Enhanced work hardening in ferrite and austenite of duplex stainless steel at 200 K; neutron diffraction study

山下 享介*; 古賀 紀光*; Mao, W.*; Gong, W.; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.; 藤井 英俊*; 梅澤 修*

Materials Science and Engineering A, 941, p.148602_1 - 148602_11, 2025/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2025.148602

Ferrite-austenite duplex stainless steels offer excellent strength and ductility, making them suitable for extreme environments. In this study, neutron diffraction during tensile testing at 293 K and 200 K was used to investigate stress partitioning and phase-specific deformation. Phase stress was calculated using a texture-compensated method. At both temperatures, ferrite showed higher phase stress than austenite, acting as the harder phase. At 200 K, both phases exhibited increased strength and work hardening. Austenite showed significant stacking fault formation alongside dislocation migration, while ferrite retained its dislocation-based deformation mode, becoming more effective. Stress contributions from both phases were comparable. No martensitic transformation occurred. Strengthening and enhanced work hardening in both phases led to high strength at 200 K, with ductility similar to that at 293 K.

再処理施設の高レベル廃液蒸発乾固事故のMELCORを用いた施設内の熱流動解析モデルの検証

吉田 一雄; 桧山 美奈*; 玉置 等史

JAEA-Research 2025-003, 24 Pages, 2025/06

JAEA-Research-2025-003.pdf:2.06MB

再処理施設の過酷事故の一つである高レベル放射性廃液貯槽の冷却機能喪失による蒸発乾固事故では、沸騰により廃液貯槽から発生する硝酸-水混合蒸気とともにルテニウム(RuO)の揮発性の化学種が放出される。このためリスク評価の観点からは、Ruの定量的な放出量の評価が重要な課題である。揮発性Ruは施設内を移行する過程で床面に停留するプール水中の亜硝酸によって化学吸収が促進されることが想定され、施設内の硝酸-水混合蒸気の凝縮水量がRuの施設内での移行に重要な役割を担う。当該事故の施設内の熱流動解析では、水の熱流動を解析対象とするMELCORコードを用いている。解析では、凝縮の支配因子である蒸発潜熱が、事故時での施設内の温度帯域で同程度であることから硝酸をモル数が等しい水として扱っている。本報では、この解析モデルの妥当性を確認するために、MELCORの制御関数機能を用いて硝酸-水混合蒸気を水蒸気で近似することによって生じる誤差を補正する解析モデルを作成し解析を実施し補正効果を比較することで従来の解析モデルの妥当性を確認した。その結果、補正解析モデルの適用によって各区画のプール水量の分布は変化するものの施設内のプール水量の総和には影響しないことを確認した。

DECOVALEX-2023: An International collaboration for advancing the understanding and modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in geological systems

Birkholzer, J. T.*; Graupner, B. J.*; Harrington, J.*; Jayne, R.*; Kolditz, O.*; Kuhlman, K. L.*; LaForce, T.*; Leone, R. C.*; Mariner, P. E.*; McDermott, C.*; et al.

Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 42, p.100685_1 - 100685_17, 2025/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2025.100685

The DECOVALEX initiative is an international research collaboration (www.decovalex.org), initiated in 1992, for advancing the understanding and modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical (THMC) processes in geological systems. DECOVALEX stands for "DEvelopment of COupled Models and VALidation against EXperiments". DECOVALEX emphasizes joint analysis and comparative modeling of the complex perturbations and coupled processes in geologic repositories and how these impact long-term performance predictions. More than fifty research teams associated with 17 international DECOVALEX partner organizations participated in the comparative evaluation of eight modeling tasks covering a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, geological formations, and coupled processes. This Virtual Special Issue on DECOVALEX-2023 provides an in-depth overview of these collaborative research efforts and how these have advanced the state-of-the-art of understanding and modeling coupled THMC processes. While primarily focused on radioactive waste, much of the work included here has wider application to many geoengineering topics.

