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JAEA Reports

Property database of TRU nitride fuel

Nishi, Tsuyoshi; Arai, Yasuo; Takano, Masahide; Kurata, Masaki

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-001, 45 Pages, 2014/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-001.pdf:3.57MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-001(errata).pdf:0.2MB

The purpose of this study is to prepare a property database of nitride fuel needed for the fuel design of accelerator-driven system (ADS) for transmutation of minor actinide (MA). Nitride fuel of ADS is characterized by high content of Pu and MA as principal components, and addition of a diluent material such as ZrN. Experimental data or evaluated values from the raw data on properties Pu and MA nitrides, and nitride solid solutions containing ZrN are collected and summarized, which cover the properties needed for the fuel design of ADS. They are expressed as an equation as much as possible for corresponding to a variety conditions. Error evaluation is also made as much as possible. Since property data on transuranium (TRU) nitrides are often lacking, those on UN and (U,Pu)N are substitutionally shown in such cases in order to facilitate the fuel design with a tolerable accuracy by complementing the database.

JAEA Reports

Analytical data of Holocene sediments in the Miyazaki Plain, Southern Kyushu, Japan

Ikuta, Masafumi; Niwa, Masakazu; Takatori, Ryoichi*; Kamataki, Takanobu*; Kurosawa, Hideki*

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-002, 246 Pages, 2014/06

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-002-01.pdf:17.7MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-002-02.pdf:49.07MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-002-03.pdf:39.02MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-002-04.pdf:36.25MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-002-05.pdf:22.17MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-002-appendix(DVD).zip:1642.4MB

The Miyazaki Plain, facing the Hyuga-nada, had been attacked repeatedly by historical tsunami events induced by the giant earthquakes centered in the Hyuga-nada or Nankai Trough. However, scientific studies concerning the tsunami events are still poor in this area. Disappearance of subsurface sediments due to fast uplift rates in the Miyazaki Plain is considered to make difficult to proceed such studies. This database shows the result of the study for Holocene sediments in the Miyazaki Plain in 2012, including chemical composition analysis of absorbed water, microfossil identification, description of tephra deposits and radiocarbon dating, as well as geological description of drilled cores. It is closely related to the study for the reactivation of coastal geological faults caused by the giant subduction zone earthquakes.

JAEA Reports

Annual data compilation of water balance observation in the Regional Hydrogeological Study Project (RHS Project); For the fiscal year 2012

Sato, Seiji; Ogata, Nobuhisa

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-003, 22 Pages, 2014/05

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-003.pdf:10.84MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-003-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:25.03MB

The Tono Geoscientific Research Unit of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has carried out the subsurface water balance observation in order to estimate groundwater recharge rate for setting the upper boundary conditions on groundwater flow simulation and for obtaining data for calibration of hydrogeological model. In the subsurface water balance observations, precipitation data and river flow rate have been observed in the Garaishi River and the Hiyoshi River watersheds. The missing or abnormal data in the monitoring data during the fiscal year 2012 were complemented or corrected, and these data were compiled in data set.

JAEA Reports

Annual data compilation of water balance observation in the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory Project (MIU Project); For the fiscal year 2012

Sato, Seiji; Ogata, Nobuhisa

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-004, 44 Pages, 2014/05

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-004.pdf:17.15MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-004-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:278.83MB

The Tono Geoscientific Research Unit of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has carried out the subsurface water balance observation in order to estimate groundwater recharge rate for setting the upper boundary conditions on groundwater flow simulation and for obtaining data for calibration of hydrogeological model. In the subsurface water balance observations, meteorological data, river flow rate, groundwater level and soil moisture have been observed in the Shoba River watershed, the Shoba River model watershed and the MIU Construction Site. After missing or abnormal data in the monitoring data from the fiscal year 2012 were complemented or corrected, the data were compiled in data set. Furthermore the groundwater recharge rates in the Hazama River watershed were calculated using the river flow rate data obtained from the environment survey in the MIU construction work in the Fiscal year 2012.

