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Hamase, Erina; Kawamura, Takumi*; Doda, Norihiro; Tanaka, Masaaki
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 236, p.112358_1 - 112358_13, 2026/10
Times Cited Count：0To ensure the reliability of analysis results from the plant dynamics analysis code Super-COPD, a validation process comprising forward uncertainty quantification (Forward UQ) and sensitivity analysis (SA) using the Sobol method was developed. Uncertainty propagation analysis of input parameters was performed for the loss of flow without scram test in the FFTF and demonstrated that encompassing test results can serve as one measure validation criterion. Furthermore, SA identified dominant input parameters affecting uncertainty and provided effective targets for reducing uncertainty. This study confirms that Forward UQ and SA using the Sobol method are applicable for the validation process.
Yomogida, Takumi; Scaria, J.*; Fablet, L.*; Tokunaga, Kohei; Dei, Shuntaro; Higashi, Kotaro*; Kawamura, Naomi*; Takahashi, Yoshio*; Marsac, R.*
Chemical Communications, 61(91), p.17926 - 17929, 2025/11
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)This paper presents insights into the influence of magnetite stoichiometry (0 
R = Fe(II)/Fe(III) 0.5) on the surface reduction of U(VI) to U(V) and U(IV), as a key parameter controlling U redox speciation in natural settings. Although R can readily change due to the oxidation of structural Fe(II) or proton/ligand-promoted dissolution, prior studies have not quantified U(V) when assessing these effects. We employed U L
-edge HERFD-XANES spectroscopy to investigate the electronic structure of U on magnetite with varying stoichiometries and observed a peak splitting of U(V) on magnetite. Our results demonstrate the high stability of U(V) species under a wide range of conditions, and after 10 days on magnetite by the combination of MCR-ALS analysis. A key finding is that structural Fe(II), whose abundance depends on pH and redox conditions, plays a critical role for in the stabilization of U(V) on magnetite.
Hamase, Erina; Kawamura, Takumi*; Doda, Norihiro; Tanaka, Masaaki
Nihon Kikai Gakkai 2025-Nendo Nenji Taikai Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 5 Pages, 2025/09
To investigate the applicability of uncertainty quantification (UQ) and sensitivity analysis (SA) methods for validating a fast reactor plant dynamics analysis code, forward UQ and SA employing Sobol' method were performed for FFTF LOFWOS test No.13. The result demonstrated that validity can be judged if the test results fall within the quantified uncertainty range, and that the dominant input parameters influencing uncertainty can be quantitatively evaluated, enabling prioritization of parameters for uncertainty reduction. This confirms the applicability of forward UQ and SA employing Sobol' method.
Hamase, Erina; Fujisaki, Tatsuya*; Kawamura, Takumi*; Miyake, Yasuhiro*; Doda, Norihiro; Ono, Ayako; Tanaka, Masaaki
Proceedings of 10th Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety (CFD4NRS-10) (Internet), 12 Pages, 2025/00
To accurately evaluate the plant behavior during natural circulation decay heat removal using a dipped-type direct heat exchanger, we have developed a coupled analysis method using a plant dynamics analysis code and a CFD code. As a result of coupled analysis for a transient test using PRACS in the PLANDTL-1, the results demonstrated that the thermal-hydraulic behavior in the primary loop can be evaluated by considering local phenomena within a reactor vessel (RV), and the phenomena in the RV can be simulated by incorporating feedback from thermal-hydraulics in the primary loop. We confirmed the coupled analysis method was applicable to evaluate the plant transient behavior.
Hamase, Erina; Kawamura, Takumi*; Doda, Norihiro; Tanaka, Masaaki
Proceedings of 13th Korea-Japan Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS13) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2024/11
A plant dynamics analysis code, Super-COPD, is being developed for the design and safety evaluation of sodium-cooled fast reactors. Verification, validation, and uncertainty quantification (VVUQ) are required to ensure the reliability of its analysis results. In this study, to develop the VVUQ method, the uncertainty propagation analysis of input parameters was performed for the loss of flow without scram test in the FFTF, and the process of validation was investigated. In addition, the method of sensitivity analysis was investigated. As a result, the uncertainty of the analysis results was quantified, the applicability of the statistical method was confirmed. The sensitivity analysis using the Sobol' method identified the models that needs to be prioritized for improvement.
