論文

査読有り
2018年7月1日

Mechanical properties of cubic (U,Zr)O2

Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science
  • Toru Kitagaki
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  • Takanori Hoshino
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  • Kimihiko Yano
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  • Nobuo Okamura
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  • Hiroshi Ohara
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  • Tetsuo Fukasawa
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  • Kenji Koizumi

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1115/1.4039847
出版者・発行元
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Evaluation of fuel debris properties in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (1F) is required to develop fuel debris removal tools. In the removal of debris resulting from the Three Mile Island unit 2 (TMI-2) accident, a core-boring system played an important role. Considering the working principle of core boring, hardness, elastic modulus, and fracture toughness were found to be important fuel debris properties that profoundly influenced the performance of the boring machine. It is speculated that uranium and zirconium oxide solid solution (U,Zr)O2 is one of the major materials in the fuel debris from 1F. In addition, the Zr content of the fuel debris from 1F is expected to be higher than that of the debris from TMI-2 because the 1F reactors were boiling-water reactors. In this research, the mechanical properties of cubic (U,Zr)O2 samples containing 10%–65% ZrO2 are evaluated. The hardness, elastic modulus, and fracture toughness are measured by the Vickers test, ultrasonic pulse echo method, and indentation fracture method, respectively. In the case of (U,Zr)O2 samples containing less than 50% ZrO2, Vickers hardness and fracture toughness increased, and the elastic modulus decreased slightly with increasing ZrO2 content. Moreover, all of those values of the (U,Zr)O2 samples containing 65% ZrO2 increased slightly compared to (U,Zr)O2 samples containing 55% ZrO2. ZrO2 content affects fracture toughness significantly in the case of samples containing less than 10% ZrO2. Higher Zr content (exceeding 50%) has little effect on the mechanical properties.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4039847
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ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1115/1.4039847
  • ISSN : 2332-8975
  • ISSN : 2332-8983
  • ORCIDのPut Code : 92942254
  • SCOPUS ID : 85048955181
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000432963900011

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