JAEA Reports

Precise topographic analysis using 10m grid DEM in the Horonobe area

Sakai, Toshihiro; Matsuoka, Toshiyuki; Amano, Kenji

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-005, 43 Pages, 2014/05

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-005.pdf:33.23MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-005-appendix(DVD).zip:940.62MB

The Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory (URL) Project is being pursued by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) at Horonobe-cho in Northern Hokkaido, Japan. One of the main goals of the URL project is to establish techniques for investigation, analysis and assessment of the deep geological environment. As a part of this URL project, we develop the geological environment modeling technique. 10m grid digital elevation model (DEM) had been published by Geographical Survey Institute in 2008. The use of 10m grid DEM has made possible examination of detailed topographical features in wide area. We created eighteen kinds of filterd image data using 10m grid DEM around the Horonobe-cho to obtain the basic information for evaluating topographical and geological features and constructing the geological environment model.

JAEA Reports

Log of refining and conversion facility dismantling; Progress in the dismantlement situation of the bed material storage tank of 2012FY

Editorial Committee of Refining and Conversion Facility Decommissioning Results

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-006, 38 Pages, 2014/06

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-006.pdf:14.71MB

The Refining and Conversion Facility located in the Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center had the natural uranium conversion process and reprocessed uranium conversion process. The construction of this facility was started in 1979 and completed in October 1981. Dismantling of equipments in radiation controlled area of this facility was started from 2008. Equipments in radiation controlled area (excluding ventilating equipment and liquid waste treatment equipment) was dismantled by the 2011 fiscal year, and ventilating equipment and then liquid waste treatment equipment will be dismantled. This report is a record of the dismantlement situation of the bed material storage tank in 2012 fiscal year.

JAEA Reports

Radioactivity analysis of metal samples taken from pipes of the Fugen, 3

Haraga, Tomoko; Tobita, Minoru*; Takahashi, Shigemi*; Sakatani, Keiichi; Ishimori, Kenichiro; Takahashi, Kuniaki

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-007, 52 Pages, 2014/06

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-007.pdf:28.47MB

Fugen Nuclear Power Station was shut down and now is under decommissioning. Many radioactivity concentration data of dismantled materials have to be accumulated to calculate the scaling factors of radioactive wastes and verify that the cleared dismantled materials conform to the clearance levels. A simple and rapid radioactivity determination method for radioactive waste samples was developed in Nuclear Cycle Backend Directorate. For the demonstration, the simple and rapid radioactivity determination method was applied to metal samples, which were taken from dismantled pipes of Fugen. This report summarizes the radioactivity data obtained from the analysis of those samples.

JAEA Reports

Development of the assessment tools for land use scenarios concerning sub-surface disposal

Sakatani, Keiichi; Sugaya, Toshikatsu; Nakatani, Takayoshi; Funabashi, Hideyuki

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-008, 53 Pages, 2014/06

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-008.pdf:39.9MB

The safety assessment of the sub-surface disposal system should ensure that calculated dose will be lower than the dose assigned to the scenario in question during the period from now to future. In order to realize the safety disposal, we have developed several assessment tools on the GoldSim platform and calculated doses since 2008, and these assessment tools have been improved reflecting the last view of assessment. This report describes idea of assessment models and structure of assessment tools for land use scenarios.

JAEA Reports

Update of JAEA-TDB; Update of thermodynamic data for palladium and tin, refinement of thermodynamic data for protactinium, and preparation of PHREEQC database for use of the Br${o}$nsted-Guggenheim-Scatchard model

Kitamura, Akira; Doi, Reisuke; Yoshida, Yasushi*

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-009, 69 Pages, 2014/06

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-009.pdf:4.73MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-009-appendix(DVD).zip:0.22MB