Hamase, Erina; Ohgama, Kazuya; Kawamura, Takumi*; Doda, Norihiro; Tanaka, Masaaki; Yamano, Hidemasa
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 195, p.110157_1 - 110157_14, 2024/01
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：52.59(Nuclear Science & Technology)To validate the fast reactor plant dynamics analysis code Super-COPD for the loss of flow without scram (LOFWOS) event, we participated in the IAEA benchmark for the LOFWOS test No.13 performed at the FFTF as one of the passive safety demonstration test. In the blind phase, there were challenges to reproduce outlet temperatures of fuel assemblies and the total reactivity. To improve the evaluation accuracy of them, the whole core model considering the radial heat transfer and interwrapper flow and the simplified assembly bowing reactivity model were introduced. As a result of the final phase, the second peak of outlet temperatures was reproduced successfully, and the total reactivity could generally follow the measured data. Super-COPD was validated for the LOFWOS event.
-edge to assess the U(V) electronic structure in FeUO
Yomogida, Takumi; Akiyama, Daisuke*; Ouchi, Kazuki; Kumagai, Yuta; Higashi, Kotaro*; Kitatsuji, Yoshihiro; Kirishima, Akira*; Kawamura, Naomi*; Takahashi, Yoshio*
Inorganic Chemistry, 61(50), p.20206 - 20210, 2022/12
Times Cited Count：11 Percentile：65.47(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)FeUO was studied to clarify the electronic structure of U(V) in a metal monouranate compound. We obtained the peak splitting of HERFD-XANES spectra utilizing high-energy-resolution fluorescence detection-X-ray absorption near edge structure (HERFD-XANES) spectroscopy at the U L-edge, which is a novel technique in the U(V) compounds. Theoretical calculations revealed that the peak splitting was caused by splitting the 6d orbital of U(V). Such distinctive electronic states are of major interest to researchers and engineers working in various fields, from fundamental physics to the nuclear industry and environmental sciences for actinide elements.
Hamase, Erina; Ohgama, Kazuya; Kawamura, Takumi*; Doda, Norihiro; Yamano, Hidemasa; Tanaka, Masaaki
Proceedings of 12th Japan-Korea Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS12) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2022/10
To improve the prediction accuracy of the plant dynamics analysis code named Super-COPD, JAEA has joined the IAEA benchmark for the FFTF Loss of Flow Without Scram Test No.13. In the first blind phase, there was the challenge to perform outlet temperatures of fuel assemblies more accurately. Hence, the renewed analysis was performed with the whole core multi-channel model in which each assembly was modelled to simulate the radial heat transfer among assemblies and the flow redistribution induced by the buoyancy in the NC conditions. Then, to validate the coupled transient analysis between the whole core multi-channel model and the one-point kinetics model, the analysis considering major reactivity feedbacks such as GEM, assembly bowing was performed. As a result, the second peak of outlet temperatures was reproduced successfully, and it was observed that the plant dynamics analysis could follow the measured data.
Watanabe, Masao; Nojiri, Hiroyuki*; Ito, Shinichi*; Kawamura, Seiko; Kihara, Takumi*; Masuda, Takatsugu*; Sahara, Takuro*; Soda, Minoru*; Takahashi, Ryuta
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 25, p.011024_1 - 011024_5, 2019/03
Recently, neutron scattering experiments have been rapidly progressed under high magnetic field. In the J-PARC, proto-type compact pulse magnet system with the power supply, the coil and the sample stick has been developed. Basic specifications of the power supply are as follows; maximum charged voltage with capacitor is 2 kV, maximum current is 8 kA, repetition rate is a pulse per several minutes and pulse duration is several msec. Maximum magnetic field in the coil is more than 30 Tesla. The sample stick is designed for Orange-Cryostat. In this presentation, We report the details of the pulsed magnet system and the performance of it on neutron scattering experiments at MLF beam line (HRC).
