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JAEA Reports

Conceptual study of J-PARC Proton Beam Irradiation Facility

Meigo, Shinichiro; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Sugihara, Kenta*; Hirano, Yukinori*; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi*; Saito, Shigeru; Maekawa, Fujio

JAEA-Technology 2024-026, 123 Pages, 2025/03

JAEA-Technology-2024-026.pdf:14.22MB

Based on the design of the ADS Target Test Facility (TEF-T) at the J-PARC Transmutation Experimental Facility, a conceptual study was conducted on the J-PARC proton beam irradiation facility. This research was carried out based on the recommendations of the Nuclear Transmutation Technology Evaluation Task Force of the MEXT. The recommendations state that it is desirable to consider facility specifications that can make the most of the benefits of using the existing J-PARC proton accelerator while also solving the engineering issues of the ADS. We considered facilities that could respond to a variety of needs while reducing the facilities that were not needed in the TEF-T design. In order to clarify these diverse needs, we investigated the usage status of representative accelerator facilities around the world. As a result, it became clear that the main purposes of these facilities were (1) Material irradiation, (2) Soft error testing of semiconductor devices using spallation neutrons, (3) Production of RI for medical use, and (4) Proton beam use, and we investigated the facilities necessary for these purposes. In considering the facility concept, we assumed a user community in 2022 and reflected user opinions in the facility design. This report summarizes the results of the conceptual study of the proton irradiation facility, various needs and responses to them, the roadmap for facility construction, and future issues.

Journal Articles

Evaluation of the performance of event reconstruction algorithms in the JSNS$$^2$$ experiment using a $$^{252}$$Cf calibration source

Lee, D. H.*; Dodo, Taku; Haga, Katsuhiro; Harada, Masahide; Hasegawa, Shoichi; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Kinoshita, Hidetaka; Masuda, Shiho; Meigo, Shinichiro; Sakai, Kenji; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1072, p.170216_1 - 170216_6, 2025/03

 Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:98.29(Instruments & Instrumentation)

Journal Articles

Pulse shape discrimination in JSNS$$^2$$

Dodo, Taku; Haga, Katsuhiro; Harada, Masahide; Hasegawa, Shoichi; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Kinoshita, Hidetaka; Masuda, Shiho; Meigo, Shinichiro; Sakai, Kenji; Suzuya, Kentaro; et al.

Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Internet), 2025(2), p.023H02_1 - 023H02_8, 2025/02

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Physics, Multidisciplinary)

Journal Articles

J-PARC proton beam irradiation facility plan

Meigo, Shinichiro

Kasokuki, 21(4), p.333 - 344, 2025/01

For the study of material damage under the beam irradiation circumstance of accelerator-driven systems (ADS), the JAEA had planned to construct a TEF-T using J-PARC Linac 400-MeV proton beams and the LBE spallation target. The task force for evaluating partitioning and transmutation technology in the MEXT recommended that the facility be considered to maximize the advantages of using Linac to meet users' various needs. The proton irradiation facility, a successor of TEF-T, is planned to be constructed for 1) Material irradiation examinations, 2) Semiconductor soft-error examinations using spallation neutrons, 3) Medical RI production, and 4) Proton beam applications for space use. A user community was established in 2022 to incorporate user input as a more attractive facility. In this paper, the present design status of the facility is described.

Journal Articles

First measurement of missing energy due to nuclear effects in monoenergetic neutrino charged-current interactions

Marzec, E.*; Dodo, Taku; Haga, Katsuhiro; Harada, Masahide; Hasegawa, Shoichi; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Kinoshita, Hidetaka; Masuda, Shiho; Meigo, Shinichiro; Sakai, Kenji; et al.

Physical Review Letters, 134, p.081801_1 - 081801_9, 2025/00

 Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:0.00(Physics, Multidisciplinary)

Journal Articles

Measurements of displacement cross sections of metals for 120-GeV proton beam irradiation

Iwamoto, Yosuke; Matsuda, Hiroki*; Meigo, Shinichiro; Yonehara, Katsuya*; Pellemoine, F.*; Liu, Z.*; Lynch, K.*; Yoshida, Makoto*; Yabuuchi, Atsushi*; Yoshiie, Toshimasa*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 557, p.165543_1 - 165543_8, 2024/12

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)

The number of displacements per atom is widely used as an indicator of irradiation damage to materials in proton accelerator facilities. Experiments have been carried out on protons below 3 GeV to verify the dpa of metallic materials. However, the dpa for high-energy protons above 3 GeV has not been measured. In order to validate the displacement cross sections of metals in the high-energy region, the electrical resistivity changes of aluminium, copper and tungsten wires at a temperature of 8 K were measured using protons with energy of 120 GeV. The results show that the conventional irradiation damage model of PHITS overestimates the experimental data. On the other hand, the calculation results using the athermal recombination correction model were in agreement with the experimental data.

