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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.
Chiera, N. M.*; Sato, Tetsuya; Eichler, R.*; Tomitsuka, Tomohiro; Asai, Masato; Adachi, Sadia*; Dressler, R.*; Hirose, Kentaro; Inoue, Hiroki*; Ito, Yuta; et al.
Angewandte Chemie; International Edition, 60(33), p.17871 - 17874, 2021/08
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:14.88(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)The formation and the chemical characterization of single atoms of dubnium (Db, element 105), in the form of its volatile oxychloride, was investigated using the on-line gas phase chromatography technique, in the temperature range 350 - 600 C. Under the exact same chemical conditions, comparative studies with the lighter homologs of group-5 in the Periodic Table clearly indicate the volatility sequence being NbOCl TaOCl DbOCl. From the obtained experimental results, thermochemical data for DbOCl were derived. The present study delivers reliable experimental information for theoretical calculations on the chemical properties of transactinides.
Inoue, Kentaro*; Hashimoto, Tadashi; Tanida, Kiyoshi; 69 of others*
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 17, p.072003_1 - 072003_4, 2017/07
Hattori, Takanori; Sano, Asami; Arima, Hiroshi*; Komatsu, Kazuki*; Yamada, Akihiro*; Inamura, Yasuhiro; Nakatani, Takeshi; Seto, Yusuke*; Nagai, Takaya*; Utsumi, Wataru; et al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 780, p.55 - 67, 2015/04
Times Cited Count:75 Percentile:99.01(Instruments & Instrumentation)PLANET is a time-of-flight (ToF) neutron beamline dedicated to high-pressure and high-temperature experiments. The large six-axis multi-anvil high-pressure press designed for ToF neutron diffraction experiments enables routine data collection at high pressures and high temperatures up to 10 GPa and 2000 K, respectively. To obtain clean data, the beamline is equipped with the incident slits and receiving collimators to eliminate parasitic scattering from the high-pressure cell assembly. The high performance of the diffractometer for the resolution ( / 0.6%) and the accessible -spacing range (0.2-8.4 ) together with low-parasitic scattering characteristics enables precise structure determination of crystals and liquids under high pressure and temperature conditions.
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
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.
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).
Nagata, Shinji*; Katsui, Hirokazu*; Tsuchiya, Bun*; Inoue, Aichi; Yamamoto, Shunya; To, Kentaro; Shikama, Tatsuo*
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 386-388, p.1045 - 1048, 2009/04
Times Cited Count:14 Percentile:66.94(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Sato, Koichi*; Inoue, Kazuya*; Yoshiie, Toshimasa*; Xu, Q.*; Wakai, Eiichi; Kutsukake, Chuzo; Ochiai, Kentaro
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 386-388, p.203 - 205, 2009/04
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:17.7(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)V-4Cr-4Ti F82H, Ni and Cu were irradiated with fission and fusion neutrons at room temperature and 473 K. Defect structures were analyzed and compared using positron annihilation lifetime measurement, and microstructural evolution was discussed. The mean lifetime of positrons (the total amount of residual defects) increased with the irradiation dose. The effect of cascade impact was detected in Ni at room temperature. The size and the number of vacancy clusters were not affected by the displacement rate in the fission neutron irradiation at 473 K for the metals studied. The vacancy clusters were not formed in V Cr Ti irradiated at 473 K in the range of 10-10 dpa. In F82H irradiated at 473 K, the defect evolution was prevented by pre-existing defects. The mean lifetime of positrons in fission neutron irradiation was longer than that in fusion neutron irradiation in V Cr Ti at 473 K. It was interpreted that more closely situated subcascades were formed in the fusion neutron irradiation and subcascades interacted with each other, and consequently the vacancy clusters did not grow larger.
Nagata, Shinji*; Inoue, Aichi; Yamamoto, Shunya; Tsuchiya, Bun*; Takano, Katsuyoshi; To, Kentaro*; Shikama, Tatsuo*
Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 446-447, p.558 - 561, 2007/10
Times Cited Count:20 Percentile:69.88(Chemistry, Physical)The effect of the composition of non-stoichiometric WO films on the gasochromic coloration are investigated. The films are prepared by a reactive RF magnetron sputtering with varying oxygen partial pressure. To determine the quantitative composition of deposited films, Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) and Elastic recoil detection (ERD) are employed. Gasochromic coloration of the films coated with Pd catalyst is examined by optical transmission in hydrogen gas. O/W atomic ratio of the films increases from 0.25 to 3.0 with increasing the oxygen partial pressure in the sputtering gas. H/W ratio increases up to 0.7 with increasing the O/W ration. As regards gasochromic coloration, the film with O/W atomic ratio of 3.0 shows superior coloration performance comparing with that of less than 3.0. Therefore, it is assumed that the good gasochromic coloration of tungsten oxide films is realized by near-stoichiometric WO. In addition, gasochromic coloration state, increasing of hydrogen concentration in WO films is observed. It indicates that gasochromic coloration of WO is relate to formation of HWO structure.
