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Saito, Shigeru; Suzuki, Kazuhiro; Hatakeyama, Yuichi; Suzuki, Miho; Dai, Y.*
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 534, p.152146_1 - 152146_16, 2020/06
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：12.16(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)A post-irradiation examination (PIE) was performed on the tensile specimens prepared from the MEGAPIE (MEGAwatt Pilot Experiment) target which were irradiated in flowing lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE). Thicknesses of the specimens were over two times larger than that of the standard specimen. The PIE revealed that the T91 specimens showed a 1.5-2.0 times larger total elongation (TE) compared to the literature values for a specimen with standard t/w (ratio of thickness to width). It could be suggested that the t/w and TE were strongly correlated. Then, we tried to investigate the effects of the t/w on the TE by comparing unirradiated specimens. We found that there was no t/w dependence on the strength and uniform elongation. On the other hand, the TE increases with increasing t/w. Based on the experimental data, we correlated the TE with various specimens t/w to estimate appropriate TE values, including that for the standard specimen.
Miyai, Hiromitsu; Suzuki, Miho; Kanazawa, Hiroyuki
JAEA-Technology 2016-041, 46 Pages, 2017/03
JAEA-Technology-2016-041.pdf:5.54MB
In the Reactor Fuel Examination Facility (RFEF) of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Post Irradiation Examinations (PIEs) have been carried out for a long time in order to verify the reliability and the safety of the nuclear fuels irradiated in nuclear power plants. Samples for the PIEs are small and have various shapes. In order to facilitate the handling of the samples using a manipulator, the several kinds of jigs have been used for PIEs at RFEF those jigs are usually manufactured by machining process. We tried to make the jigs, which is PLA resin, with 3D printer and instead of machining process for the reduction of the manufacturing time and the improvement of the dimensional accuracy of the jig this time. It became clear that the actual dimensions of the jigs manufactured with 3D printer were roughly smaller at the concave section and larger at the convex section compared with the dimensions of the plan. So it is necessary to make a plan for the jigs after consideration of the characteristic of the 3D printer. The jigs can be applied to SEM observation, because the deposition of carbon film onto the jigs was well. And the jigs can be used to for the metallography, because the jigs were applicable without any harmful effects on polishing and etching processes.
Miyai, Hiromitsu; Suzuki, Miho; Kanazawa, Hiroyuki
Proceedings of 54th Annual Meeting of Hot Laboratories and Remote Handling (HOTLAB 2017) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2017/00
In the Reactor Fuel Examination Facility (RFEF) of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Post Irradiation Examinations (PIEs) have been carried out for a long time in order to verify the reliability and the safety of the nuclear fuels irradiated in nuclear power plants. Samples for the PIEs are small and have various shapes. In order to facilitate the handling of the samples using a manipulator, the several kinds of jigs have been used for PIEs at RFEF. Those jigs are usually manufactured by machining process. We tried to make the jigs, which is PLA resin, with 3D printer and instead of machining process for the reduction of the manufacturing time and the improvement of the dimensional accuracy of the jig this time. It became clear that the actual dimensions of the jigs manufactured with 3D printer were roughly smaller at the concave section and larger at the convex section compared with the dimensions of the plan. So it is necessary to make a plan for the jigs after consideration of the characteristic of the 3D printer. The jigs can be applied to SEM observation, because the deposition of carbon film onto the jigs was well. And the jigs can be used to for the metallography, because the jigs were applicable without any harmful effects on polishing and etching processes.
Matsui, Hiroki; Suzuki, Miho; Obata, Hiroki; Kanazawa, Hiroyuki
JAEA-Technology 2014-017, 57 Pages, 2014/06
JAEA-Technology-2014-017.pdf:20.43MB
The Reactor Fuel Examination Facility in JAEA has been used for Post Irradiation Examinations to verify the reliability and safety of the nuclear fuels irradiated in commercial reactors. EPMA (Electron Probe Micro Analyzer) has been utilized for the qualitative analysis of the fission product in the fuel pellet and the detailed observation of the oxide layers formed at the inner and outer surfaces of fuel cladding. Commercial EPMAs were remodeled so that the EPMAs can be applied for radioactive samples. Several shields was set in the EPMA to avoid the 
-rays which radiate from a radioactive sample to the proportional counter in the EPMA. It is important to calculate this shielding performance adequately to maintain the precision of analysis. This report describes the results of re-evaluation of the performance of the shields in the EPMAs in the RFEF by using the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport Code System and the examination results of -ray effect to the X-ray spectrum data by using a radioactive sample.
