Effect of grain refinement on cracks occurring in SUS304L stainless steel under nuclear reactor operating conditions

Hirota, Noriaki; Takeda, Ryoma; Ide, Hiroshi; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko; Kobayashi, Yoshinao*

Nuclear Materials and Energy (Internet), 45, p.102009_1 - 402009_10, 2025/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2025.102009

Using SUS304L stainless steel, which is employed in reactor structural components, the effects of grain refinement on stress corrosion cracking occurring under nuclear reactor operating conditions were investigated. As a result, after conducting slow strain rate testing (SSRT) in air and nuclear reactor operating environments, a comparison of the tensile properties of SUS304L with the same grain size revealed that elongation significantly decreased with increasing grain size under nuclear reactor operating conditions. In SSRT conducted in air, the -value obtained from the Hall-Petch relationship was lower than the conventional values. Observations showed the absence of cracks on SUS304L with 0.59 and 1.52 m grains; however, SUS304L with larger grains exhibited rougher fracture surfaces and side cracks. Thin oxide films were formed on SUS304L with 0.59 m and 1.52 m grains, while SUS304L with coarse grains of 28.4 m or larger enabled the formation of oxide films with over 2 m thickness. CrO films were formed on SUS304L with 0.59 m, 1.52 m, and 28.4 m, while CrO and Fe based oxides were formed on SUS304L with 39.5 m and 68.6 m. Crystal orientation analysis revealed linear surface layers without cracks in the -phase for SUS304L with 0.59 m and 1.52 m. In materials with Larger grain sizes, surface irregularities and cracks were observed in the -phase. In fine-grained SUS304L, lattice diffusion caused uniform O diffusion in the -phase, resulting in the formation of a thin CrO layer that suppressed cracks. In coarse-grained SUS304L, grain boundary diffusion caused Fe oxide formation at the grain boundaries, weakening them, and supersaturated O led to the formation of thick films comprising CrO and Fe-based oxides, resulting in peeling and cracking.

The Development of Petri Net-based continuous Markov Chain Monte Carlo methodology applying to dynamic probability risk assessment for multi-state resilience systems with repairable multi-component interdependency under longtermly thereat

Li, C.-Y.; Watanabe, Akira*; Uchibori, Akihiro; Okano, Yasushi

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(7), p.935 - 957, 2024/07

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2023.2290067

Noninvasive imaging of hollow structures and gas movement revealed the gas partial-pressure-gradient-driven long-distance gas movement in the aerenchyma along the leaf blade to submerged organs in rice

Yin, Y.-G.*; Mori, Yoshinao*; Suzui, Nobuo*; Kurita, Keisuke; Yamaguchi, Mitsutaka*; Miyoshi, Yuta*; Nagao, Yuto*; Ashikari, Motoyuki*; Nagai, Keisuke*; Kawachi, Naoki*

New Phytologist, 232(5), p.1974 - 1984, 2021/12

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17726

Rice () plants have porous or hollow organs consisting of aerenchyma, which is presumed to function as a low-resistance diffusion pathway for air to travel from the foliage above the water to submerged organs. However, gas movement in rice plants has yet to be visualized in real time. In this study involving partially submerged rice plants, the leaves emerging from the water were fed nitrogen-13-labeled nitrogen ([N]N) tracer gas, and the gas movement downward along the leaf blade, leaf sheath, and internode over time was monitored.

Surface complexation of Ca and competitive sorption of divalent cations on montmorillonite under alkaline conditions

Sugiura, Yuki; Ishidera, Takamitsu; Tachi, Yukio

Applied Clay Science, 200, p.105910_1 - 105910_10, 2021/01

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2020.105910

On-line rapid purification of [N]N gas for visualization of nitrogen fixation and translocation in nodulated soybean

Yin, Y.-G.*; Ishii, Satomi*; Suzui, Nobuo*; Igura, Masato*; Kurita, Keisuke; Miyoshi, Yuta*; Nagasawa, Naotsugu*; Taguchi, Mitsumasa*; Kawachi, Naoki*

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 151, p.7 - 12, 2019/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.05.034

Accurate analysis of N fixation in leguminous crops requires determination of N utilization within an intact plant however, most approaches require tissue disassembly. We developed a simple and rapid technique to generate high-purity and high-yield [N]N gas and obtained real-time images of N fixation in an intact soybean plant. The purification efficiency was 81.6% after decay correction.

