Establishment of Fukui Smart Decommissioning Technology Demonstration Base; Decommissioning Technology Demonstration Test Center (tentative name)

Muramatsu, Toshiharu; Sano, Kazuya; Terauchi, Makoto

Dekomisshoningu Giho, (57), p.65 - 74, 2018/03

The Decommissioning Technology Demonstration Test Center (tentative name) is established as a central facility of "Fukui Smart Decommissioning Technology Demonstration Base" which was adopted by the support policy "Regional Science and Technology Demonstration Base Establishment Project" of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in FY 2016 supplementary budget. This facility is a base to train local companies about technology concerning the decommissioning of nuclear power plants and for the industry, academia and government to contribute to the development of the regional economy and solving the problem of decommissioning under one roof, and consists of decommissioning dismantling technology verification field, laser processing advanced field and decommissioning mock-up test field. The papers introduce the outline of the facilities in each of these fields.

Applicability test of abrasive water jet cutting technology for dismantling of the core internals of Fukushima Daiichi NPS

Nakamura, Yasuyuki; Iwai, Hiroki; Tezuka, Masashi; Sano, Kazuya

JAEA-Technology 2015-055, 89 Pages, 2016/03

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It was reported that Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F) had lost the cooling function of the reactor by the Tohoku Earthquake. It is assumed that the core internals became narrow and complicated debris structure mixed with the molten fuel. In consideration of the above situations, the AWJ cutting method, which has features of the long work distance and little heat effect for a material, has been developed for the removal of the molten core internals through cutting tests for 3 years since FY 2012. And it was confirmed that AWJ cutting method is useful for the removal of the core internals etc. The results in FY 2012 were reported in "R&D of the fuel debris removal technologies by abrasive water jet cutting technology (JAEA-Technology 2013-041)" and this report summarizes the results of FY 2012, 2013 and 2014 in this report. It was confirmed the possibility to apply the removal work of the fuel debris and the core internals.

The Development of the basic dismantling procedure of the reactor of FUGEN

Iwai, Hiroki; Nakamura, Yasuyuki; Mizui, Hiroyuki; Sano, Kazuya

JAEA-Technology 2015-046, 110 Pages, 2016/03

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Advanced Thermal Reactor (ATR) FUGEN is a proto-type heavy water moderated, boiling light water cooled, pressure tube-type reactor with the thermal power of 557 MW and the electrical power of 165 MW. The reactor of FUGEN is classified into the core region and the shielding region. The core region is highly activated owing to the long term operation, and characterized by its tube-cluster construction that contains 224 fuel channels arranging both the pressure and the calandria tubes coaxially in each channel closely. And the shielding region surrounding the core region has the laminated structure composed of up to 150 mm thickness of carbon steel. The reactor is planning to be dismantled under water remotely in order to shield the radiation around the core and prevent airborne dust generated by the cutting, and firing of zirconium material. This paper reports on the result of development of the basic dismantling procedure of the reactor of FUGEN.

The Study on application of laser technology for the reactor core dismantling

Iwai, Hiroki; Nakamura, Yasuyuki; Mizui, Hiroyuki; Sano, Kazuya; Morishita, Yoshitsugu

Proceedings of 7th International Congress on Laser Advanced Materials Processing (LAMP 2015) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2015/08

The reactor of FUGEN is characterized by its tube-cluster construction that contains 224 channels arranging both the pressure and the calandria tubes coaxially in each channel. And the periphery part of the core has the laminated structure of up to 150 mm thickness of carbon steel for radiation shielding. Method for dismantling the reactor core is also being studied with considering processes of dismantlement by remote-handling devices under the water for the radiation shielding. In order to shorten the term of the reactor dismantlement work and reduce the secondary waste, some cutting tests and literature research for various cutting methods had been carried out. As the result, the laser cutting method, which has feature of the narrow cutting kerf and the fast cutting velocity, was mainly selected for dismantling the reactor. In this presentation, current activities of FUGEN decommissioning and R&D of laser cutting tests are introduced.

The Development of thermal and mechanical cutting technology for the dismantlement of the internal core of Fukushima Daiichi NPS

Tezuka, Masashi; Nakamura, Yasuyuki; Iwai, Hiroki; Sano, Kazuya; Fukui, Yasutaka

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 51(7-8), p.1054 - 1058, 2014/07

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2014.912969

The cutting technologies for removing the fuel debris and the internal core structure in 1F are needed in consideration of the situation in the core and so on. On the other hand, JAEA has been carrying out the decommissioning of the nuclear facilities ending the R&D, has several technologies and knowledge to dismantle the nuclear facilities. In particular, the cutting technologies of the plasma arc, the laser, and the abrasive water jet (AWJ) and the plasma jet have been developed. Therefore, based on the above, JAEA has carried out the cutting test for investigating the applicability of those cutting technologies to propose the method for removing the fuel debris and the internal core structure to the national project. In this paper, it is outlined on the test results of the plasma arc and the AWJ cutting technologies, and the future plan of the test of those technologies and the plasma jet cutting technology.