Tomiyama, Shingo*; Matsuo, Shigeaki*; Matsunaga, Kinuko*; Suzuki, Mihoko*
JNC TJ7420 2005-054, 295 Pages, 2004/02
JNC-TJ7420-2005-054.pdf:17.76MB
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Suzuki, Kazuhiro; Toyokawa, Takuya; Motooka, Takafumi; Tsukada, Takashi; Ueno, Fumiyoshi; Terakawa, Yuto; Suzuki, Miho; Ichise, Kenichi; Numata, Masami; Kikuchi, Hiroyuki
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Motooka, Takafumi; Suzuki, Miho; Tomita, Takeshi; Kimura, Yasuhiko; Ueno, Fumiyoshi
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To investigate the migration of seawater components to a spent fuel cladding tube, cross-sectional observation for spent fuel cladding tube immersed in diluted artificial seawater at 80 for 300 hours was conducted with EPMA. Spent fuel cladding tube having crud layer and zirconium oxide layer showed the adhesion of seawater components (Mg, Cl) on the cladding and no penetration of seawater components into the cladding.
Motooka, Takafumi; Suzuki, Kazuhiro; Suzuki, Miho; Toyokawa, Takuya; Kimura, Yasuhiko
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Spent fuels were stored in the spent fuel pool (SFP) at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Seawater was injected into SFP to cool spent fuels for emergency measure in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident. Seawater can cause local corrosion. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of seawater on corrosion behavior and mechanical property of the spent fuel cladding. We immersed short spent fuel cladding tubes (
50 GWd/t) in artificial seawater at 353 K for 300 h and conducted visual, metallographic and strength examinations of the tubes after immersion. Visual and metallographic examination indicated that warm seawater little affected the corrosion behavior of the spent fuel cladding. Black oxides formed on the surface of the cladding during the reactor operation were observed. No local corrosion and crack were observed. Ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and 0.2% yield strength (0.2%YS) of tubes with and without immersion in artificial seawater at 353 K for 300 h were measured. The strength of immersed tube was comparable to that of non-immersed tube. The results suggest that the seawater injection little affects on corrosion behavior and mechanical property of the spent fuel cladding.
Takano, Masahide; Onozawa, Atsushi; Suzuki, Miho; Obata, Hiroki
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Saito, Shigeru; Kikuchi, Kenji*; Suzuki, Kazuhiro; Hatakeyama, Yuichi; Endo, Shinya; Suzuki, Miho; Okubo, Nariaki; Kondo, Keietsu
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The world's first megawatt-class lead-bismuth target, MEGAPIE (MEGAwatt Pilot Experiment), was dismantled and post irradiation examination (PIE) samples were prepared at PSI hot-lab. The samples were shipped to each institutions including JAEA. The samples were cut from the beam window (BW, T91) and the flow guide tube (FGT, SS316L). And all samples are prepared without LBE. The irradiation conditions of the specimens irradiated at SINQ target were as follows: proton energy was 580 MeV, irradiation temperatures were ranged from 251 to 341
C, and displacement damage levels were ranged from 0.16 to 1.57 dpa. PIE including SP (small punch) and three point bending tests were performed. SP tests were executed for T91 and SS316L specimens at R.T. in air condition. Specimen size for SP test with 2.4 mm steel-ball is 8 mm 
8 mm 0.5 mm. T91 specimens were cut from the Spitze (triangle) sample and polished to thickness of 0.5 mm. The OM/SP specimens of SS316L were polished to thickness of 0.5 mm. Three point bending tests were executed for SS316L specimens at R.T. in air condition. The bend bar specimens of SS316L without notch were employed. Results of the SP tests and three point bending tests on the irradiated specimens will be presented at the workshop. Cross sectional observation on the Spitze sample and microstructural observation by TEM will be also reported.
Takano, Masahide; Onozawa, Atsushi; Suzuki, Miho; Obata, Hiroki
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For the decommissioning of damaged cores of Fukushima Daiichi NPS, the retrieval operation of solidified core melt (corium) and its safe management are essential tasks. To understand characteristics of corium specific to the 1F cores, we have prepared and analyzed various types of simulated corium specimens in laboratory scale. To verify the effect of cooling condition found on the simulated corium, we revisit the actual corium specimens collected from the TMI-2 accident core, which have been stored at the Reactor Fuel Examination Facility (RFEF) in JAEA Tokai since 1991. Comparing the phases and microstructure, rapid-cooled specimens have dense microstructure and consist of single phase of cubic structure. On the other hand, the slow-cooled specimens consist of U-rich cubic and Zr-rich tetragonal phases distributed minutely. From these observations we have confirmed the similar dependence of microstructure and mechanical property on the cooling condition.
Suzuki, Miho; Kimura, Yasuhiko; Takano, Masahide; Mita, Naoaki
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Udagawa, Yutaka; Murao, Hiroyuki; Suzuki, Miho; Amaya, Masaki
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