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elik, Y.*; Stankovskiy, A.*; 岩元 大樹; 岩元 洋介; Van den Eynde, G.*
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 212, p.111048_1 - 111048_12, 2025/03
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：57.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)The MCNP, PHITS, and FLUKA are general-purpose Monte Carlo radiation transport codes that are widely used for many real-world shielding problems at accelerator facilities around the world. For high beam energy and high beam current accelerator applications, neutron emission through the vacuum pipe along the reverse direction of incident proton beam is an important factor for a shielding design in order to correctly assess the dose rates for workers and the structural materials of the accelerator and handle with the waste activated by the backscattered neutron fluxes. In this work, neutron-production cross sections and thick target yield predictions from MC codes relying on physics models and nuclear data libraries are benchmarked against the experimental data, in order to assess their accuracy in predicting neutron emission and furthermore to assess the corresponding impact on shielding design. The results of this study demonstrate that the nuclear data libraries and physics models, which are not expected to give good results at lower energies (
MeV) but are used anyhow when there is no nuclear data available or above the energy range where the data tables end in the so-called "mix-and-match" strategy, need further improvements. Among the investigated proton induced nuclear data libraries, JENDL-4.0/HE produces the most satisfactory agreement to experimental data for all target materials, but may still benefit from refinement. Concerning the physics models of the codes, FLUKA V4-4.0 has the best performance in terms of reproducibility of the experimental values. It is also shown that all discrepancies between the calculations and the experiments for the energy range 
MeV are up to factor of two. This might be considered as an acceptable figure as it is equivalent to a normal safety margin (
) considered in shielding calculations of accelerator facilities around the world.
Scaria, J.*; P
drot, M.*; Fablet, L.*; 蓬田 匠; Nguyen, T. T.*; Sivry, Y.*; Catrouillet, C.*; Pradas del Real, A. E.*; Choueikani, F.*; Vantelon, D.*; et al.
Environmental Science & Technology, 59(11), p.5747 - 5755, 2025/03
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Engineering, Environmental)クロム(Cr)とマグネタイトの相互作用メカニズムを理解し予測することは、環境中のCrの物地球化学的挙動を解明し、最適な土壌浄化および水処理戦略を開発する上で特に重要である。最も毒性の高いCr(VI)がCr(III)に還元されて除去されることは広く報告されているが、Cr(III)のマグネタイトへの吸着に関わる正確なメカニズムは解明されていなかった。本研究では、Cr(III)溶液と10nmサイズのマグネタイトの相互作用を調べた。本研究では、pHとマグネタイトの化学量論の双方がCr(III)吸着メカニズムに及ぼす複合的な影響を調べることで、Cr(III)-(hydr)Oxide沈殿の生成が必ずしも溶液からのCr(III)の除去を駆動するプロセスではないことが明らかになった。これらの結果は、環境中のCrの輸送と終着点の予測、およびマグネタイトを用いたCr浄化プロセスの開発に役立つと期待される。
Brumm, S.*; Gabrielli, F.*; Sanchez Espinoza, V.*; Stakhanova, A.*; Groudev, P.*; Petrova, P.*; Vryashkova, P.*; Ou, P.*; Zhang, W.*; Malkhasyan, A.*; et al.
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 211, p.110962_1 - 110962_16, 2025/02
被引用回数：6 パーセンタイル：93.24(Nuclear Science & Technology)The completed Horizon-2020 project on "Management and Uncertainties of Severe Accidents (MUSA)" has reviewed uncertainty sources and Uncertainty Quantification methodology for the purpose of assessing Severe Accidents (SA). The key motivation of the project has been to bring the advantages of the Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty approach to the field of Severe Accident. The applications brought together a large group of participants that set out to apply uncertainty analysis (UA) within their field of SA modelling expertise, in particular reactor types, but also SA code used (ASTEC, MELCOR, etc.), uncertainty quantification tools used (DAKOTA, RAVEN, etc.), detailed accident scenarios, and in some cases SAM actions. This paper synthesizes the reactor-application work at the end of the project. Analyses of 23 partners are sorted into different categories, depending on whether their main goal is/are (i) uncertainty bands of simulation results; (ii) the understanding of dominating uncertainties in specific sub-models of the SA code; (iii) improving the understanding of specific accident scenarios, with or without the application of SAM actions; or, (iv) a demonstration of the tools used and developed, and of the capability to carry out an uncertainty analysis in the presence of the challenges faced. The partners' experiences made during the project have been evaluated and are presented as good practice recommendations. The paper ends with conclusions on the level of readiness of UA in SA modelling, on the determination of governing uncertainties, and on the analysis of SAM actions.
