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宮原 信哉*; 鯉江 竜輔*; 宇埜 正美*; 河口 宗道*; 佐藤 理花; 清野 裕
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 446(Part A), p.114523_1 - 114523_14, 2026/01
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)In a postulated accident of fuel pin failure of a sodium-cooled fast reactor, a fission product of cesium will be released from the failed pin as an aerosol such as cesium iodide and/or cesium oxide together with a fission product noble gas such as xenon and krypton. The xenon and krypton released with the cesium aerosols into the sodium coolant as bubbles have an influence on the removal of cesium aerosols by the sodium pool in a period of bubble rising to the sodium pool surface. Then, the cesium aerosols could transfer into the containment vessel as an initial inventory of a source term. To meet this phenomenon, the computer program AESOP (AErosol scrubbing in SOdium Pool) has been developed to deal with the expansion and the deformation of the bubble together with the aerosol absorption considering the effects of the particle size distribution and the agglomeration in aerosols. In this study, simulation experiments have been conducted using simulant particles under the condition of room temperature in water pool and nitrogen gas bubble systems and the experimental results were compared with the analysis results calculated under the same condition by the AESOP code. Furthermore, to examine the applicability of the AESOP code to the sodium pool system, the sensitivities of the physical parameters on decontamination factor (DF) of fission product aerosols such as the initial bubble diameter, the sodium pool depth and the temperature, the aerosol particle diameter and the density, the initial aerosol concentration in the bubble had been studied and the analysis results were discussed for the sensitivities of the parameter as same as DF of the aerosol.
松下 健太郎; 江連 俊樹; 藤崎 竜也*; 中峯 由彰*; 今井 康友*; 田中 正暁
日本機械学会2025年度年次大会講演論文集(インターネット), 5 Pages, 2025/09
ナトリウム冷却高速炉の設計において、カバーガスの巻込みや溶解によって一次冷却系統内に混入した非凝縮性ガスの挙動の評価が重要となる。本研究では、分散相モデルを適用した三次元CFD解析によって、タンク型炉コールドプレナム領域内における気泡の移行の軌跡を評価した。コールドプレナム内に流入する気泡の半径をパラメータとした感度解析の結果、自由液面部からの気泡離脱率は、気泡の半径が増大するにつれて増加し、気泡半径が大きくなると漸近的に増加する傾向を示すことがわかった。
山野 秀将; 二神 敏; 佐々 京平*; 中村 博紀*; 時崎 美奈子*; 久保田 龍三朗*
Proceedings of 2025 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2025) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2025/09
本研究では、受動的炉停止能力に関して、第4世代国際フォーラムで開発された安全設計クライテリアとガイドラインを我が国で最近に設計されたナトリウム冷却高速炉へ適用した。
佐藤 理花; 近藤 俊樹; 梅田 良太; 菊地 晋; 山野 秀将
Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 8, p.137 - 142, 2025/09
ナトリウム-溶融塩熱交換器を有する蓄熱式高速炉では、ナトリウム(Na)と硝酸系溶融塩との熱交換器伝熱管破損に至るような仮想的な事故条件下でNaと硝酸系溶融塩との化学反応が発生する可能性がある。そのため、Naと硝酸系溶融塩の反応挙動は、当該システムの安全評価上、重要現象の一つとなっている。本研究では、NaNO
-KNOの混合物であるソーラーソルトとNaとの反応試験を実施し、得られた試験結果について検討を行った。その結果、ソーラーソルトの融解が開始した後にNaとの反応が起こることが分かった。試験で得られた反応温度から、速度論的パラメータおよび反応速度を求め、Na-水反応と比較した。その結果、Na-溶融塩熱交換器を有する蓄熱式高速炉の伝熱管破損時の事象進展で勘案すべき時間スケール内にソーラーソルト反応が生じ得ることが分かった。
田上 浩孝*; 岡野 靖; 山野 秀将
Proceedings of 21st International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-21) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2025/08
The metal-fuel specific physical models for uranium-iron eutectic reaction and metal fuel pin behavior have been developed and incorporated into the SIMMER-III/IV code for safety analyses of metal-fuel sodium-cooled fast reactors. The TREAT M6 experimental analysis was performed to validate the metal-fuel pin model.
