Pulsed muon facility of J-PARC MUSE

下村 浩一郎*; 幸田 章宏*; Pant, A. D.*; 砂川 光*; 藤森 寛*; 梅垣 いづみ*; 中村 惇平*; 藤原 理賀; 反保 元伸*; 河村 成肇*; et al.

Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.31_1 - 31_6, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01863-8

J-PARC Muon Facility: MUSE (Muon Science Establishment) is responsible for the inter-university user program and the operation, maintenance, and construction of the muon beamlines, namely D-line, S-line, U-line, and H-line, along with the muon source at J-PARC Materials and Life Science Facility (MLF). In this paper, recent developments are briefly presented.

Strain-induced crystallization and phase separation used for fabricating a tough and stiff slide-ring solid polymer electrolyte

橋本 慧*; 塩飽 透*; 青木 裕之; 横山 英明*; 眞弓 皓一*; 伊藤 耕三*

Science Advances (Internet), 9(47), p.eadi8505_1 - eadi8505_8, 2023/11

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi8505

The demand for mechanically robust polymer-based electrolytes is increasing for applications to wearable devices. Young's modulus and breaking energy are essential parameters for describing the mechanical reliability of electrolytes. The former plays a vital role in suppressing the short circuit during charge-discharge, while the latter indicates crack propagation resistance. However, polymer electrolytes with high Young's moduli are generally brittle. In this study, a tough slide-ring solid polymer electrolyte (SR-SPE) breaking through this trade-off between stiffness and toughness is designed on the basis of strain-induced crystallization (SIC) and phase separation. SIC makes the material highly tough (breaking energy, 80 to 100 megajoules per cubic meter). Phase separation in the polymer enhanced stiffness (Young's modulus, 10 to 70 megapascals). The combined effect of phase separation and SIC made SR-SPE tough and stiff, while these mechanisms do not impair ionic conductivity. This SIC strategy could be combined with other toughening mechanisms to design tough polymer gel materials.

Present status of J-PARC MUSE

下村 浩一郎*; 幸田 章宏*; Pant, A. D.*; 名取 寛顕*; 藤森 寛*; 梅垣 いづみ*; 中村 惇平*; 反保 元伸*; 河村 成肇*; 手島 菜月*; et al.

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 2462, p.012033_1 - 012033_5, 2023/03

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2462/1/012033

At J-PARC MUSE, since the SR2017 conference and up to FY2022, there have been several new developments at the facility, including the completion of a new experimental area S2 at the surface muon beamline S-line and the first muon beam extraction to the H1 area in the H-line, mainly to carry out high-statistics fundamental physics experiments. Several new studies are also underway, such as applying negative muon non-destructive elemental analysis to the analysis of samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu in the D2 area of the D-line. This paper reports on the latest status of MUSE.

Design and actual performance of J-PARC 3 GeV rapid cycling synchrotron for high-intensity operation

山本 風海; 金正 倫計; 林 直樹; Saha, P. K.; 田村 文彦; 山本 昌亘; 谷 教夫; 高柳 智弘; 神谷 潤一郎; 菖蒲田 義博; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 59(9), p.1174 - 1205, 2022/09

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2022.2038301

J-PARC 3GeVシンクロトロン(RCS)は、最大1MWの大強度ビームを25Hzという早い繰り返しで中性子実験及び下流の主リングシンクロトロンに供給することを目的に設計された。2007年の加速器調整運転開始以降、RCSではビーム試験を通じて加速器の設計性能が満たされているかの確認を進め、必要に応じてより安定に運転するための改善を行ってきた。その結果として、近年RCSは1MWのビーム出力で連続運転を行うことが可能となり、共用運転に向けた最後の課題の抽出と対策の検討が進められている。本論文ではRCSの設計方針と実際の性能、および改善点について議論する。

A Storm-induced flood and associated nearshore dispersal of the river-derived suspended Cs

内山 雄介*; 徳永 夏樹*; 東 晃平*; 上平 雄基; 津旨 大輔*; 岩崎 理樹*; 山田 正俊*; 立田 穣*; 石丸 隆*; 伊藤 友加里*; et al.

Science of the Total Environment, 816, p.151573_1 - 151573_13, 2022/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151573

福島県新田川を対象に、台風201326号に伴う出水イベントに着目し、台風通過直後に実施された海底堆積調査結果と、高解像度海洋モデルを併用することによって新田川起源の懸濁態放射性核種の海底での堆積状況を評価した。数値モデルによる底面せん断応力、残差流による懸濁質輸送、局所的土砂収支に対応する侵食・堆積パターンは、現地観測結果を定性的によく説明しており、モデルの妥当性を示すとともに観測による懸濁態Cs分布パターンの形成機構について明確な解釈を与えた。

Numerical analysis for FP speciation in VERDON-2 experiment; Chemical re-vaporization of iodine in air ingress condition

塩津 弘之; 伊藤 裕人*; 杉山 智之; 丸山 結

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 163, p.108587_1 - 108587_9, 2021/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108587

In the late phase of severe accident in light water reactor nuclear power station, re-mobilization of fission products (FPs) has a significant impact on the source term because most portion of FPs is retained in reactor coolant system and/or containment vessel. Recently, VERDON-2 experiment showed noticeable re-vaporization, which was one of the re-mobilization phenomena, of iodine under air ingress condition, but this mechanism has not been identified yet. The present study numerically investigated the FPs behaviors in VERDON-2 experiment with the mechanistic FPs transport analysis code incorporating thermodynamic chemical equilibrium model in order to further understand nature for FPs behavior, especially iodine re-vaporization under air ingress condition. Consequently, this analysis reproduced the deposition profile of cesium, one of important FPs in the source term, along the thermal gradient tube (TGT) in the experiment, which revealed that cesium was transported as CsOH in early phase of FP release from fuel, and then formed CsMoO and CsTe after the release of molybdenum and tellurium was activated. Regarding iodine as another important FP, formation of CsI was predicted in steam condition. The CsI was transported and partly deposited and condensed onto the TGTs and other components of the VERDON facility. Under the air ingress condition, the present analysis showed the agreement for iodine re-vaporization in the experiment and revealed its mechanism; the deposits of iodide were chemical re-vaporized as molecular iodine (I) gas by redox reaction with competitive elements such as molybdenum, chromium and tellurium.