Pla
ais, A.*; Bouly, F.*; Froidefond, E.*; Lagniel, J.-M.*; Normand, G.*; Orduz, A. K.*; Yee-Rendon, B.; De Keukeleere, L.*; Van De Walle, J.*
Proceedings of 32nd Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC 2024) (Internet), p.563 - 568, 2024/10
高出力粒子加速器にとって信頼性は重要である。特に加速器駆動システム(ADS)では、ビームの停止が原子炉の稼働率に大きく影響し、停止の多くは、加速空洞やその関連システムの損失に起因する。空洞に起因するビーム停止は、リニアックの他の空洞を再調整することで補償できる。しかし、理想的な補償設定を見つけることは、ビームダイナミクスと多目的最適化を伴う難しい課題であり、対象のリニアックによって大きく異なる問題が生じる。SPIRAL2リニアックでは、多くの空洞が補償のために動員され、探索空間は非常に多くの次元を持ち、ビーム進行方向の許容マージンがかなり低い。MYRRHAやJAEAで検討を進めているADS用リニアックには、最適化を容易にする特定の耐故障設計を適用しているものの、空洞は数秒で再調整する必要がある。そこで我々は、任意のリニアックのすべての空洞障害に対する補償設定を自動的かつ体系的に見つけるツールであるLightWinを開発した。本研究では、LightWinの最新の開発状況と、SPIRAL2とADSリニアック用に開発した補償戦略について、ビームダイナミクスと数学的な観点から紹介する。
Meleshenkovskii, I.*; Van den Brandt, K.*; 小川 達彦; Datema, C.*; Mauerhofer, E.*
European Physical Journal Plus (Internet), 139, p.565_1 - 565_9, 2024/07
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Physics, Multidisciplinary)速中性子散乱による非破壊分析は物質の成分分析手法として有用であるが、分析に用いられる中性子ビームや測定器には様々なパラメータがあり、実際の応用のためにはモンテカルロ放射線輸送計算コードによるシミュレーションなどで最適化する必要がある。しかし、モンテカルロ放射線輸送計算コードは核データや反応モデルによって散乱反応の観測量を計算していることから、既存コードが速中性子散乱を正確に描像できるかどうか、またコード間で観測量にどれほどの差異が生じるかは、信頼性の高いシミュレーションのために必要となる。そこで本研究では、世界的に広く用いられているモンテカルロ放射線輸送計算コードとしてPHITSとGeant4を例にとり、速中性子散乱における観測量を計算して相互に比較した。標的としてはホウ素、鉄、ネオジム、ディスプロシウムを用い、これらが2.5MeVの中性子に照射された際に、標的から出射する中性子のエネルギースペクトルを計算した。また、中性子照射された標的から生じるガンマ線を検出することを想定し、100keVから9000keVのガンマ線を、CeBrガンマ線検出器で検知した場合の波高スペクトルを計算した。これらの計算の結果、標的からの出射中性子スペクトルはホウ素ターゲットの場合に弾性散乱ピークと非弾性散乱成分の間に両コードで異なる傾向が見えるほかは、よく合致することが分かった。この傾向についても、弾性散乱の計算アルゴリズムの違いが原因であることが示唆されている。
民井 淳*; Pellegri, L.*; S
derstrm, P.-A.*; Allard, D.*; Goriely, S.*; 稲倉 恒法*; Khan, E.*; 木戸 英治*; 木村 真明*; Litvinova, E.*; et al.