R&D of the fuel debris removal technologies by plasma arc cutting technology

Nakamura, Yasuyuki; Tezuka, Masashi; Iwai, Hiroki; Sano, Kazuya

JAEA-Technology 2013-040, 80 Pages, 2014/02

JAEA-Technology-2013-040.pdf:4.29MB

It was reported that Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (1F) had been lost the function of cooling the reactor by the Tohoku Earthquake. It is assumed that the original shapes of the internal core are not be kept and the inside of the reactor make so narrow in the space, however the fuel debris and the molten internal core will have to be removed for the decommissioning of 1F. The cutting methods for those removal works will have to be selected depending on the situation of the inside of the reactor. In consideration of above situations, the plasma-arc cutting method, Fugen has much data of underwater cutting for the reactor dismantling and there are experiences of the reactor dismantling in both domestic and international, will be being developed for the fuel debris removal works and so on.

Development of laser cutting technology for reactor decommissioning process

Kobayashi, Kojiro*; Ida, Toshio*; Yamaguchi, Takeshi*; Daido, Hiroyuki; Muramatsu, Toshiharu; Sano, Kazuya; Tsuboi, Akihiko*; Shamoto, Hideyasu*; Ikeda, Takeshi*

Reza Kako Gakkai-Shi, 19(1), p.63 - 67, 2012/03

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40019319397

Laser cutting method, is that the metal melted by laser power is removed by assist gas, has some advantages which are high speed cutting and narrow line-width cutting for the thin metal. We has conducted the joint research with the relevant organizations on the R&D of the laser cutting technology for cutting stainless and carbon steel of over the 150 mm thickness which is maximum thickness of core structure in Fugen. We report the R&D plan and the current status of the laser cutting test.

The Study on abrasive water jet for predicting the cutting performance and monitoring the cutting situation in the water

Nakamura, Yasuyuki; Sano, Kazuya; Morishita, Yoshitsugu; Maruyama, Shinichiro*; Tezuka, Shinichi*; Ogane, Daisuke*; Takashima, Yuji*

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 133(6), p.064501_1 - 064501_3, 2011/06

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4002252

Abrasive water jet (AWJ), is to shoot the abrasive mixed with high-pressure water to the material for cutting, can cut most materials like metals and concretes in water with long stand-off means the length from the cutting head to the material for cutting. On the other hand, AWJ is required to reduce an amount of the abrasive because it becomes the waste. It is also difficult to monitor the cutting condition by any visual methods like a TV camera in the water becoming cloudy by both used abrasive and cut metal grit. For solving these issues, some cutting tests were conducted and (1) It was possible to predict an optimal supply rate of abrasive by considering the conservation of momentum between the water jet and the abrasive. (2) It was also possible to judge whether the material could be cut successfully or not by detecting the change in the frequency characteristics of vibration or sound caused during the cutting process.

Decommissioning program of FUGEN and current activities

Tezuka, Masashi; Mizui, Hiroyuki; Matsushima, Akira; Nakamura, Yasuyuki; Hayashi, Hirokazu; Sano, Kazuya; Nanko, Takashi; Morishita, Yoshitsugu

Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle; Sustainable Options & Industrial Perspectives (Global 2009) (CD-ROM), p.2815 - 2821, 2009/09

FUGEN is a proto-type heavy water moderated, boiling light water cooled, pressure tube type reactor with 165MWe and has been shut downed on Mar. 2003. Following the approval of decommissioning program in 2008, stage of FUGEN was changed to the decommissioning of the facilities. The program consists of following four periods; (1) Spent fuel transportation, (2) Periphery facilities dismantlement, (3) Reactor dismantlement and (4) Building demolition. It is expected that the whole decommissioning will be completed until 2028. As a part of the work in the spent fuel transportation period, the main steam system and the feeder water system etc. are being dismantled in the turbine building. The remaining tritium in the heavy water system is also being removed for facilitating the dismantlement of the heavy water system. Moreover, method on dismantlement of the reactor core is being studied with considering the process under the water for the radiation shielding and the dust suppression.

Decommissioning program for ATR-FUGEN Nuclear Power Station

Sano, Kazuya; Kitamura, Koichi; Tezuka, Masashi; Mizui, Hiroyuki; Kiyota, Shiko; Morishita, Yoshitsugu

Proceedings of 16th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC-16) (CD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2008/10

The operation of Advanced Thermal Reactor Fugen was terminated on Mar. 29th, 2003. After the operation, the preparative works and R&D have been conducted strenuously for the planning of the rational and safe decommissioning. The decommissioning program for Fugen was planed, based on the results of above works and R&D, and was applied to the government as a first case under the revised nuclear reactor regulation law. As a result, the program was approved on Feb. 12th, 2008. In this paper, the decommissioning program for Fugen was outlined, which are the dismantling process consists of four periods; (1) Spent fuel transportation, (2) Periphery facilities dismantlement, (3) Reactor dismantlement and (4) Building demolition, the amount of radioactive waste, the safety assessment etc.