Development plan for coupling technology between high temperature gas-cooled reactor HTTR and hydrogen production facility, 1; Overview of the HTTR heat application test plan to establish high safety coupling technology

Nomoto, Yasunobu; Mizuta, Naoki; Morita, Keisuke; Aoki, Takeshi; Okita, Shoichiro; Ishii, Katsunori; Kurahayashi, Kaoru; Yasuda, Takanori; Tanaka, Masato; Isaka, Kazuyoshi; et al.

Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 7 Pages, 2023/05

Investigation of physical properties of glove for glove-box and estimation of its life-time

Kobayashi, Daisuke; Yamamoto, Masahiko; Nishida, Naoki; Miyoshi, Ryuta; Nemoto, Ryo*; Hayashi, Hiroyuki*; Kato, Keisuke; Nishino, Saki; Kuno, Takehiko; Kitao, Takahiko; et al.

Nihon Hozen Gakkai Dai-18-Kai Gakujutsu Koenkai Yoshishu, p.237 - 240, 2022/07

All gloves attached to glove-box in Tokai Reprocessing Plant have a fixed expiration date and have to be replaced every 4-year. However, degrees of glove deterioration are different depending on its usage environment (frequency, chemicals, radiation, etc.), because of rubber products. Therefore, physical properties such as tensile strength, elongation, hardness of gloves are measured, and the life-time of gloves are estimated. As a result, gloves without any defects in its appearance have enough physical property for acceptance criteria of new glove. The extrapolated physical property of glove is sufficiently larger than the reported values of damaged glove. No deterioration in physical properties of gloves, that are periodically replaced without any defects in its appearance, is observed and the usable life-time of the glove is estimated to be 8 years.

Factors controlling dissolved Cs concentrations in east Japanese rivers

Tsuji, Hideki*; Ishii, Yumiko*; Shin, M.*; Taniguchi, Keisuke*; Arai, Hirotsugu*; Kurihara, Momo*; Yasutaka, Tetsuo*; Kuramoto, Takayuki*; Nakanishi, Takahiro; Lee, S*; et al.

Science of the Total Environment, 697, p.134093_1 - 134093_11, 2019/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134093

To investigate the main factors that control the dissolved radiocesium concentration in river water in the area affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, the correlations between the dissolved Cs concentrations at 66 sites normalized to the average Cs inventories for the watersheds with the land use, soil components, topography, and water quality factors were assessed. We found that the topographic wetness index is significantly and positively correlated with the normalized dissolved Cs concentration. Similar positive correlations have been found for European rivers because wetland areas with boggy organic soils that weakly retain Cs are mainly found on plains. However, for small Japanese river watersheds, the building area ratio in the watershed strongly affected the dissolved Cs concentration.

Energy of the Th nuclear clock isomer determined by absolute -ray energy difference

Yamaguchi, Atsushi*; Muramatsu, Haruka*; Hayashi, Tasuku*; Yuasa, Naoki*; Nakamura, Keisuke; Takimoto, Misaki; Haba, Hiromitsu*; Konashi, Kenji*; Watanabe, Makoto*; Kikunaga, Hidetoshi*; et al.

Physical Review Letters, 123(22), p.222501_1 - 222501_6, 2019/11

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.222501

Coupling atmospheric ammonia exchange process over a rice paddy field with a multi-layer atmosphere-soil-vegetation model

Katata, Genki; Hayashi, Kentaro*; Ono, Keisuke*; Nagai, Haruyasu; Miyata, Akira*; Mano, Masayoshi*

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 180, p.1 - 21, 2013/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.05.001

A multi-layer atmosphere-SOiL-VEGetation model (SOLVEG) was modified to calculate the NH exchange fluxes over a paddy field. The heat transfer at the paddy water layer and the dry deposition of water-soluble gases such as NH and SO onto the wet canopy, as well as the emission potentials of NH from the rice foliage and the surface of floodwater or soil were incorporated into the model. The modified model reproduced the observed surface and NH fluxes, paddy water temperature, and soil temperature and moisture during both the fallow and cropping seasons. The "recaptured fraction" was defined as the ratio of the amount of volatilized NH recaptured by the foliage to the total amount. Numerical experiments using the modified model with varying emission potentials of NH showed that the recaptured fraction increased with an increase in the leaf area index (LAI) and saturated when LAI 1 because of the limitation of stomatal uptake.

