Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Oto, Tsutomu; Asano, Norikazu; Kawamata, Takanori; Yanai, Tomohiro; Nishimura, Arashi; Araki, Daisuke; Otsuka, Kaoru; Takabe, Yugo; Otsuka, Noriaki; Kojima, Keidai; et al.
JAEA-Review 2020-018, 66 Pages, 2020/11
JAEA-Review-2020-018.pdf:8.87MB
A collapse event of the cooling tower of secondary cooling system in the JMTR (Japan Materials Testing Reactor) was caused by the strong wind of Typhoon No.15 on September 9, 2019. The cause of the collapse of the cooling tower was investigated and analyzed. As the result, it was identified that four causes occurred in combination. Thus, the soundness of the cooling tower of Utility Cooling Loop (UCL cooling tower), which is a wooden cooling tower installed at the same period as the cooling tower of secondary cooling system, was investigated. The items of soundness survey are to grasp the operation conditions of the UCL cooling tower, to confirm the degradation of structural materials, the inspection items and inspection status of the UCL cooling tower, and to investigate the past meteorological data. As the results of soundness survey of the UCL cooling tower, the improvement of inspection items of the UCL cooling tower was carried out and the replacement and repair of the structural materials of the UCL cooling tower were planned for safe maintenance and management of this facility. And the renewal plan of new cooling tower was created to replace the existing UCL cooling tower. This report is summarized the soundness survey of the UCL cooling tower.
Ti
Zr
Kim, H.*; Sakaki, Koji*; Asano, Kota*; Ikeda, Kazutaka*; Otomo, Toshiya*; Machida, Akihiko; Watanuki, Tetsu; Nakamura, Yumiko*
Nihon Kinzoku Gakkai-Shi, 79(3), p.131 - 136, 2015/03
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.01(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)no abstracts in English
Ao, Hiroyuki; Asano, Hiroyuki; Tamura, Jun; Ouchi, Nobuo; Takata, Koji*; Naito, Fujio*
Proceedings of 9th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.1124 - 1126, 2013/08
In the case of the RF window operated with the standing-wave cavity coupled to waveguides using coupling apertures, the reflection of the RF window affects the total coupling factor (voltage standing wave ratio, VSWR) consisted of the RF window and the cavity. Hence, the reflection (VSWR) of the RF window should be minimized not to change the cavity VSWR optimized separately, and to prevent standing waves between the RF window and the cavity. For minimizing the VSWR of the pillbox-type RF window, this report proposes that the dielectric constant of the ceramic is measured directly using the resonant frequency in the fabrication process of the RF window. In this work, three RF windows are fabricated additionally using the same type ceramic (NTK HA95), the small VSWR 
could be achieved using this procedure. This result also shows that the dielectric constant increases linearly with increasing the density.
Asano, Shiro*; Okuyama, Toshihisa*; Onawa, Toshio*; Yanagi, Yutaka*; Ejiri, Mitsuru*; Kanahara, Toshio*; Ichihashi, Koji*; Kikuchi, Atsushi*; Mizumaki, Shoichi*; Masaki, Kei; et al.
Fusion Engineering and Design, 86(9-11), p.1816 - 1820, 2011/10
Times Cited Count：12 Percentile：66.68(Nuclear Science & Technology)The real vacuum vessel (VV) manufacturing of JT-60SA has started since Nov. 2009 at Toshiba. Prior to starting manufacturing, fundamental welding R&Ds had been performed by three stages. In the first stage, primary tests for screening welding method were performed. In the second stage, the trial welding for 1m-long straight and curved double shell samples were conducted. The dependences of welding quality and distortion on the welding conditions, such as arc voltage and current, setting accuracy, welding sequence, the shape of grooves, etc. were measured. In addition, welding condition with low heat input was explored. In the last stage, fabrication sequence was confirmed and established by the trial manufacturing of the 20
upper half mock-up. This poster presents the R&D results obtained in the first and second stages.
Ao, Hiroyuki; Asano, Hiroyuki; Tamura, Jun; Ouchi, Nobuo; Hasegawa, Kazuo; Morishita, Takatoshi; Takata, Koji*; Naito, Fujio*; Yamazaki, Yoshishige
Proceedings of 8th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), 3 Pages, 2011/08
An annular-ring coupled structure (ACS) for J-PARC linac has been in mass-production since March 2009. It was planned to fabricate 18 ACS accelerating modules and two debuncher modules for the three years. At present, they are progressing on schedule. The past achievements include: ten accelerating modules were completed on schedule; the frequency tuning of the most accelerating modules was finished except two debencher modules; and 14 accelerating modules have been brazed. One of the mass-produced modules was conditioned up to 1.6 MW, which corresponds to the accelerating field by 15% higher than the designed value of 4.2 MV/m.