Strasser, P.*; Abe, Mitsushi*; Aoki, Masaharu*; Choi, S.*; Fukao, Yoshinori*; Higashi, Yoshitaka*; Higuchi, Takashi*; Iinuma, Hiromi*; Ikedo, Yutaka*; Ishida, Katsuhiko*; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 198, p.00003_1 - 00003_8, 2019/01
Times Cited Count：18 Percentile：98.46(Quantum Science & Technology)Suekuni, Koichiro*; Lee, C. H.*; Tanaka, Hiromi*; Nishibori, Eiji*; Nakamura, Atsushi*; Kasai, Hidetaka*; Mori, Hitoshi*; Usui, Hidetomo*; Ochi, Masayuki*; Hasegawa, Takumi*; et al.
Advanced Materials, 30(13), p.1706230_1 - 1706230_6, 2018/03
Times Cited Count：68 Percentile：89.48(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Thermoelectric materials for highly efficient devices must satisfy conflicting requirements of high electrical conductivity and low thermal conductivity. In this paper, we studied the crystal structure and phonon dynamics of tetrahedrites (Cu,Zn)
(Sb,As)S
. The results revealed that the Cu atoms in a planar coordination are rattling, which effectively scatter phonons. These findings provide a new strategy for the development of highly efficient thermoelectric materials with planar coordination.
Se
Lee, C. H.*; Nishida, Atsuhiro*; Hasegawa, Takumi*; Nishiate, Hirotaka*; Kunioka, Haruno*; Kawamura, Seiko; Nakamura, Mitsutaka; Nakajima, Kenji; Mizuguchi, Yoshikazu*
Applied Physics Letters, 112(2), p.023903_1 - 023903_4, 2018/01
Times Cited Count：34 Percentile：75.90(Physics, Applied)Low energy phonons in LaOBiSSe are studied using inelastic neutron scattering. Dispersionless flat phonon branches that are mainly associated with a large vibration of Bi atoms are observed at a relatively low energy of 
= 6 - 6.7 meV. The phonon energy softens upon Se doping owing to its heavier atomic mass than S atom and the expansion of lattice constant. Simultaneously, the lattice thermal conductivity lowered upon Se doping as the same manner of the phonon softening. These suggest that despite the lack of an oversized cage in LaOBiSSe, rattling motions of Bi atoms can scatter phonon like rattling in cage compounds, contributing to enhance the thermoelectric property.
Kawamura, Yoshinori; Tanigawa, Hisashi; Hirose, Takanori; Enoeda, Mikio; Sato, Satoshi; Ochiai, Kentaro; Konno, Chikara; Edao, Yuki; Hayashi, Takumi; Hoshino, Tsuyoshi; et al.
Fusion Engineering and Design, 109-111(Part B), p.1637 - 1643, 2016/11
Times Cited Count：29 Percentile：89.91(Nuclear Science & Technology)The development of a Water Cooled Ceramic Breeder (WCCB) Test Blanket Module (TBM) is being performed as one of the most important steps toward DEMO blanket in Japan. For the TBM testing and development of DEMO blanket, R&D has been performed on the module fabrication technology, breeder and multiplier pebble fabrication technology, tritium production rate evaluation, as well as structural design activities. This paper provides an overview of the recent achievements of the development of the WCCB Blanket in Japan.
Ito, Kei; Koizumi, Yasuo; Ohshima, Hiroyuki; Kawamura, Takumi*
Mechanical Engineering Journal (Internet), 3(3), p.15-00671_1 - 15-00671_9, 2016/06
Isobe, Kanetsugu; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Iwai, Yasunori; Oyaizu, Makoto; Nakamura, Hirofumi; Suzuki, Takumi; Yamada, Masayuki; Edao, Yuki; Kurata, Rie; Hayashi, Takumi; et al.