豊田 晃大; 今川 裕也; 鬼澤 高志; 鈴木 章裕*
Proceedings of the ASME 2025 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2025) (Internet), 8 Pages, 2025/07
Sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) have been focused on to realize a decarbonized society and are being developed in Japan. Since there is concern that Mod.9Cr-1Mo steel, a candidate material for SFR steam generators, will be affected by thermal aging and lose strength when used at high temperatures for long periods of time, it is important to evaluate the effect of thermal aging over long periods of time. Mod.9Cr-1Mo steel requires post weld heat treatment (PWHT) after welding. In the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)code, Rules on the Design and Construction of Nuclear Power Plants, the allowable values for base metal are set using materials that have undergone stress relief heat treatment (SR) after normalizing and tempering (NT) to simulate the thermal history of the PWHT. This paper describes the post aging tensile strength of materials subjected to prolonged thermal aging in order to provide a more detailed evaluation of the effects of thermal aging on Mod. 9Cr-1Mo steels subjected to NT+SR than has been done in the past. The evaluation in this paper used tensile test results of material that had been actually thermal aged at 550
C for approximately 200,000 hours. The results of post aging tensile tests showed that there was a difference in strength loss after aging between the NT materials and NT+SR materials. This paper discusses the differences between NT materials and NT+SR materials from the tensile test results obtained and identifies issues that need to be resolved for further analysis.
曽根原 正晃; 岡野 靖; 内堀 昭寛; 大木 裕*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 62(5), p.403 - 414, 2025/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)ナトリウム冷却高速炉では、ナトリウム漏えい事故を管理するためにナトリウムの燃焼挙動を理解することが極めて重要である。本研究では、多次元熱流動解析コードAQUA-SFを用いて、サンディア国立研究所(SNL)のT3実験のベンチマーク解析を実施した。この実験は、容器容積100m
、ナトリウム流量1kg/sの密閉空間で実施され、ナトリウム注入直後の局所的な温度上昇がもたらす多次元的な影響を明らかにした。本研究では、AQUA-SFの機能を拡張することを目的として、このような多次元的な温度変動、特に容器底部における高温領域の形成のシミュレーションに焦点を当てた。提案したモデルには、ナトリウム液滴着火の一時停止と床面上のナトリウム飛沫の噴霧燃焼が含まれる。さらに、底部高温域の再現性を高めるためには、床部近傍に熱源を追加することが不可欠であることを示した。そこで、噴霧円錐角の感度解析と床面上の液滴の長時間燃焼を含むケーススタディを実施した。この包括的なアプローチにより、ナトリウム冷却高速炉におけるナトリウム燃焼のダイナミクスと安全対策に関する貴重な知見を得ることができた。
松下 健太郎; 江連 俊樹; 田中 正暁; 今井 康友*; 藤崎 竜也*; 堺 公明*
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 432, p.113785_1 - 113785_16, 2025/02
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：27.40(Nuclear Science & Technology)ナトリウム冷却高速炉の安全設計の観点から、液面渦によるアルゴンカバーガスのガス巻込み現象(GE)を評価する手法の確立が必要となる。本研究では、GEを評価するインハウスツールである「StreamViewer」の評価モデルの高度化として、吸込み部から液面部にかけて連続する渦中心点を接続することで渦中心線を抽出し、渦中心線に沿った減圧量分布と水頭圧とのつり合いに基づいて渦のガスコア長さを評価する「PVLモデル」について提案した。PVLモデルの適用性確認として、矩形開水路体系における垂直平板による非定常後流渦試験の三次元数値解析結果に本モデルを適用し、その結果、PVLモデルを用いたStreamViewerによるGE評価によって、非定常渦流れの試験における入口流速とガスコア長さの関係を再現できることが確認された。
小坂 亘; 内堀 昭寛; 渡部 晃*; 椎名 祥己*
Proceedings of 10th Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety (CFD4NRS-10) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2025/00
In a steam generator (SG) of a sodium-cooled fast reactor, water leakage caused by heat transfer tube failure in an SG makes a high-temperature, high-velocity, and corrosive jet with sodium-water reaction (SWR). The reacting jet may cause further tube failure and the expansion of the affected area in an SG. A mechanistic analysis code SERAPHIM has capability to evaluate the reacting jet considering multi-component, multiphase and compressive flow with SWR. By comparing analysis and experimental results, SERAPHIM code has been validated from the case of a free jet to the reacting jet in a tube bundle system with an average water leak rate of 0.15 kg/s. In this paper, as one of the validation analysis series of SERAPHIM code, we performed numerical analysis for the reacting jet in a tube bundle system with larger average water leak rate, i.e. 1.85 kg/s. Similar to previously reported results, the gas phase expanded in the system immediately after the discharging and