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Kokubun, Yuji; Nakada, Akira; Seya, Natsumi; Nagaoka, Mika; Koike, Yuko; Kubota, Tomohiro; Hirao, Moe; Yoshii, Hideki*; Otani, Kazunori*; Hiyama, Yoshinori*; et al.
JAEA-Review 2023-052, 118 Pages, 2024/03
JAEA-Review-2023-052.pdf:3.67MB
Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel material usage facilities, the radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear regulatory acts, the local agreement concerning with safety and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution control law, and by law of Ibaraki Prefecture), the effluent control of liquid waste discharged from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories of Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been performed. This report describes the effluent control results of the liquid waste in the fiscal year 2022. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the radioactivity in liquid waste discharged from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other nuclear fuel material usage facilities were much lower than the limits authorized by the above regulations.
Nishino, Shohei; Motohashi, Masahiro; Nishida, Tetsuro; Kawasaki, Ichio
Nihon Hozen Gakkai Dai-19-Kai Gakujutsu Koenkai Yoshishu, p.73 - 79, 2023/08
There are 4-boiler in Nuclear fuel Cycle engineering Laboratories (NCL). These boilers have been operated in the long term over 29 years. There are many water tube as one of many identical components which together make up a boilers. The leakage from water tube have occurred four times in recently. It was presumed that sulfur acid corrosion had caused the leakage. Therefore, to reduce generation of sulfuric acid corrosion, the operation term was changed to long, and regular inspection (non-destructive testing) have been carried out.
Nakada, Akira; Kanai, Katsuta; Kokubun, Yuji; Nagaoka, Mika; Koike, Yuko; Yamada, Ryohei*; Kubota, Tomohiro; Hirao, Moe; Yoshii, Hideki*; Otani, Kazunori*; et al.
JAEA-Review 2022-079, 116 Pages, 2023/03
JAEA-Review-2022-079.pdf:2.77MB
Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel material usage facilities, the radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear regulatory acts, the local agreement concerning with safety and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution control law, and by law of Ibaraki Prefecture), the effluent control of liquid waste discharged from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories of Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been performed. This report describes the effluent control results of the liquid waste in the fiscal year 2021. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the radioactivity in liquid waste discharged from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other nuclear fuel material usage facilities were much lower than the limits authorized by the above regulations.
Nakano, Masanao; Nakada, Akira; Kanai, Katsuta; Nagaoka, Mika; Koike, Yuko; Yamada, Ryohei; Kubota, Tomohiro; Yoshii, Hideki*; Otani, Kazunori*; Hiyama, Yoshinori*; et al.
JAEA-Review 2021-040, 118 Pages, 2021/12
JAEA-Review-2021-040.pdf:2.48MB
Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel material usage facilities, the radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear regulatory acts, the local agreement concerning with safety and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution control law, and by law of Ibaraki Prefecture), the effluent control of liquid waste discharged from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories of Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been performed. This report describes the effluent control results of the liquid waste in the fiscal year 2020. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the radioactivity in liquid waste discharged from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other nuclear fuel material usage facilities were much lower than the limits authorized by the above regulations.
Hirayama, Hideo*; Kawasaki, Masatsugu; Matsumura, Hiroshi*; Okura, Takehisa; Namito, Yoshihito*; Sanami, Toshiya*; Taki, Mitsumasa; Oishi, Tetsuya; Yoshizawa, Michio
Insights Concerning the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident, Vol.4; Endeavors by Scientists, p.295 - 307, 2021/10
Nakano, Masanao; Fujii, Tomoko; Nagaoka, Mika; Koike, Yuko; Yamada, Ryohei; Kubota, Tomohiro; Yoshii, Hideki*; Otani, Kazunori*; Hiyama, Yoshinori*; Kikuchi, Masaaki*; et al.
JAEA-Review 2020-070, 120 Pages, 2021/02
JAEA-Review-2020-070.pdf:2.47MB
Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel material usage facilities, the radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear regulatory acts, the local agreement concerning with safety and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution control law, and by law of Ibaraki Prefecture), the effluent control of liquid waste discharged from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories of Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been performed. This report describes the effluent control results of the liquid waste in the fiscal year 2019. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the radioactivity in liquid waste discharged from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other nuclear fuel material usage facilities were much lower than the limits authorized by the above regulations.
Yoshitomi, Hiroshi; Tanimura, Yoshihiko*; Tatebe, Yosuke; Tsutsumi, Masahiro; Kawasaki, Katsuya; Kowatari, Munehiko; Yoshizawa, Michio; Shimizu, Shigeru*; Kim, J.-S.*; Lee, J.-G.*; et al.
