レーザー駆動中性子源を用いた非破壊分析技術の開発

小泉 光生; 伊藤 史哲*; Lee, J.; 弘中 浩太; 高橋 時音; 鈴木 敏*; 有川 安信*; 安部 勇輝*; Wei, T.*; 余語 覚文*; et al.

第45回日本核物質管理学会年次大会会議論文集(インターネット), 4 Pages, 2024/11

Neutron resonance transmission analysis (NRTA) is a non-destructive method applicable for measuring nuclear material using a time-of-flight (TOF) technique with a pulsed neutron source. To realize a high resolution compact NRTA system, use of a short-pulsed neutron source is essential. Laser-driven neutron sources (LDNSs) are well-suit for generating such neutron beams due to their short pulse width. The advances in laser technology will further reduce the system's size and improve practicality. In this study, we demonstrate the measurement of a neutron transmission TOF spectrum of a sample containing indium and silver using the LDNS of the Osaka University. The obtained spectrum was analyzed using the least-square nuclear-resonance fitting program, REFIT, showcasing for the first time the potential of an LDNS for nondestructive areal-density material characterization.

Demonstration of shape analysis of neutron resonance transmission spectrum measured with a laser-driven neutron source

小泉 光生; 伊藤 史哲*; Lee, J.; 弘中 浩太; 高橋 時音; 鈴木 敏*; 有川 安信*; 安部 勇輝*; Lan, Z.*; Wei, T.*; et al.

Scientific Reports (Internet), 14, p.21916_1 - 21916_9, 2024/09

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72836-8

Laser-driven neutron sources (LDNSs) can generate strong short-pulse neutron beams, which are valuable for scientific studies and engineering applications. Neutron resonance transmission analysis (NRTA) is a nondestructive technique used for determining the areal density of each nuclide in a material sample using pulsed thermal and epithermal neutrons. Herein, we report the first successful NRTA performed using an LDNS driven by the Laser for Fast Ignition Experiment at the Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University. The key challenge was achieving a well-resolved resonance transmission spectrum for material analysis using an LDNS with a limited number of laser shots in the presence of strong background noise. We addressed this by employing a time-gated Li-glass scintillation neutron detector to measure the transmission spectra, reducing the impact of electromagnetic noise and neutron and gamma-ray flashes. Output waveforms were recorded for each laser shot and analyzed offline using a counting method. This approach yielded a spectrum with distinct resonances, which were attributed to In and Ag, as confirmed through neutron transmission simulation. The spectrum was analyzed using the least-square nuclear-resonance fitting program, REFIT, demonstrating the possibility of using an LDNS for nondestructive areal-density material characterization.

Measurement of the response of a Li-glass detector to gamma rays by a coincidence method

伊藤 史哲*; Lee, J.; 弘中 浩太; 高橋 時音; 鈴木 敏*; 持丸 貴則*; 堀 順一*; 寺田 和司*; 小泉 光生

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1064, p.169465_1 - 169465_9, 2024/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169465

The response of a gamma-ray spectrometer is generally determined by analyzing full-energy peaks. However, full-energy peaks cannot be measured easily in the case of scintillation detectors that consist of light elements, such as glass scintillators. Only a strong Compton plateau appears in the spectrum of such detectors. Therefore, Compton edgers were used to evaluate the response of these detectors. The response of a low-resolution Li-glass detector to gamma rays was measured for the first time by a coincidence method with a high-resolution LaBr:Ce detector using cascade gamma rays (2.75 and 1.37 MeV) from a Na source. Coincidence gates were applied at the peaks of the spectrum of the LaBr:Ce detector at the 0.51 MeV annihilation peak, and the sum peaks of a gamma ray and a backscattered gamma ray. By analyzing the gated spectra of the Li-glass detector, the energy-dependent detector response (i.e., the output strength and its dispersion) was determined.

