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Noi, Hiromi*; Watanabe, Sota*; Kubo, Koji*; Okajima, Satoshi; Ando, Masanori
Nihon Kikai Gakkai M&M 2023 Zairyo Rikigaku Kanfarensu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), p.CL0712_1 - CL0712_5, 2023/09
no abstracts in English
Ohshima, Hiroyuki; Morishita, Masaki*; Aizawa, Kosuke; Ando, Masanori; Ashida, Takashi; Chikazawa, Yoshitaka; Doda, Norihiro; Enuma, Yasuhiro; Ezure, Toshiki; Fukano, Yoshitaka; et al.
Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors; JSME Series in Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation, Vol.3, 631 Pages, 2022/07
This book is a collection of the past experience of design, construction, and operation of two reactors, the latest knowledge and technology for SFR designs, and the future prospects of SFR development in Japan. It is intended to provide the perspective and the relevant knowledge to enable readers to become more familiar with SFR technology.
Matsuda, Norihiro; Izumi, Yuichi*; Yamanaka, Yoshiyuki*; Gando, Toshiyuki*; Yamada, Masaaki*; Oishi, Koji*
EPJ Web of Conferences, 153, p.07001_1 - 07001_6, 2017/09
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.03(Nuclear Science & Technology)
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Yonezawa, Shingo*; Tajiri, Kengo*; Nakata, Suguru*; Nagai, Yuki; Wang, Z.*; Segawa, Koji*; Ando, Yoichi*; Maeno, Yoshiteru*
Nature Physics, 13(2), p.123 - 126, 2017/02
Times Cited Count：198 Percentile：99.01(Physics, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Yamamoto, Keita*; Shiomi, Yuki*; Segawa, Koji*; Ando, Yoichi*; Saito, Eiji
Physical Review B, 94(2), p.024404_1 - 024401_6, 2016/05
Times Cited Count：17 Percentile：61.21(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)We have investigated spin-electricity conversion on surface states of bulk-insulating topological insulator (TI) materials using a spin-pumping technique. The sample structure is Ni-Fe/Cu/TI trilayers, in which magnetic proximity effects on the TI surfaces are negligibly small owing to the inserted Cu layer. Voltage signals produced by the spin-electricity conversion are clearly observed and are enhanced with decreasing temperature, in line with the dominant surface transport at lower temperatures. The efficiency of the spin-electricity conversion is greater for TI samples with a higher resistivity of bulk states and longer mean free path of surface states, consistent with the surface spin-electricity conversion.
Shiomi, Yuki*; Nomura, Kentaro*; Kajiwara, Yosuke*; Eto, Kazuma*; Novak, M.*; Segawa, Koji*; Ando, Yoichi*; Saito, Eiji
Physical Review Letters, 113(19), p.196601_1 - 196601_5, 2014/11
Times Cited Count：272 Percentile：99.03(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Tobita, Kenji; Nishio, Satoshi*; Enoeda, Mikio; Nakamura, Hirofumi; Hayashi, Takumi; Asakura, Nobuyuki; Uto, Hiroyasu; Tanigawa, Hiroyasu; Nishitani, Takeo; Isono, Takaaki; et al.
JAEA-Research 2010-019, 194 Pages, 2010/08
JAEA-Research-2010-019-01.pdf:48.47MBJAEA-Research-2010-019-02.pdf:19.4MB
This report describes the results of the conceptual design study of the SlimCS fusion DEMO reactor aiming at demonstrating fusion power production in a plant scale and allowing to assess the economic prospects of a fusion power plant. The design study has focused on a compact and low aspect ratio tokamak reactor concept with a reduced-sized central solenoid, which is novel compared with previous tokamak reactor concept such as SSTR (Steady State Tokamak Reactor). The reactor has the main parameters of a major radius of 5.5 m, aspect ratio of 2.6, elongation of 2.0, normalized beta of 4.3, fusion out put of 2.95 GW and average neutron wall load of 3 MW/m
. This report covers various aspects of design study including systemic design, physics design, torus configuration, blanket, superconducting magnet, maintenance and building, which were carried out increase the engineering feasibility of the concept.
Wei, G.; Koseki, Tadashi*; Igarashi, Susumu*; Tomizawa, Masahito*; Takano, Jumpei*; Ishii, Koji*; Shirakata, Masashi*; Fan, K.*; Hatakeyama, Shuichiro; Uota, Masahiko*; et al.
Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.3915 - 3917, 2010/05
Wei, G.; Koseki, Tadashi*; Tomizawa, Masahito*; Igarashi, Susumu*; Ishii, Koji*; Ando, Ainosuke; Takano, Jumpei*; Uota, Masahiko*; Fan, K.*; Hatakeyama, Shuichiro; et al.
Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.3918 - 3920, 2010/05
Tobita, Kenji; Nishio, Satoshi; Enoeda, Mikio; Kawashima, Hisato; Kurita, Genichi; Tanigawa, Hiroyasu; Nakamura, Hirofumi; Honda, Mitsuru; Saito, Ai*; Sato, Satoshi; et al.
