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Ishibashi, Atsushi; Saegusa, Yu; Aoya, Juri; Yamamoto, Masahiko; Taguchi, Shigeo; Kuno, Takehiko
Nihon Hozen Gakkai Dai-18-Kai Gakujutsu Koenkai Yoshishu, p.241 - 244, 2022/07
no abstracts in English
2016.10Horigome, Kazushi; Taguchi, Shigeo; Ishibashi, Atsushi; Inada, Satoshi; Kuno, Takehiko; Surugaya, Naoki
JAEA-Technology 2017-008, 14 Pages, 2017/05
JAEA-Technology-2017-008.pdf:1.15MB
The plutonium solution had been converted into MOX powder to mitigate the potential hazards of storage plutonium solution such as hydrogen generation at the Plutonium Conversion Development Facility. The plutonium conversion operations had been started in April, 2014, and had been finished in July, 2016. With respect to the samples taken from the conversion process, about 2,200 items of plutonium/uranium solutions and MOX powders had been analyzed for the operation control in the related analytical laboratories at the Tokai Reprocessing Plant. This paper describes the reports on analytical activities and related maintenance works in the analytical laboratories conducted from December, 2015 to October, 2016.
Kirishima, Akira*; Kuno, Atsushi*; Amamiya, Hiroki; Kubota, Takumi*; Kimuro, Shingo*; Amano, Yuki; Miyakawa, Kazuya; Iwatsuki, Teruki; Mizuno, Takashi; Sasaki, Takayuki*; et al.
Chemosphere, 168, p.798 - 806, 2017/02
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：10.21(Environmental Sciences)For better understanding of the migration behavior of minor actinides (MA) in deep groundwater, the interaction of doped rare earth elements (REEs) and components in Horonobe deep groundwater was studied. Appx. 10 ppb of rare earth elements, i.e., Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, Tm and Yb were doped to the sample groundwater collected from a packed sections in borehole drilled from 140 m depth experiment drift of Horonobe underground research laboratory (URL), Hokkaido, Japan. Then, that groundwater was sequentially filtrated by 0.2 micron pore filter, 10 kDa, 3 kDa and 1 kDa of nominal molecular weight limit (NMWL) ultrafilters by keeping inert condition. After that, the filtrate solutions were analyzed by ICP-MS to determine the concentrations of retained REEs at each filtration steps, while the used filters were analyzed by the neutron activation analysis (NAA) and TOF-SIMS element mapping to know the amount and chemical speciation of trapped fraction of the REEs on each filter. A remarkable relation between the retention ratios of REEs in the filtrate solutions and the ionic radius was observed, i.e., smaller rare earth element solves more in liquid phase under the Horonobe groundwater condition. NAA and TOF-SIMS analyses revealed that certain portions of REEs were trapped by 0.2 micron pore filters as rare earth phosphates which corresponded with the predicted predominant species by a chemical equilibrium calculation for the Horonobe groundwater condition, while small portions of colloidal REEs were trapped by 10 kDa and 3 kDa NMWL ultrafilters. The result suggested that phosphate anion plays an important role in the chemical behavior of REEs in saline (seawater based) groundwater, which could be referred for the prediction of migration behavior of trivalent actinide released from the repository of radioactive waste in far future.
2015.12Horigome, Kazushi; Suzuki, Hisanori; Suzuki, Yoshimasa; Ishibashi, Atsushi; Taguchi, Shigeo; Inada, Satoshi; Kuno, Takehiko; Surugaya, Naoki
JAEA-Technology 2016-026, 21 Pages, 2016/12
JAEA-Technology-2016-026.pdf:1.14MB
In order to mitigate potential hazards of storage plutonium in solution such as hydrogen generation, conversion of plutonium solution into MOX powder has been carried out since 2014 in the Plutonium Conversion Development Facility. With respect to the samples taken from the conversion process, about 3500 items of plutonium/uranium solutions and MOX powders have been analyzed for the operation control in the related analytical laboratories at the Tokai Reprocessing Plant. This paper describes the reports on analytical activities and related maintenance works in the analytical laboratories conducted from April 2014 to December 2015.