European Physical Journal A, 59(9), p.208_1 - 208_21, 2023/09
被引用回数：7 パーセンタイル：76.15(Physics, Nuclear)光核反応は原子核構造の観点からも応用の観点からも重要であるにも関わらず、その反応断面積は未だに不定性が大きい。近年、超高エネルギー宇宙線の起源を探るために、鉄よりも軽い原子核の光核反応断面積を正確に知る必要が指摘されている。この状況を打破するため、原子核物理の実験、理論、宇宙物理の共同研究となるPANDORAプロジェクトが始まった。本論文はその計画の概要をまとめたものである。原子核実験ではRCNP、iThembaによる仮想光子実験とELI-NPによる実光子実験などが計画されている。原子核理論では、乱雑位相近似計算、相対論的平均場理論、反対称化分子動力学、大規模殻模型計算などが計画されている。これらで得られた信頼性の高い光核反応データベースと宇宙線伝搬コードを組み合わせ、超高エネルギー宇宙線の起源の解明に挑む。
Davies, S. J. C.*; Bolea-Alamanac, B.*; 遠藤 香織*; 山本 優*; 山崎 修道*; Malins, A.; Evans, J.*; Sullivan, S.*; 安藤 俊太郎*; 西田 淳志*; et al.
Journal of Transport & Health, 28, p.101564_1 - 101564_11, 2023/01
The study tested the hypothesis that proximity of home to railway stations is a positive predictor of mental health at age 10 years. Using the Tokyo Early Adolescence Survey we examined relationships between distance from home to the nearest railway station and SDQ (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire) scores for hyperactivity/inattention, prosocial behaviour and emotional symptoms. Greater distance to the nearest railway station was associated with SDQ-derived hyperactivity/inattention scores in the unadjusted analysis across all 4052 analyzable children, and in the fully adjusted analysis in boys (
= 0.198, 95% C.I. 0.009 to 0.386, p = 0.040) but not in girls ( = 0.007, 95% C.I. -0.164 to 0.177, p = 0.940). There were no associations with other SDQ-based outcomes. If replicated, these findings suggest that access to high-quality transit may be associated with improved hyperactivity/inattention outcomes in children living in urban environments.
Pacio, J.*; Van Tichelen, K.*; Eckert, S.*; Wondrak, T.*; Di Piazza, I.*; Lorusso, P.*; Tarantino, M.*; Daubner, M.*; Litfin, K.*; 有吉 玄; et al.
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 399, p.112010_1 - 112010_15, 2022/12
被引用回数：11 パーセンタイル：87.32(Nuclear Science & Technology)加速器駆動システムや次世代高速炉の一次冷却材として、鉛や鉛ビスマス共晶合金(LBE)などの重液体金属(HLM)が提案されており、欧州では、MYRRHA(LBE)とALFRED(鉛)がHLMを用いたリファレンスシステムとして使用されている。本論文では、プール型とループ型のHLM実験に関するこれまでの経験と現在進行中の活動の概要について述べる。プール実験では、いくつかのシナリオにおける強制循環と自然循環のフローパターンの測定を実施しており、ループ試験では燃料集合体,制御棒,熱交換器のモックアップのような特定の構成要素の評価に重点を置いた試験を実施している。これらの試験では、流量や圧力差などの変数と、温度や速度、振動などのローカルな数量の測定を行っている。測定技術に関してはコンパクトな形状で正確な測定を行うために高温と腐食に耐えることができる高度な計測器が必要であり、従来の技術に加え、光ファイバーに基づく計測器、超音波や電磁力を利用した測定方法について説明する。
isomer in 
Hg and 
(
2) systematics of neutron transitions across the nuclear chartHuang, H.*; Zhang, W. Q.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Liu, Z.*; Seweryniak, D.*; Li, Z. H.*; Guo, C. Y.*; Barzakh, A. E.*; Van Duppen, P.*; Andel, B.*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 833, p.137345_1 - 137345_8, 2022/10
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：18.16(Astronomy & Astrophysics)The decay of the 13/2 isomeric state in Hg was observed for the first time following the 
decay of the 13/2 isomer in 
Pb produced in the 
Nd
Cr
reaction. Using -
delayed coincidence measurements, the half-life of this isomer was measured to be 290(30) 
s. This isomer is proposed to deexcite by an unobserved low-energy 
2 transition to the known 9/2
member of a strongly prolate-deformed 7/2[514] band, followed by a 105-keV 1 transition to the bandhead. A lower limit of B(2)
0.018 W.u. was deduced for the unobserved transition. The presumed retardation is proposed to be due to the notable shape change between the initial, nearly spherical, and the final, strongly deformed, states. A similar scenario is also considered for the 13/2 isomer in 
Hg, suggesting both are cases of shape isomers. The B(2) systematics of neutron transitions across the nuclear chart is discussed.
