摘要:
A nuclear power plant using a structural material consisting of metal which comes into contact with a liquid in which radioactive substances are dissolved has a function to suppress the deposition of the radioactive substances. In this function, metal elements constituting the surface layer of the structural material which comes into contact with the liquid are oxidized by injecting oxidizing agents from outside, thereby preliminarily producing an oxide film. The oxidizing agents comprise at least one kind selected from the group consisting of oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, chromate, nitrite, molybdate, tungstate and ferrate. Particularly, by suppressing the deposition of radioactive substances on a stainless steel, the dose rate of exposure of workers is effectively reduced.
摘要:
A method of inhibiting corrosion of carbon steel piping of condensate and feed water systems in a power generating plant, characterized by continuing the water in said piping to flow after also said plant has been shut down until it is restarted up and by keeping the specific electric conductivity of flowing water at 0.5 .mu.S/cm or less.
摘要:
A nuclear power plant wherein surfaces of components contacting with nuclear reactor cooling water containing radioactive substances are coated with an oxide film, preferably being charged positively and/or containing chromium in an amount of 12% by weight or more, is prevented effectively from the deposition of radioactive substances thereon.
摘要:
The present invention is concerned with a method of reducing radioactivity in a nuclear plant by preliminarily forming oxide films on the surfaces of metallic structural members to be in contact with high-temperature and high-pressure reactor water containing radioactive substances before said metallic members are exposed to said reactor water. The method is characterized by the steps of subjecting said structural members to a first-step oxidation treatment of heating said structural members in an environment of a high temperature, and further subjecting the thus treated structural members to a second step oxidation treatment of heating said treated structural members in an environment having a higher oxidizing capacity than that of said environment in said first-step oxidation treatment to form a denser oxide film than an oxide film obtained in said first step oxidation treatment. According to the present invention, radioactivity in the nuclear plant can be reduced remarkably.
摘要:
A plant operational status monitoring supervisory system comprising; means for extracting information directly relating to water quality of an objective portion consecutively for a period of time by means of an electrochemical water quality sensor installed in an objective portion to monitor in-situ in a plant; means for evaluating water quality based on thus extracted information; means for comparing an obtained water quality evaluation result with a reference value for a predetermined plant operation procedure; and means for displaying or storing necessary portion out of said comparison results; is disclosed.An electrochemical reference electrode used in this system being provided with an electrolyte layer containing ion of the electrode member; a porous ceramic layer surrounding the same without permeating liquid; and electrode member electrochemically contacting with said elec-trolyte layer; and a terminal electrically contacting with said electrode member; and further having a long life in high temperature water, various status of high temperature water in objective portions and that of nearby constituent members in a plant are possible to be monitored online by means of this reference electrode.Further, because monitored data are processed by means of a neural network, the higher precision level of monitoring has been achieved.
摘要:
In a boiling water-type, nuclear power plant, deposition of radioactive substances on the surfaces of out-of-core components in the primary cooling water system in the nuclear power plant is suppressed by injecting an alkaline element into reactor water in the presence of more than an amount of the oxygen formed by nuclear fission of the reactor water and dissolved in the reactor water, particularly without hydrogen gas injection, during the nuclear heatup operation period of a boiling water type, nuclear power plant and circulating the injected alkaline element through the primary cooling water system of a nuclear reactor, thereby forming an oxide film on the surfaces of out-of-core components in the primary cooling water system of the nuclear reactor. Exposure of plant personnel to radioactivity can be reduced thereby. The present boiling water-type, nuclear power plant is provided with a means for forming such oxide film.
摘要:
A direct cycle type atomic power plant provided with a means for suppressing transfer of radioactive nitrogen compounds generated by nuclear reaction in the core from the reactor water to steam, where an increase in the dose rate in the main steam system and the turbine system due to carry-over of radioactive nitrogen atom, .sup.16 N, generated in the core can be suppressed, and the radioactivity therein can be reduced.
摘要:
Control rods are inserted into the core of a nuclear reactor in operation to shut down the reactor output. Before completion of entire control rod insertion, a high-temperature coolant flowing in piping for a reactor water clean-up system is sprayed into the space in the upper portion of the reactor vessel. As the space is under negative pressure, oxygen existing in the water droplets of the sprayed coolant is separated. After completion of entire control rod insertion, a residual heat removal system is operated. The spraying operation is discontinued and a low-temperature coolant cooled by a heat exchanger in the residual heat removal system is sprayed into said space. The coolant sprayed by said first spraying operation is not cooled by the heat exchanger in said residual heat removal system.
摘要:
In a nuclear fuel rod having a zirconium liner and a method of manufacturing the same, the outer surface of a zircaloy cladding tube in which fuel pellets are filled has an oxide film having fine irregularities of which the pitch is 1 .mu.m or less. The fine irregularities are formed by oxidizing the surface in high temperature steam or polishing the surface of the cladding tube. The surface of the fuel rod can effectively trap radioactive substances in the reactor water.
摘要:
Electric conductivities of an aqueous solution under measurement are measured at two or more different temperatures in a range To to Tn, and a relationship between the electrical conductivity and the temperatures is obtained. A solute substance in the aqueous solution is determined by applying this relationship against a known temperature and electrical conductivity relationship of an individual substance. A concentration of the determined substance is estimated by applying the electrical conductivity at the lowest temperature To to a known relationship between an electrical conductivity and a concentration at the same temperature To with respect to an individual substance.