水素挙動統合解析システムの開発

寺田 敦彦; Thwe Thwe, A.; 日野 竜太郎*; 原井 康孝*; 佐々木 岳*; 新家谷 英之*; 山下 俊幸*; 米田 次郎*; 岡林 一木*; 坂本 裕之*; et al.

JAEA-Data/Code 2025-012, 151 Pages, 2025/12

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福島第一原子力発電所事故の経験や、事故から得られた教訓を踏まえ、原子炉のみならず廃止措置、廃棄物管理における水素安全評価・対策に適切に対応するための基盤技術の高度化を図ることを目的として、水素の発生から拡散、燃焼・爆発に至る挙動を予測する解析システムの開発を行った。本システムでは、汎用コード(FLUENT、AUTODYN)を活用し、そこに新規にモジュールやプリ/ポストプロセッサを組み込むことで、一般の実用に堪える解析システムを整備するとともに、より高い汎用性と低コストでの導入が可能なオープンソースコード(OpenFOAM)を活用したシステムの開発を並行して進め、原子力施設の水素防災計画に利用できる形での基盤技術の提供を目指している。これまで、PWR 原子力発電施設を対象に、実用的な観点から考慮すべき現象(火炎伝播加速現象の評価技術、格納容器規模の現象への適用性)に対処するためのシステムの拡充を行った。本報告書は、水素挙動統合解析システムの概要、取り扱い方法及び実機解析事例についてまとめたものである。

Experimental investigation of nonisothermal interaction between Fe-Zr melt and stainless steel forming "metallic debris" in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

伊藤 あゆみ*; 菅野 辰哉*; 岩間 崇之*; 植田 滋*; 佐藤 拓未; 永江 勇二

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 217, p.111333_1 - 111333_14, 2025/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2025.111333

福島第一原子力発電所2号機では、原子炉圧力容器の破損に寄与するメカニズムとして、主にFeとZrからなる金属プールの形成が提唱されている。本研究では、炉内劣化過程の後期に金属プールが形成された炉心劣化初期の材料相互作用に着目した。まず、Fe-87ZrとFe-15Zr(at%)の2種類の組成物を液相線温度1723Kまで加熱し、より低温のSS上に滴下し、反応生成物の金属組織を調べた。その後、1723Kから1873KのFe-87Zr融体を酸化SS上に滴下し、酸化膜が劣化に及ぼす影響を評価した。この研究により、すべての金属間化合物の液相線温度が2000K以下であることが確認され、金属破片が最近のシビアアクシデント解析で予測されている「金属プールの形成」の原因となりうることがわかった。

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。

Uncertainty quantification for severe-accident reactor modelling; Results and conclusions of the MUSA reactor applications work package

Brumm, S.*; Gabrielli, F.*; Sanchez Espinoza, V.*; Stakhanova, A.*; Groudev, P.*; Petrova, P.*; Vryashkova, P.*; Ou, P.*; Zhang, W.*; Malkhasyan, A.*; et al.

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 211, p.110962_1 - 110962_16, 2025/02

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2024.110962

The completed Horizon-2020 project on "Management and Uncertainties of Severe Accidents (MUSA)" has reviewed uncertainty sources and Uncertainty Quantification methodology for the purpose of assessing Severe Accidents (SA). The key motivation of the project has been to bring the advantages of the Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty approach to the field of Severe Accident. The applications brought together a large group of participants that set out to apply uncertainty analysis (UA) within their field of SA modelling expertise, in particular reactor types, but also SA code used (ASTEC, MELCOR, etc.), uncertainty quantification tools used (DAKOTA, RAVEN, etc.), detailed accident scenarios, and in some cases SAM actions. This paper synthesizes the reactor-application work at the end of the project. Analyses of 23 partners are sorted into different categories, depending on whether their main goal is/are (i) uncertainty bands of simulation results; (ii) the understanding of dominating uncertainties in specific sub-models of the SA code; (iii) improving the understanding of specific accident scenarios, with or without the application of SAM actions; or, (iv) a demonstration of the tools used and developed, and of the capability to carry out an uncertainty analysis in the presence of the challenges faced. The partners' experiences made during the project have been evaluated and are presented as good practice recommendations. The paper ends with conclusions on the level of readiness of UA in SA modelling, on the determination of governing uncertainties, and on the analysis of SAM actions.

Development of a new crust model for analyzing VULCANO VBS-U3 mcci experiment with MPS method

山田 剛司*; Li, X.; 山下 拓哉; 山路 哲史*

Proceedings of 31st International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE31) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2024/11

https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE31-134499

本研究では、MPS法によるMCCI対応溶融物挙動解析コードに、長期間のコンクリート浸食挙動の解析を可能とするような新たなクラストモデルを開発した。新クラストモデルでは、長時間にわたるクラスト粒子の物理的移動の累積を可能にしつつ、数値的移動の累積(数値的クリープ)を防ぐことができる。CEAで実施されたVULCANO VBS-U3実験の公開文献を参考に試解析を実施し、模擬炉心物質とコンクリート壁との境界にクラストが形成された後も継続するコンクリートの溶融浸食(アブレーション)挙動を定性的に解析できることを示した。

Experimental determination of deposition velocity of CsOH aerosols on CaCO at temperature range 170 - 290C

Luu, V. N.; 中島 邦久

Nuclear Engineering and Design, 426, p.113402_1 - 113402_7, 2024/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2024.113402

A field assessment at the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station revealed high radioactivity on the concrete shield plugs, which is estimated above 20 PBq for Cs-137 at units 2 and 3. This leads to significant interest in the retention of Cs on concrete during severe accidents (SA). However, the interaction of CsOH, as one of the main Cs forms released in SA, with concrete surfaces at elevated temperatures remains poorly researched. In this study, we have experimentally investigated the deposition behavior of CsOH on CaCO, which is the primary phase existing on the surface of concrete, under humid atmosphere. As a result, the chemical reaction enhanced deposition rate (N), and increased linearly with CsOH concentration (C), as following expression: N(g/cms) = vC, where v is temperature-dependent deposition velocity as given by ln v (cm/s) = -3785.8/T + 3.766, for T in the range of 170 and 290 C. This empirical model can be integrated into severe accident codes to quantify the chemical trapping of cesium on concrete surfaces during ex-vessel release. Moreover, it can contribute to understanding the reasons behind the high dose rate on concrete shield plugs at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power stations and aid in developing effective decommissioning practices for concrete structures.