The latest available thermodynamic data for palladium and tin were critically reviewed and the selected values were included into the JAEA-TDB for performance assessment calculations for geological disposal of radioactive high-level and TRU wastes. We made sure that the selected data are internally consistent with other data included in the compilation. This critical review specifically addressed thermodynamic data for (1) the palladium-hydroxide-chloride system, and (2) the solid oxides and hydroxido complexes of Sn(IV). We also selected thermodynamic data for other tin reactions from critical review of tin by the Nuclear Energy Agency of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/NEA). Furthermore, we refined some thermodynamic data for protactinium to estimate more reliable solubility values. We prepared text files of the updated thermodynamic database (JAEA-TDB) for geochemical calculation programs of PHREEQC, EQ3/6 and Geochemist's Workbench. Use of the Br${o}$nsted-Guggenheim-Scatchard Model (SIT) for ionic strength corrections was applied to the PHREEQC database.

JAEA Reports

Development of the clearance level verification evaluation system, 2; Construction of the clearance data management system

Kubota, Shintaro; Usui, Hideo; Kawagoshi, Hiroshi

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-010, 84 Pages, 2014/06

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-010.pdf:19.09MB

Clearance is defined as the removal of radioactive materials or radioactive objects within authorized practices from any further regulatory control by the regulatory body. In Japan, clearance level and a procedure for its verification has been introduced under the Laws and Regulations, and solid clearance wastes inspected by the national authority can be handled and recycled as normal wastes. The most prevalent type of wastes have generated from the dismantling of nuclear facilities, so the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been developing the Clearance Level Verification Evaluation System (CLEVES) as a convenient tool. The Clearance Data Management System (CDMS), which is a part of CLEVES, has developed to support measurement, evaluation, making and recording documents with clearance level verification. In addition, validation of the evaluation result of the CDMS was carried out by inputting the data of actual clearance activities in the JAEA.

JAEA Reports

Analysis of the radioactivity concentrations in low-level radioactive waste generated from JPDR facilities, 3

Yasuda, Mari; Tanaka, Kiwamu; Watanabe, Koichi; Hoshi, Akiko; Tsuji, Tomoyuki; Kameo, Yutaka

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-011, 59 Pages, 2014/08

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-011.pdf:16.84MB

Simple and rapid methods to evaluate the radioactivity concentrations are required to be established for the near surface disposal of radioactive wastes generated from research facilities at Japan Atomic Energy Agency. In order to establish the methods to evaluate the radioactivity concentrations of miscellaneous solid wastes generated from research and testing reactors, we collected and analyzed samples from miscellaneous solid wastes generated by the decommissioning of JPDR (Japan Power Demonstration Reactor). In the present paper, we summarized data about the radioactivity concentrations which accumulated by the analysis.

JAEA Reports

X-ray CT basic data about inspection of irradiated fuel assembly

Ishimi, Akihiro; Tachi, Yoshiaki; Katsuyama, Kozo; Misawa, Susumu*

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-012, 72 Pages, 2014/08

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-012.pdf:82.93MB

The Fuels Monitoring Section (FMS) of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has carried out examination of the fuel assemblies irradiated at Experimental Fast Reactor Joyo to verify about deformation and damage using X-ray computed tomography (CT) technique. This technique can observe deformation and internal information of the irradiated fuel assembly without dismantling and thus can apply to inspections of the irradiated fuel assembly in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (1F). In order to obtain X-ray CT basic data for 1F fuel assembly inspection, the simulated specimens were made and the X-ray CT examinations were performed in the Fuels Monitoring Facility (FMF). This paper compiled the data about the X-ray CT examination of the simulated specimens.

JAEA Reports

Investigation for application and improvement of the PHITS code to nuclear fusion facilities (Contract research)

Sukegawa, Atsuhiko; Niita, Koji*

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-013, 61 Pages, 2014/08

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-013.pdf:34.06MB

The accuracy and efficiency of the PHITS code has been investigated towards the application to the fusion facilities by making comparison between PHITS and MCNP calculation for a simplified cylindrical model, for a 3D detailed model of tokamak fusion device, and for experimental assembly models of accelerator for fusion facilities. It was clarified that the results of neutron and photon spectrum obtained by the PHITS code agree with those of MCNP within statistical errors as far as they use the same cross section library, the same model and the same neutron source for the calculation. Moreover, the results of both codes are consistent each other within statistical errors for the case with the same weight window method as a variance reduction technique.