Proceedings of 4th Asian and Oceanic Congress on Radiation Protection (AOCRP-4) (CD-ROM), 4 Pages, 2015/07
Kawasaki, Ichio; Ishiyama, Toru; Nishino, Shohei; Aoki, Masaru*
Boira Kenkyu, (391), p.8 - 14, 2015/06
no abstracts in English
Watanabe, Hitoshi; Nakano, Masanao; Fujita, Hiroki; Kono, Takahiko; Inoue, Kazumi; Yoshii, Hideki*; Otani, Kazunori*; Hiyama, Yoshinori*; Goto, Ichiro*; Kibe, Satoshi*; et al.
JAEA-Review 2014-040, 115 Pages, 2015/01
JAEA-Review-2014-040.pdf:4.26MB
Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai reprocessing plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel material usage facilities, the radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear regulatory acts, the local agreement concerning with safety and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution control law, and bylaw of Ibaraki prefecture), the effluent control of liquid waste discharged from the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories of Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been performed. This report describes the effluent control results of the liquid waste in the fiscal year 2013. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the radioactivity in liquid waste discharged from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other nuclear fuel material usage facilities were much lower than the limits authorized by the above regulations.
Kawasaki, Michio*; Kikyo, Shogo*; Nozawa, Shigeki; Akita, Yusuke*; Hase, Yoshihiro; Narumi, Issey*
Nihon Sakumotsu Gakkai Tohoku Shibu Kaiho, (57), p.61 - 62, 2014/12
no abstracts in English
Hirayama, Hideo*; Kawasaki, Masatsugu; Matsumura, Hiroshi*; Okura, Takehisa; Namito, Yoshihito*; Sanami, Toshiya*; Taki, Mitsumasa; Oishi, Tetsuya; Yoshizawa, Michio
Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai Wabun Rombunshi, 13(3), p.119 - 126, 2014/09
A method of deducing the I-131 concentration in a radioactive plume from the time history of peak count rates determined from pulse height spectra obtained from an NaI(Tl)scintillation detector employed as a detector of a monitoring post was presented. The concentrations of I-131 in the plumes were estimated from the count rates using the calculated response of the NaI(Tl) detector with egs5 for a model of a plume uniformly containing I-131. This method was applied to the data from the monitoring posts at Nuclear Science Research Institutes of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). The estimated time history variation of I-131 concentrations in plumes was in fair agreement with those measured directly by an air sampling method. The difference was less than a factor of 4 for plumes that arrived on March 15 and March 21, indicating relatively high I-131 concentrations among the plumes studied in this work.
Ishiyama, Toru; Kawasaki, Ichio; Miura, Hirohito*
Nihon Hozen Gakkai Dai-11-Kai Gakujutsu Koenkai Yoshishu, p.33 - 36, 2014/07
There are 4-boiler systems in NCL. These boilers have been operated in the long term over 20 years. One of them, the leakage of boiler water was found at one of the generating tubes, and 2 adjoining generating tubes were corroded in Dec, 2011. These generating tubes were investigated by immersion ultrasonic testing (UT) for measure thickness of the tube. As a result, thinner tube was found in a part of a bend and near the water drum. These parts are covered with sulfide deposit, it seems that the generating tubes were corroded by sulfide.
Sumiya, Shuichi; Watanabe, Hitoshi; Miyagawa, Naoto; Nakano, Masanao; Fujita, Hiroki; Kono, Takahiko; Inoue, Kazumi; Yoshii, Hideki; Otani, Kazunori*; Hiyama, Yoshinori*; et al.
JAEA-Review 2013-041, 115 Pages, 2014/01
JAEA-Review-2013-041.pdf:19.01MB
Based on the regulations (the safety regulation of Tokai reprocessing plant, the safety regulation of nuclear fuel material usage facilities, the radiation safety rule, the regulation about prevention from radiation hazards due to radioisotopes, which are related with the nuclear regulatory acts, and the local agreement concerning with safety and environment conservation around nuclear facilities, the water pollution control law, and bylaw of Ibaraki prefecture), this report describes the effluent control results of liquid waste discharged from the JAEA's Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories in the fiscal year 2012, from 1st April 2012 to 31st March 2013. In this period, the concentrations and the quantities of the radioactivity in liquid waste discharged from the reprocessing plant, the plutonium fuel fabrication facilities, and the other facilities were much lower than the authorized limits of the above regulations.
Kawasaki, Ichio; Ishiyama, Toru; Usui, Masahiro*; Murakami, Toshinori*
Boira Kenkyu, (382), p.26 - 33, 2013/12
There are 4-boiler systems in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories. These has been operated in over 16 years. In one of them, the leakage that occurred at generating tube was found at Dec. 2011. The investigation of the leakage was carried out. The leaked generating tube was removed, and the part of leakage was cut off, and the deposit around the leakage was removed to analyze the cause of leakage. The analysis was carried out by SEM,EDX,WDX and XRD. etc. Elements of the deposit accumulated to surface of water drum are mainly O, Fe and S, and then many of component was sulfide. Therefore it seems that generating tube was corroded by sulfide. In future plan, operating method will be review to reduce the deposit, and check item will be selected to find the deposit earlier. This report was described about variously activity for the investigation and a future action.