Condition of MeV electron bunch generated from Argon gas-jet target in the self-modulated laser wakefield regime

Mori, Michiaki; Kando, Masaki; Kotaki, Hideyuki; Hayashi, Yukio; Bulanov, S. V.; Koga, J. K.; Kondo, Kiminori; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Nishimura, Hiroaki*; Nagashima, Keisuke

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 80(10), p.105001_1 - 105001_2, 2011/09

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.80.105001

The effects of plasma density and laser power on the energetic electron bunch generation in an Argon (high-Z) gas-jet target in the self modulated laser wakefield acceleration regime were investigated. A vector potential threshold for electron injection was obtained 2.8 through a simple analytical model include two-dimensional laser pulse compression by relativistic self-focusing, and it is similar to that after accounting for three-dimensional laser pulse compression in the standard Laser Wakefield acceleration regime.

Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory project research and development plan in Phase 2; H20-21

Iwatsuki, Teruki; Sato, Haruo; Tanai, Kenji; Inagaki, Manabu; Sawada, Atsushi; Niinuma, Hiroaki; Ishii, Eiichi; Maekawa, Keisuke; Tomura, Goji; Sanada, Hiroyuki; et al.

JAEA-Research 2009-002, 156 Pages, 2009/05

JAEA-Research-2009-002.pdf:12.86MB

The research and development plan for geological investigation, engineering technology and safety assessment during the drilling of a shaft down to intermediate depth are summarized according to the Midterm Plan till 2009 Fiscal year of JAEA. This report describes subject, current status and programme in the "Phase 2: Construction phase" (investigations during construction of the underground facilities). Furthermore regarding R&D plan in next Midterm Plan of JAEA, preliminary ideas are summarized.

Development of a non-conservative radionuclides dispersion model in the ocean and its application to surface cesium-137 dispersion in the Irish Sea

Kobayashi, Takuya; Otosaka, Shigeyoshi; Togawa, Orihiko; Hayashi, Keisuke

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 44(2), p.238 - 247, 2007/02

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.44.238

A numerical simulation model system that consists of an ocean current model, Princeton Ocean Model (POM), and a particle random-walk model, SEA-GEARN, has been developed to describe the non-conservative radionuclide migration behavior in a shallow water region. Radionuclides that exist in the ocean are modeled in three phases, such as dissolved in seawater, adsorbed with suspended solids and adsorbed with active bottom sediment. The adsorption and desorption processes between the dissolved and solid phases are solved with the kinetic transfer coefficients by the stochastic method. Deposition of suspended solids and resuspension of bottom sediment are also considered. The system has been applied to simulate the long-term dispersion of Cs actually released from the BNFL spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield in UK. The calculation well reproduces the main characteristic of migration of dissolved Cs concentration in the Irish Sea.

Neutron and X-Ray diffraction measurements of phase stresses in SiC particulate reinforced aluminum composite

Akiniwa, Yoshiaki*; Tanaka, Keisuke*; *; Hayashi, Makoto*; Morii, Yukio; Minakawa, Nobuaki

Zairyo, 47(7), p.755 - 761, 1998/07

https://doi.org/10.2472/jsms.47.755

no abstracts in English

Present status of JT-60SU design

; Ushigusa, Kenkichi; Kikuchi, Mitsuru; Nagashima, Keisuke; Neyatani, Yuzuru; Miya, Naoyuki; ; Takahashi, Yoshikazu; Hayashi, Takumi; Kuriyama, Masaaki; et al.

Proceedings of 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium Fusion Engineering (SOFE'97), 1, p.233 - 236, 1998/00

no abstracts in English