Status report of JAEA-AMS-TONO; Research and technical development in the last four years

Kokubu, Yoko; Fujita, Natsuko; Watanabe, Takahiro; Matsubara, Akihiro; Ishizaka, Chika; Miyake, Masayasu*; Nishio, Tomohiro*; Kato, Motohisa*; Ogawa, Yumi*; Ishii, Masahiro*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 539, p.68 - 72, 2023/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2023.03.005

The JAEA-AMS-TONO facility at the Tono Geoscience Center, JAEA has an accelerator mass spectrometer (JAEA-AMS-TONO-5MV). The spectrometer enabled us to use a multi-nuclide AMS of carbon-14 (C), beryllium-10, aluminium-26 and iodine-129, and we have recently been proceeding test measurement of chlorine-36. In response to an increase of samples, we installed a state-of-the-art multi-nuclide AMS with a 300 kV Tandetron accelerator in 2020. Recently, we are driving the development of techniques of isobar separation in AMS and of sample preparation. Ion channeling is applied to remove isobaric interference and we are building a prototype AMS based on this technique for downsizing of AMS. The small sample graphitization for C has been attempted using an automated graphitization equipment equipped with an elemental analyzer.

Quantitative and semi-quantitative analyses using a portable energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer; Geochemical applications in fault rocks, lake sediments, and event deposits

Watanabe, Takahiro; Ishii, Chikako; Ishizaka, Chika; Niwa, Masakazu; Shimada, Koji; Sawai, Yuki*; Tsuchiya, Noriyoshi*; Matsunaka, Tetsuya*; Ochiai, Shinya*; Nara, Fumiko*

Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 116(3), p.140 - 158, 2021/00

https://doi.org/10.2465/jmps.201224

A portable energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (potable XRF) can be an effective tool for detecting chemical elements in various materials, such as geological, and environmental samples. In this study, working curves were confirmed using reference materials, such as igneous rocks and other geochemical standards, distributed by national and international organizations. Subsequently, quantification and semi-quantification analyses were performed by the portable XRF for inorganic elements in (A) fault rocks, (B) lake sediments from the middle Japan, and (C) soils with paleotsunami deposits from the Pacific coast of northeast Japan. Twenty-four elements (Mg-U) in these geological samples were measured by potable XRF using our working curves. Measured values by the portable XRF of the samples were good agreement with the reported values in almost cases.

Sample preparation method for measurement of in-situ belliyum-10 and allumium-26 in terrestrial quartz using accelerator mass spectrometry at Tono Geoscience Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Kokubu, Yoko; Matsushi, Yuki*; Ishizaka, Chika*; Hirao, Noriaki*; Yonaga, Yusuke; Yoshikawa, Kiyotaka*

JAEA-Testing 2019-002, 101 Pages, 2019/11

JAEA-Testing-2019-002.pdf:4.69MB

This report provides a description of sample preparation method for measurement of in-situ belliyum-10 (Be) and allumium-26 (Al) in terrestrial quartz using accelerator mass spectrometry at Tono Geoscience Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency. The report is based on the laboratory manual "Chemistry for in-situ Be and Al measurement for terrestrial quartz by AMS at MALT ver.1.3 and ver.2.2" prepared by ph.D Matsushi at Kyoto University.

Present status of the accelerator facility at the JAEA-AMS-TONO (2018)

Fujita, Natsuko; Matsubara, Akihiro; Miyake, Masayasu*; Watanabe, Takahiro; Kokubu, Yoko; Kato, Motohisa*; Okabe, Nobuaki*; Isozaki, Nobuhiro*; Ishizaka, Chika*; Torazawa, Hitoshi*; et al.

Dai-32-Kai Tandemu Kasokuki Oyobi Sono Shuhen Gijutsu No Kenkyukai Hokokushu, p.57 - 59, 2019/09

no abstracts in English

The Twenty years of JAEA-AMS-TONO

Kokubu, Yoko; Fujita, Natsuko; Matsubara, Akihiro*; Nishizawa, Akimitsu*; Nishio, Tomohiro; Miyake, Masayasu; Ishimaru, Tsuneari; Watanabe, Takahiro; Ogata, Nobuhisa; Shimada, Akiomi; et al.

JAEA-Conf 2018-002, p.5 - 8, 2019/02

https://doi.org/10.11484/jaea-conf-2018-002

no abstracts in English

Development of the main probe for measuring a beam phase width in the JAEA AVF cyclotron

Miyawaki, Nobumasa; Okumura, Susumu; Kurashima, Satoshi; Kashiwagi, Hirotsugu; Yoshida, Kenichi; Yuri, Yosuke; Yuyama, Takahiro; Ishibori, Ikuo; Agematsu, Takashi; Ishizaka, Tomohisa; et al.

Proceedings of 4th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan and 32nd Linear Accelerator Meeting in Japan (CD-ROM), p.604 - 606, 2007/00

The main probe of the JAEA AVF cyclotron has been modified to measure a beam phase width in the accelerating region without extracting the beam from the cyclotron, which could cause the beam loss at the extraction device. The main probe consists of a carbon block for a beam current measurement and a plastic scintillator for a beam phase measurement. A correlation between the beam phase width and the position of phase slits was confirmed.

Small sample graphitization for C dating using EA-AGE3 at JAEA-AMS-TONO

Watanabe, Takahiro; Kokubu, Yoko; Fujita, Natsuko; Ishizaka, Chika*; Nishio, Tomohiro; Matsubara, Akihiro; Miyake, Masayasu*; Isozaki, Nobuhiro*; Nishizawa, Akimitsu*

no journal, , 

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry is widely used for radiometric dating of geological samples. However, improvement in efficiency of sample preparation techniques and trace analysis are needed for high-time resolution dataset. To improve in efficiency of sample preparation techniques and trace analysis, the elemental analyzer and automated graphitization equipment 3 (EA-AGE3) were installed at the Tono Geoscience Center, JAEA. In this study, small amount graphitization of international standard reference materials for radiocarbon dating was tested by the EA-AGE3. For the trace analysis, radiocarbon measurements were performed by the AMS system. The radiocarbon concentrations of the standard materials were good agreement with the consensus values by the international radiocarbon conference within 2.