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Evaluation of tritium inventory in the vacuum vessel of fusion reactor by modeling the irradiation defects transport behaviors

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K13903
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 14020:Nuclear fusion-related
Research InstitutionNational Institute for Fusion Science

Principal Investigator

Kobayashi Makoto  核融合科学研究所, 研究部, 助教 (50791258)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords照射損傷 / 中性子 / 水素同位体 / 照射欠陥 / タングステン / トリチウム
Outline of Research at the Start

核融合炉において、真空容器における燃料トリチウム滞留量の高精度評価は、炉システム設計や炉運転シナリオの決定、安全性評価のため重要である。そこで本研究では、核融合炉材料中の照射欠陥の移行現象と、この照射欠陥との相互作用を含むトリチウム移行現象を評価するプログラムを作成・結合させることで、炉運転に伴う炉内トリチウム滞留量変化の定量予測を行う。また、加速器などを用いて炉材料に照射欠陥を導入し、水素同位体滞留量、透過速度、脱離挙動等の測定を通し、上記プログラムの妥当性評価を行う。これにより確度の高い炉内トリチウム滞留量評価を可能とする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A calculation code to estimate the time evolution of a concentration of irradiation defect clusters in tungsten has been developed to predict the tritium inventory in fusion reactor. The model in the code was based on rate theory, taking account of various transport processes of defect clusters. The these kinetics, while increasing the size of clusters, could be estimated by an empirical physics model.
A benchmark test for 6.4 MeV Fe ion irradiation and 20 MeV W ion irradiation was conducted, comparing the depth profile of vacancy concentration in tungsten evaluated by the developed code to that of deuterium which decorating vacancies reported in literature. The estimated depth profile of vacancy cluster concentration in tungsten was consistent with that of deuterium. In near-saturation conditions of deuterium decoration in vacancies, the deuterium-vacancy ratio was estimated to be about 6, agreeing with previous theoretical studies of hydrogen trapping capacity in a vacancy well.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

核融合炉真空容器には放射性物質であるトリチウムが蓄積し、真空喪失などの事故時に放出することが予測されるため、トリチウム蓄積量と正確に予測することで事故リスクの評価が初めて可能になる。本研究で開発した計算コードは核融合炉の運転に伴い劇的に変化するトリチウム蓄積量を定量評価可能とするものであるため、核融合炉の社会実装に大きく貢献できる成果と考える。
さらに、固体中の欠陥蓄積は原子炉材料や宇宙材料などとも共通の課題であり、それを精度よく予測できる技術は様々な波及効果もあり、学術的にも意義の大きい研究であると考えている。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Idaho National Laboratory/Sandia National Laboratory/OakRidge National Laboratory(米国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Simultaneous measurements for fast neutron flux and tritium production rate using pulse shape discrimination and single crystal CVD diamond detector2024

    • Author(s)
      M.I. Kobayashi, S. Yoshihashi, K. Ogawa, M. Isobe, T. Aso, M. Hara, S. Sangaroon, S. Tamaki, I. Murata, S. Toyama, M. Miwa, S. Matsuyama and M. Osakabe
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Fusion

      Volume: 64 Issue: 6 Pages: 066026-066026

    • DOI

      10.1088/1741-4326/ad3f2e

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Control and Application of Ultrahigh Hydrogen Flux in Materials2023

    • Author(s)
      KOBAYASHI Makoto I.、HATANO Yuji、HARA Masanori、OYA Yasuhisa、YAMAUCHI Yuji、OTSUKA Teppei、NAGASAKA Takuya
    • Journal Title

      Plasma and Fusion Research

      Volume: 18 Issue: 0 Pages: 2105073-2105073

    • DOI

      10.1585/pfr.18.2105073

    • ISSN
      1880-6821
    • Year and Date
      2023-08-17
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 先進核融合炉における材料・炉工学研究, S1 趣旨説明2023

    • Author(s)
      小林 真
    • Organizer
      第40回プラズマ・核融合学会年会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] タングステン中の水素同位体移行挙動に対する照射効果2022

    • Author(s)
      小林 真
    • Organizer
      日本放射化学討論会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 超高流束水素の制御と応用2022

    • Author(s)
      小林 真、波多野雄治、原 正憲、大矢恭久、 山内有二、大塚哲平、長坂琢也
    • Organizer
      プラズマ核融合学会年会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Evaluation of vacancy accumulation for the prediction of tritium inventory in tungsten2022

    • Author(s)
      Makoto I. Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Oya
    • Organizer
      International Toki Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Control and application of ultrahigh flux hydrogen in materials2022

    • Author(s)
      M.I. Kobayashi, Y. Hatano, M. Hara, Y. Oya, Y. Yamauchi, T. Otsuka, T. Nagasaka
    • Organizer
      International Toki Conference
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 反応速度論解析によるタングステン中照射欠陥蓄積量評価2022

    • Author(s)
      小林 真、大矢恭久
    • Organizer
      日本原子力学会秋の大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Development of the simulation code for the migration of irradiation defects in tungsten for tritium inventory evaluation2021

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Kobayashi
    • Organizer
      15th International Workshop on Hydrogen Isotopes in Fusion Reactor Materials
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] NIFS NEWS, 研究最前線, 水素と金属材料の相互作用

    • URL

      https://www.nifs.ac.jp/about/NIFS-NEWS/268/NIFS_News_268.html

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-11-21  

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