Nuclear Fusion, 49(7), p.075029_1 - 075029_10, 2009/07
Times Cited Count：137 Percentile：97.72(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)Recent design study on SlimCS focused mainly on the torus configuration including blanket, divertor, materials and maintenance scheme. For vertical stability of elongated plasma and high beta access, a sector-wide conducting shell is arranged in between replaceable and permanent blanket. The reactor adopts pressurized-water-cooled solid breeding blanket. Compared with the previous advanced concept with supercritical water, the design options satisfying tritium self-sufficiency are relatively scarce. Considered divertor technology and materials, an allowable heat load to the divertor plate should be 8 MW/m or lower, which can be a critical constraint for determining a handling power of DEMO (a combination of alpha heating power and external input power for current drive).
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TeKobayashi, Masaki*; Ishida, Yukiaki*; Hwang, J. I.*; Song, G. S.*; Fujimori, Atsushi; Yang, C. S.*; Lee, L.*; Lin, H.-J.*; Huang, D.-J.*; Chen, C. T.*; et al.
New Journal of Physics (Internet), 10, p.055011_1 - 055011_15, 2008/05
Times Cited Count：15 Percentile：64.38(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Kugo, Teruhiko; Ando, Masaki; Kojima, Kensuke; Fukushima, Masahiro; Mori, Takamasa; Nakano, Yoshihiro; Okajima, Shigeaki; Kitada, Takanori*; Takeda, Toshikazu*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 45(4), p.288 - 303, 2008/04
Times Cited Count：6 Percentile：40.09(Nuclear Science & Technology)The effectiveness of the extended bias factor methods, the LC and PE methods, is numerically investigated by applying them to a breeding light water reactor core as a target core with use of FCA-XXII-1 critical experiments. The present study numerically verifies the features of the extended bias factor methods. Both the methods can improve the prediction accuracy the most by using all the experiments. The PE method always improves the prediction accuracy with any combination of experiments. The PE method is always superior to the LC method for improvement of the prediction accuracy. From the present study, the followings are found. The experiments on multiplication factor are more applicable to a reaction rate ratio of 
U capture to 
Pu fission (C28/F49) of the target core than the experiments on C28/F49. Combinations of the experiments on multiplication factor is more effective to a void reactivity of the target core than those of the experiments on void reactivity though those on void reactivity are superior to those on multiplication factors in the case of using a single experiment. From these results, we conclude that the experiments on multiplication factor are more effective than the other experiments for all the neutronic characteristics of the target core. From these results, it is concluded that the PE method is promising to complement full mockup experiments for various future nuclear systems by using a number of existing and future benchmark experiments.
Kugo, Teruhiko; Kojima, Kensuke; Ando, Masaki; Mori, Takamasa; Takeda, Toshikazu*
Journal of Power and Energy Systems (Internet), 2(1), p.73 - 82, 2008/00
We have applied the bias factor method to coolant void reactivity of a breeding light water reactor with use of FCA-XXII-1 experiment with introducing a concept of exponentiated experimental value into the bias factor method in order to overcome a problem caused by the conventional bias factor method in which the prediction uncertainty increases in the case that the experimental core has the opposite reactivity worth and the consequent opposite sensitivity coefficients to the real core. In the present study, we have formulated the prediction uncertainty reduction by the use of the bias factor method extended by the concept of the exponentiated experimental value. From the numerical results, it is verified that the concept of exponentiated experimental value can improve the prediction accuracy compared with the original uncertainty in the design calculation value while the conventional bias factor method cannot improve the prediction accuracy. It is concluded that the introduction of exponentiated experimental value can effectively utilize experimental data and extend applicability of the bias factor method.
Si/Ge hybrid structures and its degradationMaeda, Yoshihito; Jonishi, Takafumi*; Narumi, Kazumasa; Ando, Yuichiro*; Ueda, Koji*; Kumano, Mamoru*; Sado, Taizo*; Miyao, Masanobu*
Applied Physics Letters, 91(17), p.171910_1 - 171910_3, 2007/10
Times Cited Count：31 Percentile：72.67(Physics, Applied)The axial orientation of molecular-beam-epitaxy (MBE)-grown FeSi(111)/Ge(111) hybrid structures was investigated by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. We confirmed that during MBE above 300
C, the interdiffusion of Fe and Ge atoms results in a composition change and the epitaxial growth of FeGe in FeSi. Low-temperature (
200 C) MBE can realize fully ordered DO-FeSi with highly axial orientation [minimum yield (
)=2.2%]. Postannealing above 400 C results in a composition change and the degradation of axial orientation in the off-stoichiometric FeSi. The significance of stoichiometry with regard to thermal stability and the interfacial quality of FeSi(111)/Ge(111) hybrid structures was also discussed.
