Nature of structural instabilities in superconducting SrIrSn

Kaneko, Koji; Cheung, Y. W.*; Hu, Y.*; Imai, Masaki*; Tanioku, Yasuaki*; Kanagawa, Hibiki*; Murakawa, Joichi*; Moriyama, Kodai*; Zhang, W.*; Lai, K. T.*; et al.

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 30, p.011032_1 - 011032_6, 2020/03

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.30.011032

Unique helical magnetic order and field-induced phase in trillium lattice antiferromagnet EuPtSi

Kaneko, Koji; Frontzek, M. D.*; Matsuda, Masaaki*; Nakao, Akiko*; Munakata, Koji*; Ohara, Takashi; Kakihana, Masashi*; Haga, Yoshinori; Hedo, Masato*; Nakama, Takao*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 88, p.013702_1 - 013702_5, 2019/01

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.88.013702

Extraction and separation of Se, Zr, Pd, and Cs including long-lived radionuclides

Sasaki, Yuji; Morita, Keisuke; Suzuki, Shinichi; Shiwaku, Hideaki; Ito, Keisuke; Takahashi, Yuya*; Kaneko, Masaaki*

Solvent Extraction Research and Development, Japan, 24(2), p.113 - 122, 2017/06

http://doi.org/10.15261/serdj.24.113

The solvent extraction of Se, Zr, Pd, and Cs from nitric acid into 1-octanol (OC) and dodecane has been performed. These elements include long-lived radionuclides in spent nuclear fuels, so a simple separation method is indispensable for the development of the treatment of high-level liquid radioactive waste. It was found that Se can be extracted using phenylenediamine, Zr can be extracted using tetraoctyl diglycolamide and di-2-ethylhexyl phosphoric acid, and Pd can be extracted using (methylimino)bis(dioctylacetamide) and hexaoctylnitrilotriacetamide. These elements can be recovered in over 90% yield by these extractants from nitric acid into OC. A distribution ratio of Cs of greater than 1 can be obtained using di-t-butyldibenzo-18-crown-6. It is clear that 90% recovery of Cs can be achieved using an extraction solvent with ten times the volume of the aqueous phase.

Influence of electron doping on magnetic order in CeRuAl

Kobayashi, Riki*; Kaneko, Koji; Saito, Kotaro*; Mignot, J.-M.*; Andr, G.*; Robert, J.*; Wakimoto, Shuichi; Matsuda, Masaaki*; Chi, S.*; Haga, Yoshinori; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 83(10), p.104707_1 - 104707_5, 2014/10

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.83.104707

Development of proposed guideline of flow-induced vibration evaluation for hot-leg piping in a sodium-cooled fast reactor

Sakai, Takaaki; Yamano, Hidemasa; Tanaka, Masaaki; Ono, Ayako; Ohshima, Hiroyuki; Kaneko, Tetsuya*; Hirota, Kazuo*; Sago, Hiromi*; Xu, Y.*; Iwamoto, Yukiharu*; et al.

Proceedings of 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-15) (USB Flash Drive), 13 Pages, 2013/05

The development of flow-induced vibration evaluation methodology has reached a milestone that separate-effect experimental data under a high Reynolds number regime including swirl and deflected inflow conditions are available for the validation of the methodology. On the other hand, technical standards are desirable to be documented for designers of sodium-cooled fast reactors. From such a background, the documentation of a flow-induced vibration design guideline has been made for the hot-leg piping of Japan sodium-cooled fast reactor. This paper describes the design guideline of the flow-induced vibration evaluation methodology, which has been informed from main separate-effect experiments, as well as supplemental interpretation for the guideline.

Neutron scattering studies of the spin-5/2 antiferromagnetic linear trimer substance SrMnPO

Hase, Masashi*; Dnni, A.*; Ozawa, Kiyoshi*; Kitazawa, Hideaki*; Sakai, Osamu*; Pomjakushin, V. Y.*; Keller, L.*; Kaneko, Koji; Metoki, Naoto; Kakurai, Kazuhisa; et al.

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 340, p.012066_1 - 012066_7, 2012/00

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/340/1/012066

We determined the magnetic structure below K of the spin-5/2 antiferromagnetic (AF) trimer substance SrMnPO using neutron powder diffraction experiments. The incommensurate propagation vector is expressed as [0, , 0], due to competition between the nearest-neighbor and next-nearest-neighbor interactions in trimerized chains. The value of is 0.316 to 0.331, changing rapidly at K. We confirmed that the intra-trimer interaction is AF. The magnetic excitation peaks were obsereved at 0.46, 0.68, and 1.02 meV. The weak Q dependence indicates the discrete energy levels, which do not contradict the AF trimer model with the intra-trimer interaction value of 0.29 meV (3.4 K).