Kanazawa, Yusaku; Abiko, Shosuke; Terada, Hideyuki; Kawasaki, Ichio; Isozaki, Norio; Matsumoto, Takenari
JAEA-Technology 2012-029, 82 Pages, 2012/09
JAEA-Technology-2012-029.pdf:7.79MB
Water Supply Facility (WSF) is the facility that products and feed water for Tokai Reprocessing Plant (TRP), Plutonium Fuel Production Facility (PFPF), etc. The kinds of feeding water are drinking water and industrial water that are used for life and operation of TRP, etc. WSF had been constructed in 1958, then it has been operated to 2008. It was received the water from AKOGI pond, then the water was conditioned and fed for many facilities. But it needed high cost for trouble and maintenance because of long-term use. Then new WSF was designed and constructed. The new design is that WSF accepts drinking water and industrial water from local governments; each receiving tank is constructed for new. And operating system and remote monitoring system are installed in WSF that is able to monitor from TUC. This report describes about various activities of the backgrounds, the design, the construction and a future action.
Ishiyama, Toru; Kawasaki, Ichio; Matsumoto, Takenari; Terada, Hideyuki; Kikuchi, Akio; Mizoguchi, Tsuyoshi*; Ikede, Hiroyuki*
Nihon Hozen Gakkai Dai-8-Kai Gakujutsu Koenkai Yoshishu, p.82 - 87, 2011/10
In the undergrounding pipe-space, there are many pipes for utility (electronic cable, water, gas, steam, etc.). These pipes are kept to safe by daily inspection. But hot environment of the pipe-space affects badly the device and a laborer's health. The investigation of the heat distribution was carried on, therefore it was found that the radiant heat around the valve was very much. The method of thermal insulation was examined from the view point of the shape, cost, and effect. Then some of valves were covered with flexible thermal insulation, and the temperature of the area around the covered valves was decreased about 10
C.
Ishiyama, Toru; Kawasaki, Ichio; Asano, Naoki
Boira Kenkyu, (366), p.9 - 15, 2011/04
The Hydrazine has been used for water treatment of the boiler in general industry scene. It has been used in NCL from 1995, too. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare do announcement about using hydrazine in 2006, and NCL began to try operation without hydrazine. Hydrazine was replaced to the other reagent that was selected based on the result of a research and an evaluation. Therefore safeguard of environment and labour was carried on by new operation method of water treatment from 2010. This report was described about the result of research and development.
Ishiyama, Toru; Kawasaki, Ichio; Asano, Naoki
Boira, Nyusu, (735), P. 6, 2010/09
The Hydrazine has been used for water treatment of the boiler in general industry scene. It has been used in NCL from 1995, too. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare do announcement about using hydrazine in 2006, and NCL began to try operation without hydrazine. Hydrazine was replaced to the other reagent that was selected based on the result of a research and an evaluation. Therefore safeguard of environment and labour was carried on by new operation method of water treatment from 2010. This report was described about the result of research and development.
Ishiyama, Toru; Asano, Naoki; Kawasaki, Ichio
JAEA-Technology 2009-066, 79 Pages, 2010/02
JAEA-Technology-2009-066.pdf:15.64MB
Tokai Utility Center (TUC) is the facility that products and feeds steam for Tokai Reprocessing Plant (TRP), Plutonium Fuel Production Facility (PFPF), etc. The boiler system needs the management based on the law of "Industrial safety and Health Act" and "Act on the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors". In this situation, activity of preservation of environment and energy-save are carried out by means of the improvement of steam generation process and the change of additive to water. Quality assurance procedure has been applied in order to improve the boiler operation continuously. This report describes about various activities of the management, the environment, the energy-saving, and a future action.
Am-Be sourceKowatari, Munehiko; Onuma, Isamu; Tanimura, Yoshihiko; Kawasaki, Katsuya; Saegusa, Jun; Yoshizawa, Michio
Radioisotopes, 57(9), p.559 - 569, 2008/09
The neutron standard field using Am-Be neutron source has been widely used for the routine calibration of neutron dosemeters. The neutron fluence rate at the calibration point is one of the most essential parameters. For the precise determination of the neutron fluence rate, the effect defined as an anisotropic emission from the neutron source, F
(
), should be taken into account. For the proper calibration of the neutron dosemeters used in the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), the anisotropic factor F(90) from an Am-Be neutron source was experimentally determined using the precision long counter. Before the determination of the anisotropic factor of the Am-Be source with the protection case, the measured angular distribution from the X3 type Am-Be source was compared with the result obtained by other researchers and with the Monte Carlo calculation using MCNP-4C, for the verification of the method the authors adopted.
