Deuterium permeation behavior for damaged tungsten by ion implantation

Oya, Yasuhisa*; Li, X.*; Sato, Misaki*; Yuyama, Kenta*; Oyaizu, Makoto; Hayashi, Takumi; Yamanishi, Toshihiko; Okuno, Kenji*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 53(3), p.402 - 405, 2016/03

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2015.1052583

The deuterium (D) permeation behaviors for ion damaged tungsten (W) by 3 keV D and 10 keV C were studied. The D permeability was obtained for un-damaged W at various temperatures. For both D and C implanted W, the permeability was clearly reduced. But, for the D implanted W, the permeability was recovered by heating at 1173 K and it was almost consistent with that for un-damaged W. In the case of C implanted W, the permeability was not recovered even if the sample was heated at 1173 K, indicating that the existence of carbon would prevent the recovery of permeation path in W. In addition, TEM observation showed the voids were grown by heating at 1173 K and not removed, showing the existence of damages would not largely influence on the hydrogen permeation behavior in W in the present study.

R&D activities of tritium technologies on Broader Approach in Phase 2-2

Isobe, Kanetsugu; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Iwai, Yasunori; Oyaizu, Makoto; Nakamura, Hirofumi; Suzuki, Takumi; Yamada, Masayuki; Edao, Yuki; Kurata, Rie; Hayashi, Takumi; et al.

Fusion Engineering and Design, 98-99, p.1792 - 1795, 2015/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.06.075

Activities on Broader Approach (BA) were started in 2007 on the basis of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the EURATOM. The period of BA activities consist of Phase1 and Phase2 dividing into Phase 2-1 (2010-2011), Phase 2-2 (2012-2013) and Phase 2-3 (2014-2016). Tritium technology was chosen as one of important R&D issues to develop DEMO plant. R&D activities of tritium technology on BA consist of four tasks. Task-1 is to prepare and maintain the tritium handling facility in Rokkasho BA site in Japan. Task 2, 3 and 4 are main R&D activities for tritium and these are focused on: Task-2) Development of tritium accountancy technology, Task-3) Development of basic tritium safety research, Task-4) Tritium durability test. R&D activities of tritium technology in Phase 2-2 were underway successfully and closed in 2013.

Measurement of tritium penetration through concrete material covered by various paints coating

Edao, Yuki; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Kurata, Rie; Fukada, Satoshi*; Takeishi, Toshiharu*; Hayashi, Takumi; Yamanishi, Toshihiko

Fusion Science and Technology, 67(2), p.320 - 323, 2015/03

https://doi.org/10.13182/FST14-T20

The present study aims at obtaining fundamental knowledge for tritium transfer behavior and interaction between tritium and paint coated on concrete walls. The amounts of tritium penetration and release in cement paste with epoxy and urethane paint coatings were measured. The tritium penetration amounts were increased with the HTO exposure time. Time to achieve each saturate tritium value was more than 60 days for cement paste coated with epoxy paint and with urethane paint, while cement paste without paint took 2 days to achieve it. Tritium penetration rates were estimated by an analysis of diffusion model. Although their paint coatings were effective for reduction of tritium penetration through the cement paste exposed to HTO for a short period, the amount of tritium trapped in the paints became large for a long time. This work has been performed under the collaboration research between JAEA and Kyushu University.

R&D status on water cooled ceramic breeder blanket technology

Enoeda, Mikio; Tanigawa, Hisashi; Hirose, Takanori; Nakajima, Motoki; Sato, Satoshi; Ochiai, Kentaro; Konno, Chikara; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Hayashi, Takumi; Yamanishi, Toshihiko; et al.

Fusion Engineering and Design, 89(7-8), p.1131 - 1136, 2014/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.01.035

The development of a Water Cooled Ceramic Breeder (WCCB) Test Blanket Module (TBM) is being performed as one of the most important steps toward DEMO blanket in Japan. Regarding the fabrication technology development using F82H, the fabrication of a real scale mockup of the back wall of TBM was completed. Also the assembling of the complete box structure of the TBM mockup and planning of the pressurization testing was studied. The development of advanced breeder and multiplier pebbles for higher chemical stability was performed for future DEMO blanket application. From the view point of TBM test result evaluation and DEMO blanket performance design, the development of the blanket tritium simulation technology, investigation of the TBM neutronics measurement technology and the evaluation of tritium production and recovery test using D-T neutron in the Fusion Neutronics Source (FNS) facility has been performed.

Penetration of tritiated water vapor through hydrophobic paints for concrete materials

Edao, Yuki; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Yamanishi, Toshihiko; Fukada, Satoshi*

Fusion Engineering and Design, 89(9-10), p.2062 - 2065, 2014/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.02.059

Tritium transfer behavior through hydrophobic paints, epoxy resin and acrylic-silicon resin, was investigated experimentally. The authors measured the amount of tritium permeated through the paint membranes which exposed in HTO atmosphere of 2100 Bq/cm. The most of tritium permeated through the paints in the form of HTO at room temperature. Tritium permeation through the acrylic-silicon paint was explained a linear sorption/release model and that through the epoxy paint was suggested to be controlled by a one-dimensional diffusion model. While effective diffusivity was 1.0101.810 m/s at 21C26C for epoxy membrane, the diffusivity was found to be hundreds times larger than that for cement-paste coated with epoxy paint. Hence, tritium diffusivity through interface between cement-paste and the epoxy paint was considered to be most effective in the overall tritium transfer process. Tritium transfer behavior in the interface is important to explain the mechanism of tritium transfer behavior in concrete walls.

