原子力システム燃料材料学E(Materials and Fuels in Nuclear Systems E)

1. Introduction to Materials and Fuels in Nuclear Systems (1) Importance of Material Issues to Nuclear Safety (2) Fundamentals of Irradiation effects, Dosimetry, Fuel Cycle and Burn-up (3) Modern Design Features of Nuclear Fuels (4) Economic Aspects and Safety Aspects of Nuclear Fuels 2. Nuclear Fuel Behavior During Normal Operation (1) Fuel Pellet Composition (2) Microstructure of Pellet (3) Thermal Behavior and its Effects (4) Fission Gas Release (FGR) (5) Pellet Clad Mechanical Interaction (PCMI) 3. Cladding Issues of Nuclear Fuels (1) Introduction to Cladding Materials (2) Radiation Damage (Loss of Ductility, Radiation Growth) (3) Water Side Corrosion (4) Hydrogen Effects (5) Related Materials Science Fundamentals (mechanical properties, corrosion reaction, phase diagram, radiation damage) 4. Material Issues in Fission Reactor (1) Defense-in-depth concept (2) Ageing Prediction of Pressure Vessel and Containment Vessel (3) Surveillance program of Pressure Vessel (4) IASCC of Structural and Cooling Systems 5. Safety Criteria of Nuclear Fuels (1) Failure Modes and Operational Restrictions of Nuclear Fuels (2) RIA (3) LOCA (4) Burn-out, DNB (5) PCI/SCC 6. Nuclear Fuel Safety Analysis during Accident and the Fukushima Accident (1) Analysis of Fuel Behavior during Accidental Conditions (2) Fission Product Chemistry and Transportation in Severe Accidents (3) Fuel Damage and Source Term Evaluation in Fukushima Daiichi (4) Future Actions in Fukushima Daiichi 7. Topics in Nuclear Materials Research and Development (1) High Burn-up Fuels (2) MOX Fuels (3) FBR Fuels (4) Accident Tolerant Fuels (5) Structure materials for fusion reactors

lectures and exercises

Reports and attendance

＜並行履修＞ Nuclear Reactor Theory and Radiation Physics，Nuclear Thermal-hydraulics and Structural Mechanics

＜備考＞ 1. Introduction of nuclear fuel systems 核燃料システムとは (Abe) Oct 6 Mon. Fission reaction, Fuel burn-up, Irradiation 2. Material Issues under Irradiation照射影響 (Murakami) Oct 20 Mon. Science of radiation damage 3. Fuel Claddings (Abe) Oct 27 Mon. Character of Zirconium Materials, Production, Fabrication, Quality Management 4. Development of New Nuclear Fuel Systems (Abe) Nov 6 Thu. Introduction of projects for new fuels development 5. Reactor Design and Fuel Materials (Murakami) Nov 10 Mon. Summary of materials and environments in nuclear power systems 6. Topics of Nuclear Structural Materials (Katsuyama) Nov 17 Mon. Discuss structure-system interactions using PTS in RPV as an example 7. Fuel and Material Testing in Reactors (Katsuyama) Nov 25 Tue. MTR tests, LTA/LUA, Ramp test, Surveillance tests, etc. 8. Nuclear Fuel and Fission Products (Murakami) Dec 1 Mon. Summary of materials and environments in nuclear power systems 9. Development of Other Nuclear Materials (Abe)Dec 8 Mon. Material developments for advanced reactors and fusion reactor 10. Nuclear Fuel Behavior in Normal Operation (Fuketa) Dec 15 Mon. Degradation in pellets and claddings, fission products, high burn-up, etc. 11. Nuclear Fuel Behavior and Safety Criteria (Fuketa) Dec 22 Tue. Discuss fuel-system interactions using fuel safety criteria as an example 12. Nuclear Fuel Behavior in Accidents (Fuketa) Jun 5 Mon. Typical fuel behavior during accidents, RIA, PCM, LOCA, and SA 13. Spare Slot Jan 19 Mon.