-ray pre-irradiation graftingKoshikawa, Hiroshi; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Asano, Masaharu; Maekawa, Yasunari; Yamaguchi, Susumu*; Yamamoto, Kazuya*; Asazawa, Koichiro*; Yamada, Koji*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*
Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Radiation Curing in Asia (RadTech Asia 2011) (Internet), p.240 - 241, 2011/06
The anion-exchange membranes (AEM) for fuel cells were prepared by the radiation-induced graft polymerization of chloromethylstyrene into poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE) films and subsequent quaternization of the grafts with trimethylamine. When the AEM were treated in 1M-KOH and washed with N
-saturated water, the membranes with chloride form can be converted quantitatively to hydroxide form. However, the hydroxide form was easily converted to the bicarbonate form by the treatment in non-bubbled (CO dissolved) water. When we introduced the crosslinkers in polymer grafts, which is proved to be very effective in the proton conducting PEM having a poly(styrenesulfonic acid) grafts, the grafted AEM with both chloride and hydroxide forms showed only slight decrease of water uptake. It should be noted that AEM with hydroxide form showed very high tendency to absorb water.
Ao, Hiroyuki; Asano, Hiroyuki; Ouchi, Nobuo; Tsubota, Naoaki; Hasegawa, Kazuo; Hirano, Koichiro; Morishita, Takatoshi; Takata, Koji*; Naito, Fujio*; Yamazaki, Yoshishige
Proceedings of 7th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (DVD-ROM), p.552 - 554, 2010/08
The energy upgrade of the J-PARC linac was started from March 2009. In this project 20 Annular Coupled Structure (ACS) modules will be fabricated. The resonant frequency of the ACS module has to be tuned with mechanical machining before the final brazing. Therefore the test cells were fabricated to accumulate frequency tuning parameters. We fixed the final dimensions and the machining amount of the frequency tuning using these results. So far, the cell parts for the five ACS modules were tuned within 71.93 
0.05 MHz. At the moment the first ACS module is being assembled and it will be completed in autumn 2010.
Ao, Hiroyuki; Asano, Hiroyuki; Ouchi, Nobuo; Tsubota, Naoaki; Hasegawa, Kazuo; Hirano, Koichiro; Morishita, Takatoshi; Takata, Koji*; Naito, Fujio*; Yamazaki, Yoshishige
Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.618 - 620, 2010/05
The mass production of the ACS (Annular-ring Coupled Structure) cavity started from March 2009 for the J-PARC linac energy upgrade from 181 MeV to 400 MeV. This upgrade project requires 18 ACS accelerating modules and two debunchers additionally within three years. The schedule is so tight that we have to optimize the fabrication process. Thus the test cells were fabricated for the all geometrical beta before the mass production to confirm the initial design and the frequency tuning procedure. This paper describes our approach for the mass production and the current status.
Suzuki, Mitsutoshi; Namekawa, Takashi; Asano, Takashi; Niita, Koji*
Proceedings of 16th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC-16) (CD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2008/10
The advanced MOX fabrication process in FaCT project has been studies to investigate an overall characteristic of nuclear material accounting of Pu in the proposed confinement box. Flow field induced by a forced convection inside the box is numerically simulated to evaluate the MOX particle behavior and a radiation field due to the spontaneous and induced neutrons emitted from Cm and Pu is calculated using PHITS code. The possibility of remote-monitoring techniques using non-destructive assay to apply to a future safegurads measure is invetigated.
Shinohara, Kunihiko; Asano, Tomohiro; Momose, Takumaro; Takeishi, Minoru; Kobayashi, Hirohide; Oka, Tsutomu; Takasaki, Koji
JNC TN8440 2003-020, 125 Pages, 2003/09
JNC-TN8440-2003-020.pdf:11.14MB
This annual report summarizes the activities of the Radiation Protection Division at JNC Tokai Works in fiscal 2002.The Tokai Works undertakes various research and development for the reprocessing of spent fuel, plutonium fuel fabrication, fast reactor fuel recycling technology, and radioactive waste treatment and disposal, all of which are done under strict safety management.The major radiation facilities in the Tokai Works are the Tokai Reprocessing Plant (TRP), which has been in operation since 1977, three MOX fuel fabrication facilities, the first of which has been in operation since 1965, the Chemical Processing Facility (CPF) where fast reactor (FR) reprocessing technologies are being developed, and various other radioisotope and uranium research laboratories.The Radiation Protection Division is responsible for radiation control in and around these facilities, including personnel monitoring, workplace monitoring, consultation on radiological work planning and evaluation, monitoring of gas and liquid waste effluents, environmental monitoring, instrumentation, calibration, quality assurance, and safety research. The Division also provides technical support and cooperation to other international and domestic institutes in the radiation protection field.In fiscal 2002, the results of radiological monitoring showed the situation to be normal, and no radiological incident or accident occurred. The maximum annual effective dose to radiation workers was 6.5 mSv and the mean annual effective dose was 0.1 mSv. Individual doses were kept within the annual dose limit specified in the safety regulations. The estimated effective dose caused by gas and liquid effluents from the TRP to members of the public around the Tokai Works was 4.2 * 10
mSv. Environmental monitoring and effluent control were performed appropriately in compliance with safety regulation and standards.