Fusion Engineering and Design, 98-99, p.1792 - 1795, 2015/10
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)Activities on Broader Approach (BA) were started in 2007 on the basis of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the EURATOM. The period of BA activities consist of Phase1 and Phase2 dividing into Phase 2-1 (2010-2011), Phase 2-2 (2012-2013) and Phase 2-3 (2014-2016). Tritium technology was chosen as one of important R&D issues to develop DEMO plant. R&D activities of tritium technology on BA consist of four tasks. Task-1 is to prepare and maintain the tritium handling facility in Rokkasho BA site in Japan. Task 2, 3 and 4 are main R&D activities for tritium and these are focused on: Task-2) Development of tritium accountancy technology, Task-3) Development of basic tritium safety research, Task-4) Tritium durability test. R&D activities of tritium technology in Phase 2-2 were underway successfully and closed in 2013.
Ito, Kei; Koizumi, Yasuo*; Ohshima, Hiroyuki; Kawamura, Takumi*
Proceedings of 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-23) (DVD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2015/05
The authors are developing a high-precision CFD code with an interface tracking method to simulate the gas entrainment (GE) phenomena in sodium-cooled fast reactors (SFRs), which might be caused by a highly-intensified free surface vortex. The GE in SFRs is characterized by an elongated interfacial dent along the vortex core and the bubble pinch-off at the tip of the dent. To simulate this complicated phenomenon, our simulation code has physics-basis algorithms which model accurately the interfacial dynamic behavior, the pressure jump condition at an interface and the surface tension. Several verification problems have been already solved and the accuracy of each individual algorithm is confirmed. In this paper, a basic experiment of the GE is simulated to validate the developed code. The simulation result of the entrained flow rate shows comparable value to the experimental data, that is, our simulation code is considered applicable to the evaluation of the GE in SFRs.
Edao, Yuki; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Kurata, Rie; Fukada, Satoshi*; Takeishi, Toshiharu*; Hayashi, Takumi; Yamanishi, Toshihiko
Fusion Science and Technology, 67(2), p.320 - 323, 2015/03
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)The present study aims at obtaining fundamental knowledge for tritium transfer behavior and interaction between tritium and paint coated on concrete walls. The amounts of tritium penetration and release in cement paste with epoxy and urethane paint coatings were measured. The tritium penetration amounts were increased with the HTO exposure time. Time to achieve each saturate tritium value was more than 60 days for cement paste coated with epoxy paint and with urethane paint, while cement paste without paint took 2 days to achieve it. Tritium penetration rates were estimated by an analysis of diffusion model. Although their paint coatings were effective for reduction of tritium penetration through the cement paste exposed to HTO for a short period, the amount of tritium trapped in the paints became large for a long time. This work has been performed under the collaboration research between JAEA and Kyushu University.
Hayashi, Takumi; Nakamura, Hirofumi; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Iwai, Yasunori; Isobe, Kanetsugu; Yamada, Masayuki; Suzuki, Takumi; Kurata, Rie; Oyaizu, Makoto; Edao, Yuki; et al.
Fusion Science and Technology, 67(2), p.365 - 370, 2015/03
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：8.20(Nuclear Science & Technology)Fukada, Satoshi*; Katayama, Kazunari*; Takeishi, Toshiharu*; Edao, Yuki; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Hayashi, Takumi; Yamanishi, Toshihiko
Fusion Science and Technology, 67(2), p.99 - 102, 2015/03
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)Ito, Kei; Ohno, Shuji; Koizumi, Yasuo*; Kawamura, Takumi*
Proceedings of 10th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics, Operation and Safety (NUTHOS-10) (USB Flash Drive), 10 Pages, 2014/12