Van Rooyen, I. J.*; Ivan, L.*; Messner, M.*; Edwards, L.*; Abonneau, E.*; 上地 優; Lowe, S.*; Nilsson, K.-F.*; 岡島 智史; Pouchon, M.*; et al.
Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Generation IV and Small Reactors (G4SR-4), p.2 - 12, 2022/10
Developments in advanced manufacturing (AM) are occurring faster than the ability to introduce new materials and methods into design codes. Qualifying new AM technologies for use with nuclear design codes can be a long and complex process. The Generation IV International Forum (GIF) Advanced Manufacturing Materials Engineering Task Force (AMME-TF), focuses on how collaborative AM R&D could be used to decrease time to deployment of Gen-IV reactors. This paper provides a critical review of 2019 and 2021 surveys sampling nuclear reactor vendors, supply chain specialists, regulators, and other experts in GIF member countries. Both surveys confirmed that many AM technologies were considered opportunities by potential end users, although 90% of respondents identified the creation and approval of codes and standards as the greatest obstacle to their adoption. Industry prioritization on AM technologies, components and materials changed significantly during the three-year timespan. Additionally, the paper summarizes a 2021 modeling & simulation workshop that developed ideas on how to accelerate the qualification of AM and synthesizes the survey results and workshop conclusions into a review of critical research gaps and paths to address these gaps, particularly through international collaboration.
Brumm, S.*; Gabrielli, F.*; Sanchez-Espinoza, V.*; Groudev, P.*; Ou, P.*; Zhang, W.*; Malkhasyan, A.*; Bocanegra, R.*; Herranz, L. E.*; Berda
, M.*; et al.
Proceedings of 10th European Review Meeting on Severe Accident Research (ERMSAR 2022) (Internet), 13 Pages, 2022/05
The current HORIZON-2020 project on "Management and Uncertainties of Severe Accidents (MUSA)" aims at applying Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) in the modeling of Severe Accidents (SA), particularly in predicting the radiological source term of mitigated and unmitigated accident scenarios. Within its application part, the project is devoted to the uncertainty quantification of different severe accident codes when predicting the radiological source term of selected severe accident sequences of different nuclear power plant designs, e.g. PWR, VVER, and BWR. Key steps for this investigation are, (a) the selection of severe accident sequences for each reactor design, (b) the development of a reference input model for the specific design and SA-code, (c) the selection of a list of uncertain model parameters to be investigated, (d) the choice of an UQ-tool e.g. DAKOTA, SUSA, URANIE, etc., (e) the definition of the figures of merit for the UA-analysis, (f) the performance of the simulations with the SA-codes, and, (g) the statistical evaluation of the results using the capabilities, i.e. methods and tools offered by the UQ-tools. This paper describes the project status of the UQ of different SA codes for the selected SA sequences, and the technical challenges and lessons learnt from the preparatory and exploratory investigations performed.
Gatera, A.*; Belmans, J.*; Boussa, S.*; Davin, F.*; De Cock, W.*; De Florio, V.*; Doucet, F.*; Parez, L.*; Pompon, F.*; Ponton, A.*; et al.
Proceedings of 64th ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High Intensity and High Brightness Hadron Beams (HB2021), p.186 - 190, 2022/04
The MYRRHA project at SCK CEN, Belgium, aims at coupling a 600 MeV proton accelerator to a subcritical fission core operating at a thermal power of 60 MW. The nominal proton beam for this ADS has an intensity of 4 mA and is delivered in a quasi-CW mode. MYRRHA's linac is designed to be fault tolerant thanks to redundancy implemented in parallel at low energy and serially in the superconducting linac. Phase 1 of the project, named MINERVA, will realise a 100 MeV, 4 mA superconducting linac with the mission of demonstrating the ADS requirements in terms of reliability and of fault tolerance. As part of the reliability optimisation program the integrated prototyping of the MINERVA injector is ongoing at SCK CEN in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The injector test stand aims at testing sequentially all the elements composing the front-end of the injector. This contribution will highlight the beam dynamics choices in MINERVA's injector and their impact on ongoing commissioning activities.