Numerical analysis of melt penetration behavior in the control rod drive housing of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit-2

Li, X.; 山路 哲史*; 佐藤 一憲*; 山下 拓哉; 永江 勇二

Proceedings of 11th European Review Meeting on Severe Accident Research Conference (ERMSAR 2024) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2024/05

For Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F) Unit-2, the muon radiography investigation results indicate that the fuel debris are largely retained inside the RPV. The current study focuses on the analysis of metallic melt penetration behavior in the CRD housing with Moving Particle Semi-implicit (MPS) method. A three-dimensional CRD housing model with simplified inner structures was established. The injection of SS-Zircaloy eutectic melt into the CRD housing was simulated and its downstream penetration and freezing behavior under vertically varying temperature boundary conditions was analyzed. It is found that the melt would start to freeze and form channel blockages soon after it enters the region with a relatively cold boundary in the downstream.

MAAP code analysis focusing on the fuel debris conditions in the lower head of the pressure vessel in Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3

佐藤 一憲; 吉川 信治; 山下 拓哉; 下村 健太; Cibula, M.*; 溝上 伸也*

Nuclear Engineering and Design, 414, p.112574_1 - 112574_20, 2023/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112574

Based on the updated knowledge from plant-internal investigations, experiments and computer-model simulations until now, the in-vessel phase of Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 was analyzed using the MAAP code. In Unit 3, it is considered that ca. 40 percent of UO fuel was molten when core materials relocated to the lower plenum of the reactor pressure vessel. Initially relocated molten materials would have been fragmented by mixing with liquid water, while solid materials would have relocated later on. With this two-step relocation, debris in the lower plenum seems to have been permeable for coolant, thus debris seems to have been once cooled down effectively. Although the present MAAP analysis seems to slightly underestimate core-material oxidation during the relocation period, this probable underestimation was compensated for by an existing study that was considered more reliable, so that more realistic debris conditions in the lower plenum could be obtained. Probable debris reheat-up behavior was evaluated based on interpretation of the pressure data. This evaluation predicted that the fuel debris in the lower plenum was basically in solid-phase at the time when it relocated to the pedestal. With this study, basic validity of the former prediction of the Unit 3 accident progression behavior was confirmed, and detailed boundary conditions for future studies addressing the later phases were provided.

Comprehensive analysis and evaluation of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3

山下 拓哉; 本多 剛*; 溝上 暢人*; 野崎 謙一朗*; 鈴木 博之*; Pellegrini, M.*; 酒井 健*; 佐藤 一憲; 溝上 伸也*

Nuclear Technology, 209(6), p.902 - 927, 2023/06

https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2022.2157663

The estimation and understanding of the state of fuel debris and fission products inside the plant is an essential step in the decommissioning of the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F). However, the direct observation of the plant interior, which is under a high radiation environment, is difficult and limited. Therefore, in order to understand the plant interior conditions, a comprehensive analysis and evaluation is necessary, based on various measurement data from the plant, analysis of plant data during the accident progression phase and information obtained from computer simulations for this phase. These evaluations can be used to estimate the conditions of the interior of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) and the primary containment vessel (PCV). Herein, 1F Unit 3 was addressed as the subject to produce an estimated diagram of the fuel debris distribution from data obtained about the RPV and PCV based on the comprehensive evaluation of various measurement data and information obtained from the accident progression analysis, which were released to the public in November 2022.

The OECD/NEA Working Group on the Analysis and Management of Accidents (WGAMA); Advances in codes and analyses to support safety demonstration of nuclear technology innovations

中村 秀夫; Bentaib, A.*; Herranz, L. E.*; Ruyer, P.*; Mascari, F.*; Jacquemain, D.*; Adorni, M.*

Proceedings of International Conference on Topical Issues in Nuclear Installation Safety; Strengthening Safety of Evolutionary and Innovative Reactor Designs (TIC 2022) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2022/10

The WGAMA activity achievements have been published as technical reports, becoming reference materials to discuss innovative methods, materials and technologies in the fields of thermal-hydraulics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and severe accidents (SAs). The International Standard Problems (ISPs) and Benchmarks of computer codes have been supported by a huge amount of the databases for the code validation necessary for the reactor safety assessment with accuracy. The paper aims to review and summarize the recent WGAMA outcomes with focus on new advanced reactor applications including small modular reactors (SMRs). Particularly, discussed are applicability of major outcomes in the relevant subjects of passive system, modelling innovation in CFD, severe accident management (SAM) countermeasures, advanced measurement methods and instrumentation, and modelling robustness of safety analysis codes. Although large portions of the outcomes are considered applicable, design-specific subjects may need careful considerations when applied. The WGAMA efforts, experiences and achievements for the safety assessment of operating nuclear power plants including SA will be of great help for the continuous safety improvements required for the advanced reactors including SMRs.