JAEA Reports

Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory Project; Compilation of results of geological investigation at the -500m stage

Kawamoto, Koji; Murakami, Hiroaki; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Sasao, Eiji; Watanabe, Kazuhiko; Mikake, Shinichiro; Ikeda, Koki

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-014, 27 Pages, 2014/08

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-014.pdf:24.28MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-014-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:92.23MB

This document presents the data of geological investigations at the -500m stage of the MIU from the 2011 fiscal year to the 2013 fiscal year. At the -500m stage of the MIU, although the Cretaceous Toki granite is distributed, pegmatite, aplite and lampropyre dike are distributed partially.

JAEA Reports

Transfer of radionuclides to soil at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Koma, Yoshikazu

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-015, 23 Pages, 2014/09

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-015.pdf:2.2MB

Due to the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated (TEPCO), radionuclides were released to the environment. TEPCO sampled soil around the reactors and analyzed. Transport ratios normalized to $$^{137}$$Cs were calculated using the measurement of soil and calculated fuel composition in the reactors.

JAEA Reports

Development of a database on analyses of contaminated water in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station; The Release of FY2013 edition of the database on the analyses of contaminated water

Asami, Makoto; Watahiki, Hiromi; Oi, Takao; Makino, Hitoshi; Shibata, Atsuhiro; Kameo, Yutaka; Meguro, Yoshihiro; Ashida, Takashi

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-016, 37 Pages, 2014/09

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-016.pdf:37.04MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-016-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:60.46MB

A database on the analyses of samples obtained from contaminated water in the circulating system of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was built. This database contains the analyses of 25 samples of JAEA and 313 samples of TEPCO which have been published in FY 2011 to FY 2013. Also, as well as the analyses on contaminated water, the information on the stored and treated amount in accumulated water and the amount of produced waste, which has been published by TEPCO and which might be required in order to estimate the inventory of secondary waste (sludge, used vessels) generated by treatment of contaminated water are contained in this database. This technical report shows the function of this database and user manual with example and presents the FY2013 edition of database by appendix CD.

JAEA Reports

Assessment of specific absorbed fractions for photons and electrons using average adult Japanese male phantom

Manabe, Kentaro; Sato, Kaoru; Takahashi, Fumiaki

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-017, 60 Pages, 2014/10

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-017.pdf:15.4MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-017-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:0.62MB

International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) determined reference phantoms based on physique and organ masses (physical characteristics) of Caucasian for dose assessment in the 2007 Recommendations. In internal dosimetry, the reference phantoms are used for calculation of specific absorbed fractions (SAFs). On the other hand, adult Japanese have smaller build than adult Caucasian, and organ masses are different from each other. SAFs depend on physical characteristics. Therefore, differences in physical characteristics between both races can influence dose coefficients. Then, SAFs of average adult Japanese male phantom, JM-103, were calculated by incorporating JM-103 into the general purpose radiation transport code, MCNPX2.6.0, and electron and photon SAFs were evaluated for 25 energies from 10 keV to 10 MeV and for combinations of 67 source regions and 41 target organs. The effect of the difference in build and organ masses between adult Japanese and Caucasian on SAFs was also examined by comparison between the calculated SAFs in this study and SAFs of the reference adult male phantom of ICRP. The SAFs of JM-103 calculated in this study are basic data for assessment of influence of difference in physical characteristics between the races on dose coefficients.

JAEA Reports

Monitoring of groundwater inflow into research galleries in the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory Project (MIU Project); From fiscal year 2012 to 2013

Ueno, Tetsuro; Sato, Seiji; Takeuchi, Ryuji

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-018, 37 Pages, 2014/11

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-018.pdf:3.64MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-018-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:0.57MB

Tono Geoscience Center of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) is pursuing a geoscientific research and development project namely the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) Project in crystalline rock environment in order to construct scientific and technological basis for geological disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste (HLW). The MIU Project has three overlapping phases: Surface-based Investigation phase (Phase I), Construction phase (Phase II), and Operation phase (Phase III). The MIU Project has been ongoing the Phase II and started the Phase III in 2010 fiscal year. The groundwater inflow monitoring into shafts and research galleries has been continued to achieve the Phase II goals. This document presents the results of the groundwater inflow monitoring from fiscal year 2012 to 2013.