isomeric state in TlVenhart, M.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Cubiss, J. G.*; Wood, J. L.*; Barzakh, A. E.*; Van Beveren, C.*; Cocolios, T. E.*; de Groote, R. P.*; 他19名*
Physical Review C, 105(3), p.034338_1 - 034338_9, 2022/03
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：44.35(Physics, Nuclear)The neutron-deficient region of isotopes around 
=82 is the best studied example of low-energy shape coexistence in nuclei. In this work, the internal transition decay and decay of the 53.3-ms isomeric state in Tl were studied at ISOLDE, CERN. The branching for the internal decay was measured to be 98.5(4)%, while the much weaker decay branching is only about 1.4(4)%. The new results include the first identification of an 
transition feeding the 3/2 excited state in Tl. Three decays from the 
Tl isomer were also oserved, and revealed the population of a candidate 9/2 state in 
Au which has been linked to shape coexistence in the Au nuclei. It is expected that similarly weak decays from isomeric states may be found also in neighbouring Tl isotopes.
moments of inclusive 
decays with hadronic taggingvan Tonder, R.*; 谷田 聖; Belle Collaboration*; 他202名*
Physical Review D, 104(11), p.112011_1 - 112011_32, 2021/12
被引用回数：16 パーセンタイル：70.86(Astronomy & Astrophysics)We present the measurement of the first to fourth order moments of the four-momentum transfer squared, , of inclusive decays using the full Belle data set of 711 
of integrated luminosity at the 
resonance where 
. The determination of these moments and their systematic uncertainties open new pathways to determine the absolute value of the CKM matrix element 
using a reduced set of matrix elements of the heavy quark expansion. In order to identify and reconstruct the 
system, we reconstruct one of the two -mesons using machine learning techniques in fully hadronic decay modes. The moments are measured with progressively increasing threshold selections on starting with a lower value of 3.0 
in steps of 0.5 up to a value of 10.0 . The measured moments are further unfolded, correcting for reconstruction and selection effects as well as QED final state radiation. We report the moments separately for electron and muon final states and observe no lepton flavor universality violating effects.
-decaying state in 
BiAndel, B.*; Van Duppen, P.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Blazhev, A.*; Grawe, H.*; Lica, R.*; Nadja, H.*; Stryjczyk, M.*; 他52名*
Physical Review C, 104(5), p.054301_1 - 054301_13, 2021/11
被引用回数：6 パーセンタイル：58.46(Physics, Nuclear)A new -decaying state in Bi has been identified at the ISOLDE Decay Station at the CERN-ISOLDE facility. A preferred 
assignment was suggested for this state based on the -decay feeding pattern to levels in Po and shell-model calculations. The half-life of the state was deduced to be 
min. The deexcitation of the levels populated in Po by the decay of this state was investigated via 
coincidences and a number of new levels and transitions were identified. Shell-model calculations for excited states in Bi and Po were performed using two different effective interactions: the H208 and the modified Kuo-Herling particle interaction. Both calculations agree on the interpretation of the new -decaying state as an 
isomer and allow for the tentative assignment of shell-model states to several high-spin states in Po.
Grazzi, F.*; Cialdai, C.*; Manetti, M.*; Massi, M.*; Morigi, M. P.*; Bettuzzi, M.*; Brancaccio, R.*; Albertin, F.*; 篠原 武尚; 甲斐 哲也; et al.
Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 32(3), p.463 - 477, 2021/09
被引用回数：6 パーセンタイル：29.35(Multidisciplinary Sciences)In this paper, we have studied an additively manufactured metallic component, intended for ultra-high vacuum application, the exit-snout of the MACHINA transportable proton accelerator beam-line. Metal additive manufacturing components can exhibit heterogeneous and anisotropic microstructures. Two non-destructive imaging techniques, X-ray computed tomography and Neutron Tomography, were employed to examine its microstructure. They unveiled the presence of porosity and channels, the size and composition of grains and intergranular precipitates, and the general behavior of the spatial distribution of the solidification lines. While X-ray computed tomography evidenced qualitative details about the surface roughness and internal defects, neutron tomography showed excellent ability in imaging the spatial density distribution within the component. The anisotropy of the density was attributed to the material building orientation during the 3D printing process. Density variations suggest the possibility of defect pathways, which could affect high vacuum performances. In addition, these results highlight the importance of considering building orientation in the design for additive manufacturing for UHV applications.