原子力科学研究所における航空機落下確率に関する評価について

神川 豊; 鈴木 真琴; 安掛 寿紀; 村上 貴彦; 森田 祐介; 椎名 秀徳; 福島 学; 平根 伸彦; 大内 靖弘

JAEA-Technology 2023-030, 57 Pages, 2024/03

JAEA-Technology-2023-030.pdf:1.93MB

航空機落下事故に関するデータが原子力規制庁により更新されたことに伴い、原子力科学研究所における航空機落下確率を再評価するため、経済産業省原子力安全・保安院「実用発電用原子炉施設への航空機落下確率の評価基準について(内規)」に基づき評価を行い、原子力科学研究所の各施設における航空機落下確率を評価した。評価の結果、航空機落下確率の総和は最大となる放射性廃棄物処理場において 5.6810回/(炉・年))であり、航空機落下を「想定される外部人為事象」として設計上考慮する必要があるか否かの基準である 10回/(炉・年))を超えないことを確認した。

Petrography and geochronology of the Kuki granite, Kitakami mountains, northeastern Japan; Shallow crustal intrusion and emplacement processes of granitic magma

鈴木 哲士*; 湯口 貴史*; 石黒 啓斗*; 遠藤 京香*; 加藤 あすか*; 横山 公祐*; 小北 康弘; 横山 立憲; 坂田 周平*; 大野 剛*; et al.

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences (Internet), 119(1), p.230807_1 - 230807_18, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.2465/jmps.230807

沈み込み帯における火成活動は、地下深部での熱や物質の供給の観点から重要な地質現象である。火成活動がとりわけ大規模であった時期(フレアアップ)には、大量のマグマが生成されることで大陸地殻の発達・進化が促進されたと考えられるが、詳細なマグマ溜りプロセスについての理解は乏しい。そこで本研究では、フレアアップ期の沈み込み帯におけるマグマ溜りプロセスの時空間変化を明らかにすることを目的とし、北上山地の白亜紀深成岩体のひとつである久喜花崗岩体の岩石学的、年代学的研究を行った。久喜岩体の標高ごとの岩石サンプルのモード組成や全岩化学組成は、久喜岩体での鉛直方向の分別結晶作用が生じたことを示唆する。ホルンブレンドに対して地質温度圧力計を適用したところ、定置深度は約10km、温度条件は800Cから730Cとなった。ジルコンに対するU-Pb年代・Ti濃度定量分析の結果から、久喜岩体は約125Maに900Cから700Cまでの冷却を受けたことが明らかとなった。また、ジルコンのTh/U比と結晶化温度の関係から、900Cから800Cまでに分別結晶作用が大きく寄与したこと、岩体の深度方向でその傾向が一様であることが示唆される。

In situ transmission electron microscopy observation of melted germanium encapsulated in multilayer graphene

鈴木 誠也; 根本 善弘*; 椎木 菜摘*; 中山 佳子*; 竹口 雅樹*

Annalen der Physik, 535(9), p.2300122_1 - 2300122_12, 2023/09

AA2022-1001.pdf:3.25MB

https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.202300122

Germanene is a two-dimensional (2D) germanium (Ge) analogous of graphene, and its unique topological properties are expected to be a material for next-generation electronics. However, no germanene electronic devices have yet been reported. One of the reasons for this is that germanene is easily oxidized in air due to its lack of chemical stability. Therefore, growing germanene at solid interfaces where it is not oxidized is one of the key ideas for realizing electronic devices based on germanene. In this study, the behavior of Ge at the solid interface at high temperatures was observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). To achieve such in situ heating TEM observation, we fabricated a graphene/Ge/graphene encapsulated structure. In situ heating TEM experiments revealed that Ge like droplets moved and coalesced with other Ge droplets, indicating that Ge remained as a liquid phase between graphene layers at temperatures higher than the Ge melting point.

