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Sudo, Katsuo; Takano, Tatsuo; Takeuchi, Kentaro; Kihara, Yoshiyuki; Kato, Masato
Proceedings of International Conference on Toward and Over the Fukushima Daiichi Accident (GLOBAL 2011) (CD-ROM), 5 Pages, 2011/12
Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been contracted to advance the Fast Reactor Cycle Technology Development project. As one part of the project, a simplified MOX pellet fabrication method has been developed for fast reactor fuels. In previous reports, feasibility of a simplified MOX pellet fabrication method was confirmed through hot and cold laboratory-scale experiments. The die wall lubrication pressing technology was one of the important technologies included in the development of the simplified MOX pellet fabrication method. In the work described here, a pressing machine with a die wall lubrication system was developed, and MOX pellet fabrication experiments were carried out on the kilogram MOX scale.
Takano, Tatsuo; Sudo, Katsuo; Takeuchi, Kentaro; Kihara, Yoshiyuki; Kato, Masato
Proceedings of International Conference on Toward and Over the Fukushima Daiichi Accident (GLOBAL 2011) (CD-ROM), 7 Pages, 2011/12
Development of high burn-up fuels is essential to improve economy of the fast reactor fuel cycle. Increase of fuel burn-up is known to cause fuel-cladding chemical interaction (FCCI) and it mainly determines a lifetime of fuel pin. In order to extend a lifetime of fuel pin by mitigating FCCI, development of low oxygen-to-metal (O/M) MOX fuel has been carried out in plutonium fuel development center of JAEA. MOX fuel needs adjustment of the O/M ratio to less than 1.97 for high burn-up of 150 GWd/t. Therefore, O/M adjustment technology is one of the main subjects in development of a simplified MOX pellet fabrication method which has been advanced in the FaCT (Fast reactor Cycle Technology development) project. In previous work, changes in O/M ratio of MOX pellet during heat treatment were calculated from measurement results of oxygen potentials. On the basis of above calculation, heating tests were carried out to prepare low O/M ratio MOX pellets on a laboratory scale. The O/M ratios obtained in the heating tests were well consistent with calculation results. In the present study, a kilogram MOX scale furnace to adjust O/M ratio of MOX pellets for targeted value has been developed as next step.
Hirooka, Shun; Kato, Masato; Takeuchi, Kentaro; Takano, Tatsuo
Proceedings of International Conference on Toward and Over the Fukushima Daiichi Accident (GLOBAL 2011) (CD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2011/12
In this work, the shrinkage behavior and O/M change of MOX pellet during sintering process were investigated with dilatometer and thermo-gravimeter, and equations to analyze the sintering behavior were derived. The derived equations represented the change of density and O/M ratio of MOX pellet during heat treatment as functions of heat treatment conditions such as heating rate, holding temperature and 
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ratio in an atmosphere. They contribute the development of advanced pellet production process and would accurately control density and O/M ratio of MOX pellets.
Kato, Masato; Nakamichi, Shinya; Takano, Tatsuo
Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems (Global 2007) (CD-ROM), p.916 - 920, 2007/09
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Takano, Tatsuo; Kobayashi, Hitoshi; Suzuki, Yuichiro*; Haga, Tetsuya; Takeuchi, Kentaro; Kashimura, Motoaki; Suzuki, Masahiro; Kihara, Yoshiyuki
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Takeuchi, Kentaro; Okita, Takatoshi; Seki, Masayuki; Takano, Tatsuo; Kato, Akebumi*; Kashimura, Motoaki
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Sudo, Katsuo; Okita, Takatoshi; Takeuchi, Kentaro; Takano, Tatsuo; Kato, Akebumi*; Haga, Tetsuya; Yamada, Yoshikazu; Kihara, Yoshiyuki
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Suzuki, Kiichi; Murakami, Tatsutoshi; Aono, Shigenori; Hatanaka, Nobuhiro; Takano, Tatsuo
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