Simple cation-exchange separation for ICP-MS measurement of Se in spent nuclear fuel sample

Asai, Shiho; Hanzawa, Yukiko; Suzuki, Hideya; Toshimitsu, Masaaki; Okumura, Keisuke; Shinohara, Nobuo; Kimura, Takaumi; Inagawa, Jun; Suzuki, Kensuke*; Kaneko, Satoru*

Proceedings of International Conference on Toward and Over the Fukushima Daiichi Accident (GLOBAL 2011) (CD-ROM), 5 Pages, 2011/12

Analyses of assay data of LWR spent nuclear fuels with a continuous-energy Monte Carlo code MVP and JENDL-4.0 for inventory estimation of Se, Tc, Sn and Cs

Okumura, Keisuke; Asai, Shiho; Hanzawa, Yukiko; Suzuki, Hideya; Toshimitsu, Masaaki; Inagawa, Jun; Okamoto, Tsutomu; Shinohara, Nobuo; Kaneko, Satoru*; Suzuki, Kensuke*

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 2, p.369 - 374, 2011/10

https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.2.369

For accurate inventory estimation of long-lived fission products in LWR spent fuels, a new burn-up chain model and decay data based on the latest nuclear data such as JENDL-4.0 was developed. MVP-BURN with the latest nuclear data was applied to several post irradiation examinations including inventory measurements of Se, Tc, Sn and Cs. One of them is a new measurement by JAEA. From the PIE analyses, it is found that the new PIE data obtained by JAEA is consistent with the other PIE data by different laboratory with different techniques. It is also confirmed that the present calculation results show good agreements with experimental ones within about 10% for productions of Se and Cs. In contrast, amounts of Tc and Sn are overestimated by about 50%. These discrepancies are likely due to the effect of insoluble residue produced during sample dissolution and/or errors of fission yields in the analyses.

Computational study for inventory estimation of Se-79, Tc-99, Sn-126, and Cs-135 in high-level radioactive wastes from spent nuclear fuels of light water reactors

Okumura, Keisuke; Asai, Shiho; Hanzawa, Yukiko; Okamoto, Tsutomu; Suzuki, Hideya; Toshimitsu, Masaaki; Inagawa, Jun; Kimura, Takaumi; Suzuki, Kensuke*; Kaneko, Satoru*

Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management (ICEM 2011) (CD-ROM), p.1443 - 1450, 2011/09

https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2011-59087

Inventory estimation of long-lived fission products (LLFPs) in high-level radioactive wastes (HLW) from spent nuclear fuels of light water reactors is important for a safety assessment of their disposal. In order to develop an inventory estimation method of difficult-to-measure LLFPs (Se-79, Tc-99, Sn-126, and Cs-135), a parametric study was carried out by using a sophisticated burnup calculation code and data. In the parametric study, fuel specifications and irradiation conditions are changed in the conceivable range. The considered parameters are fuel assembly types (PWR / BWR), U-235 enrichment, moderator temperature, void fraction, power density, and so on. From the calculated results, we clarify the burnup characteristics of the target LLFPs and their possible ranges of generations. Finally, candidates of the key nuclide are proposed for the scaling factor method of HLW.

Post irradiation examination analyses with a continuous-energy Monte Carlo code MVP for long-lived fission products in LWR spent fuels

Okumura, Keisuke; Asai, Shiho; Hanzawa, Yukiko; Suzuki, Hideya; Toshimitsu, Masaaki; Inagawa, Jun; Katakura, Junichi; Shinohara, Nobuo; Kaneko, Satoru*; Suzuki, Kensuke*

Proceedings of Joint International Conference of 7th Supercomputing in Nuclear Application and 3rd Monte Carlo (SNA + MC 2010) (USB Flash Drive), 5 Pages, 2010/10

For accurate inventory estimation of long-lived fission products in LWR spent fuels, a new burn-up chain model and decay data based on the latest nuclear data were developed for MVP-BURN. They were applied to three post irradiation examinations including inventory measurements of Se, Tc, Sn and Cs. One of them is new measurements performed by JAEA. From the PIE analyses, it is found that the new measurements by JAEA are consistent with the other PIE data obtained by different laboratory with different techniques. It is also confirmed that the present calculation results show good agreements with experimental ones for Se and Cs within about 10%. In contrast, amounts of Tc and Sn are overestimated by about up to 50%. These discrepancies are likely due to the effect of insoluble residue in the measurements and/or errors of fission yields in the analyses.