Reaction of Np, Am, and Cm ions with CO and O in a reaction cell in triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

風間 裕行; 小無 健司*; 鈴木 達也*; 小山 真一; 前田 宏治; 関尾 佳弘; 大西 貴士; 阿部 千景*; 鹿籠 康行*; 永井 康介*

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 38(8), p.1676 - 1681, 2023/07

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3JA00136A

Ultratrace analysis is crucial for understanding fuel debris in a nuclear reactor core after severe accidents. Triple quadrupole inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry measured the ion-molecule reactions of actinides (Np, Am, and Cm) in a reaction cell. These nuclides were included in the fuel debris. A gas-phase ion-molecule reaction model has been developed to simulate the gas-phase reactions in the reaction cell. The model simulation results correlate well with the flow rate dependence of experimental data accurately. Reaction constants derived from the model were compared with those reported values by Fourier transform ion-cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry to evaluate the performance of the model. The similarity between the two reaction constants was found.

Origin of magnetically dead layers in spinel ferrites FeO grown on AlO; Effects of postdeposition annealing studied by XMCD

野中 洋亮*; 若林 勇希*; 芝田 悟朗; 坂本 祥哉*; 池田 啓祐*; Chi, Z.*; Wan, Y.*; 鈴木 雅弘*; 田中 新*; 田中 雅明*; et al.

Physical Review Materials (Internet), 7(4), p.044413_1 - 044413_10, 2023/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.044413

We study the electronic and magnetic states of as-grown and annealed FeO(111)/AlO3(111) (Co, Ni) thin films with various thicknesses grown on Si(111) substrates with the -AlO(111)buffer layers by using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD), to investigate magnetically dead layers in these films. Although the magnetically dead layers in the as-grown samples are formed near the interface with the AlO buffer layer, we reveal that ferrimagnetic order is partially recovered by postdeposition annealing at 973 K for 48 hours in air. By analyzing the line shapes of the XAS and XMCD spectra, we conclude that, in the dead layers, there are a significant number of vacancies at the sites of the spinel structure, which may be the microscopic origin of the degraded ferrimagnetic order in the FeO thin films.

処分容器の耐食性評価

長田 柊平*; 小川 裕輔*; 鈴木 覚*; 井上 博之*; 渡邉 豊*; 山本 正弘*; 阿部 博志*; 三ツ井 誠一郎

NUMO-TR-22-02; 技術開発成果概要2021, p.21 - 22, 2023/03

https://www.numo.or.jp/technology/technical_report/NUMO-TR-22-02.pdf

地層処分事業の実施主体である原子力発電環境整備機構(NUMO)が、日本原子力研究開発機構(JAEA)をはじめとする関係研究機関及び大学との共同研究等により実施した2021年度の技術開発成果の概要を取りまとめ、報告する。本報告は、NUMOとJAEAの共同研究「ニアフィールドシステムの状態変遷に伴うバリア材及び核種の長期挙動評価のための研究」において2021年度に実施した「処分容器の耐食性評価」に関する成果の概要を取りまとめたものである。

LASSO reconstruction scheme to predict radioactive source distributions inside reactor building rooms; Practical applications

町田 昌彦; Shi, W.*; 山田 進; 宮村 浩子; 吉田 亨*; 長谷川 幸弘*; 岡本 孝司; 青木 勇斗; 伊藤 倫太郎; 山口 隆司; et al.

Proceedings of Waste Management Symposia 2023 (WM2023) (Internet), 11 Pages, 2023/02

In order to find radioactive hot spots inside reactor building rooms from structural data together with air dose rate measurement data, Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) has been recently suggested as a promising scheme. The scheme has been examined in simplified room models and its high estimation feasibility has been confirmed by employing Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS) as a radiation simulation code. In this paper, we apply the scheme to complex room models inside real reactor buildings. The target rooms are pool canal circulation system room and main circulation system room in Japan Materials Testing Reactor (JMTR) at Oarai area, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). In these real rooms, we create STL format structural data based on Computer Aided Design (CAD) models made directly from their point group data measured by laser scanning devices, and we notice that the total number of their surface meshes in these real rooms reaches to the order of 1 million. Then, this order of the mesh number clearly indicates that one needs a simplified radiation simulation code considering only direct transmission of gamma ray as a radiation calculation instead of PHITS demanding high computational costs. By developing such a simplified code and customizing it to perform LASSO scheme, we consequently confirm that LASSO scheme driven by the simplified simulation can also successfully predict unknown radioactive hot spots on real structural models.