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Study of the screening survey using an ambient dose equivalent rate survey meter in criticality accidentsy

Hoshi, Katsuya; Tsujimura, Norio; Yoshida, Tadayoshi; Kurihara, Osamu*; Kim, E.*; Yajima, Kazuaki*

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 6, p.152 - 155, 2019/01

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Measurements and evaluations of air dose rates around the Fukushima NPP site, 6; Status and issues on evaluation of individual doses due to external exposures

Saito, Kimiaki; Kurihara, Osamu*; Matsuda, Norihiro; Takahara, Shogo; Sato, Tetsuro*

Radioisotopes, 65(2), p.93 - 112, 2016/02

Late information is introduced on dose evaluation due to external exposures which employ an important role in the exposures due to the Fukushima accident. First, merits and demerits of the currently used two methods, that is the estimation based air dose rates and the measurements using personal dosimeters, are discussed indicating some basic data after a fundamental concept of external dose evaluation is provided. Next, main activities are summarized on external dose measurements and evaluations after the accident. Finally, a new trial on dose evaluation in introduced.

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Outline of UNSCEAR 2013 report, 1; Radionuclide releases, dispersion and deposition

Nagai, Haruyasu; Kurihara, Osamu*

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi ATOMO$$Sigma$$, 56(12), p.791 - 795, 2014/12

no abstracts in English

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Results of whole body counting for JAEA staff members engaged in the emergency radiological monitoring for the Fukushima nuclear disaster

Takada, Chie; Kurihara, Osamu*; Kanai, Katsuta; Nakagawa, Takahiro; Tsujimura, Norio; Momose, Takumaro

NIRS-M-252, p.3 - 11, 2013/03

A massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 resulted in an enormous amount of release of radioactivity to the environment. On the day after the earthquake occurrence, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) started emergency radiological monitoring. The measurements with whole body counter (WBC) for the staff members who had returned from Fukushima started at the end of March. The measured activity of $$^{131}$$I due to inhalation for emergency staff varied from LLD to 7 kBq, which corresponded to a range of estimated initial intakes of $$<$$ 1 to 60 kBq when extrapolated back to the date on which the staff started the operation in Fukushima. The measured activity of $$^{134}$$Cs and $$^{137}$$Cs were both in the ranges of LLD - 3 kBq. The range of initial intake of $$^{137}$$Cs to $$^{131}$$I was 11 when taking a median from all the measurements. The maximum committed effective dose of 0.8 mSv was recorded for a worker, a member of the 2nd monitoring team dispatched from March 13 to 14.

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Measurements of $$^{131}$$I in the thyroids of employees involved in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident

Kurihara, Osamu*; Kanai, Katsuta; Nakagawa, Takahiro; Takada, Chie; Tsujimura, Norio; Momose, Takumaro; Furuta, Sadaaki

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 50(2), p.122 - 129, 2013/02

 Times Cited Count:5 Percentile:44.21(Nuclear Science & Technology)

no abstracts in English

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Monte Carlo modelling for the ${it in vivo}$ lung monitoring of enriched uranium; Results of an international comparison

Broggio, D.*; Bento, J.*; Caldeira, M.*; Cardenas-Mendez, E.*; Farah, J.*; Fonseca, T.*; Konvalinka, C.*; Liu, L.*; Perez, B.*; Capello, K.*; et al.

Radiation Measurements, 47(7), p.492 - 500, 2012/07

 Times Cited Count:23 Percentile:84.08(Nuclear Science & Technology)

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Eddy current-adjusted plasma shape reconstruction by Cauchy condition surface method on QUEST

Nakamura, Kazuo*; Jiang, Y.*; Liu, X.*; Mitarai, Osamu*; Kurihara, Kenichi; Kawamata, Yoichi; Sueoka, Michiharu; Hasegawa, Makoto*; Tokunaga, Kazutoshi*; Zushi, Hideki*; et al.

Fusion Engineering and Design, 86(6-8), p.1080 - 1084, 2011/10

 Times Cited Count:4 Percentile:32.68(Nuclear Science & Technology)

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Radiation detection and measurement in patients contaminated with alpha emitters

Momose, Takumaro; Kurihara, Osamu; Takada, Chie; Furuta, Sadaaki

Proceedings of 1st International Symposium on Radiation Emergency Medicine at Hirosaki University, p.65 - 72, 2010/07

The basic principle of radiation control at plutonium facility such as characteristics of plutonium and relevant radionuclide which are operated in nuclear fuel cycle facilities is introduced and potential radioactive contaminations in accident is discussed. As a practice, decontamination procedure of skin at Tokai Reprocessing Plant, some of the operating principles and applications of various radiation detection and measurement instruments for contamination control and occupational monitoring for internal contamination are introduced. Special methods of measurement for alpha emitters for performing radiological monitoring such as radio autography of plutonium contamination on smear samples, nasal swab sampling and measurement, in vivo and in vitro analysis for plutonium and uranium have been improved and proven. The internal dose calculation code was originally developed in order to estimate retrospectively in case of accidental intake of plutonium.

