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Lyons, T. P.*; Puebla, J.*; Yamamoto, Kei; Deacon, R. S.*; Hwang, Y.*; Ishibashi, Koji*; Maekawa, Sadamichi*; Otani, Yoshichika*
Physical Review Letters, 131(19), p.196701_1 - 196701_6, 2023/11
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：0(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Hama, Katsuhiro; Mikake, Shinichiro; Nishio, Kazuhisa; Kawamoto, Koji; Yamada, Nobuto; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Murakami, Hiroaki; Matsuoka, Toshiyuki; Sasao, Eiji; Sanada, Hiroyuki; et al.
JAEA-Review 2014-038, 137 Pages, 2014/12
JAEA-Review-2014-038.pdf:162.61MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) at Tono Geoscience Center (TGC) is pursuing a geoscientific research and development project namely the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) Project in crystalline rock environment in order to construct scientific and technological basis for geological disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste (HLW). The MIU Project has three overlapping phases: Surface-based Investigation phase (Phase I), Construction phase (Phase II), and Operation phase (Phase III). The MIU Project has been ongoing the Phase II and the Phase III in fiscal year 2013. This report presents the results of the investigations, construction and collaboration studies in fiscal year 2013, as a part of the Phase II and Phase III based on the MIU Master Plan updated in 2010.
Kawamoto, Koji; Kuboshima, Koji*; Murakami, Hiroaki; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Sasao, Eiji
JAEA-Research 2014-021, 30 Pages, 2014/11
JAEA-Research-2014-021.pdf:6.79MB
The MIU (Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory) Project has three overlapping phases, Surface-based investigation phase (Phase I), Construction phase (Phase II), and Operation phase (Phase III). Currently, the project is under Phase II and Phase III. One of Phase II goals is set up to develop and revise models of the geological environment using the investigation results obtained during excavation, and to determine and assess changes in the geological environment in response to excavation. This report aims at compiling results of study on geology and geological structure at the -500m Stage in the MIU construction site, investigated in the Phase II and provides the fundamental information on the geology and geological structure for future study and modeling of geological environment.
Kawamoto, Koji; Murakami, Hiroaki; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Sasao, Eiji; Watanabe, Kazuhiko; Mikake, Shinichiro; Ikeda, Koki
JAEA-Data/Code 2014-014, 27 Pages, 2014/08
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-014.pdf:24.28MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2014-014-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:92.23MB
This document presents the data of geological investigations at the -500m stage of the MIU from the 2011 fiscal year to the 2013 fiscal year. At the -500m stage of the MIU, although the Cretaceous Toki granite is distributed, pegmatite, aplite and lampropyre dike are distributed partially.
Ishibashi, Masayuki; Sasao, Eiji; Kuboshima, Koji; Matsuoka, Toshiyuki
JAEA-Research 2013-019, 31 Pages, 2013/11
JAEA-Research-2013-019.pdf:11.64MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency at Tono Geoscience Center is developing a geoscientific research project named the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) project in crystalline rock environment in order to establish scientific and technological basis for geological disposal of HLW. Geoscientific research at MIU is planned to be carried out in three phases; Surface-based Investigation Phase (Phase 1), Construction Phase (Phase 2) and Operation Phase (Phase 3). Currently, the project is under the Construction Phase (Phase 2) and the Operation Phase (Phase 3). In the phase 2, the geological models have been updated six times (Shaft180, Pilot500, Substage200, Stage300, Shaft460 and Shaft500 geological model) based on the increasing data. The updating result from Shaft180 geological model to Stage300 geological model was already published. Thus this document mainly describes Shaft460 and Shaft500 geological models at the Phase 2.
Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Sasao, Eiji; Kawamoto, Koji; Kuboshima, Koji; Ishibashi, Masayuki
JAEA-Research 2013-014, 35 Pages, 2013/11
JAEA-Research-2013-014.pdf:12.15MB
JAEA is performing the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) Project in order to establish comprehensive techniques for the investigation, analysis and assessment of the deep geological environment in the fractured crystalline rock. The Project has three overlapping phases with a total duration of about 20 years, and is under the Phase II (Construction phase) and the Phase III (Operation phase). One of the Phase II goals is set up to develop and revise models of the geological environment using the investigation results, and to determine and assess changes in the geological environment in response to excavation. This report aims compiling the study on geology and geological structure from G.L. -300m to G.L. -500m, excavated in the fiscal years from FY2008 to FY2012, and provides the fundamental information on the geology and geological structure for future study and modelling of geological environment. The compiling data are utilized in the updating of the geological models.
Ishibashi, Kenji*; Uesaka, Mitsuru*; Morita, Koji*; Sato, Yasushi*; Iimoto, Takeshi*; Watanabe, Yukinobu*; Unesaki, Hironobu*; Yamano, Hidemasa
Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi ATOMO
, 55(7), p.403 - 406, 2013/07
Japan-Korea Exchange program has been successful and their joint sessions have been accompanying conferences. With this background, younger generation's communication has been recognized as important role in Japan and Korea's joint cooperation. Thus students and young researchers support program has started. Understanding the achievements and the current status is important, expecting unrelated areas and working groups to show interest and hopefully join this area of work.
Kuboshima, Koji; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Sasao, Eiji; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Tagami, Masahiko*; Yuguchi, Takashi
JAEA-Research 2012-037, 78 Pages, 2013/03
JAEA-Research-2012-037.pdf:235.85MB
The MIU (Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory) Project has three overlapping phases, Surface-based investigation phase (Phase I), Construction phase (Phase II), and Operation phase (Phase III). Currently, the project is under Phase II and Phase III. One of Phase II goals is set up to develop and revise models of the geological environment using the investigation results obtained during excavation, and to determine and assess changes in the geological environment in response to excavation. This report aims compiling results of study on geology and geological structure from the surface to G.L. -300m in the Phase II and provides the fundamental information on the geology and geological structure for future study. The compiling results of this report reflected basic data are utilized in the updating of the geological models in the Phase II.
Kawamoto, Koji; Kuboshima, Koji; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Sasao, Eiji; Ikeda, Koki; Mikake, Shinichiro; Hara, Ikuo; Yamamoto, Masaru
JAEA-Data/Code 2012-025, 32 Pages, 2013/01
JAEA-Data-Code-2012-025.pdf:3.03MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-025-appendix.zip:126.32MB
This document presents the data of geological investigations in the shafts and research galleries from the depth of 300m to 500m of the MIU from the 2008 fiscal year to the 2011 fiscal year. In the shafts and research galleries of the MIU, although the Cretaceous Toki granite is distributed, pegmatite, aplite and lampropyre dike are distributed partially.
Kunimaru, Takanori; Mikake, Shinichiro; Nishio, Kazuhisa; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Matsuoka, Toshiyuki; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Kuboshima, Koji; Takeuchi, Ryuji; Mizuno, Takashi; Sato, Toshinori; et al.
JAEA-Review 2012-028, 31 Pages, 2012/08
JAEA-Review-2012-028.pdf:3.86MB
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) at Tono Geoscience Center (TGC) is pursuing a geoscientific research and development project namely the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) project in crystalline rock environment in order to construct scientific and technological basis for geological disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste (HLW). The MIU project is planned in three overlapping phases; Surface-based Investigation Phase (Phase I), Construction Phase (Phase II) and Operation Phase (Phase III). Currently, the project is under the Construction Phase and the Operation Phase. This document introduces the research and development activities planned for 2012 fiscal year based on the MIU Master Plan updated in 2010, construction plan and research collaboration plan, etc.
