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Degradation of Soft Epoxy Resin for Cable Penetrations Induced by Simulated Severe Accidents

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  • Yoshimichi Ohki

    (Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan
    Department of Electrical Engineering and Bioscience, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan)

  • Hiroyuki Ishii

    (Department of Electrical Engineering and Bioscience, Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan)

  • Naoshi Hirai

    (Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, Waseda University, 2-8-26 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0051, Japan)

Abstract

To obtain the knowledge that contributes to the safer operation of nuclear power plants and their prompt recovery and termination in the event of an accident, soft epoxy resins with rubber-based additives—used as insulators and airtight sealants in electrical penetrations in nuclear power plants—were aged under several simulated severe accident environments with different conditions of heat, gamma rays, and exposure to superheated steam containing no oxygen. Then, changes in structural, dynamic mechanical, mechanical, and dielectric properties were examined. It has been found that this resin becomes hard as a result of cross-linking if aged by irradiation with gamma rays. Since the cross-linking slows down the molecular motions, the glass transition temperature increases, whereas the dielectric permittivity and the dielectric loss factor decrease unless the steam penetrates the sample. Although the sample melts and disappears if directly exposed to superheated steam at 171 °C or 200 °C, the irradiation with gamma rays conducted prior to the steam exposure can mitigate the hydrolysis induced by the steam. Although the soft epoxy resin shows drastic changes in various properties, its properties after the aging approach or exceed the corresponding ones of the non-degraded ordinary hard epoxy resin. Therefore, it seems that using soft epoxy resin according to its purposes would not be a problem.

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  • Yoshimichi Ohki & Hiroyuki Ishii & Naoshi Hirai, 2021. "Degradation of Soft Epoxy Resin for Cable Penetrations Induced by Simulated Severe Accidents," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:21:p:6932-:d:661971
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    1. Simone Vincenzo Suraci & Davide Fabiani & Laura Mazzocchetti & Loris Giorgini, 2020. "Degradation Assessment of Polyethylene-Based Material Through Electrical and Chemical-Physical Analyses," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-13, February.
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