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An Imaging plate technique for evaluating energy attenuation in evaporated samples with different surface conditions

Saito, Fumihiro; Koarashi, Jun; Kurihara, Osamu; Kim, E.*

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 139(4), p.584 - 589, 2010/06

 Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:17.51(Environmental Sciences)

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Equations for estimating chest wall thickness in lung counting at JAEA-NCL

Kanai, Katsuta; Kurihara, Osamu

Proceedings of 3rd Asian and Oceanic Congress on Radiation Protection (AOCRP-3) (CD-ROM), 3 Pages, 2010/05

Chest wall thickness (CWT) of the subject is an important modifier to determine the lung burden of inhaled actinides such as Pu isotopes or $$^{241}$$Am through lung counting. CWT prediction equations as a function of biometric indexes have been proposed by many authors based on chest wall measurements made with an ultrasound device. In the present study we derived such equations from CWT data of our subjects and then evaluated their applicability to monitoring with our currently used lung counter, mainly examining the accuracy of determinations of $$^{241}$$Am, useful as a unique indicator that can be detected in most cases of internal contamination with Pu compounds. The error of the equations obtained was found to be within the range of - 8 mm to + 6 mm against actual CWT values of our subjects, complying with the bias performance criteria for direct measurements. However, further studies might be needed to clarify the effect of the difference in posture on the CWT caused by the modification of the counting geometry made for our lung counter.

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Application study of a plasma shape reproduction system based on the Cauchy-condition surface (CCS) method considering plasma real-time control

Kurihara, Kenichi; Kawamata, Yoichi; Sueoka, Michiharu; Wang, F.*; Nakamura, Kazuo*; Mitarai, Osamu*; Sato, Konosuke*; Zushi, Hideki*; Hanada, Kazuaki*; Sakamoto, Mizuki*; et al.

Kyushu Daigaku Oyo Rikigaku Kenkyujo RIAM Foramu 2008 Koen Yoshi, p.66 - 69, 2008/06

no abstracts in English

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Design study of the JT-60SA supervisory control system

Kawamata, Yoichi; Naito, Osamu; Kiyono, Kimihiro; Itami, Kiyoshi; Totsuka, Toshiyuki; Akasaka, Hiromi; Sueoka, Michiharu; Sato, Tomoki; Oshima, Takayuki; Sakata, Shinya; et al.

Fusion Engineering and Design, 83(2-3), p.198 - 201, 2008/04

 Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:23.58(Nuclear Science & Technology)

The design activity of JT-60SA (JT-60 Super Advanced) which is remodeled to a superconducting tokamak device has been starting under the JA-EU collaborative ITER-BA project. For the JT-60SA control system, the existing system should be reused as much as possible from the viewpoint of cost-effectiveness. We have just begun to discuss the configuration of the advanced Supervisory Control System (SVCS) including the following systems: (1) ultimately flexible real-time control system, (2) precise timing system enough to clarify cause and effect, and (3) safety shutdown control system. In this report, we present the design study of the JT-60SA SVCS with focusing on these systems.

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Practical action levels for chelation therapy in plutonium inhalation using nose swab

Kurihara, Osamu; Takada, Chie; Takasaki, Koji; Ito, Kimio; Momose, Takumaro; Miyabe, Kenjiro

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 127(1-4), p.411 - 414, 2007/11

 Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:47.42(Environmental Sciences)

Practical action levels for beginning chelation therapy to remove plutonium in the body are now under discussion in Japan since there has been no experience in administrating agents to a subject in accidental intake in Japan although a first commercial reprocessing plant is about to start operation. Recently, International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) proposed some medical intervention levels for chelation therapy on ICRP Publication 96. These levels are determined based on internal dose however common monitoring methods such as lung counting or excreta analysis are not necessarily suitable in terms of both sensitivity and promptness. As an alternative, the authors paid attention to nose swabs and introduced the practical action levels.

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REIDAC; A Software package for retrospective dose assessment in internal contamination of radionuclides

Kurihara, Osamu; Hato, Shinji; Kanai, Katsuta; Takada, Chie; Takasaki, Koji; Ito, Kimio; Ikeda, Hiroshi*; Oeda, Mikihiro*; Kurosawa, Naohiro*; Fukutsu, Kumiko*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 44(10), p.1337 - 1346, 2007/10

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)

In the case of internal contamination of radionuclides, it is necessary to perform internal dose assessment for radiation protection. For this purpose, the ICRP has given the dose coefficients and the retention and excretion rates for various radionuclides. However, these dosimetric quantities are calculated only in typical conditions, therefore, are not necessarily covered enough in the case of dose assessment in which specific information on the incident or/and individual biokinetic characteristics should be taken into account retrospectively. This paper describes a developed PC-based package of software REIDAC to meet the needs in retrospective dose assessment. REIDAC was verified by comparisons with dosimetric quantities given on the ICRP publications and several examples of practical use were also shown.