(
,
)
and (,)
reactions for 
=1.5-2.4 GeVZegers, R. G. T.*; Sumihama, Mizuki*; Ahn, D. S.*; Ahn, J. K.*; Akimune, Hidetoshi*; Asano, Yoshihiro; Chang, W. C.*; Dat
, S.*; Ejiri, Hiroyasu*; Fujimura, Hisako*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 91(9), p.092001_1 - 092001_4, 2003/08
Times Cited Count：128 Percentile：94.88(Physics, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
= +1 Baryon resonance in photoproduction from the neutronNakano, Takashi*; Ahn, D. S.*; Ahn, J. K.*; Akimune, Hidetoshi*; Asano, Yoshihiro; Chang, W. C.*; Date, S.*; Ejiri, Hiroyasu*; Fujimura, Hisako*; Fujiwara, Mamoru; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 91(1), p.012002_1 - 012002_4, 2003/07
Times Cited Count：1007 Percentile：99.86(Physics, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Suzuki, Mitsutoshi; Namekawa, Takashi; Asano, Takashi; Niita, Koji*
no journal, ,
We have investigated an overall characteristic of nuclear material accounting of low decontaminated MA-MOX fuel in the proposed inner-box to identify key issues for the future safeguards and studied on the holdup behavior with neutron coincidence method using numerical calculations.
Asano, Takahiro; Sasaki, Yoshito; Kageyama, Koji*; Yoshikawa, Hideki
no journal, ,
no abstracts in English
Asano, Masaharu; Koshikawa, Hiroshi; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Maekawa, Yasunari; Yamaguchi, Susumu*; Asazawa, Koichiro*; Yamada, Koji*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*
no journal, ,
no abstracts in English
Koshikawa, Hiroshi; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Asano, Masaharu; Maekawa, Yasunari; Yamaguchi, Susumu*; Asazawa, Koichiro*; Yamada, Koji*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*
no journal, ,
Anion-exchange membranes based on poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene) (ETFE) were prepared by the -ray graft polymerization of chloromethylstyrene (CMS) and the subsequent quaternization. The degree of grafting increased during the course of reaction for up to 8 h. We obtained higher degree of grafting as the pre-irradiation dose became higher. The highest degree of grafting reached 101% at a dose of 50 kGy for 8 h. The hydroxide ion conductivity was 0.044 S/cm at room temperature and a relative humidity of 100%. This value is higher than or comparable to that of the previous radiation-grafted anion-exchange membranes.
Asano, Shiro*; Ejiri, Mitsuru*; Yanagi, Yutaka*; Ichihashi, Koji*; Kikuchi, Atsushi*; Mizumaki, Shoichi*; Okuyama, Toshihisa*; Masaki, Kei; Shibama, Yusuke; Katayama, Masahiro*; et al.
no journal, ,
no abstracts in English
Asano, Masaharu; Koshikawa, Hiroshi; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Maekawa, Yasunari; Yamaguchi, Susumu*; Yamamoto, Kazuya*; Asazawa, Koichiro*; Yamada, Koji*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*
no journal, ,
no abstracts in English
Koshikawa, Hiroshi; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Asano, Masaharu; Maekawa, Yasunari; Yamaguchi, Susumu*; Yamamoto, Kazuya*; Asazawa, Koichiro*; Yamada, Koji*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*
no journal, ,
We prepared anion-exchange membranes based on an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer by -ray-induced graft polymerization of chloromethylstyrene (CMS) and the subsequent quaternization reaction. The crosslinker effect was investigated in terms of membrane preparation and performance of a hydrazine fuel cell. The quaternization ratio appeared to decrease as the concentration of divinylbenzene (DVB) in the CMS grafting solution increased. Importantly, the crosslinker lowered the water uptake of the resulting membranes in the Cl
and OH forms, possibly thereby restricting excessive swelling during the fuel-cell operation.
Koshikawa, Hiroshi; Yamaki, Tetsuya; Asano, Masaharu; Maekawa, Yasunari; Yamaguchi, Susumu*; Yamamoto, Kazuya*; Asazawa, Koichiro*; Yamada, Koji*; Tanaka, Hirohisa*
no journal, ,
We prepared anion-exchange membranes based on an ethylene-tetrafluoroethylene copolymer by -ray-induced graft polymerization of chloromethylstyrene (CMS) and the subsequent quaternization reaction. The crosslinker effect was investigated in terms of membrane preparation and performance of a hydrazine fuel cell. The quaternization ratio appeared to decrease as the concentration of divinylbenzene (DVB) in the CMS grafting solution increased. Importantly, the crosslinker lowered the water uptake of the resulting membranes in the Cl and OH forms, possibly thereby restricting excessive swelling during the fuel-cell operation.
