Report of summer holiday practical training on 2022

Ishitsuka, Etsuo; Ho, H. Q.; Kitagawa, Kanta*; Fukuda, Takahito*; Ito, Ryo*; Nemoto, Masaya*; Kusunoki, Hayato*; Nomura, Takuro*; Nagase, Sota*; Hashimoto, Haruki*; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2023-013, 19 Pages, 2023/06

JAEA-Technology-2023-013.pdf:1.75MB

Eight people from five universities participated in the 2022 summer holiday practical training with the theme of "Technical development on HTTR". The participants practiced the feasibility study for nuclear battery, the burn-up analysis of HTTR core, the feasibility study for Cf production, the analysis of behavior on loss of forced cooling test, and the thermal-hydraulic analysis near reactor pressure vessel. In the questionnaire after this training, there were impressions such as that it was useful as a work experience, that some students found it useful for their own research, and that discussion with other university students was a good experience. These impressions suggest that this training was generally evaluated as good.

Transport model comparison studies of intermediate-energy heavy-ion collisions

Walter, H.*; Colonna, M.*; Cozma, D.*; Danielewicz, P.*; Ko, C. M.*; Kumar, R.*; Ono, Akira*; Tsang, M. Y. B*; Xu, J.*; Zhang, Y.-X.*; et al.

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 125, p.103962_1 - 103962_90, 2022/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppnp.2022.103962

Transport models are the main method to obtain physics information on the nuclear equation of state and in-medium properties of particles from low to relativistic-energy heavy-ion collisions. The Transport Model Evaluation Project (TMEP) has been pursued to test the robustness of transport model predictions to reach consistent conclusions from the same type of physical model. To this end, calculations under controlled conditions of physical input and set-up were performed by the various participating codes. These included both calculations of nuclear matter in a periodic box, which test individual ingredients of a transport code, and calculations of complete collisions of heavy ions. Over the years, five studies were performed within this project. They show, on one hand, that in box calculations the differences between the codes can be well understood and a convergence of the results can be reached. These studies also highlight the systematic differences between the two families of transport codes, known under the names of Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck (BUU) and Quantum Molecular Dynamics (QMD) type codes. On the other hand, there still exist substantial differences when these codes are applied to real heavy-ion collisions. The results of transport simulations of heavy-ion collisions will have more significance if codes demonstrate that they can verify benchmark calculations such as the ones studied in these evaluations.

Deexcitation dynamics of muonic atoms revealed by high-precision spectroscopy of electronic X rays

Okumura, Takuma*; Azuma, Toshiyuki*; Bennet, D. A.*; Caradonna, P.*; Chiu, I. H.*; Doriese, W. B.*; Durkin, M. S.*; Fowler, J. W.*; Gard, J. D.*; Hashimoto, Tadashi; et al.

Physical Review Letters, 127(5), p.053001_1 - 053001_7, 2021/07

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.053001

We observed electronic X rays emitted from muonic iron atoms using a superconducting transition-edge-type sensor microcalorimeter. The energy resolution of 5.2 eV in FWHM allowed us to observe the asymmetric broad profile of the electronic characteristic and X rays together with the hypersatellite X rays around 6 keV. This signature reflects the time-dependent screening of the nuclear charge by the negative muon and the -shell electrons, accompanied by electron side-feeding. Assisted by a simulation, this data clearly reveals the electronic - and -shell hole production and their temporal evolution during the muon cascade process.

Time-resolved imaging of magnetoelastic waves by the cotton-mouton effect

Hioki, Tomosato*; Hashimoto, Yusuke*; Johansen, T. H.*; Saito, Eiji

Physical Review Applied (Internet), 11(6), p.061007_1 - 061007_5, 2019/06

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.061007

Cyclotron resonance in the hidden-order phase of URuSi

Tonegawa, Sho*; Hashimoto, Kenichiro*; Ikada, Kisuke*; Lin, Y.-H.*; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Onuki, Yoshichika; Ikeda, Hiroaki*; et al.

Physical Review Letters, 109(3), p.036401_1 - 036401_5, 2012/07

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.036401

Atomic structure of two-dimensional binary surface alloys; Si(111)- superstructure

Fukaya, Yuki; Matsuda, Iwao*; Hashimoto, Mie*; Kubo, Keisuke*; Hirahara, Toru*; Yamazaki, Shiro*; Choi, W. H.*; Yeom, H. W.*; Hasegawa, Shuji*; Kawasuso, Atsuo; et al.