AuHarding, R. D.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Barzakh, A. E.*; Cubiss, J. G.*; Van Duppen, P.*; Al Monthery, M.*; Althubiti, N. A.*; Andel, B.*; 他26名*
Physical Review C, 104(2), p.024326_1 - 024326_16, 2021/08
被引用回数：6 パーセンタイル：58.46(Physics, Nuclear)A detailed nuclear spectroscopy study of Au was performed at ISOLDE, CERN. This work provides new insights into the low-lying levels in the daughter nuclei 
Ir. For 
Au, the nuclear magnetic moments of a high spin and low spin state were determined and used to predict the most likely configuration of each level. Their -decay branching ratios were also extracted: a 58(5)% branching for the low-spin state, and 29(5)% for the high-spin state.
Gatera, A.*; Belmans, J.*; Davin, F.*; De Cock, W.*; Doucet, F.*; Parez, L.*; Pompon, F.*; Ponton, A.*; Vandeplassche, D.*; Bouly, F.*; et al.
Proceedings of 12th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 21) (Internet), p.675 - 678, 2021/08
The MYRRHA project aims at coupling a 600 MeV proton accelerator to a subcritical fission core operating at a thermal power of 70 MW. The nominal proton beam for this ADS (Accelerator Driven System) has an intensity of 4 mA and is delivered in a quasi-CW mode. Phase 1 of the project will realise a 100 MeV, 4 mA superconducting linac with the mission of ensuring the ADS requirements in terms of reliability and fault tolerance. As part of the reliability optimisation program the integrated prototyping of the MINERVA injector is ongoing. The front-end of the injector is composed of an ECR proton source, an LEBT (Low Energy Beam Transport line) and a four-rod RFQ accelerating the beam to 1.5 MeV. The present contribution focuses on the current beam tests on the RFQ, including beam matching, RF conditioning, assessment of the cavities' performances and accelerated beam characterisation.
奥田 将洋; Van Dassen, L.*; Lock, B.*; 井上 尚子; 野呂 尚子; 川久保 陽子; 関根 恵
Proceedings of INMM & ESARDA Joint Virtual Annual Meeting (Internet), 9 Pages, 2021/08
The presentation will feature two key findings; the effectiveness of providing an online activity on nuclear security around film theater scenes, and the second one is a case study of awareness rising on supply chain risk un nuclear security in Japan. ISCN and WINS co-hosted the workshop on "supply chain risk in nuclear security" online due to the COVID 19 situation. The joint workshop had been held in face and used "theater style." In the first part of the presentation, it will be explained that how to replicate the theater-style workshop online. The second part of the presentation will explain findings through the discussion among the participants of the workshop. The presentation will examine the importance of identifying supply chain risks and possible measures to address supply chain risk management in nuclear security through the findings from the discussion of the workshop. The presentation also examines how to use these findings in the human resource development activity.
decays of 
At and expansion of the Po level schemeBrunet, M.*; Podoly
k, Zs.*; Berry, T. A.*; Brown, B. A.*; Carroll, R. J.*; Lica, R.*; Sotty, Ch.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Borge, M. J. G.*; Cubiss, J. G.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 103(5), p.054327_1 - 054327_13, 2021/05
被引用回数：7 パーセンタイル：64.07(Physics, Nuclear)The structure of Po populated through the EC/
decay of At is investigated using -ray spectroscopy at the ISOLDE Decay Station. The presented level scheme contains 27 new excited states and 43 new transitions, as well as a further 50 previously observed rays which have been (re)assigned a position. Through the analysis using the shell model calculations approximately half of the -decay strength of At is found to proceed via allowed decay and half via first-forbidden decay. The first-forbidden transitions predominantly populate core excited states at high excitation energies, which is qualitatively understood using shell model considerations.
