Quantum critical behavior of the hyperkagome magnet MnCoSi

Yamauchi, Hiroki; Sari, D. P.*; Yasui, Yukio*; Sakakura, Terutoshi*; Kimura, Hiroyuki*; Nakao, Akiko*; Ohara, Takashi; Honda, Takashi*; Kodama, Katsuaki; Igawa, Naoki; et al.

Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(1), p.013144_1 - 013144_9, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.013144

Evaluation of radioactivity concentration corresponding to dose criterion for near surface disposal of radioactive waste generated from research, medical, and industrial facilities, Volume 2

Sakuma, Kota; Abe, Daichi*; Okada, Shota; Sugaya, Toshikatsu; Nakata, Hisakazu; Sakai, Akihiro

JAEA-Technology 2022-013, 200 Pages, 2022/08

JAEA-Technology-2022-013.pdf:8.41MB

Japan Atomic Energy Agency has aims to carry out near surface disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated from research, medical, and industrial facilities. Therefore, Radioactivity Concentration Corresponding to Dose Criterion for near surface disposal for nuclides in the waste were calculated for the purpose of discussion for radioactivity limits between trench and concrete vault disposal, and key nuclides related to them. This report uses the results of sensitivity analysis and evaluation of the amount of leachate from the disposal facility for concrete vault disposal, and incorporates a new assessment pathway and exposure form that widely assume the conditions of the disposal facility. This trial calculation was carried out and compared with the trial calculation in the previous report, "Evaluation of Radioactivity Concentration Corresponding to Dose Criterion for Near Surface Disposal of Radioactive Waste Generated from Research, Medical, and Industrial Facilities, Volume 1". The results of Radioactivity Concentration Corresponding to Dose Criterion calculated in this report will be used as reference values when selecting key nuclides and for classification into concrete vault disposal when the location has not been decided. After deciding the location of the site, it is necessary to evaluate the dose based on the location conditions.

Evaluation of radioactivity concentration corresponding to dose criterion for near surface disposal of radioactive waste generated from research, medical, and industrial facilities, Volume 1

Sugaya, Toshikatsu; Abe, Daichi*; Okada, Shota; Nakata, Hisakazu; Sakai, Akihiro

JAEA-Technology 2021-004, 79 Pages, 2021/05

JAEA-Technology-2021-004.pdf:2.86MB
JAEA-Technology-2021-004(errata).pdf:0.38MB

JAEA has aims to carry out near surface disposal of low-level radioactive waste generated from research, medical, and industrial facilities. Therefore, radioactivity concentration corresponding to dose criteria of near surface disposal for 220 nuclides in the waste were calculated for the purpose of discussion for radioactivity limits between trench and concrete vault disposal, and key nuclides related to them. We calculated the radioactivity concentrations with consideration of not only the exposure pathways used at calculation of the radioactivity concentration limits of waste packages for near surface disposal by Nuclear Safety Commission but also ones used at the concentration limits for intermediate depth disposal. We also assumed the capacities of the disposal facilities as 44,000 m for pit disposal and 150,000 m for trench disposal. The radioactivity concentrations calculated in this report is used as the reference values because the disposal site has not been decided yet. Addition to this, the radioactivity concentrations will be revised according to circumstances of development of disposal facilities and so on. In the future, we will decide the radioactivity and radioactive concentration of a waste package described in the license application documents based on the dose assessment taken into consideration the disposal site conditions.

Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, 2; Neutron scattering instruments

Nakajima, Kenji; Kawakita, Yukinobu; Ito, Shinichi*; Abe, Jun*; Aizawa, Kazuya; Aoki, Hiroyuki; Endo, Hitoshi*; Fujita, Masaki*; Funakoshi, Kenichi*; Gong, W.*; et al.

Quantum Beam Science (Internet), 1(3), p.9_1 - 9_59, 2017/12

https://doi.org/10.3390/qubs1030009

The neutron instruments suite, installed at the spallation neutron source of the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC), is reviewed. MLF has 23 neutron beam ports and 21 instruments are in operation for user programs or are under commissioning. A unique and challenging instrumental suite in MLF has been realized via combination of a high-performance neutron source, optimized for neutron scattering, and unique instruments using cutting-edge technologies. All instruments are/will serve in world-leading investigations in a broad range of fields, from fundamental physics to industrial applications. In this review, overviews, characteristic features, and typical applications of the individual instruments are mentioned.