Surface Science, 606(11-12), p.919 - 923, 2012/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2012.02.006

no abstracts in English

Electron compound nature in a surface atomic layer of a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice

Matsuda, Iwao*; Nakamura, Fumitaka*; Kubo, Keisuke*; Hirahara, Toru*; Yamazaki, Shiro*; Choi, W. H.*; Yeom, H. W.*; Narita, Hisashi*; Fukaya, Yuki; Hashimoto, Mie*; et al.

Physical Review B, 82(16), p.165330_1 - 165330_6, 2010/10

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.165330

no abstracts in English

Existence of fcc-packed spherical micelles in diblock copolymer melt

Huang, Y.*; Hsu, J.*; Chen, H.*; Hashimoto, Takeji

Macromolecules, 40(3), p.406 - 409, 2007/02

https://doi.org/10.1021/ma062149m

Spherical micelles packed in a fcc lattice have been revealed for a neat diblock copolymer in the quiescent melt. This packing symmetry developed upon cooling from a DM phase and coexisted with the DM phase in a narrow temperature region before transforming into bcc structure. We postulated that the fcc phase was stabilized by the unimers and the oligomeric micelles in the matrix phase, as they played a similar role to the homopolymer in the blend exhibiting a broader fcc window.

Labeling of bifunctional chelating agent, MAG3, with carrier-free Re

Hashimoto, Kazuyuki; Wan, K. W. H. B. B.*; Matsuoka, Hiromitsu

Journal of Nuclear and Radiochemical Sciences, 6(3), p.193 - 196, 2005/12

https://doi.org/10.14494/jnrs2000.6.3_193

The radioisotopes of rhenium (Re and Re) are attractive radionuclides for radiotherapy because of their energetic beta particles and gamma rays suitable for imaging. Mercaptoacetyltriglycine, MAG3 (NS ligand), is a useful bifunctional ligand in labeling monoclonal antibodies with metallic radionuclides. In this study, the labeling of MAG3 with carrier-free Re from a W/Re generator was investigated in detail. The Re-MAG3 complex was synthesized by the direct labeling method and by the indirect labeling method using a transfer ligand (citric acid or gluconic acid). The dependence of the labeling yield upon the reaction conditions such as the concentrations of tin(II) chloride dihydrate as a reducing agent, S-benzoyl MAG3 and the transfer ligand, pH, temperature, reaction time and the addition of a carrier was examined. The labeling yield of Re-MAG3 synthesized by the all method was over 90% under the optimum conditions.

Report of tests for radiation control executed in the JOYO MK-III performance tests

Hoshiba, Hideaki; Hashimoto, Makoto; Irokawa, H.; Usui, Toshihide; Sato, Hayato; Emori, Shuichi

JNC TN9410 2004-017, 170 Pages, 2004/08

JNC-TN9410-2004-017.pdf:18.93MB

While the JOYO MK-III Project, after the modification of primary coolant system started in oct.2000 and the integrated function tests, from Jun.2003, the performance test was executed for the purpose of verification of designed performance and confirmation of basic characteristics as an irradiation reactor. While the JOYO MK-III performance test, 28 tests were executed. Radiation control section took charge of 3 of them, "Dose Rate Distribution", "Radiation Control" and "Gaseous Waste Radioactive Concentration Measurement". The performance tests in charge of radiation control section was started on Jun.27, 2003, that is before the start-up of reactor, and were carried out when the thermal output of reactor was 40MWt, 70MWt, 105MWt and effective full power, 140MWt. The pre-operation tests in charge of radiation control section are "Test of dose rate measurement in operation and after shutdown". "Test of radioactive concentration measurement of air", and "Test of gaseous waste processing performance". The final test was "Test of dose rate measurement after shutdown", which was executed on Nov.27 2003. JOYO passed the inspection and the performance test was finished. The representative results in these performance tests are; 1.Every result is under the criterion 2.Dose rate and monitoring data are totally less than the data in MK-II operation. Though it confirmed that all the data are under the criterion, it is considered that these tests should be performed at proper intervals because the circumstances may change.