JAEA Reports

Hydrochemical investigation at the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory; Compilation of groundwater chemistry data in the Mizunami group and the Toki granite (fiscal year 2013)

Omori, Kazuaki; Hasegawa, Takashi; Munemoto, Takashi; Masuda, Kaoru*; Aosai, Daisuke*; Inui, Michiharu*; Iwatsuki, Teruki

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-019, 121 Pages, 2014/12

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-019.pdf:56.12MB

Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been investigating the groundwater chemistry on excavating the underground facilities as part of the Mizunami Underground research Laboratory (MIU) Project at Mizunami City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. In this report, we compiled data obtained by geochemical research for groundwater at the MIU in the fiscal year 2013.

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Development of the assessment tool for has migration scenario concerning sub-surface disposal

Sakatani, Keiichi; Nakamura, Yasuo; Tsuji, Tomoyuki; Nakatani, Takayoshi

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-020, 38 Pages, 2014/11

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-020.pdf:30.04MB

The safety assessment for sub-surface disposal of radioactive wastes should ensure that calculated dose will be lower than the dose assigned to the scenario in question over the whole evaluation period of hundreds of thousands years. We have developed several assessment tools for the safe disposal of radioactive wastes on the GoldSim platform, and calculated doses since JFY 2008. These assessment tools have been improved reflecting the last view of assessment. In addition, we have developed an assessment tool for the gas migration scenario. This report describes concept of assessment model and structure of tool for the gas migration scenario.

JAEA Reports

Data report of ROSA/LSTF experiment SB-CL-32; 1% cold leg break LOCA with SG depressurization and no gas inflow

Takeda, Takeshi

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-021, 59 Pages, 2014/11

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-021.pdf:5.16MB

Experiment SB-CL-32 was conducted on May 28, 1996 using the LSTF. The experiment SB-CL-32 simulated 1% cold leg small-break LOCA in PWR under assumptions of total failure of HPI system and no inflow of non-condensable gas from ACC tanks. Secondary-side depressurization of both SGs as AM action to achieve the depressurization rate of 200 K/h in the primary system was initiated 10 min after break. Core uncovery started with liquid level drop in crossover leg downflow-side. The core liquid level recovered rapidly after first LSC. The surface temperature of simulated fuel rod then increased up to 669 K. Core uncovery took place before second LSC induced by steam condensation on ACC coolant. The core liquid level recovered rapidly after second LSC. The maximum fuel rod surface temperature was 772 K. The continuous core cooling was confirmed because of coolant injection by LPI system. This report summarizes the test procedures, conditions and major observation.

JAEA Reports

Establishment of data base files of thermodynamic data developed by OECD/NEA, 4; Addition of thermodynamic data for iron, tin and thorium

Yoshida, Yasushi*; Kitamura, Akira

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-022, 38 Pages, 2014/12

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-022.zip:0.18MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-022.pdf:2.28MB

Thermodynamic data for compounds and complexes of elements with auxiliary species specialized in modeling requirements for safety assessments of radioactive waste disposal systems have been developed by the Thermochemical Data Base (TDB) project of the Nuclear Energy Agency in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/NEA). Recently, thermodynamic data for aqueous complexes, solids and gases of thorium, tin and iron (Part 1) have been published in 2008, 2012 and 2013, respectively. These thermodynamic data have been selected on the basis of NEA's guidelines which describes peer review and data selection, extrapolation to zero ionic strength, assignment of uncertainty, and temperature correction; therefore the selected data are considered to be reliable. In the present report, text files of the selected data on some geochemical calculation programs are required. In the present report, the database files for the NEA's TDB with addition of selected data for iron, tin and thorium to the previous files have been established for use of PHREEQC, Geochemist's Workbench and EQ3/6. These files will be at the Website of thermodynamic, sorption and diffusion database in JAEA.