東海再処理施設周辺の環境放射線モニタリング結果; 2019年度

中野 政尚; 藤井 朋子; 根本 正史; 飛田 慶司; 瀬谷 夏美; 西村 周作; 細見 健二; 永岡 美佳; 横山 裕也; 松原 菜摘; et al.

JAEA-Review 2020-069, 163 Pages, 2021/02

JAEA-Review-2020-069.pdf:4.78MB

核燃料サイクル工学研究所では、「日本原子力研究開発機構核燃料サイクル工学研究所再処理施設保安規定、第IV編 環境監視」に基づき、再処理施設周辺の環境放射線モニタリングを実施している。本報告書は、2019年4月から2020年3月までの間に実施した環境放射線モニタリングの結果、及び大気、海洋への放射性物質の放出に起因する周辺公衆の線量算出結果について、取りまとめたものである。なお、上記の環境放射線モニタリングの結果において、2011年3月に発生した東京電力(2016年4月1日付けで東京電力ホールディングスに変更)福島第一原子力発電所事故で放出された放射性物質の影響が多くの項目でみられた。また、環境監視計画の概要、測定方法の概要、測定結果及びその経時変化、気象統計結果、放射性廃棄物の放出状況、平常の変動幅の上限値を超過した値の評価について付録として収録した。

Experimental evidence for the existence of a second partially-ordered phase of ice VI

山根 崚*; 小松 一生*; 郷地 順*; 上床 美也*; 町田 真一*; 服部 高典; 伊藤 颯*; 鍵 裕之*

Nature Communications (Internet), 12, p.1129_1 - 1129_6, 2021/02

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21351-9

氷は、非常に多彩な構造多形を示す。これまで報告されていない新しい相に関して実験・理論両面から研究がなされている。水素の秩序-無秩序相に関して、現在知られているような一つの無秩序相に一つの秩序相があるのか、いくつかの秩序相がありえるのかが議論の的になっている。今回の研究で、氷VI相の第2の水素秩序相となる新しい相(氷XIX)を発見した。これは、無秩序相から、いくつかの異なる水素秩序相ができることを示している。このような多重性は他のすべての水素無秩序相にも起こりえるもので、氷の構造探査に新しい視点を与えるものである。このことによって、これまで謎だった問題:水素秩序相の中心対称性の存在や、(反)強誘電性誘起が明らかになる可能性がある。また究極的には、氷の高温高圧相図を完全に解明することにつながる。

Water distribution in Nafion thin films on hydrophilic and hydrophobic carbon substrates

伊藤 華苗; 原田 雅史*; 山田 悟史*; 工藤 憲治*; 青木 裕之; 金谷 利治*

Langmuir, 36(43), p.12830 - 12837, 2020/11

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01917

We performed HO and DO double contrast neutron reflectivity measurements on 25-nm-thick Nafion thin films on hydrophilic and hydrophobic carbon in water and 80% relative humidity vapor to investigate the depth profile of the water and Nafion distribution. We found a dense Nafion layer at the air or water interface regardless of the carbon hydrophilicity. On the other hand, a water-rich Nafion dense layer was observed at the carbon interface only for hydrophilic carbon. The double contrast measurements provided quantitative information about the depth profile but simultaneously indicated that the sum of the volume occupancies of water and Nafion in the film was less than unity. We assessed the problem based on two possibilities: voids in the film or "residual water", which cannot be exchanged or is difficult to exchange with water outside.

An Experimental setup for creating and imaging He excimer cluster tracers in superfluid helium-4 via neutron-He absorption reaction

Sonnenschein, V.*; 辻 義之*; 國立 將真*; 久保 渉*; 鈴木 颯*; 富田 英生*; 鬼柳 善明*; 井口 哲夫*; 松下 琢*; 和田 信雄*; et al.

Review of Scientific Instruments, 91(3), p.033318_1 - 033318_12, 2020/03

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130919

For the purpose of future visualization of the flow field in superfluid helium-4, clusters of the triplet state excimer He are generated along the micro-scale recoil tracks of the neutron-absorption reaction n + He T + p. This reaction is induced by neutron irradiation of the He fraction contained in natural isotopic abundance liquid helium with neutron beams either from the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (J-PARC)/Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility or from the Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science. These He clusters are expected to be ideal tracers of the normal-fluid component in superfluid helium with several advantageous properties. Evidence of the excimer generation is inferred by detection of laser induced fluorescence emitted from the He clusters excited by a purpose-built short pulse gain-switched titanium:sapphire (Ti:sa) laser operating at a wavelength of 905 nm. The setup and performance characteristics of the laser system including the Ti:sa and two continuous wave re-pumping lasers are described. Detection at the fluorescence wavelength of 640 nm is performed by using optical bandpass filtered photomultiplier tubes (PMT). Electrical noise in the PMT acquisition traces could successfully be suppressed by post-processing with a simple algorithm. Despite other laser-related backgrounds, the excimer was clearly identified by its fluorescence decay characteristics. Production of the excimer was found to be proportional to the neutron flux, adjusted via insertion of different collimators into the neutron beam. These observations suggest that the apparatus we constructed does function in the expected manner and, therefore, has the potential for groundbreaking turbulence research with superfluid helium.