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IAEA project aims to develop polymer irradiation model
The International Atomic Energy Agency has launched a new coordinated research project (CRP) aimed at creating a database of polymer-radiation interactions in the next five years with the long-term goal of using the database to enable machine learning–based predictive models.
Radiation-induced modifications are widely applicable across a range of fields including healthcare, agriculture, and environmental applications, and exposure to radiation is a major factor when considering materials used at nuclear power plants.
Akihide Hidaka
Nuclear Technology | Volume 208 | Number 2 | February 2022 | Pages 318-334
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2021.1929767
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The author previously proposed that glassy cesium-bearing microparticles [resulting uniquely from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station (FDNPS) accident] may have been formed by melting and atomization of glass fibers (GFs) of the high-efficiency particulate air filter in the standby gas treatment system line due to the flame and blast during the hydrogen explosion in Unit 3. Assuming that this hypothesis is correct, Type A could contain or accompany carbon, which ignites spontaneously above 623 K, because of the limited time to be heated up, the inclusion of carbon in the binder applied on the GF surface, and the closely located charcoal filter. As previous studies have not identified carbon, the present analyses were performed with an electron probe microanalyzer to determine whether Type A contains carbon. The results show that Type A contained carbon originating from the binder. Some nonspherical particles were accompanied by Type A, and the film surrounding Type A contained more carbon, which is thought to originate from the charcoal filter. These results cannot be explained by the other mechanisms proposed so far and can be explained consistently only by the author’s proposed hypothesis. Although it may be premature to determine Type A formation mechanisms, this information enables one to limit the temperature conditions of Type A formation.