Neutron capture cross-section measurement at TC-Pn in KUR for holmium among nuclides in decommissioning

中村 詔司; 遠藤 駿典; Rovira Leveroni, G.; 木村 敦; 芝原 雄司*

KURNS Progress Report 2024, P. 31, 2025/06

本研究は、生成放射能を評価するために、廃止措置で問題となる核種について熱中性子捕獲断面積を測定するものである。本件では、対象核種の中からHoを選定し、京大原子炉にて放射化法によりその熱中性子捕獲断面積を測定した。今回、Ho(n,)Ho反応について2.790.04 barnを得た。従来の報告値は3.40.5(b)に対して、誤差1.4に向上して導出することができた。また副産物として、Ho(n,)Ho反応について61.20.6 barnを得た。HoとHoの生成の断面積を合わせて、64.00.6 barnを求めた。今回の結果は、TOF法による過去の報告値64.42.8(b)や、最近の評価値64.69 barn、64.41.2 barnを誤差の範囲で支持した。

シビアエンジニアリングマネジメント学の提唱; 東京電力HD(株)福島第一原子力発電所の廃炉に資する研究人材育成の取組

宇佐美 博士; 吉永 恭平*; 藤川 圭吾*

日本原子力学会誌ATOMO, 67(5), p.295 - 299, 2025/05

https://doi.org/10.3327/jaesjb.67.5_295

日本原子力研究開発機構では、東京電力HD(株)福島第一原子力発電所の廃炉等を始めとした原子力分野の課題解決に資するため、国内外の英知を結集し、様々な分野の知見や経験を、従前の機関や分野の壁を超えて緊密に融合・連携させることにより、基礎的・基盤的研究や、産学が連携した人材育成の取組を推進している。令和6年度から「シビアエンジニアリングマネジメント学」という新たな学問体系を基軸としたこれまでにないユニークな研究人材育成事業を開始したため、本事業の概要や狙い、現在までの取組状況について紹介する。

Development of corrosion-stable dual-Si-layered membranes for hydrogen production via thermochemical iodine-sulfur process

Myagmarjav, O.; 田中 伸幸; 野口 弘喜; 上地 優; 小野 正人; 野村 幹弘*; 竹上 弘彰

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 7, p.235 - 242, 2025/05

https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.7.235

Hydrogen plays an important role in the transition to clean energy and the achievement of net-zero emissions. Thermochemical iodine-sulfur (IS) process, which uses nuclear heat to decompose water, is considered the most prospective method for producing large amounts of hydrogen without emitting carbon dioxide. The IS process consists of three coupled chemical reactions (Bunsen reaction, sulfuric acid decomposition, and hydrogen iodide decomposition). A major challenge for the practical application of the IS process is the efficient separation of hydrogen from the mixed corrosive gas of hydrogen iodide and iodine generated during hydrogen iodide decomposition (2HI H + I). A membrane that can efficiently separate H while treating this corrosive HI gas has not yet been developed. In this study, a membrane with high separation performance and corrosion stability was developed by fabricating a three-layer structure consisting of a base -alumina support tube, a middle silica layer and a top H-selective silica layer. By selecting the dipping time and CVD time, which are critical to the properties of the resulting silica layers, the prepared membrane showed high separation performance. For instance, the H/SF selectivity varied between 1622 and 1671 in the temperature range of 30-200 C. The result suggests that the developed membranes had no defects, especially existence of pinholes. HI stability tests also showed that these membrane were stable in corrosive environments.

Densities, surface tensions, and viscosities of molten high-silicon electrical steels with different silicon contents

Neubert, L.*; Bell, M. R.*; 山本 泰生*; 西 剛史*; 山野 秀将; Ahrenhold, F.*; Volkova, O.*

Steel Research International, 96(5), p.202400237_1 - 202400237_8, 2025/05

https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202400237

Density, surface tension, and viscosity of various liquid electrical steels are measured at different temperatures, varying in their silicon content between 3 and 6mass%.

Role of solute hydrogen on mechanical property enhancement in Fe-24Cr-19Ni austenitic steel; An neutron diffraction study

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.

