Bioaccessibility of Fukushima-accident-derived Cs in soils and the contribution of soil ingestion to radiation doses in children

Takahara, Shogo; Ikegami, Maiko*; Yoneda, Minoru*; Kondo, Hitoshi*; Ishizaki, Azusa; Iijima, Masashi; Shimada, Yoko*; Matsui, Yasuto*

Risk Analysis, 37(7), p.1256 - 1267, 2017/07

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https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.12694

Low-lying excitations in Ni

Morales, A. I.*; Benzoni, G.*; Watanabe, H.*; Nishimura, Shunji*; Browne, F.*; Daido, R.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Fang, Y.*; Lorusso, G.*; Patel, Z.*; et al.

Physical Review C, 93(3), p.034328_1 - 034328_14, 2016/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.034328

Effect of the soft X-rays on highly hydrogenated diamond-like carbon films

Kanda, Kazuhiro*; Yokota, Kumiko*; Tagawa, Masahito*; Tode, Mayumi; Teraoka, Yuden; Matsui, Shinji*

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 50(5), p.055801_1 - 055801_3, 2011/05

https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.50.055801

Recently, the irradiation of soft X-ray synchrotron radiation (SR) to highly-hydrogenated diamond-like-carbon (H-DLC) films in vacuum results in the desorption of hydrogen and the increase of film density, hardness and refractive index. In this study, we investigated SR irradiation effects on the H-DLC with different hydrogen contents. The H-DLC thin films were deposited on an Si wafer with 200 nm thickness by an amplitude-modulated radio frequency plasma chemical vapor deposition method. The SR irradiation was carried out at NewSUBARU BL6. The SR has a continuous spectrum from IR to soft X-ray, which is lower than 1 keV. The hydrogen content dependence on SR dose was estimated using elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) and Rutherford backscattering (RBS) techniques. The hydrogen content was kept constant in the low-hydrogenated DLC film, while that in the high-hydrogenated DLC film decreased exponentially with soft X-ray dose.

Development of safety assessment method under uncertainty for Horonobe URL project (Contract research)

Takase, Hiroyasu*; Inagaki, Manabu*; Noguchi, Toshihide*; Shimaoka, Akiko*; Martin, A. J.*; Wakamatsu, Hisanori*; Takase, Kyoko*; Tabara, Michiko*; Matsui, Hiroya

JAEA-Research 2007-066, 215 Pages, 2007/08

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In this study a systematic approach to explicitly address type and size of uncertainties associated with safety assessment due mainly to incomplete knowledge on a spatially heterogeneous geological environment was developed. In this approach a wide range of model variations including the ones with relatively law plausibility are taken into account so that ambiguity remaining in the knowledge is illustrated, which is a distinctive feature of the approach compared with the conventional methodology where only a limited number of best plausible model variations are considered. The study also proposed an approach to assessing plausibility of each model variation based on multiple pieces of evidence by using evidential support logic (ESL). Furthermore the approach was applied to Horonobe area to demonstrate its applicability to the similar class of geological environment as an example.

Chemical evolution of amino acid induced by soft X-ray with synchrotron radiation

Kaneko, Fusae*; Tanaka, Masahito*; Narita, Satoru*; Kitada, Tomo*; Matsui, Takahiro*; Nakagawa, Kazumichi*; Agui, Akane; Fujii, Kentaro; Yokoya, Akinari

Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 144-147, p.291 - 294, 2005/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2005.01.233

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Departure process of hydrogen from highly-hydrogenated diamond-like carbon film by exposure to synchrotron radiation

Kanda, Kazuhiro*; Yokota, Kumiko*; Tagawa, Masahito*; Tode, Mayumi; Teraoka, Yuden; Matsui, Shinji*

no journal, , 

In the present study, we investigated the desorption of hydrogen from highly-hydrogenated diamond-like-carbon (DLC) films by irradiation of synchrotron radiation (SR) soft X-rays in vacuum. The irradiation of SR was carried out at BL-6 of NewSUBARU. The SR energy is ranging from infra red to soft X-ray, which was lower than 1 keV. The hydrogen content in the DLC films has been determined by Rutherford backscattering (RBS) and elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) techniques. Although the hydrogen content in the low-hydrogenated DLC film was independent on the soft X-ray dose, that for the high-hydrogenated DLC film decreased exponentially with the soft X-ray dose. This implies that the desorption of hydrogen takes place from the high-hydrogenated DLC films by the soft X-ray irradiation.

Discussion on ALPS treated water with reference to the method of deliberative polldesign and implementation of forum for national institute of technology students

Oba, Kyoko; Yanase, Noboru*; Matsui, Ryota*

no journal, , 

This study designed and conducted a forum for discussions among students of Fukushima National College of Technology on ALPS treated water generated by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident. For the design, we referred to the method of deliberative polls.

Validation and advancement of uranium dating method by alpha spectrometry for nuclear forensics

Yokoyama, Akihiko*; Uesugi, Masaki*; Matsui, Yoshiki; Umino, Yuji*; Kimura, Yoshiki; Yamaguchi, Tomoki

no journal, , 

Collaboration of JAEA and Kanazawa University has verified the analysis accuracy for the establishment of nuclear forensics uranium dating method by alpha-ray spectrometry. In the chemical separation, uranium standards are used to quantify Th-230 produced. In this case, the target for the existence ratio with U-234 is about 1/10000. Therefore, a recovery correction with a tracer was performed and the results were compared with those obtained by a mass spectrometer. In addition, we examined technical issues that contribute to improving analysis accuracy and speeding up analysis time.