JAEA Reports

Development of fuel temperature calculation file for high temperature gas-cooled reactors

Inaba, Yoshitomo; Isaka, Kazuyoshi; Fukaya, Yuji; Tachibana, Yukio

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-023, 64 Pages, 2015/01

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-023.pdf:7.15MB

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has performed the conceptual designs of small-sized High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) systems, aiming for the deployment of the systems to overseas such as developing countries. The small-sized HTGR systems can provide power generation by steam turbine, high temperature steam for industry process and/or low temperature steam for district heating. In the core thermal and hydraulic designs of HTGRs, it is important to evaluate the maximum fuel temperature so that the thermal integrity of the fuel is ensured. In order to calculate and evaluate the fuel temperature on personal computers (PCs) in a convenient manner, the calculation file based on the Microsoft Excel were developed. In this report, the basic equations used in the calculation file, the calculation method and procedure, and the results of the validation calculation are described.

JAEA Reports

Development of three-dimensional reactor analysis code system for accelerator-driven system, ADS3D

Sugawara, Takanori; Hirai, Yasushi*; Nishihara, Kenji; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Sambuu, O.*; Ushio, Tadashi*

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-024, 86 Pages, 2015/02

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-024.pdf:6.04MB

To investigate an Accelerator-Driven System (ADS) with sub-criticality control mechanism such as control rods or burnable poison, the ADS3D code has been developed on MARBLE which is a next generation reactor analysis code system developed by JAEA. In the past neutronics calculation for the ADS, JAEA employed RZ calculation models to realize efficient investigations. However, it was very difficult to model sub-criticality control mechanisms in RZ calculation models. The ADS3D code system is available to calculate the transportation of protons and neutrons, the burn-up calculation and the fuel exchange in three-dimensional calculation models. It means this code system can treat ADS concepts with sub-criticality control mechanism and makes it possible to investigate a new concept of ADS.

JAEA Reports

Model development of light water reactor fuel analysis code RANNS for reactivity-initiated accident conditions

Udagawa, Yutaka; Suzuki, Motoe; Amaya, Masaki

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-025, 27 Pages, 2015/02

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-025.pdf:2.53MB

A light water reactor fuel analysis code RANNS has been developed to analyze thermal and mechanical behaviors of a single fuel rod in mainly reactivity-initiated accident (RIA) conditions. The recent model development for the RANNS code has been focused on improving predictability of stress, strain, and temperature inside a fuel rod during pellet cladding mechanical interaction (PCMI), which is one of the most important behaviors of high-burnup fuels under RIA conditions. This report provides descriptions of the models developed and/or validated recently via experimental analyses using the RANNS code on the RIA-simulating experiments conducted in the nuclear safety research reactor (NSRR): models for mechanical behaviors as relocation of fuel pellets, pellet yielding, pellet-cladding mechanical bonding, and PCMI failure limit of fuel cladding, and thermal behaviors as pellet-cladding gap conductance and heat transfer from fuel rod surface to coolant water.

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Scenario development on application of engineering technology for geological disposal; Study on accidents and human factors caused at site characterization, construction, operation and closure stages and that impact on safety functions after closure of disposal facility (Contract research)

Takayama, Hideki*; Takai, Shizuka; Takeda, Seiji

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-026, 189 Pages, 2015/02

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-026.pdf:8.03MB

In the safety assessment for the high-level radioactive waste geological disposal, scenarios need to be developed in consideration of influence on barrier features by applying engineering technologies at each stage of site selection, construction, operation and closure of disposal facility. To develop scenarios on application of engineering technologies from the point of view of safety regulation, it is important to grasp information of the engineering technologies which are possibly applied to geological disposal and to organize relationships between accidents and human factors caused by application of engineering technologies and influence by the factors on safety functions of engineered and natural barriers after closure stage. In this study, the engineering technologies are listed for site selection, construction, operation and closure activities at disposal site. From this information, "deviation events" which are deviated states of engineered and natural barriers from intended design were identified. We assumed influence on geological disposal facility due to the occurrence of the deviation events and identified the accidents and human factors which can progress the deviation events. Finally, we showed the sequence of influence by the accidents and human factors on long-term safety after closure of the disposal facility as scenarios. We provided a database with these results for development of scenario on engineering technology of geological disposal.