then flowed in the direction of buoyancy force. It was confirmed the occurrence of an underexpanded jet and the limitation of the maximum temperature, which are consistent with the knowledge of the SWR phenomena in an SG. The low and high-temperature regions were wider than in previous reports due to the larger average water leak rate. The high-temperature region obtained by the analysis agreed with the representative characteristics appeared in the experimental result such as location and shape of the temperature distribution. The analysis results were consistent with previous knowledge. The representative characteristics that appeared in the experimental result were also reproduced. SERAPHIM code was applicable to the selected average water leak rate in the tube bundle system.
土井 大輔
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 91, p.1245 - 1252, 2024/11
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：18.35(Chemistry, Physical)Hydrogen is a major nonmetallic impurity in the coolant of sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs) during normal operation. A higher hydrogen concentration than the gas-liquid equilibrium has been transiently detected in the gas space of actual SFR plants. The presence of several sodium compounds can increase hydrogen generation; however, a thorough understanding of the thermal behavior of candidate reactions is lacking. Herein, thermal analysis reveals the hydrogen release behavior of sodium hydride. Mass spectrometry indicates hydrogen generation with decreasing sample mass, indicating thermal decomposition. Detailed kinetic analysis based on master plot methods indicates that the hydrogen release reaction occurred through a mechanism involving random nucleation and growth of nuclei. Furthermore, the reaction rate was newly formulated based on a kinetic model function representing the above mechanism and the Arrhenius-type reaction rate constant comprising an activation energy of 119.0 
0.8 kJ mol
and a frequency factor of 1.8 
10
s. These findings will enable the numerical simulation of the hydrogen release behavior in SFRs.
江村 優軌; 松場 賢一; 菊地 晋; 山野 秀将
Proceedings of 13th Korea-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS13) (Internet), 8 Pages, 2024/11
Assuming the CDA of SFRs, the eutectic melting between B
C as a control rod material and stainless steel (SS) as a structural material could occur below their melting points. After that, the mixture produced by eutectic melting between BC and SS (BC-SS mixture) would relocate inside or outside of the original core region. From the viewpoint of core reactivity changes, the relocation behavior of BC-SS mixture induced by its melting/freezing behavior, is one of the key elements to evaluate the CDA consequences. Many experimental studies on freezing behavior using core materials and its simulants, including molten UO
, SS, tin, wood's metal have been reported in the past. Based on these experimental findings, the freezing/blockage model for the severe accident simulation code was established and discussed through analyses of freezing process. Specifically, it has been considered that the experimental correlation of melt-penetration length was a key indicator to quantitatively describe freezing behavior. However, there was no experimental data for the freezing behavior of actual BC-SS mixture. Therefore, the freezing experiments of BC-SS mixture were conducted to investigate the freezing and blockage behavior inside a flow path such as fuel pin bundle. In the freezing experiments, BC powder and SS block were heated up to around 1,750 K using a graphite heating furnace, then BC-SS mixture flowed down into an SS pipe for cooling below 750 K. The experimental results showed that the BC-SS mixture solidified and resulted in the blockage in the SS pipe with 4 mm or 6.7 mm in inner diameter, respectively. Furthermore, the observations for cross section of SS pipe suggested that the BC-SS mixture penetrated deeper than molten SS. This difference is considered to be influenced by decrease of the melting point.