Chikazawa, Yoshitaka; Okano, Yasushi; Konomura, Mamoru; Sato, Koji; Sawa, Naoki*; Sumita, Hiroyuki*; Nakanishi, Shigeyuki*; Ando, Masato*
Nuclear Technology, 159(3), p.267 - 278, 2007/09
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：11.32(Nuclear Science & Technology)A diversified or modular power source is attractive since it requires a low construction cost per unit and can be demonstrated in small scale experimental facilities. In this study, a new metal fuel sodium cooled reactor with 300MW electric has been developed enhancing cost reduction. And economical potential at demonstration stage with first of a kind (FOAK) is emphasized. A minimum configuration with a compact reactor vessel, a one-loop main cooling system and a simple fuel handling system is adopted enhancing cost reduction. For safety evaluation, reliability of the one-loop main cooling system has been shown by pipe-break transient analyses. Besides, construction cost of a demonstration plant with a first reactor and a small reprocessing and fuel fabrication facility is also evaluated. A major feature of the present concept is that the demonstration reactor and facilities can be directly appropriated for first commercial modules and the power plant can easily increase its capacity adding reactor and electrorefiner modules. A fast reactor cycle commercialization scenario using the present concept is thought to give low R&D or investment risk and high cost performance since the total demonstration plant cost is relatively small and the facilities are directly appropriated to commercial use.
Ando, Yuichiro*; Ueda, Koji*; Kumano, Mamoru*; Sado, Taizo*; Narumi, Kazumasa; Maeda, Yoshihito; Miyao, Masanobu*
Shingaku Giho, 107(111), p.221 - 224, 2007/06
Ferromagnetic silicide FeSi (Currie temperature: 840 K) has three phases (A2, B2, and DO3), where the DO3-type is an ordered phase and calculated to be spin-polarized at the Fermi level. In addition, the lattice constant (0.565 nm) of FeSi is almost completely equal to that (0.565 nm) of Ge. Therefore, atomically controlled epitaxial growth of FeSi is expected on Ge. This will be a powerful tool to realize Ge channel spin transistors with ultrahigh speed operation and ultralow power consumption. This paper reviews our recent progress in novel epitaxial growth of FeSi on Ge for spintronics application.
Takamura, Shuichi*; Kado, Shinichiro*; Fujii, Takashi*; Fujiyama, Hiroshi*; Takabe, Hideaki*; Adachi, Kazuo*; Morimiya, Osamu*; Fujimori, Naoji*; Watanabe, Takayuki*; Hayashi, Yasuaki*; et al.
Kara Zukai, Purazuma Enerugi No Subete, P. 164, 2007/03
no abstracts in English
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(n = 1-2) multi-layered structures for spintronics applicationSado, Taizo*; Ueda, Koji*; Ando, Yuichiro*; Kumano, Mamoru*; Narumi, Kazumasa; Maeda, Yoshihito; Miyao, Masanobu*
ECS Transactions, 11(6), p.473 - 479, 2007/00
Our recent progresses in epitaxial growth of FeSi on Ge substrates are reviewed. Single crystalline FeSi layers with atomically flat interfaces were achieved on Ge(111) substrates by optimizing growth conditions at low temperatures (60
200 C). Thermal stability of it was guaranteed up to 400 C. In addition, epitaxial growth of mixed layers composed of FeSi, FeGe, and FeSi on Ge substrates at 400 C is reported. Finally, epitaxial growth of FeSi/Ge/FeSi/Ge structures is discussed. These results will be a powerful tool to open up SiGe related spintronics.
Si on Ge substrateKumano, Mamoru*; Ando, Yuichiro*; Ueda, Koji*; Sado, Taizo*; Narumi, Kazumasa; Maeda, Yoshihito; Miyao, Masanobu*
ECS Transactions, 11(6), p.481 - 485, 2007/00
The effects of the Fe/Si ratios on molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) of FeSi on Ge substrate have been investigated in a wide range of growth temperatures (60300 C). From XRD measurements, it was found that FeSi layers were epitaxially grown on Ge(111) substrates at 60200 C under the stoichiometric (Fe:Si = 3:1) and non-stoichiometric (Fe:Si = 4:1) conditions. From RBS measurement, it was found that atomic mixing of Fe and Ge at FeSi/Ge interfaces began at a growth temperature of 300 C. In the case of MBE under the stoichiometric condition, the crystallinity of FeSi is significantly improved compared to the non-stoichiometric condition. As a result, very low 
was obtained in a wide temperature (60200 C) under the stoichiometric condition. From the transmission electron microscopy measurements, it was shown that high-quality DO3-type FeSi/Ge structures with atomically flat interfaces were realized at a low temperature (200 C) under the stoichiometric condition.
Hayashi, Yukio; Fukumi, Atsushi*; Matsukado, Koji*; Mori, Michiaki; Kotaki, Hideyuki; Kando, Masaki; Chen, L.-M.; Daito, Izuru; Kondo, Shuji; Kanazawa, Shuhei; et al.
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 121(2), p.99 - 107, 2006/12
Times Cited Count：16 Percentile：70.56(Environmental Sciences)The authors obtain a new equation to estimate the forward component of a photon dose which is generated through the interaction between a target and a short pulse high power laser. As the equation is quite simple, it is useful for calculating the photon dose. The equation shows that the photon dose is proportional to the electron temperature for the range of its temperature 
3 MeV, and proportional to square of the electron temperature for the range of its temperature 3 MeV. The dose estimated with this method is roughly consistent with the result of Monte Carlo simulation. On someassumptions and corrections, it can reproduce experimental results obtained and the dose result calculated at other laboratories.