Kawamoto, Koji; Kuboshima, Koji; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Sasao, Eiji; Ikeda, Koki; Mikake, Shinichiro; Hara, Ikuo; Yamamoto, Masaru
JAEA-Data/Code 2012-009, 47 Pages, 2012/07
JAEA-Data-Code-2012-009.pdf:3.7MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-009-appendix(DVD-ROM)-1.zip:236.07MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-009-appendix(DVD-ROM)-2.zip:615.87MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-009-appendix(DVD-ROM)-3.zip:45.88MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-009-appendix(DVD-ROM)-4.zip:115.54MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-009-appendix(DVD-ROM)-5.zip:230.55MB
This document presents the data of geological investigations in the shafts and research galleries to the depth of 300 m of the MIU from the 2004 fiscal year to the 2008 fiscal year. In the shafts and research galleries of the MIU, the Cretaceous Toki granite is unconformably overlain by the generally flat lying Miocene Mizunami Group (younging upwards from the Toki Lignite-bearing Formation to the Hongo and Akeyo Formations) with a depth of about 166 m to 168 m.
Ueno, Takashi; Tokuyasu, Shingo; Kawamoto, Koji; Kuboshima, Koji; Ishibashi, Masayuki; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Sasao, Eiji; Ikeda, Koki; Mikake, Shinichiro; Hara, Ikuo; et al.
JAEA-Data/Code 2012-008, 136 Pages, 2012/07
JAEA-Data-Code-2012-008.pdf:27.39MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-008(errata).pdf:1.55MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-008-appendix(DVD-ROM)-1.zip:790.9MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-008-appendix(DVD-ROM)-2.zip:834.48MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-008-appendix(DVD-ROM)-3.zip:533.98MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-008-appendix(DVD-ROM)-4.zip:712.56MBJAEA-Data-Code-2012-008-appendix(DVD-ROM)-5.zip:525.5MB
This report compiles data of results from borehole investigations which has been carried out research gallery of Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU) in the fiscal year from 2005 to 2011. These data include results of core observation, geophysical logging, and so on.
Matsuda, Norihiro; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Sakamoto, Yukio; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Matsumura, Hiroshi*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Kinoshita, Norikazu*; Hirayama, Hideo*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Mokhov, N.*; et al.
Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 59(2), p.2055 - 2058, 2011/08
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0(Physics, Multidisciplinary)It is important to obtain neutron spectra and its intensity on shielding experiment. Deduction of high-energy neutron spectra were done using fitting and unfolding methods based on the shielding data obtained at the anti-proton (pbar) target station in Fermilab. The neutron spectra for fitting method is useful to be easily obtained and the values gave reasonable results compared with nuclear data. Therefore, that for unfolding methods included inconsistency. Furthermore, the deduced neutron spectra were verified through the calculation analyses by PHITS code.
Nakamura, Keisuke; Maeda, Makoto*; Yasumune, Takashi*; Maehata, Keisuke*; Ishibashi, Kenji*; Tanaka, Keiichi*; Umeno, Takahiro*; Takasaki, Koji; Momose, Takumaro
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 146(1-3), p.88 - 91, 2011/07
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：10.7(Environmental Sciences)A Transition Edge Sensor (TES) microcalorimeter has been developed for use as an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer. A TES microcalorimeter is a thermal detector used to measure the energy of an incident photon with increase in temperature. In this work, a TES microcalorimeter with a 5
m Au absorber was developed for use in measuring LX rays emitted from transuranium elements. Furthermore, as a cooling system a dilution refrigerator utilizing a Gifford-McMahon refrigerator was used, which needs no liquid helium. The performance of the TES microcalorimeter was evaluated by measuring the LX rays emitted by an 
Am source. This system proved effective in the measurement of the LX rays because the full width at half maximum of the L
X ray was about 80 eV.
Yashima, Hiroshi*; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Matsuda, Norihiro; Matsumura, Hiroshi*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Kinoshita, Norikazu*; Mokhov, N.*; Leveling, A.*; Boehnlein, D.*; Vaziri, K.*; et al.
Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 1, p.48 - 51, 2011/02
The shielding experiment was performed at the anti-proton production target station in Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Aluminum, Bismath, Niobium, Copper and Indium samples were placed behind the shields. After irradiation, induced activities of samples were measured by using HPGe detector. The spatial distribution of reaction rate of samples which were placed behind the iron and concrete shields were obtained. The measured data shows that the reaction rates on the outer surfaces of the iron and concrete shields increases toward the downstream of the target. The obtained reaction rates were also fitted to Moyer's formula, and the attenuation lengths for iron and concrete shields were obtained.
Matsuda, Norihiro; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Matsumura, Hiroshi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Iwase, Hiroshi*; Kinoshita, Norikazu*; Sanami, Toshiya*; Mokhov, N.*; Leveling, A.*; Boehnlein, D.*; et al.
Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 1, p.57 - 60, 2011/02
The anti-proton (pbar) production target in Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory can be produced a wide variety of secondary particles including of anti-protons, by bombarding with protons accelerated to 120 GeV. The shielding experimental data, which was obtained around the pbar target, make possible to validate the accuracies of the general-purpose Monte Carlo simulation codes. In this paper, spatial distribution of reaction rates were calculated with two-dimensional (r-z) geometry simplified the real pbar target station using the PHITS, MARS and MCNPX code. These experimental data in iron shield were compared with the calculated data. The comparison for attenuation length of iron were good agreement between the experiments and calculations.
Maehata, Keisuke*; Nakamura, Keisuke*; Yasumune, Takashi*; Ishibashi, Kenji*; Takasaki, Koji; Tanaka, Keiichi*; Odawara, Akikazu*; Nagata, Atsushi*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 47(3), p.308 - 313, 2010/03
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：35.66(Nuclear Science & Technology)A phase transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter was developed for the energy dispersive measurement of LX-ray photons emitted from transuranium elements. The phase transition temperature of the TES was designed to be 200 mK by using bilayer structure of Au of 120 nm thick and Ti of 50 nm thick. The Au layer of 5.0 m thick was deposited on the Au/Ti bilayer for absorption efficiency of 50% and counting rate of 100 counts per second in the detection of LX-ray photons with the energy from 10 to 20 keV. The TES microcalorimeter was operated for the detection of LX-ray photons emitted from Am, 
Pu and 
Pu sources. The decay time constant of 180 s of detection signal pulses allowed the TES microcalorimeter operating with the counting rate higher than 100 counts per second. The energy resolution was obtained to be 50 eV of FWHM value for a peak corresponding to 
Np L
X-ray of 17.75 keV.
Nakashima, Hiroshi; Sakamoto, Yukio; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Matsuda, Norihiro; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Masukawa, Fumihiro; Mokhov, N.*; Leveling, A.*; Boehnlein, D.*; et al.
Nuclear Technology, 168(2), p.482 - 486, 2009/11
Times Cited Count：7 Percentile：45.16(Nuclear Science & Technology)Experimental studies of shielding and radiation effects have been started using 120-GeV proton synchrotron at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) under collaboration between FNAL and Japan. The first campaign of the experiment was carried out at the Pbar target station and Numi experimental station at FNAL, using antiproton and neutrino production targets irradiated by 120-GeV protons. The generated secondary particles passing through steel, concrete and rock were measured by activation methods as well as by other detectors such as scintillator with a veto counter, phoswich detector and a Bonner ball counter on trial. Preliminary experimental results are presented.
Omori, Koji; Oki, Koichi; Ishibashi, Yuzo; Numano, Tatsuo; Sunaoshi, Mizuho*; Suzuki, Satoshi*; Sukegawa, Yasuhiro*
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Oki, Koichi; Omori, Koji; Ishibashi, Yuzo; Muto, Katsumi; Sukegawa, Yasuhiro*; Suzuki, Satoshi*
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