Hydrogeomechanical properties of excavation damaged zones along galleries in different depths of the Horonobe underground research laboratory

Aoyagi, Kazuhei; Ishii, Eiichi

Dai-14-Kai Iwa No Rikigaku Kokunai Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 6 Pages, 2017/01

The objective of this research is to investigate the hydro-mechanical properties of excavation damaged zones (EDZs) along the galleries excavated in 250 m and 350 m depths. We conducted hydraulic tests, BTV observations and core analyses. As a result, in the 250 m gallery, the extent of the EDZ was 1.0 m into the gallery wall. The hydraulic conductivity was increased by 2 to 3 orders of magnitudes compared with that of intact rock. On the other hand, in the 350 m gallery, the extent of the EDZ was 0.4 m into the gallery wall; the hydraulic conductivity was increased by 5 orders of magnitudes compared with that of intact rock. We investaged the difference of the characteristics of the EDZs on the basis of competence factor and ductility index. As a result, it was estimated that an extent of an EDZ decreases with decrease of competence factor; a hydraulic conductivity in an EDZ increases with decrease of ductility index.

Anisotropic deformation effect on the fracture of core components made of two-dimensional C/C composite

Sumita, Junya; Shibata, Taiju; Ishihara, Masahiro; Iyoku, Tatsuo; Tsuji, Nobumasa*

Key Engineering Materials, 297-300, p.143 - 147, 2005/11

no abstracts in English

A Report on TIARA Research Review Meeting

Arakawa, Kazuo

Hoshasen Kagaku, (80), p.57 - 59, 2005/09

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/10019341773

no abstracts in English

Effect of -irradiation on latent tracks of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film

Hiroki, Akihiro; Asano, Masaharu; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Yoshida, Masaru

Chemical Physics Letters, 406(1-3), p.188 - 191, 2005/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2005.02.115

The pre-treatment effect of -irradiation on latent tracks of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films bombarded with swift heavy ions was investigated by electric conductometry and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation. The Xe-ion bombarded PET films were etched for 6 hours in 0.2 M NaOH aqueous solution at 70C to prepare track-etched membranes. As -irradiation doses increased in the range of 0-160 kGy, the pore diameter obtained by SEM observation decreased while that obtained by conductometry became large. This inconsistent result between the two methods was due to an increase in the crosslinked region in the latent tracks caused by -irradiation.

Development of cavity length control system for high repetition rate Nd:YAG laser oscillator (Joint research)

Maruyama, Yoichiro; Kubomura, Hiroyuki*; Kasamatsu, Tadashi*; Matsuoka, Shinichi*; Nakano, Fumihiko*; Kan, Hirofumi*

JAERI-Tech 2004-056, 14 Pages, 2004/09

JAERI-Tech-2004-056.pdf:3.49MB

A high average power tunable solid state laser is pumped by the second harmonic of LD-pumped high repetition rate Nd:YAG laser consisting of a single-longitudinal-mode oscillator and amplifiers. To operate the Nd:YAG laser oscillator with a single-longitudinal-mode by injection seeding, the cavity length control is required to coincide the resonant frequency of Nd:YAG laser oscillator with the frequency of seeder. For this purpose, a cavity length control system of the Nd:YAG laser oscillator is developed and the characteristics are studied. With this system, the cavity length is controlled at the pulse repetition rate of 0.5 kHz and the single frequency operation for more than three hours is realized.