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A study on a high temperature gas-cooled reactor as a tritium production device for fusion reactors

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26420860
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Nuclear fusion studies
Research InstitutionJapan Atomic Energy Agency

Principal Investigator

Goto Minoru  国立研究開発法人日本原子力研究開発機構, 原子力科学研究部門 高温ガス炉水素・熱利用研究センター, 研究主幹 (60414546)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) Okumura Keisuke  国立研究開発法人日本原子力研究開発機構, 福島研究開発部門 福島研究開発拠点廃炉国際共同研究センター, グループリーダー (50391313)
Nakagawa Shigeaki  国立研究開発法人日本原子力研究開発機構, 原子力科学研究部門 高温ガス炉水素・熱利用研究センター, 研究主幹 (40414544)
Matsuura Hideaki  九州大学, 工学研究院, 准教授 (50238961)
Research Collaborator Shimazaki Yosuke  
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords高温ガス炉 / 核融合炉 / トリチウム / リチウム / 核熱成立性 / トリチウム製造 / 閉じ込め / 安全性 / 被ばく線量 / リチウム化合物 / 核熱特性評価 / 炉心燃焼計算 / 核特性解析コード / 燃焼計算 / 成立性評価
Outline of Final Research Achievements

A High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) is proposed as a tritium production device, which has the potential to produce a large amount of tritium using 6Li(n,a)T reaction. In the HTGR design, generally, boron is loaded into the core as a burnable poison to suppress excess reactivity. In this study, lithium is loaded into the HTGR core instead of boron and is used as a burnable poison aiming to produce thermal energy and tritium simultaneously. The nuclear characteristics and the fuel temperature were calculated to confirm the feasibility of the lithium-loaded HTGR. It was shown that the calculation results satisfied the design requirements and hence the nuclear and thermal feasibility was confirmed for the lithium-loaded HTGR, which produce thermal energy and tritium.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Ignition Studies of D-3He Spherical Tokamak Reactor2018

    • Author(s)
      Minoru Goto, Keisuke Okumura, Shigeaki Nakagawa, Yoshitomo Inaba, Hideaki Matsuura, Hiroyuki Nakaya, Kazunari Katayama
    • Journal Title

      Fusion Engineering and Design

      Volume: online Pages: 357-361

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.02.029

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Feasibility Study on Lithium-loaded High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor for Tritium Production for Fusion Reactors2017

    • Author(s)
      Minoru Goto, Keisuke Okumura, Shigeaki Nakagawa, Yoshitomo Inaba, Hideaki Matsuura, Hiroyuki Nakaya, Kazunari Katayama
    • Organizer
      13th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 高温ガス炉を用いたトリチウム生産手法の検討と今後の展開 (3)トリチウム製造とエネルギー生産を両立する高温ガス炉の核熱設計2016

    • Author(s)
      後藤実
    • Organizer
      日本原子力学会2016年秋の大会
    • Place of Presentation
      久留米シティプラザ(福岡県久留米市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-07
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 高温ガス炉を用いたトリチウム生産手法の検討と今後の展開 (4)高温ガス炉HTTRの照射設備2016

    • Author(s)
      島崎洋祐
    • Organizer
      日本原子力学会2016年秋の大会
    • Place of Presentation
      久留米シティプラザ(福岡県久留米市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-07
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] トリチウムを製造するLi装荷高温ガス炉の核熱特性評価2015

    • Author(s)
      後藤実、奥村啓介、中川繁昭、稲葉良知、松浦秀明、中屋裕行、片山一成
    • Organizer
      プラズマ・核融合学会第32回年会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学東山キャンパス(愛知県名古屋市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 核融合炉用トリチウムを製造するLi装荷高温ガス炉の核特性評価2015

    • Author(s)
      後藤実、奥村啓介、中川繁昭、松浦秀明、中屋裕行、片山一成
    • Organizer
      日本原子力学会2015年春の年会
    • Place of Presentation
      茨城大学日立キャンパス(茨城県日立市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-20
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2025-11-19  

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