Sn conductors for ITER toroidal field coils in JapanTakahashi, Yoshikazu; Isono, Takaaki; Hamada, Kazuya; Nunoya, Yoshihiko; Nabara, Yoshihiro; Matsui, Kunihiro; Hemmi, Tsutomu; Kawano, Katsumi; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Oshikiri, Masayuki; et al.
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 22(3), p.4801904_1 - 4801904_4, 2012/06
Times Cited Count：7 Percentile：41.4(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)Japan Atomic Energy Agency is the first to start the mass production of the TF conductors in Phase IV in March 2010 among the 6 parties who are procuring TF conductors in the ITER project. The conductor is cable-in-conduit conductor with a central spiral. A total of 900 NbSn strands and 522 copper strands are cabled around the central spiral and then wrapped with stainless steel tape whose thickness is 0.1 mm. Approximately 60 tons of NbSn strands were manufactured by the two suppliers in December 2010. This amount corresponds to approximately 55% of the total contribution from Japan. Approximately 30% of the total contribution from Japan was completed as of February 2011. JAEA is manufacturing one conductor per month under a contract with two Japanese companies for strands, one company for cabling and one company for jacketing. This paper summarizes the technical developments including a high-level quality assurance. This progress is a significant step in the construction of the ITER machine.
Sukegawa, Atsuhiko; Anayama, Yoshimasa*; Okuno, Koichi*; Sakurai, Shinji; Kaminaga, Atsushi
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 417(1-3), p.850 - 853, 2011/10
Times Cited Count：21 Percentile：82.72(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)A flexible heat resistant neutron shielding material has been developed, which consists of polymer resin with 1 weight % boron. The neutron shielding performance of the developed resin, examined by the 
Cf neutron source is almost the same as that of the polyethylene. The outgas of H
, HO, CO and CO from the resin have been measured at 250 
C environment. The resin will be applied around the port of the vacuum vessel as an additional shielding material and prevented the effects on the neutron streaming of the superconducting tokamak device such as JT-60SA.
Sukegawa, Atsuhiko; Anayama, Yoshimasa*; Onishi, Seiki; Sakurai, Shinji; Kaminaga, Atsushi; Okuno, Koichi*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 48(4), p.585 - 590, 2011/04
Soft-type neutron shielding resin has been developed by improving an existing hard-type neutron shielding material by the epoxy-based resin as the additional shielding material. A flexible heat resistant neutron shielding material has been developed, which consists of newly polymer-based resin with boron. The neutron shielding performance of the developed flexible heat resistant resin by the Cf neutron source is almost the same as that of the polyethylene. The outgas of H, H, NH
, HO, CO, O, CH
and CO from the developed resin have been measured at high temperature environment (250C) by thermal desorption spectroscopy methods. The soft-type resin and the newly developed heat resistant resin will be applied to prevent the effects of the neutron streaming and to control the movement of vibrated pipe as the seal material around the plumbing in the future fast reactor and the innovative fission reactor.
Abo, Satoshi*; Mokuno, Yoshiaki*; Kinomura, Atsushi*; Onoda, Shinobu; Hirao, Toshio; Oshima, Takeshi; Iwamatsu, Toshiaki*; Takai, Mikio*
Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Radiation Effects on Semiconductor Devices for Space Applications (RASEDA-8), p.183 - 186, 2008/12
no abstracts in English
Sn strand subjected to periodic bending deformationMurakami, Haruyuki*; Ueda, Hiroshi*; Ishiyama, Atsushi*; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Okuno, Kiyoshi
Denki Gakkai Rombunshi, B, 128(6), p.853 - 859, 2008/06
In the ITER Engineering Design Activity (EDA), it was revealed the critical current of the NbSn model coil conductor degraded by periodic strand bending caused by enormous electromagnetic force. We developed a simulation code based on the distributed circuit to investigate dependency of the critical current performance on bending strain. The results of the numerical simulations were in good agreement with the experiments. The dependence of the critical current on periodic transverse load, temperature, pitch of periodic load, thickness of Ta barrier which prevents Cu stabilizer to be contaminated by Sn, twist pitch of the strand and RRR of the bronze matrix is investigated using developed code. The results show the critical current degraded less with decreasing the pitch of the transverse load and increasing the Ta barrier thickness. It suggests that shorter twist pitch of the cable and larger bending stiffness prevent the critical current degradation.