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Ferritic insertion for reduction of toroidal magnetic field ripple on JT-60U

Shinohara, Koji; Sakurai, Shinji; Ishikawa, Masao; Tsuzuki, Kazuhiro*; Suzuki, Yutaka; Masaki, Kei; Naito, Osamu; Kurihara, Kenichi; Suzuki, Takahiro; Koide, Yoshihiko; et al.

Nuclear Fusion, 47(8), p.997 - 1004, 2007/08

 Times Cited Count:40 Percentile:78.5(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)

Ferritic steel plates have been installed to improve the energetic ion confinement through reducing a toroidal magnetic field ripple. Aiming at cost-effective installation, orbit following calculations of energetic ions were performed for a design of ferritic installation on JT-60U by using the Fully three Dimensional magnetic field Orbit-Following Monte-Carlo (F3D OFMC) code. The installed ferritic steel adds the non-linear magnetic field on magnetic sensors for a plasma control and an equilibrium calculation. The code for a real-time control has been modified to take into account the magnetic field by ferritic steel. The plasma operation was successfully resumed and a real-time plasma control was successfully carried out after usual preparation processes. The heat load measurement indicates the improved confinement of energetic ions. These results are important for practical application of ferritic steel which is a leading candidate of a structural material on a demo reactor.

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Development of $$^{241}$$Am lung monitoring system using an imaging plate

Hirota, Masahiro*; Kurihara, Osamu; Takada, Chie; Takasaki, Koji; Momose, Takumaro; Deji, Shizuhiko*; Ito, Shigeki*; Saze, Takuya*; Nishizawa, Kunihide*

Health Physics, 93(1), p.28 - 35, 2007/07

 Times Cited Count:4 Percentile:31.5(Environmental Sciences)

A new $$^{241}$$Am lung monitoring system without shielding was devised by using an imaging plate system. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's realistic torso phantom containing a $$^{241}$$Am lung was covered by imaging plates sealed in lightproof bags. The imaging plate system displayed $$^{241}$$Am lung images characteristic of the lung shape of the torso phantom. The imaging plate system's lower detection limits of 14 Bq for 60 min exposure and 6 Bq for 300 min were the same levels as those of the phoswich detectors and the germanium detectors placed in shielded rooms. The imagingplate system for 60 min exposure detected about 2% of the annual limit of 740 Bq for $$^{241}$$Am inhalation. A lung monitoring system using imaging plates is applicable for $$^{241}$$Am lung monitoring.

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Introduction to plasma fusion energy

Takamura, Shuichi*; Kado, Shinichiro*; Fujii, Takashi*; Fujiyama, Hiroshi*; Takabe, Hideaki*; Adachi, Kazuo*; Morimiya, Osamu*; Fujimori, Naoji*; Watanabe, Takayuki*; Hayashi, Yasuaki*; et al.

Kara Zukai, Purazuma Enerugi No Subete, P. 164, 2007/03

no abstracts in English

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Ferritic insertion for reduction of toroidal magnetic field ripple on JT-60U

Shinohara, Koji; Sakurai, Shinji; Ishikawa, Masao; Tsuzuki, Kazuhiro*; Suzuki, Yutaka; Masaki, Kei; Naito, Osamu; Kurihara, Kenichi; Suzuki, Takahiro; Koide, Yoshihiko; et al.

Proceedings of 21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2006) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2007/03

Ferritic steel plates have been installed to improve the energetic ion confinement through reducing a toroidal magnetic field ripple. Aiming at cost-effective installation, orbit following calculations of energetic ions were performed for a design of ferritic installation on JT-60U by using the Fully three Dimensional magnetic field Orbit-Following Monte-Carlo (F3D OFMC) code. The installed ferritic steel adds the non-linear magnetic field on magnetic sensors for a plasma control and an equilibrium calculation. The code for a real-time control have been modified to take into account the magnetic field by ferritic steel. The plasma operation was successfully resumed and a real-time plasma control was successfully carried out after usual preparation processes. The heat load measurement indicates the improved confinement of energetic ions. These results are important for practical application of ferritic steel which is a leading candidate of a structural material on a demo reactor.

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Magnetic sensor dependence of CCS method to reproduce ST plasma shape

Wang, F.*; Nakamura, Kazuo*; Mitarai, Osamu*; Kurihara, Kenichi; Kawamata, Yoichi; Sueoka, Michiharu; Sato, Konosuke*; Zushi, Hideki*; Hanada, Kazuaki*; Sakamoto, Mizuki*; et al.

Kyushu Daigaku Oyo Rikigaku Kenkyujo RIAM Foramu 2006 Koen Yoshi, p.138 - 141, 2006/06

no abstracts in English

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