東ヶ崎 駿*; Jang, S.*; 小坂 亘; 内堀 昭寛; 岡野 靖
Proceedings of 13th Korea-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS13) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2024/11
In the steam generator of a sodium-cooled fast reactor, if a heat transfer tube fails and high-pressure water/steam leaks into the sodium, a rapid chemical reaction called the sodium-water reaction occurs. The high-temperature, high-velocity, and corrosive reaction jets formed by this reaction bring thermal and mechanical loads on other tubes, causing secondary ruptures of neighbouring tubes. Thus, it is important to evaluate the behaviour of the reaction jet after a leak has occurred in the safety assessment of sodium-cooled fast reactor plants. Numerical solutions to evaluate the effects of the propagation of tube failures have attracted attention, and a computer program called SERAPHIM has been developed as one of these solutions. Although SERAPHIM can evaluate reaction jet behavior in detail, it requires high computational performance and time. Significantly, an analysis code based on the particle method approach has been developed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. This code is a breakthrough in our field, aiming to lower computational costs and enhance our understanding of the reaction jet behavior. The vapor jet from the broken hole in the heat transfer tube is simulated by the particle method, and the interaction of the jet with the tube and sodium is modeled as a force acting on the particles. This approach significantly reduces computational cost while providing accurate results, a promising advancement in our research. In this study, we upgraded the particle method code by improving the physical models that make up this code and introducing new models. As a result, the particle method code calculated the maximum temperatures similar to the results obtained with the SERAPHIM in a short computation time. The particle method code has the potential to become one of the fastest methods for parameter analysis in complex systems.
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 龍三朗*; 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。
小野田 雄一; 石田 真也; 深野 義隆; 神山 健司; 山野 秀将; 久保 重信; 柴田 明裕*; Bertrand, F.*; Seiler, N.*
Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Cycle (GLOBAL2024) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2024/10
PIRTs have been developed and are reported for the 3 sequence event families of SFR severe accidents. For ULOF, there are 13 phenomena ranked with high importance and large uncertainty. Two PIRTs for primary phase of UTOP have been developed based on those of ULOF. Two phenomena with high importance and large uncertainty both in FRN and JPN ranking are highlighted. For USAF PIRT, they are eight phenomena ranked important and uncertain by both sides related to heat transfer coefficient, chunk relocation in the molten pool of the initiating SA and to thermomechanical loading on the hexcan of the initiating SA. These phenomena are recognized to deserve priority study. The event progression regarding FP transport focusing on phenomena of ULOF is investigated. Seven phenomenological phases were identified along with the accident sequences and of their events progression. The summary of the elementary phenomena on this PIRT, and the vote for the table are foreseen in the future study.
栗坂 健一; 西野 裕之; 山野 秀将
Proceedings of Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management & Asian Symposium on Risk Assessment and Management (PSAM17 & ASRAM2024) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2024/10
本研究の目的は破損拡大抑制技術によって過大地震時の原子炉構造レジリエンス向上策の有効性を評価することである。安全上重要な機器・構造物のレジリエンス向上策によって耐震裕度が増すとみなす。同向上策の有効性を評価するため、炉心損傷頻度CDFを指標に選び、CDFの低減を地震PRAによって定量化する。ループ型次世代ナトリウム冷却高速炉を想定して有効性評価を実施した。地震時CDFに寄与の大きい原子炉容器RVを対象に、従来は座屈を破損とみなしていたところ、振動座屈後に安定な状態を維持する場合を想定し、疲労破損に至るまでの座屈後のRV挙動を現実的に考慮することをレジリエンス向上策とみなした。仮定した範囲内では、レジリエンス向上策は設計地震動の数倍の地震までCDFを有意に低減する効果を示した。
高井 俊秀; 江村 優軌; 山野 秀将
Proceedings of 14th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation, and Safety (NUTHOS-14) (Internet), 11 Pages, 2024/08
Interest in eutectic reaction between boron carbide, which used as control rod material and stainless steel, which used as cladding tubes, etc. is growing from a perspective to improve analysis accuracy of severe accidents analysis codes. Immersion experiment of boron carbide pellet into molten stainless steel were carried out in the temperature range between 1773 and 1973 K. The eutectic melting behavior of the pellet were investigated by observing the cross section of the pellet using an optical microscope, a scanning type electron microscope. And elemental distribution in there and crystal structure were analyzed to clarify the eutectic reaction behavior. Based on the thickness reduction of the pellet cross section, the reaction rate constants between boron carbide and stainless steel were evaluated under various conditions of contact temperature and contact time.