Hydrogen isotope behavior on a water-metal boundary with simultaneous transfer from and to the metal surface

Hayashi, Takumi; Isobe, Kanetsugu; Nakamura, Hirofumi; Kobayashi, Kazuhiro; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Okuno, Kenji*; Oyaizu, Makoto; Edao, Yuki; Yamanishi, Toshihiko

Fusion Engineering and Design, 89(7-8), p.1520 - 1523, 2014/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2014.03.069

Tritium confinement is the most important safety issue in the fusion reactor. Tritium behavior on the water metal boundary is very important to design tritium plant with breading blanket system using cooling water. A series of tritium permeation experiment into pressurized water or water vapor jacket with He or Ar have been performed through pure iron piping with/without 7 micro-meter gold plating, which contained about 1 kPa of pure tritium gas at 423 K, with monitoring the chemical forms of tritium. Also, deuterium permeation experiments from heavy water vessel through various metal piping, such as pure iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), stainless steel (SS304), and pure iron with 10 micro-meter gold plating, were performed at 573 K and at 15 MPa. Recently, using the above heavy water system, we have succeeded to detect simultaneous hydrogen isotopes transfer from and to the metal surface by introducing H gas to the metal piping after stabilized deuterium permeation was detected.

Effect of cation exchange on hydrogen adsorption property of mordenite for isotope separation

Kawamura, Yoshinori; Iwai, Yasunori; Munakata, Kenzo*; Yamanishi, Toshihiko

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 442(1-3), p.S455 - S460, 2013/11

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.11.003

Zeolite easily exchanges its cation to another. In this work, synthetic mordenite type zeolite (Na-MOR) was used as start material. And, its cation (Na) has been exchanged by Li, K, Mg and Ca. Then, adsorption capacities of H and D on them were investigated at 77 K, 159 K, 175 K and 195 K. Adsorption capacities on Li-MOR and Ca-MOR became larger than that on Na-MOR at low pressure range. Oppositely, that on K-MOR became smaller. In case of alkaline metal, cation with small atomic number may lead to large adsorption capacity.

Recent results on tritium technology in JAEA under BA program

Yamanishi, Toshihiko; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Iwai, Yasunori; Isobe, Kanetsugu

Fusion Engineering and Design, 88(9-10), p.2272 - 2275, 2013/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.04.046

The multi-purpose RI equipment has been constructed at Rokkasho site in DEMO R&D building until 2011. The equipment is the first and unique facility in Japan, where tritium, RI species, and beryllium can simultaneously be used. The amounts of tritium used and stored are 3.7 TBq per day and 7.4 TBq, respectively. The material of the column of the micro gas chromatograph has been studied. The calorimeter has also been studied as a possible tritium measurement method. A set of basic data on the interaction between materials and tritium has been measured especially for pure Fe. As for the tritium behavior in the blanket materials, the tritium release after neutron irradiation was studied. As a study for the tritium durability, the endurance of ion exchange membrane has been tested by using high concentration tritium water. The data of tritium water were well consistent with those obtained by irradiation.

Characteristic of tritium release from LiTiO under D-T neutron irradiation

Edao, Yuki; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Ochiai, Kentaro; Hoshino, Tsuyoshi; Takakura, Kosuke; Ota, Masayuki; Iwai, Yasunori; Yamanishi, Toshihiko; Konno, Chikara

JAEA-Research 2012-040, 15 Pages, 2013/02

JAEA-Research-2012-040.pdf:1.8MB

Tritium generation and recovery studies on LiTiO as a solid breeding material under neutron irradiation carried out in the Fusion Neutron Source (FNS) facility. A capsule with LiTiO packed bed was put in a system which simulated an actual blanket system which built in beryllium blocks and lithium titanate ones. Estimated values of the amount of tritium generation by a numerical calculation agreed closely with experimental values. The capsule was heated up to 300C, and helium, helium with water vapor, hydrogen or hydrogen/water vapor were selected as purge gas. In the case of purge by helium added water vapor, the ratio of HTO to total tritium release was 98%. In helium with hydrogen/water vapor purge, the ratio of HTO to total tritium release was 80%, which was confirmed that HTO released by isotope exchange reaction between water vapor and tritium. In helium with hydrogen purge, the ratio of HT to total tritium release was 6070%, which was shown that HT released by isotope exchange reaction between hydrogen gas and tritium. HTO released by water generation reaction between hydrogen in purge gas and oxygen in LiTiO although water vapor was not added in purge gas. The ratio of HTO release seemed to be small under the deoxidized condition of the LiTiO surface. Tritium release behavior in the LiTiO depended on the composition of purge gas, and its chemical form was affected by the surface conditions of LiTiO.

Effects of tritiated water on passivation behavior of SUS304 stainless steel

Oyaizu, Makoto; Isobe, Kanetsugu; Yamanishi, Toshihiko

ECS Transactions, 50(50), p.63 - 69, 2013/00

https://doi.org/10.1149/05050.0063ecst

The effects of tritiated water on the passivation behavior of SUS304 stainless steel were electrochemically studied by anodic polarization measurements and diachronic measurements of open circuit potential with changing tritium concentration and dissolved oxygen concentration as parameters in the electrolyte of 1N sulfuric acid solution, where the passivation inhibitory effects by tritiated water could be clearly observed. As a result, it was found that the passivation would be proceed with two steps. The effects of tritiated water could be observed in both of two steps; delay in the first step and deceleration in the second step. From these results, it was suggested that the passivation inhibitory effect might be promoted by further oxidation and sequential dissolution of Cr by radiolysis products.