Sn strand in CIC conductorMurakami, Haruyuki*; Ishiyama, Atsushi*; Ueda, Hiroshi*; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Okuno, Kiyoshi
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 18(2), p.1051 - 1054, 2008/06
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：20.19(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)Critical current was degraded by periodic transverse load in a CICC. A simulation code was developed to study mechanism of this degradation in details. The simulation results were compared with results of experiment in which single strand was periodically bent. Since the test results could not be simulated well in the previous work, the authors carried out improvements of the model, such as use of electro-plastic model and detail evaluation of conductance among filaments. By these improvements the agreement between the simulation and experiment can be modified. This results in verifying validity of our code. Using our code, the general dependence of the critical current degradation on strand configuration, such as barrier thickness, RRR of bronze and twist pitch of filament, are evaluated. The results show barrier thickness affects critical current performance because of its large bending rigidity. On the other hand, RRR of bronze and twist pitch of filament hardly affects critical current performance.
Umeda, Koji; Oi, Takao; Osawa, Hideaki; Oyama, Takuya; Oda, Chie; Kamei, Gento; Kuji, Masayoshi*; Kurosawa, Hideki; Kobayashi, Yasushi; Sasaki, Yasuo; et al.
JAEA-Review 2007-050, 82 Pages, 2007/12
JAEA-Review-2007-050.pdf:28.56MB
This report shows the annual report which shows the summarized results and topic outline of each project on geological disposal technology in the fiscal year of 2006.
C heat resistant boron-loaded resin for neutron shieldingMorioka, Atsuhiko; Sakurai, Shinji; Okuno, Koichi*; Sato, Satoshi; Verzirov, Y. M.; Kaminaga, Atsushi; Nishitani, Takeo; Tamai, Hiroshi; Shibama, Yusuke; Yoshida, Shigeru*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 367-370(2), p.1085 - 1089, 2007/08
Times Cited Count：25 Percentile：83.32(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)A 300C heat-resistant neutron shielding material is newly developed, which consists of phenol-based resin with 6 weight-% boron. The neutron shielding performance of the developed resin, examined by the Cf neutron source, is almost the same as that of the polyethylene. The neutron shielding characteristic was also estimated by 3D Monte Carlo Code MCNP-4C2 using the continuous energy cross section data sets based on the JENDL-3.2. The calculation result agrees well with the experimental result. To understand the kinds of the outgas from the developed resin in the high temperature region, the mass spectrum of the outgas was measured until 300C by Thermal Desorption Specroscopy (TDS). The observed mass number was 2, 17, 18, 28, 32, and 44. The number corresponds to hydrogen (H), ammonia (NH), water (HO), carbon monoxide (CO), oxygen (O), carbon dioxide (CO), respectively. The main outgas component from the resin at 100150C was NH and HO. The outgas of NH and HO from the resin have been measured, however, the neutron shielding performance of the resin after 200C baking was almost the same as that before baking. The quantitative analysis of the outgas from the resin in the high temperature region was done by the Temperature Programmed Desorption (TPD) / Gas Chromatography and Mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The 13 kinds of organic gases have been observed by the amount of 
g/g at 300C. The neutron shielding performance of the developed resin at 300C was simulated by the 3D analysis. The resonance cross section of the nucleus is broad at the high temperature region by the Doppler effect. The calculation results using 327C library and 20C library are almost same.