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Development of software tools for 4-D visualization and quantitative analysis of PHITS simulation results

Furutaka, Kazuyoshi

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-027, 32 Pages, 2015/02

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-027.pdf:7.25MB

A suite of software tools has been developed to facilitate the development of apparatus using a radiation transport simulation code PHITS by enabling 4D visualization (3D space and time) and quantitative analysis of so-called dieaway plots. To deliver useable tools as soon as possible, the existing software was utilized as much as possible; ParaView will be used for the 4D visualization of the results, whereas the analyses of dieaway plots will be done with ROOT toolkit with a tool named "diana". To enable 4D visualization using ParaView, a suite of tools (angel2vtk, DispDCAS1, CamPos) have been developed for the conversion of the data format to the one which can be read from ParaView and to ease the visualization.

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SWAT4.0; The Integrated burnup code system driving continuous energy Monte Carlo codes MVP, MCNP and deterministic calculation code SRAC

Kashima, Takao; Suyama, Kenya; Takada, Tomoyuki*

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-028, 152 Pages, 2015/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-028.pdf:13.39MB

There have been two versions of SWAT depending on details of its development history: the revised SWAT that uses the deterministic calculation code SRAC as a neutron transportation solver, and the SWAT3.1 that uses the continuous energy Monte Carlo code MVP or MCNP5 for the same purpose. It takes several hours, however, to execute one calculation by the continuous energy Monte Carlo code even on the super computer of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Moreover, two-dimensional burnup calculation is not practical using the revised SWAT because it has problems on production of effective cross section data and applying them to arbitrary fuel geometry when a calculation model has multiple burnup zones. Therefore, SWAT4.0 has been developed by adding, to SWAT3.1, a function to utilize the deterministic code SARC2006, which has shorter calculation time, as an outer module of neutron transportation solver for burnup calculation. SWAT4.0 has been enabled to execute two-dimensional burnup calculation by providing an input data template of SRAC2006 to SWAT4.0 input data, and updating atomic number densities of burnup zones in each burnup step. This report describes outline, input data instruction, and examples of calculations of SWAT4.0.

JAEA Reports

Analysis of the radioactivity concentrations in low-level radioactive waste generated from JPDR facilities, 4

Omori, Hiroyuki; Nebashi, Koji; Shimada, Asako; Tanaka, Kiwamu; Yasuda, Mari; Hoshi, Akiko; Tsuji, Tomoyuki; Ishimori, Kenichiro; Kameo, Yutaka

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-029, 31 Pages, 2015/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-029.pdf:1.51MB

Simple and rapid methods to evaluate the radioactivity concentrations are required for the radioactive waste generated from research facilities in the Japan Atomic Energy Agency to dispose of in a near-surface repository. In order to establish the methods to evaluate the radioactivity concentrations of miscellaneous solid waste generated from research and testing reactors, we collected and analyzed samples from miscellaneous solid waste generated by the decommissioning of JPDR (Japan Power Demonstration Reactor). In this report, we reported the analytical data determined in fiscal 2014 ($$^{137}$$Cs and $$^{93}$$Mo) and summarized them with the radioactivity concentrations obtained in the past as basic data to consider the evaluation method of radioactivity concentrations in the stored waste taken from JPDR.

