後、加圧器の安全弁が周期的に開いたため、一次冷却材の喪失につながった。故に、高圧条件でボイルオフによる炉心露出が生じた。模擬燃料棒被覆管表面温度の10Kの上昇を確認した時点で、SG二次側減圧を一番目のAM策として開始した。このAM策では、両SGの安全弁を開放した。また、一番目のAM策開始後少し遅れた時点で、加圧器の安全弁の開放による一次系減圧を二番目のAM策として開始した。さらに、一番目のAM策に従いSG二次側圧力が1.0MPaに低下した時点で、低水頭ポンプによる給水ラインから両SG二次側への注水を三番目のAM策として開始した。三番目のAM策の開始直後、SG二次系からの除熱が再開したため、一次系圧力の低下が促進された。蓄圧注入系から両低温側配管への冷却材注入による炉心水位の回復により、全炉心はクエンチした。窒素ガスがSGU字管内に蓄積したため、一次系の減圧率は低下した。本報告書は、ROSA/LSTFTR-LF-15実験の手順、条件および実験で観察された主な結果をまとめたものである。
成川 隆文; 濱口 修輔*; 高田 孝*; 宇田川 豊
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 411, p.112443_1 - 112443_12, 2023/09
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：25.62(Nuclear Science & Technology)For realizing a highly reliable fracture limit evaluation of fuel cladding tubes during loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCAs) in light-water reactors, we developed a method to quantify the fracture limit uncertainty of high-burnup advanced fuel cladding tubes. This method employs a hierarchical Bayesian model that can quantify uncertainty even with limited experimental data. The fracture limit uncertainty was quantified as a probability using the amount of oxidation (Equivalent cladding reacted: ECR) and the initial hydrogen concentration (the hydrogen concentration in the fuel cladding tubes before the LOCA-simulated tests) as explanatory variables. We divided the regression coefficients of this model into a hierarchical structure with an overall average term common to all types of fuel cladding tubes and a term representing differences among various types of fuel cladding tubes. This hierarchical structure enabled us to quantify the fracture limit uncertainty through the effective use of prior knowledge and data, even for high-burnup advanced fuel cladding tubes with a small number of data points. The fracture limits representing a 5% fracture probability with 95% confidence of the high-burnup advanced fuel cladding tubes evaluated by the hierarchical Bayesian model were higher than 15% ECR for the initial hydrogen concentrations of up to 700-900 wtppm and restraint loads below 535 N. These fracture limits were comparable to the limit of the unirradiated Zircaloy-4 cladding tube, indicating that the burnup extension and use of the advanced fuel cladding tubes do not significantly lower the fracture limit of fuel cladding tubes. Further, we proposed a method to reduce the fracture limit uncertainty by using non-binary data, instead of the binary data, depending on the condition of the fuel cladding tube specimens after performing the LOCA-simulated test, thereby increasing the amount of information in the data.
外川 織彦; 外間 智規; 平岡 大和
JAEA-Review 2023-013, 48 Pages, 2023/08
JAEA-Review-2023-013.pdf:2.11MB
原子力災害時に大気へ放射性物質が放出された場合には、住民等の被ばくを低減するための防護措置として、自家用車やバス等の車両を利用して避難や一時移転が実施される。避難等を実施した住民等の汚染状況を確認するため避難退域時検査が行われるが、その迅速性を損なわないことが重要である。現状の検査では、車両の指定箇所検査をワイパー部とタイヤ側面で実施し、要員によるGMサーベイメータ等の表面汚染検査用測定器で検査することを基本としている。また、車両の迅速かつ効率的な検査実施のため、可搬型車両用ゲート型モニタの活用も計画されているところである。本報告書では、迅速かつ効率的な避難退域時検査に資するため、原子力災害時における車両の汚染状況と除染措置に関する調査を実施した。利用可能な関連文献や情報はごく少数であったが、当該文献等に記載された調査結果を目的に応じて抽出して整理するとともに、避難退域時検査の迅速かつ効率的な運用という観点からその調査結果について検討を行った。
成川 隆文; 近藤 啓悦; 藤村 由希; 垣内 一雄; 宇田川 豊; 根本 義之
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 582, p.154467_1 - 154467_12, 2023/08
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：62.75(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)To evaluate the behavior of an oxide-dispersion-strengthened FeCrAl (FeCrAl-ODS) cladding tube under loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) conditions of light-water reactors (LWRs), the following two laboratory-scale LOCA-simulated tests were performed: the burst and integral thermal shock tests. Four burst and three integral thermal shock tests were performed on unirradiated, stress-relieved FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube specimens, simulating ballooning and rupture, oxidation, and quenching, which were postulated during a LOCA. The burst temperature of the FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube was 200-300 K higher than that of the Zircaloy cladding tube, and the FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube's maximum circumferential strain was smaller than or equal to the Zircaloy-4 cladding tube. These results indicate that the FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube has higher strength at high temperatures than the conventional Zircaloy cladding tube. The FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube did not fracture after being subjected to an axial restraint load of 5000 N, which is more than 10 times higher than the axial restraint load estimated for existing LWRs, during quenching, following isothermal oxidation at 1473 K for 1 h. The FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube was hardly oxidized during this isothermal oxidation condition. However, it melted after a short oxidation at 1673 K and fractured after abnormal oxidation at 1573 K for 1 h. Based on these results, the FeCrAl-ODS cladding tube should not fracture in the time range expected during LOCAs below 1473 K, where no melting or abnormal oxidation occurs.
