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櫻井 洋亮*; 佐藤 博隆*; 足立 望*; 諸岡 聡; 戸高 義一*; 加美山 隆*
Applied Sciences (Internet), 11(11), p.5219_1 - 5219_17, 2021/06
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：30.84(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)As a new method for evaluating single crystal and oligocrystal, pulsed neutron Bragg-dip transmission analysis/imaging method is being developed. In this study, a single Bragg-dip profile fitting analysis method was newly developed, and applied for analyzing detailed inner information in a crystalline grain position-dependently. In the method, the spectrum profile of a single Bragg-dip is analyzed at each position over a grain. As a result, it is expected that changes of crystal orientation, mosaic spread angle and thickness of a perfect crystal can be evaluated from the wavelength, the width and the integrated intensity of the Bragg-dip, respectively. For confirming this effectiveness, the method was applied to experimental data of position-dependent Bragg-dip transmission spectra of a Si-steel plate consisting of oligocrystals. As a result, inner information of multiple crystalline grains could be visualized and evaluated. The small change of crystal orientation in a grain, about 0.4
, could be observed by imaging the Bragg-dip wavelengths. By imaging the Bragg-dip widths, both another grain and mosaic block in a grain were detected. Furthermore, imaging results of the integrated intensities of Bragg-dips were consistent with the results of Bragg-dip width imaging. These small crystallographic changes have not been observed and visualized by previous Bragg-dip analysis methods.
阿部 雄太; 土川 雄介; 甲斐 哲也; 松本 吉弘*; Parker, J. D.*; 篠原 武尚; 大石 佑治*; 加美山 隆*; 永江 勇二; 佐藤 一憲
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 33, p.011075_1 - 011075_6, 2021/03
Since the hardness of fuel debris containing boride from B
C pellet in control rod is estimated to be two times higher as that of oxide, such as UO
and ZrO, distribution of such boride in the fuel debris formed in the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants may affect the process of debris cutting and removal. The high neutron absorption of boron may affect the possibility of re-criticality during the process of debris removal. Therefore, boride distribution in fuel debris is regarded as an important issue to be addressed. However, boron tends to have difficult in quantification with conventionally applied methods like EPMA and XPS. In this study, accelerator-driven neutron-imaging system was applied. Since boron is the material for neutron absorption, its sensitivity in terms of neutron penetration through specimens is concerned. To adjust neutron attenuation of a specimen to suit a particular measurement by selecting the neutron energy range, we focused on the energy resolved neutron imaging system RADEN, which utilizes wide energy range from meV to keV. Development of a method to visualize boron distribution using energy-resolved neutrons has been started. In this presentation the authors show the status of the development of a method utilizing energy-resolved neutrons and provide some outcome from its application to the Core Material Melting and Relocation (CMMR)-0 and -2 specimens.
原 かおる*; 浅子 穣*; 甲斐 哲也; 佐藤 ひろあき*; 加美山 隆*
Proceedings of 2019 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC 2019), Vol.2, p.1500 - 1501, 2020/08
To develop an imaging technique of neutron resonance thermometry with tantalum (Ta)-181, the neutron transmission spectrum for a tantalum foil (30 or 300 micro-meters in thickness) which was set up in a constant temperature furnace was measured by the time-of-flight method. Several temperature conditions were set from 20 to 500 degree Celsius. The measurements were performed on the BL10 of MLF at J-PARC. To cutoff neutrons below thermal neutron energy, a cadmium filter was inserted on the neutron beam line. The measured neutron transmission spectrum in the eV energy region was compared to the calculated one with the PHITS code. In the calculation, the time distribution of neutron emission from a source was defined as the pulse function of BL10. The evaluated nuclear data of ENDF/B-VIII.0 or JENDL-4.0 were utilized for each calculation with respect to the neutron-induced nuclear reactions of Ta-181. The differences of both results are discussed based on the measured spectra.