Acta Materialia, 287, p.120767_1 - 120767_16, 2025/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.120767

Incorporating solute hydrogen into Fe-Cr-Ni-based austenitic stainless steels enhances both strength and ductility, providing a promising solution to hydrogen embrittlement by causing solid-solution strengthening and assisting deformation twinning. However, its impacts on the relevant lattice defects evolution (, dislocations, stacking faults, and twins) during deformation remains unclear. This study compared the tensile deformation behavior in an Fe-24Cr-19Ni (mass%) austenitic steel with 7600 atom ppm hydrogen-charged (H-charged) and without hydrogen-charged (non-charged) using neutron diffraction. Hydrogen effects on the lattice expansion, solid-solution strengthening, stacking fault probability, stacking fault energy, dislocation density, and strain/stress for twin evolution were quantitatively evaluated to link them with the macroscale mechanical properties. The H-charged sample showed improvements in yield stress, flow stress, and uniform elongation, consistent with earlier findings. However, solute hydrogen exhibited minimal influences on the evolution of dislocation and stacking fault. This fact contradicts the previous reports on hydrogen-enhanced dislocation and stacking fault evolutions, the latter of which can be responsible for the enhancement of twinning. The strain for twin evolution was smaller in the H-charged sample compared to the non-charged one. Nevertheless, when evaluated as the onset stress for twin evolution, there was minimal change between the two samples. These findings suggest that the increase in flow stress due to the solid-solution strengthening by hydrogen is a root cause of accelerated deformation twinning at a smaller strain, leading to an enhanced work-hardening rate and improved uniform elongation.

Magnetoferroelectric phase transition induced by latent spin-lattice coupling in the geometrically frustrated magnet

玉造 博夢; 内原 猛*; 満田 節生*; 石井 祐太*; 中尾 裕則*; 竹端 寛治*; 今中 康貴*

Physical Review B, 111(13), p.134403_1 - 134403_9, 2025/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.134403

In multiferroic CuFeAlO, applying uniaxial pressure generates a magnetoferroelectric phase distinct from the well-studied spin-driven ferroelectric phase associated with helical magnetic ordering in this system. Using a four-circle neutron diffractometer, the magnetic structure of the -induced magnetoferroelectric phase is determined as the collinear sinusoidal type, which itself does not break the inversion symmetry in this system. Additionally, synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction experiments are conducted to investigate how the triangular lattice in CuFeAlO is distorted by applied . Although lattice distortion during the magnetic phase transition in CuFeAlO is mitigated by the substitution of nonmagnetic Al, the application of along the conjugate direction revives the "latent" spin-lattice coupling, causing the triangular lattice to distort during magnetic phase transition. The application of a magnetic filed considerably reduces -induced ferroelectric polarization, but does not affect lattice distortion. These results indicate that -induced ferroelectric polarization is not a consequence of the piezoelectric effect. Instead, the sinusoidal magnetic structure would contribute to the emergence of -induced ferroelectric polarization through spin-lattice coupling.

令和5年度緊急時対応技術適用のためのバックグラウンド航空機モニタリング及び無人航空機による放射線モニタリングに係る技術開発(受託研究)

普天間 章; 眞田 幸尚; 中間 茂雄; 佐々木 美雪; 越智 康太郎; 澤幡 義郎*; 川崎 義晴*; 岩井 毅行*; 平賀 祥吾*; 萩野谷 仁*; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2024-022, 170 Pages, 2025/03

JAEA-Technology-2024-022.pdf:15.09MB

2011年(平成23年)3月11日に発生した東北地方太平洋沖地震による津波が原因で、東京電力福島第一原子力発電所事故が発生し、大量の放射性物質が周辺環境に飛散した。事故直後から、放射線の分布を迅速かつ広範囲に測定する手段として、有人ヘリコプター等を用いた航空機モニタリングが活用されている。日本原子力研究開発機構は、原子力規制庁からの受託事業として、本モニタリング技術を原子力施設等の事故時における緊急時モニタリングに活用し、モニタリング結果を迅速に提供するため、全国の発電所周辺におけるバックグラウンド放射線量や地形的特徴、管制空域等の情報を事前に整備している。令和5年度の受託事業では以下について実施した。九州電力(株)川内原子力発電所の周辺について航空機モニタリングを実施し、バックグラウンド放射線量及び管制区域等の情報を整備した。緊急時における航空機モニタリングの実効性向上に資するため、原子力総合防災訓練において航空機モニタリングを実施するとともに、国内初となる原子力防災訓練での無人機の訓練フライトを実施した。無人航空機による放射線モニタリングの技術開発を進め、緊急時モニタリングに必要とされる要件を満たす無人航空機を選定し、その飛行性能を調査した。本報告書は、これら令和5年度の受託研究において得られた結果及び抽出された技術的課題についてまとめたものであり、今後の緊急時対応技術向上に資する知見を提供する。