Nagata, Shinji*; Yamamoto, Shunya; Inoue, Aichi*; Tsuchiya, Bun*; To, Kentaro*; Shikama, Tatsuo*
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 367-370(2), p.1009 - 1013, 2007/08
Times Cited Count:32 Percentile:88.39(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Inoue, Aichi; Nagata, Shinji*; To, Kentaro*; Tsuchiya, Bun*; Yamamoto, Shunya; Shikama, Tatsuo*
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 367-370(2), p.1112 - 1116, 2007/08
Times Cited Count:5 Percentile:37.19(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)The ion-induced luminescence behavior has been investigated for Cr-doped alumina (ruby, -AlO: 0.5 wt% Cr) under MeV region H and He ion irradiation. The initial yield of the R-line luminescence (693 nm) increased proportionally to the projected range of the incident H ions, indicating that the ion- induced luminescence efficiency for an H ion was constant with independence of the electronic energy loss. However, the He induced luminescence yield was not directly related to either the projected range or the incident energy, corresponding that the efficiency decreased with increasing the electronic energy loss. The reduction of R-line yields by the ion irradiation was adequately explained by decreasing R-line luminescence centers.
Nagata, Shinji*; Higashi, Seijiro*; Tsuchiya, Bun*; To, Kentaro*; Shikama, Tatsuo*; Takahiro, Katsumi*; Ozaki, Koichi*; Kawatsura, Kiyoshi*; Yamamoto, Shunya; Inoue, Aichi
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 257(1-2), p.420 - 423, 2007/04
Times Cited Count:16 Percentile:72.04(Instruments & Instrumentation)Structural modification and primary precipitates in the ZrAlNiCu alloy films (50-100 m thickness) caused by radiation with 300-500 keV H, Ag, Cu and Au ions has been studied. The results of XRD indicated that a metastable primary phase was formed in the alloy by the heat treatment after ion irradiation, but no difference was observed just after the ion irradiation at room temperature. Furthermore, higher incident Au ion fluence effectively suppressed thermal precipitation of the ZrNi type crystalline phase in the alloy. The deposited energy dependence of the precipitation behavior indicated an increase of the nucleation sites by the implanted metal atoms, simultaneously with a decrease of the growth rate by higher energy deposition density.
Nagata, Shinji*; Yamamoto, Shunya; Inoue, Aichi; Tsuchiya, Bun*; To, Kentaro*; Takano, Katsuyoshi; Yoshikawa, Masahito; Shikama, Tatsuo*
JAEA-Review 2006-042, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2005, P. 148, 2007/02
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Hamada, Kentaro*; Inoue, Masayoshi*; Tanaka, Atsushi; Watanabe, Hiroshi
Plant Biotechnology, 18(4), p.251 - 257, 2001/04
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Nagata, Shinji*; Inoue, Aichi; To, Kentaro*; Tsuchiya, Bun*; Shikama, Tatsuo*; Yamamoto, Shunya; Takano, Katsuyoshi; Yoshikawa, Masahito
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Nagata, Shinji*; To, Kentaro*; Tsuchiya, Bun*; Shikama, Tatsuo*; Yamamoto, Shunya; Takano, Katsuyoshi; Inoue, Aichi
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Nagata, Shinji*; Tsuchiya, Bun*; Takahiro, Katsumi*; Ozaki, Koichi*; Inoue, Aichi; Yamamoto, Shunya; To, Kentaro*; Shikama, Tatsuo*; Kawatsura, Kiyoshi*
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Effect of the ion implantation on the phase transformation was studied for ZrAlNiCu glassy and crystalline alloys, using Au, Pt and Cu ions with 500 keV up to a fluence of 810m. In the glassy ZrAlNiCu alloys, the formation of a meta-stable or an ichosahedral phase was promoted as the primary precipitates, by successive heat treatment after the ion implantation. Ion induced amorphization and the suppression of the thermal precipitation was found in the pre-crystallized alloy. The Au atoms were retained along to their projected ranges at room temperature and did not diffuse during the heat treatment at 760 K for 30 s. On the other hand, implanted Pt atoms were not detected in the implanted layer even at room temperature. Changes of the binding energy of the core level electron and valence band structure indicated the formation of Au-Cu alloys in the implanted region.
Nagata, Shinji*; Tsuchiya, Bun*; To, Kentaro*; Shikama, Tatsuo*; Inoue, Aichi; Yamamoto, Shunya; Takano, Katsuyoshi
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Inoue, Aichi; Nagata, Shinji*; Yamamoto, Shunya; Tsuchiya, Bun*; To, Kentaro*; Shikama, Tatsuo*
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Sato, Tetsuya; Chiera, N. M.*; Tomitsuka, Tomohiro; Tokoi, Katsuyuki*; Suzuki, Hayato*; Ito, Yuta; Asai, Masato; Shirai, Kaori*; Inoue, Hiroki*; Adachi, Sadia*; et al.
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The influence of strong relativistic effects on chemical properties has been interesting in the superheavy element region. Their chemical properties, however, have not been investigated sufficiently because of experimental difficulties owing to their low production rates and short half-lives. In order to elucidate the chemical properties of dubnium (Db, Z = 105), we have conducted on-line isothermal gas chromatographic experiments of oxychloride of group-5 elements. We confirmed the formation of volatile oxychlorides of Db and its lighter homologs Nb and Ta by using Db (half-life, = 33.8 s), Nb ( = 14.5 min.), and Ta ( = 6.76 min.), respectively. We successfully determined the adsorption enthalpies of the oxychlorides of each element on the quartz surface from their isothermal gas chromatographic behavior. The obtained volatility sequence of the group-5 elements is found to be Nb Ta Db.