山野 秀将; 二神 敏; 柴田 明裕*
Proceedings of Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS 2024), p.151 - 160, 2024/08
本研究では、動的安全保護系に関して、第4世代国際フォーラムで開発された安全設計クライテリアとガイドラインを我が国で最近に設計されたナトリウム冷却高速炉へ適用した。
山野 秀将; 二神 敏; 日暮 浩一*
Proceedings of Advanced Reactor Safety (ARS 2024), p.121 - 130, 2024/08
本論文は、信頼性を向上させた崩壊熱除去系について、第4世代炉国際フォーラムで開発された安全設計クライテリアと安全設計ガイドラインを我が国で最近設計されたナトリウム冷却高速炉へ適用したことを記述する。
Li, C.-Y.; 渡部 晃*; 内堀 昭寛; 岡野 靖
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(7), p.935 - 957, 2024/07
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：31.60(Nuclear Science & Technology)For all the nuclear reactor systems, quantitative assessment of the accident management (AM) effects against long-term external hazards became one of the essential issues after the lesson learned from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. However, the influence from the safety systems' stochastic and dynamic shifting between multiple working states, which is related to the interaction with the adjacent components/systems in general, has not been accounted for yet. Therefore, this research aims to develop a dynamic probability risk assessment tool considering repairable multi-component interdependency for investigating the AM influences on the multi-state safety systems under long-term external hazards. Based on the newly proposed methodology in this research via integrating the Petri Net (PN) model with the continuous Markov chain Monte Carlo (CMMC) method, a framework applying PN-CMMC methodology to a severe accident analysis code, SPECTRA, had been originally constructed. Different AM influences on the multi-state decay heat removal systems against long-term volcanic ashfall were also quantitatively confirmed, indicating that halving the repairing time is more influential in suppressing the core damage frequency than doubling the number of adjacent electricity support systems. Therefore, the PN-CMMC-SPECTRA framework can further assess the uncharted dynamic multi-state concerns, leading to a safer AM strategy.
江村 優軌; 高井 俊秀; 菊地 晋; 神山 健司; 山野 秀将; 横山 博紀*; 坂本 寛*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(7), p.911 - 920, 2024/07
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：15.37(Nuclear Science & Technology)Boron carbide (B
C)- stainless steel (SS) eutectic reaction behavior is one of the most important issues in the core disruptive accidents (CDAs) of sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs). In this study, the immersion experiments using BC pellets with molten SS were conducted to evaluate the CDA sequences such as contact event of solid BC with degraded core materials including SS at very high temperature. The immersion experiment aims at understanding the kinetic behavior of solid BC-liquid SS reaction based on the reduced thickness of BC pellet after the experiment in the temperature ranges from 1763 to 1943 K, which is higher than the temperature of solid BC-solid SS reaction. Based on the kinetic consideration of the reaction rate constants for solid BC-liquid SS reaction, it was found that similar temperature dependency was identified between solid BC-liquid SS and solid BC-solid SS. Besides, the reaction rate constants of solid BC-liquid SS were smaller than those of solid BC-solid SS extrapolated in higher temperature region by two or more orders of magnitude due to two different evaluation method for BC side/SS side. It was confirmed that this difference was reasonable through the consideration of previous reaction tests in solid-solid contact for BC side/SS side.