Sn strand subjected to bending strainMurakami, Haruyuki*; Ishiyama, Atsushi*; Ueda, Hiroshi*; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Okuno, Kiyoshi
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 17(2), p.1394 - 1397, 2007/06
Times Cited Count：19 Percentile：66.01(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)Critical current of ITER mode coil degraded as increase of electromagnetic force. It was shown that the periodic bending of the strand caused this degradation from analysis based on results of experiments in which periodic transverse load is artificially applied to single strand. However, since the experiments were carried out under a certain condition, general relation between transverse load and critical current was not obtained. The authors therefore developed a numerical simulation code. The simulation results are in good agreement with test results. The general dependence of the critical current on temperature and pitch of periodic load is studied using our code. The simulation results reveal that the reduced critical current depends on the temperature and is a function of the bending strain independent of the pitch of the periodic load.
Sn strand subjected to bending strainHirohashi, Masayuki*; Murakami, Haruyuki*; Ishiyama, Atsushi*; Ueda, Hiroshi*; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Okuno, Kiyoshi
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 16(2), p.1721 - 1724, 2006/06
Times Cited Count：9 Percentile：46.66(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)To demonstrate the applicability of NbSn CICCs to ITER, four NbSn model coils have been constructed and tested. The experimental results showed that the measured critical current (Ic) degraded. In addition, the larger is the applied electromagnetic force, the larger the magnitude of the degradation is. The degradation in n-value was also observed. One of the explanations of this degradation is a local strand bending. This consideration has been supported by the test results. However, general dependence of Ic on periodic bending strain has not been clarified in this test since the experiments were carried out at a certain magnetic field, temperature and strain. Therefore, a numerical simulation code was developed to study the general dependence of the Ic and n-value of the NbSn strand on periodic bending strain. A distributed constant circuit model is applied to simulate current transfer among the filaments in the strand. The simulation results show relatively good agreement with the experiment results but some modification in modeling is required for more accurate simulation.
Okuno, Tomoharu*; Fujioka, Shinsuke*; Nishimura, Hiroaki*; Tao, Y.*; Nagai, Keiji*; Gu, Q.*; Ueda, Nobuyoshi*; Ando, Tsuyoshi*; Nishihara, Katsunobu*; Norimatsu, Takayoshi*; et al.
Applied Physics Letters, 88(16), p.161501_1 - 161501_3, 2006/04
Times Cited Count：64 Percentile：87.58(Physics, Applied)no abstracts in English
Fujioka, Shinsuke*; Nishimura, Hiroaki*; Nishihara, Katsunobu*; Sasaki, Akira; Sunahara, Atsushi*; Okuno, Tomoharu*; Ueda, Nobuyoshi*; Ando, Tsuyoshi*; Tao, Y.*; Shimada, Yoshinori*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 95(23), p.235004_1 - 235004_4, 2005/12
Times Cited Count：147 Percentile：95.58(Physics, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Shimada, Yoshinori*; Nishimura, Hiroaki*; Nakai, Mitsuo*; Hashimoto, Kazuhisa*; Yamaura, Michiteru*; Tao, Y.*; Shigemori, Keisuke*; Okuno, Tomoharu*; Nishihara, Katsunobu*; Kawamura, Toru*; et al.
Applied Physics Letters, 86(5), p.051501_1 - 051501_3, 2005/01
Times Cited Count：113 Percentile：94.26(Physics, Applied)no abstracts in English
Sakasai, Akira; Ishida, Shinichi; Matsukawa, Makoto; Akino, Noboru; Ando, Toshinari*; Arai, Takashi; Ezato, Koichiro; Hamada, Kazuya; Ichige, Hisashi; Isono, Takaaki; et al.
Nuclear Fusion, 44(2), p.329 - 334, 2004/02
no abstracts in English
Sakasai, Akira; Ishida, Shinichi; Matsukawa, Makoto; Akino, Noboru; Ando, Toshinari*; Arai, Takashi; Ezato, Koichiro; Hamada, Kazuya; Ichige, Hisashi; Isono, Takaaki; et al.
Nuclear Fusion, 44(2), p.329 - 334, 2004/02
Times Cited Count：7 Percentile：22.95(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)no abstracts in English
Baba, Atsushi*; Nishikawa, Masabumi*; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Okuno, Kenji
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 248, p.106 - 110, 1997/09
Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：37.13(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