阿部 雄太; 土川 雄介; 甲斐 哲也; 松本 吉弘*; Parker, J. D.*; 篠原 武尚; 大石 佑治*; 加美山 隆*; 永江 勇二; 佐藤 一憲
Proceedings of 2020 International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 2020) (Internet), 6 Pages, 2020/08
Boron carbide is used as a neutron-absorbing material in Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F), producing borides that are twice as hard as oxides (such as UO and ZrO). The high neutron absorption of boron affects the evaluation of re-criticality during the process of debris retrieval. Therefore, it is important not only to determine the presence of boron but also to investigate the distribution of boron inside the material in a non-destructive manner during decommissioning. To address the uncertainties in the core material relocation behavior of boiling water reactor (BWR) during a severe accident (SA), solidified melt specimens of a simulated fuel assembly were prepared by plasma heating. If core material melting and relocation (CMMR) specimens can be used to estimate the B distribution in 1F Unit-3, that will provide valuable information in the decommissioning of 1F. To address this, the authors focused on the energy-resolved neutron imaging system, RADEN, which utilizes a wide energy range, from meV to keV. This is an innovative three-dimensional analysis technology for boride distribution that affects the evaluation of hardness and re-criticality. In the calibration standard samples (Zr
B
and FeB), there was a good correlation between boron concentration and the energy-dependence of the cross sections of cold and epi-thermal neutrons. In the CMMR specimens, boron distribution was confirmed from the contrast difference between cold and epi-thermal neutrons. In the future, the results of calibration standard samples will be applied to the results of CMMR specimens. With this method, three-dimensional boron distribution will be measured, and the understanding of boride distribution 1F Unit-3 will be improved, which may be reflected in an improved SA code.
篠原 武尚; 甲斐 哲也; 及川 健一; 中谷 健; 瀬川 麻里子; 廣井 孝介; Su, Y. H.; 大井 元貴; 原田 正英; 飯倉 寛; et al.
Review of Scientific Instruments, 91(4), p.043302_1 - 043302_20, 2020/04
被引用回数：51 パーセンタイル：96.48(Instruments & Instrumentation)The energy-resolved neutron imaging system, RADEN, has been installed at the pulsed neutron source in the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. In addition to conventional neutron radiography and tomography, RADEN, the world's first imaging beam-line at a pulsed neutron source, provides three main options for new, quantitative neutron imaging techniques: Bragg-edge imaging to visualize the spatial distribution of crystallographic information, resonance absorption imaging for elemental composition and temperature information, and polarized neutron imaging for magnetic field information. This paper describes the results of characterization studies of the neutronic performance and installed devices at RADEN and shows the results of several demonstration studies for pulsed neutron imaging.
石川 裕卓*; 甲斐 哲也; 佐藤 博隆*; 加美山 隆*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 56(2), p.221 - 227, 2019/02
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：31.89(Nuclear Science & Technology)We simultaneously measured neutron spectra and the temperature of a polyethylene moderator at the Hokkaido University Neutron Source (HUNS) driven by a compact electron accelerator to observe the effect of any temperature change on the reliability of spectroscopic transmission measurement. The ratio of the neutron effective temperature and the moderator temperature was constant in HUNS case, although both increased by 4-5 K within one hour after the start of accelerator-operation. This indicated that the neutron effective temperature was well estimated by the moderator temperature. The effect of the temperature change can be easily avoided by excluding data collection before the moderator warms up. These results suggested that the monitoring of moderator temperature is recommended in such neutron sources with a thermal neutron moderator to guarantee reliability of spectroscopic transmission measurement without sacrifices of cost, simplicity and maintainability.
甲斐 哲也; 加美山 隆*; 平賀 富士夫*; 大井 元貴; 広田 克也*; 鬼柳 善明*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 55(3), p.283 - 289, 2018/03
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)Extensive simulation calculations were performed in the design studies of the coupled hydrogen moderator for the pulsed spallation neutron source of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Facility (J-PARC). It was indicated that a para-hydrogen moderator had an intensity-enhanced region at the fringe part, and that pulse shapes emitted from a cylindrical para-hydrogen moderator gave higher pulse-peak intensities with narrower pulse widths than those from a rectangular one without penalizing the time-integrated intensities. To validate the peculiar distribution and advantages in pulse shapes experimentally, some measurements were performed at the neutron source of the Hokkaido University electron linear accelerator facility. It was observed that the neutron intensity was enhanced at edges of the para-hydrogen moderators, whereas it decreased at the same part of the ortho-rich-hydrogen moderator, where the dimension of those moderators was 50 mm in thickness and 120 mm in width and height. The spatial distribution and pulse shapes were also measured for a cylindrical coupled para-hydrogen moderator that has the same dimensions as for the coupled moderator employed for J-PARC. The measured results from the cylindrical moderator were consistent with the results obtained in the design studies for the moderator for J-PARC.
佐藤 博隆*; 塩田 佳徳*; 諸岡 聡; 戸高 義一*; 足立 望*; 定松 直*; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; Zhang, S.*; Su, Y.; et al.