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Establishment of benchmark problems for TRU fission rate ratios of FCA-IX assemblies

Fukushima, Masahiro; Oizumi, Akito; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Kitamura, Yasunori

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-030, 50 Pages, 2015/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-030.pdf:10.34MB

In the IX-th experimental series in 1980's at the fast critical assembly (FCA) facility, central fission rate ratios for TRU such as $$^{237}$$Np, $$^{238}$$Pu, $$^{242}$$Pu, $$^{241}$$Am, $$^{243}$$Am and $$^{244}$$Cm to $$^{239}$$Pu were measured in the seven uranium-fueled assemblies with systematically changed neutron spectra. In the present report, benchmark problems with respect to central fission rate ratios were established for the assessment of the TRU's fission cross sections. We reported the sample calculation results on the benchmark problems by using JENDL-4.0.

JAEA Reports

Development of thermal-hydraulic design code for transmutation system with lead-bismuth cooled accelerator driven reactor

Akimoto, Hajime

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-031, 75 Pages, 2015/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-031.pdf:37.23MB

A thermal-hydraulic analysis code for transmutation system with lead-bismuth cooled accelerator-driven system (ADS) has been developed using the Japanese-version of Transient Reactor Analysis Code (J-TRAC) as the framework to apply the design studies of ADS. To identify the required capabilities of the thermal-hydraulic analysis code for ADS, previous thermal-hydraulic analyses of light water reactors, sodium-cooled fast reactor and ADS have been surveyed. To make up for insufficient capabilities of the J-TRAC code as a thermal-hydraulic analysis code of ADS, physical properties of lead-bismuth eutectic (LBE), argon gas and nitride nuclear fuel were implemented to the J-TRAC code. It was confirmed that the implemented capabilities worked as expected through verification calculations on (1) single-phase LBE flow, (2) heat transfer in a fuel assembly, and (3) heat transfer in a steam generator.

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Statistical compilation on meteorological observation in Hokushin from 2003 to 2014

Yamamoto, Nobuyuki; Matsuoka, Toshiyuki

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-032, 33 Pages, 2015/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-032.pdf:6.38MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-032-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:5.94MB

Horonobe Underground Research Center has carried out meteorological observation at Horonobe-cho in northern Hokkaido as a part of the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory project. The meteorological observation data in Hokushin meteorological station from 2003 to 2014 is compiled in this report. Hourly data, daily data and monthly data are included in the data set, and the data set is recorded on CD-ROM.

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Data of groundwater chemistry obtained in the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory Project (2011-2013)

Sasamoto, Hiroshi; Yamamoto, Nobuyuki; Miyakawa, Kazuya; Mizuno, Takashi

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-033, 43 Pages, 2015/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-033.pdf:3.92MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-033-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:0.09MB

Development of technologies to investigate properties (conditions) of deep geological environment and models development of geological environment have been pursued in "Geoscientific Research" in the Horonobe underground research laboratory (Horonobe URL) project. A geochemical model of groundwater evolution which is a part of geological environment model requires the data of groundwater chemistry around the Horonobe URL for the development. This report summarizes the data obtained for 3 years (i.e., from the fiscal year 2011 to 2013), especially for the results for measurement of physico-chemical parameters and analysis of groundwater chemistry, in the Horonobe URL project.

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Straight tube steam generator three-dimensional thermal-hydraulic code TSG; User's manual of water side simulation

Yoshikawa, Ryuji; Ohshima, Hiroyuki; Tanaka, Masaaki; Imai, Yasutomo*

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-034, 84 Pages, 2015/03

JAEA-Data-Code-2014-034.pdf:2.35MB

TSG (Three-dimensional Thermal-hydraulics Analysis Code for Steam Generators) is being developed for analyses of thermal hydraulics in double wall straight tube steam generator of Fast Breeder Reactor. TSG code is a thermal hydraulics simulation system which couples sodium side three dimensional simulation with water side multi-channel simulation. The three dimensional flow field in the sodium side is simulated by a commercial code FLUENT with porous media model. The multi-channel two-phase flow is simulated by an in-house module with drift-flux model. The sodium side simulation is coupled with the water side simulation by the transmission of heat transfer rate through the heat transfer tube. This report presents a description of the computational models, input and output as the user's manual of TSG water side module.

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