Calculation of the dose equivalent rate based on the unit concentration of contaminated soil in a flexible container

Sugaya, Toshikatsu; Abe, Daichi; Takebe, Shinichi; Nakatani, Takayoshi; Sakai, Akihiro

JAEA-Technology 2016-018, 20 Pages, 2016/09

JAEA-Technology-2016-018.pdf:2.41MB

Decontamination to the pollution which occurred with an accident of a nuclear power plant with Tohoku-district Pacific offing earthquake has been performed. The contaminated soil which occurred in decontamination stores it in the flexible container back, and is the kept situation. To presume concentration of radioactivity of contents from the dose of the flexible container, the 1cm dose equivalent rate per the unit concentration of radioactivity was calculated with QAD-CGGP2R.

Pressure-induced antiferromagnetic order in filled skutterudite PrFeP studied by single-crystal high-pressure neutron diffraction

Osakabe, Toyotaka; Kuwahara, Keitaro*; Kawana, Daichi*; Iwasa, Kazuaki*; Kikuchi, Daisuke*; Aoki, Yuji*; Kogi, Masafumi*; Sato, Hideyuki*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 79(3), p.034711_1 - 034711_7, 2010/03

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.79.034711

Structural transformation on the pressure-induced metal-insulator transition in PrFe4P

Kawana, Daichi*; Kuwahara, Keitaro*; Sato, Masashi*; Takagi, Masatoshi*; Aoki, Yuji*; Kogi, Masafumi*; Sato, Hideyuki*; Sagayama, Hajime*; Osakabe, Toyotaka; Iwasa, Kazuaki*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 75(11), p.113602_1 - 113602_4, 2006/11

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.75.113602

We report the first X-ray diffraction experiments of PrFeP under high pressure. We discovered a symmetry lowering from cubic to orthorhombic or lower at the metal-insulator transition temperature, accompanied by a jump in the lattice constant, which indicates a first-order phase transition. The superlattice reflections at q=(1,0,0) observed in the low-pressure nonmagnetic ordered phase are found to disappear in the insulating phase. The temperature dependence of the lattice constant and the absence of the superlattice reflections are well explained by taking into account an antiferromagnetic ordering.

Magnetic - phase diagrams of CeSb and CeBi

Osakabe, Toyotaka; Hannan, A.*; Kawana, Daichi*; Kogi, Masafumi*; Kitazawa, Hideaki*

Acta Physica Polonica B, 34(2), p.1469 - 1472, 2003/02

http://www.actaphys.uj.edu.pl/_cur/store/vol34/pdf/v34p1469.pdf

no abstracts in English

Exposure dose assessment associated with decommissioning of the trench disposal facility in Nuclear Science Research Institute, 2; Dose assessment based on exposure scenarios at the time of application for business licenses and the new regulatory standards

Sasaki, Kazuki; Sato, Yoshiyuki; Aoyama, Airi; Ishimori, Kenichiro; Abe, Daichi*; Sugaya, Toshikatsu; Amazawa, Hiroya; Sakai, Akihiro; Iseda, Hirokatsu

no journal, , 

Japan Atomic Energy Agency is carrying out a field test for trench disposal of very low-level radioactive waste generated from dismantling first Japanese demonstration reactor named Japan Power Demonstration Reactor. This disposal facility is scheduled to become the first near-surface one in Japan to start decommissioning in 2025. This presentation represents results of periodic review before decommissioning. Based on the setting of the condition of the disposal site and surroundings in (1), assessments in this presentation (2) were conducted in two ways: technical standards when obtaining the business licenses and new regulatory standards enforced in 2013. These resulted in below standard values. This means the disposal facility needs no additional exposure protection and is possible to move to decommissioning.

Pressure-induced magnetic order of filled skutterudite compound PrFeP

Osakabe, Toyotaka; Kuwahara, Keitaro*; Kawana, Daichi; Iwasa, Kazuaki*

no journal, , 

Filled skutterudite compound PrFeP shows the non-magnetic phase transition at T=6.5 K. Recent NMR measurements and theoretical works have predicted that the order parameter of the non-magnetic phase is the -type antiferro-quadropole. Under pressure above 2.5 GPa, the non-magnetic phase disappears and the new insulating phase appears, for example, below 9 K at 3.2 GPa. We have performed neutron diffraction experiments under pressure above 3 GPa using the triple-axis spectrometer TAS-1 installed at 2G beam port of JRR-3M in JAEA at Tokai in order to elucidate the order parameter of the pressure-induced insulating phase. We have successfully observed the distinct magnetic Bragg peak at (1,0,0) reciprocal lattice point at 3.2 GPa in the insulating phase. The peak corresponds to an antiferromagnetic long-range ordering of q = (1,0,0). The magnetic moments are 2.0 /Pr ions, which are align along the [0,0,1] direction. The results indicate that the insulating phase corresponds to the antiferromagnetically orderd phase and the order parameter is switched from the non-magnetic antiferro-quadropole to the antiderro-magnetic dipole by the pressurization of the lattice contraction of L/L0.5.