Journal of Applied Crystallography, 50(6), p.1601 - 1610, 2017/12
被引用回数：17 パーセンタイル：79.13(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)A new mapping procedure for polycrystals using neutron Bragg-dip transmission is presented. This is expected to be useful as a new materials characterization tool which can simultaneously map the crystallographic direction of grains parallel to the incident beam. The method potentially has a higher spatial resolution than neutron diffraction imaging. As a demonstration, a Bragg-dip neutron transmission experiment was conducted at J-PARC on beamline MLF BL10 NOBORU. A large-grained Si-steel plate was used. Since this specimen included multiple grains along the neutron beam transmission path, it was a challenging task for existing methods to analyze the direction of the crystal lattice of each grain. A new data-analysis method for Bragg-dip transmission measurements was developed based on database matching. As a result, the number of grains and their crystallographic direction along the neutron transmission path have been determined.
篠原 武尚; 甲斐 哲也; 及川 健一; 瀬川 麻里子; 原田 正英; 中谷 健; 大井 元貴; 相澤 一也; 佐藤 博隆*; 加美山 隆*; et al.
Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 746, p.012007_1 - 012007_6, 2016/00
被引用回数：57 パーセンタイル：99.88(Physics, Nuclear)パルス中性子イメージング専用装置「螺鈿」がJ-PARCの物質生命科学実験施設(MLF)に建設され、2014年11月にファーストビームを受け入れた後、装置調整と試験測定を実施中である。この装置の目的は、短パルス中性子源から得られるパルス中性子ビームの特徴を活かして、近年注目されているエネルギー分析型中性子イメージング技術を実用化し、応用研究を世界に先駆けて実施することにあり、同時に日本における最先端の中性子イメージング装置としての役割を果たすことにある。本発表では、「螺鈿」の現状について説明するとともに、コミッショニングの状況と応用研究の実施例について報告する。
Nd and stellar neutron capture cross sections片渕 竜也*; 松橋 泰平*; 寺田 和司; 井頭 政之*; 水本 元治*; 廣瀬 健太郎; 木村 敦; 岩本 信之; 原 かおる*; 原田 秀郎; et al.
Physical Review C, 91(3), p.037603_1 - 037603_5, 2015/03
被引用回数：8 パーセンタイル：50.7(Physics, Nuclear)Time-of-flight spectra of the neutron capture events of Nd were measured using a spallation neutron source at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. The first six resonances of Nd reported in a previous work were not observed. The experimental results and cross-search of resonance energies in nuclear data libraries suggested that resonances of impurity nuclide 
Pr have been mistakenly assigned as Nd in the previous experiment. To investigate the impact of non-existence of the resonances to the s-process nucleosynthesis model, the Maxwellian averaged neutron capture cross sections with and without the misassigned resonances were compared.
Sn and 
Sn with J-PARC/MLF/ANNRI木村 敦; 廣瀬 健太郎; 中村 詔司; 原田 秀郎; 原 かおる; 堀 順一*; 井頭 政之*; 加美山 隆*; 片渕 竜也*; 木野 幸一*; et al.
Nuclear Data Sheets, 119, p.150 - 153, 2014/05
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：38.03(Physics, Nuclear)The neutron-capture cross sections of Sn and Sn were measured by the time-of-flight method in the energy range from 10 meV to 2 keV with an array of germanium detectors in ANNRI at J-PARC. The preliminary results of the neutron-capture cross sections for Sn and Sn were obtained by normalizing the relative cross sections to the thermal cross section measured by Krane and to the evaluated value of JENDL-4.0 at the 47.05-eV resonance, respectively. Twelve new resonances for Sn were observed, whereas the 21.02-, 40.38- and 166-eV resonances for Sn and the 289-eV resonance for Sn which are listed on JENDL-4.0 and/or ENDF/B VII.1 were not observed. The prompt 
-ray distributions gated at the Sn and Sn resonances were obtained. Twenty-three new prompt -ray emissions were observed in the Sn (n,) reactions.
Pd and stable 
Pd nuclei at J-PARC/MLF/ANNRI中村 詔司; 木村 敦; 北谷 文人; 太田 雅之; 古高 和禎; 後神 進史*; 原 かおる; 原田 秀郎; 廣瀬 健太郎; 金 政浩*; et al.
