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Hamamoto, Shimpei; Iigaki, Kazuhiko; Shimizu, Atsushi; Sawahata, Hiroaki; Kondo, Makoto; Oyama, Sunao; Kawano, Shuichi; Kobayashi, Shoichi; Kawamoto, Taiki; Suzuki, Hisashi; et al.
JAEA-Technology 2006-030, 58 Pages, 2006/03
During normal operation of High Temperature engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) in Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), the reactivity is controlled by the Control Rods (CRs) system which consists of 32 CRs (16 pairs) and 16 Control Rod Drive Mechanisms (CRDMs). The CR system is located in stand-pipes accompanied by the Reserved Shutdown System (RSS). In the unlikely event that the CRs fail to be inserted, the RSS is provided to insert BC/C pellets into the core. The RSS shall be designed so that the reactor should be held subcriticality from any operation condition by dropping in the pellets. The RSS consists of BC/C pellets, hoppers which contain the pellets, electric plug, driving mechanisms, guide tubes and so on. In accidents when the CRs cannot be inserted, an electric plug is pulled out by a motor and the absorber pellets fall into the core by gravity. A trouble, malfunction of one RSS out of sixteen, occurred during a series of the pre-start up checks of HTTR on February 21, 2005. We investigated the cause of the RSS trouble and took countermeasures to prevent the issue. As the result of investigation, the cause of the trouble was attributed to the following reason: In the motor inside, The Oil of grease of the multiplying gear flowed down from a gap of the oil seal which has been deformed and was mixed with abrasion powder of brake disk. Therefore the adhesive mixture prevented a motor from rotating.
Sakaba, Nariaki; Furusawa, Takayuki; Kawamoto, Taiki; Ishii, Yoshiki; Ota, Yukimaru
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 233(1-3), p.147 - 154, 2004/10
Times Cited Count:10 Percentile:55.79(Nuclear Science & Technology)The HTTR mainly consists of the core components, reactor pressure vessel, cooling systems, instrumentation and control systems, and containment structures. The design of remaining utility systems is described in this paper. They are: auxiliary helium systems which include the helium purification system, the helium sampling system, and the helium storage and supply system; fuel handling and storage system. The helium purification systems are installed in the primary and secondary helium cooling systems in order to reduce the quantity of chemical impurities. The helium sampling systems monitor the concentration of impurities. The helium storage and supply systems keep the steady pressure of the helium system during the normal operation. The fuel handling and storage system is utilised to handle the new and spent fuels safely and reliably.
Nojiri, Naoki; Shimakawa, Satoshi; Takamatsu, Kuniyoshi; Ishii, Yoshiki; Kawano, Shuichi; Kobayashi, Shoichi; Kawamoto, Taiki; Iyoku, Tatsuo
JAERI-Tech 2003-086, 136 Pages, 2003/11
To provide a basis for determination of the actual core power distribution, The power distribution experiments by measuring gross gamma ray emitted from fission products in the fuel assemblies were performed. The fuel assemblies were not spent condition but in-service condition. The averaged burn up was about 4,400 MWD/t. The gamma ray of a fuel assembly was measured with a GM counter under a temporary fuel withdrawing situation from the core during shutdown state. Uncertainties of the determination were from 3 to 6 percent in axial distribution per one fuel compact and within about 4 percent in radial and axial distribution of the core per one fuel assembly. It was concluded that the power distribution of the HTTR is almost equivalent to the expected power-profile shaping. Calculation of gamma ray distribution was performed by ORIGEN-2 code based the power distribution obtained by the Monte Carlo MVP code. The calculation results show good agreement with the experimental ones. The method, procedure, analysis, correction, determination and comparison are described in this report.
Takamatsu, Kuniyoshi; Nakazawa, Toshio; Furusawa, Takayuki; Homma, Fumitaka; Saito, Kenji; Kokusen, Shigeru; Kamata, Takashi; Ota, Yukimaru; Ishii, Yoshiki; Emori, Koichi
JAERI-Tech 2003-062, 94 Pages, 2003/06
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Oyamada, Rokuro; Yamamoto, Katsumune; Ishii, Yoshiki; ;
Japan-China Symp. on Research and Test Reactors, 15 Pages, 1988/00
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Kumahara, Hajime;
JAERI-M 9643, 38 Pages, 1981/08
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Shimizu, Atsushi; Hamamoto, Shimpei; Kobayashi, Shoichi; Ishii, Yoshiki; Iigaki, Kazuhiko; Inoi, Hiroyuki; Kawamoto, Taiki; Mizushima, Toshihiko; Nakazawa, Toshio
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