Nuclear Data Sheets, 119, p.143 - 146, 2014/05
被引用回数：10 パーセンタイル：57.34(Physics, Nuclear)長寿命放射性核種Pd、及び不純物として含まれている安定核種Pdの中性子捕獲断面積を測定した。J-PARCの物質・生命科学実験施設(MLF)のBL04に整備された中性子核反応実験装置(ANNRI)を用いて、飛行時間法により熱領域から300eVの中性子エネルギーに対して、中性子捕獲断面積を測定した。報告されていた幾つかの共鳴が、Pdに起因しないことなど、共鳴に関する新たな知見が得られた。
rays from the neutron resonances of 
Se and 
Se at the J-PARC/MLF/ANNRI堀 順一*; 八島 浩*; 中村 詔司; 古高 和禎; 原 かおる; 原田 秀郎; 廣瀬 健太郎; 木村 敦; 北谷 文人; 小泉 光生; et al.
Nuclear Data Sheets, 119, p.128 - 131, 2014/05
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：32.98(Physics, Nuclear)本研究では、SeとSeの中性子共鳴からの捕獲線を測定した。Seは、簡単な殻模型から2p
軌道まで中性子が占有されている偶-偶核であるので、プライマリ線遷移の始状態と終状態間の強い相関が予想される。Seは、安定Se同位体の中で唯一の奇数核であるので、同じ奇数核である
Seの評価に資する情報を含んでいると期待される。J-PARC、物質・生命科学実験施設(MLF)の中性子核反応実験装置(ANNRI)に整備した4
Geスペクトロメータを用いて、飛行時間法により測定を行った。Seの27eV共鳴、及びSeの113eV, 212eV, 291eV, 342eV, 690eV及び864eV共鳴に対応する線波高スペクトルを得た。これらのプライマリ遷移線の相対強度を求め、報告されている実験データと比較を行った。Seの27eV共鳴について、293keV準位への強いプライマリ遷移が観測された。Seについては、共鳴ごとに全く異なる崩壊パターンを見いだした。
Np
at J-PARC/MLF/ANNRI廣瀬 健太郎; 古高 和禎; 原 かおる; 原田 秀郎; 堀 順一*; 井頭 政之*; 加美山 隆*; 片渕 竜也*; 木村 敦; 金 政浩*; et al.
Nuclear Data Sheets, 119, p.48 - 51, 2014/05
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：10.25(Physics, Nuclear)The cross section of the Np reaction has been measured in an energy range from 10 meV to 1 keV at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The NaI(Tl) spectrometer installed in the accurate neutron-nucleus reaction measurement instrument (ANNRI) was used for the measurement. The relative cross section was obtained using the neutron spectrum measured by the 
B
reaction. The absolute value of the cross section was deduced by normalizing the relative cross section to the evaluated value in JENDL-4.0 at the first resonance. In this presentation, the obtained results for the cross section, the Westcott factor and the resonance analysis are reported. This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 22226016.
木野 幸一*; 古坂 道弘*; 平賀 富士夫*; 加美山 隆*; 鬼柳 善明*; 古高 和禎; 後神 進史*; 原 かおる; 原田 秀郎; 原田 正英; et al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 736, p.66 - 74, 2014/02
被引用回数：31 パーセンタイル：91.8(Instruments & Instrumentation)We studied the energy resolution of the pulsed neutron-beam of Accurate Neutron-Nucleus Reaction Measurement Instrument (ANNRI) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex/Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (J-PARC/MLF). A simulation in the energy region from 0.7 meV to 1 MeV has been performed. Moreover, measurements have been done in the thermal and epithermal energies. The neutron energy resolution at ANNRI, which is determined by the time-of-flight technique, depends on the time structure of the neutron pulse. We obtained the neutron energy resolution as a function of the neutron energy by the simulation in the two operation modes of the neutron source: double and single bunch modes. In the double bunch mode, the resolution deteriorates above about 10 eV because the time structure of the neutron pulse splits into two peaks. The time structures at 13 energy points by measurements in the thermal energy region are in agreement with those of the simulation. In the epithermal energy region, the time structures at 17 energy points were obtained by measurements. The FWHM values of the time structures by the simulation and measurements are almost consistent. In the single bunch mode, the energy resolution is better than about 1% between 1 meV and 10 keV at the neutron source operation of 17.5 kW.
Sn using ANNRI-NaI(Tl) spectrometer at J-PARC廣瀬 健太郎; 古高 和禎; 原 かおる; 原田 秀郎; 木村 敦; 北谷 文人; 小泉 光生; 中村 詔司; 大島 真澄; 藤 暢輔; et al.
JAEA-Conf 2013-002, p.173 - 178, 2013/10
The cross section for Sn reaction has been measured in the neutron energy from 1eV to 1keV using the ANNRI-NaI(Tl) spectrometer at J-PARC/MLF. The sample used in the present experiment was metal tin enriched in Sn by 87%. The impurities of 
Sn and Sn were 9.3% and 3%, respectively. In the data analysis, the background of the frame-overlap neutrons and the scattered neutrons were subtracted. Comparison with the evaluation of JENDL-4.0 and ENDF/B-VII.1 will be presented in the poster session.
大井 元貴; 勅使河原 誠; 甲斐 哲也; 原田 正英; 前川 藤夫; 二川 正敏; 橋本 英子*; 瀬川 麻里子; 呉田 昌俊; Tremsin, A.*; et al.
Physics Procedia, 43, p.337 - 342, 2013/04
被引用回数：9 パーセンタイル：92.97(Physics, Applied)JSNSの新しいデカップラー材料として、Au-In-Cd合金が提案されている。本研究に先立ち、Au-In-Cd合金の製造を行い、予定通りの組成の合金製造に成功した。製造した合金組成は金74.9%、インジウム0.5%、カドミウム24.6%である。本研究では、中性子の共鳴吸収イメージングにより、製造した材料内の元素分布を測定し、各元素が合金内に均一に分布していることを確認する。カメラ型システムと、MCP検出器を用いることで、測定方法を検証する。結果として、中性子共鳴吸収を利用することで、合金内の元素を区別した透過画像を取得でき、元素分布が均一であることを確認した。
Np from 10 meV to 1 keV at Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex廣瀬 健太郎; 古高 和禎; 原 かおる; 原田 秀郎; 木村 敦; 金 政浩*; 北谷 文人; 小泉 光生; 中村 詔司; 大島 真澄; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 50(2), p.188 - 200, 2013/02
被引用回数：28 パーセンタイル：89.76(Nuclear Science & Technology)J-PARC/ANNRIに設置したNaI検出器を用いて、Np反応断面積を中性子エネルギー10meVから1keVにおいて測定した。断面積のエネルギー依存性はB
反応をリファレンスとして求め、絶対値はJENDL-4.0評価済データを用い、第1共鳴で規格化することで得た。得られた熱中性子捕獲断面積は(176.7
4.7)bであった。また、
=25.3meVに対するマクスウェル平均断面積は(174.65.1)bであった。マクスウェル平均断面積を求める際、10meV以下での断面積はJENDL-4.0を参照した。これらの結果から、Westcottの
-factorとして0.9880.010が得られた。これは最新のLANLの測定値0.9440.035に比べ、約5%大きな結果である。
甲斐 哲也; 前川 藤夫; 大下 英敏*; 佐藤 博隆; 篠原 武尚; 大井 元貴; 原田 正英; 宇野 彰二*; 大友 季哉*; 加美山 隆*; et al.
Physics Procedia, 43, p.111 - 120, 2013/00
被引用回数：19 パーセンタイル：98.08(Physics, Applied)J-PARCパルス中性子源に中性子イメージング装置が建設中であり、これまでに幾つかの技術実証のための実験がJ-PARCのNOBORUにおいて行われている。新規に建設される装置の幅広い利用を図るため、当該技術の適応範囲を示すことは重要である。本報告では、幾つかの実証実験の結果を紹介するとともに、すべての元素について、評価済み核データに収録されている中性子共鳴のピーク断面積とエネルギー幅を掛けた値を比較する。この値は、共鳴吸収イメージング技術による判別性の良い指標になると期待される。
Cm and 
Cm measured with an array of large germanium detectors in the ANNRI at J-PARC/MLF木村 敦; 藤井 俊行*; 福谷 哲*; 古高 和禎; 後神 進史*; 原 かおる; 原田 秀郎; 廣瀬 健太郎; 堀 順一*; 井頭 政之*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 49(7-8), p.708 - 724, 2012/07
被引用回数：51 パーセンタイル：96.43(Nuclear Science & Technology)The neutron-capture cross sections of Cm and Cm were measured in the energy range of 1-300 eV with an array of large germanium detectors in the ANNRI at J-PARC/MLF. The resonances at around 7.7 and 16.8 eV of Cm and 4.3 and 15.3 eV of Cm were observed in capture reactions for the first time. The uncertainties of the obtained cross sections are 5.8% at the top of the first resonance of Cm and 6.6% at that of Cm. Resonance analyses were performed for low-energy ones using the code SAMMY. The prompt -ray spectra of Cm and Cm were also obtained. Eight and five new prompt -rays emitted were observed in the Cm(n,) and Cm(n,) reactions, respectively.