Journal Articles

Measurement of the spallation neutron spectrum by unfolding at 180$$^{circ}$$ from 3-GeV protons and $$^{nat}$$Hg with the $$^{209}$$Bi(n,xn) reactions

Sugihara, Kenta*; Meigo, Shinichiro; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Maekawa, Fujio

JAEA-Conf 2024-002, p.162 - 167, 2024/11

A neutron energy spectrum is important for shielding design at an Accelerator-Driven System facility (1.5-GeV p + Lead Bismuth Eutectic). A similar spectrum can be obtained at J-PARC (3-GeV proton + $$^{nat}$$Hg). To check the validity of the unfolding, the unfolding with the $$^{209}$$Bi(n,xn) reactions and the response functions (JENDL/HE-2007 and TALYS) was applied. In our poster, we present the derivation of the spectrum and comparison with the spectrum with a Time-of-Flight technique.

Journal Articles

SiC sensor wire test by heavy ion beam irradiation, 2

Meigo, Shinichiro; Yamaguchi, Yuji

Proceedings of 21st Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.853 - 858, 2024/10

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Design and beam dynamics studies of a chopper for the JAEA-ADS LEBT

Yee-Rendon, B.; Kondo, Yasuhiro; Tamura, Jun; Maekawa, Fujio; Meigo, Shinichiro

Proceedings of 21st Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.205 - 209, 2024/10

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) designs a 30-MW CW proton linear accelerator (linac) as a key component for the accelerator-driven subcritical system (ADS) project, aimed at nuclear waste management. The low energy beam transport (LEBT) in JAEA-ADS uses charge neutralization to minimize space-charge effects, which are the primary cause of beam loss in high-power accelerators. During commissioning and power ramp-up, precise control of the duty cycle is required for safety and machine protection; thus, a chopper system will be installed to manage the beam power. The chopper is located at the LEBT, to facilitate the disposal of the excess beam power, but its operation will affect the charge neutralization producing beam transients that could lead to beam loss. To shed light on this, we created a beam optics model for the chopper using an analytic approach to determine the required characteristics like voltage and dimensions, which was confirmed through TraceWin simulations. Subsequently, we analyzed the chopper's impact on space-charge compensation to evaluate the beam transients in the LEBT. This study reports the design of the chopper and its effects on beam performance for the JAEA-ADS LEBT.

Journal Articles

Proton beam utilization for space development equipment at J-PARC

Meigo, Shinichiro; Yamaguchi, Yuji; Iwamoto, Hiroki

Proceedings of 21st Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.32 - 37, 2024/10

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Investigation of solenoid fringe field based on change in 3-Gev proton beam orbit and the orbit correction

Yamaguchi, Yuji; Meigo, Shinichiro; Yamazaki, Takayuki*

Proceedings of 21st Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.239 - 243, 2024/10

Fringe field of a secondary-particle capture solenoid magnet with three coils has been experimentally investigated placed at muon science facility in materials and life science experimental facility (MLF), J-PARC. To clarify relationship between the fringe field and excitation current of each coil and interference of fields by the coils, proton beam position changes in vertical direction were measured for 125(= 5$$^{3}$$) combinations of excitation currents using a multi-wire profile monitor located in front of the final target of MLF. The measured position changes show that the field by the most upstream coil is non-linear with its current while the fields by other coils are linear and that the field can be enhanced by excitation of multiple coils. The non-linearity of the filed by the most upstream coil has been introduced to the proton beam orbit correction, which has been demonstrated.

Journal Articles

Beam transient studies for the JAEA-ADS LEBT

Yee-Rendon, B.; Kondo, Yasuhiro; Tamura, Jun; Maekawa, Fujio; Meigo, Shinichiro

Proceedings of 32nd Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC 2024) (Internet), p.488 - 491, 2024/10

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) is designing a 30-MW CW proton linear accelerator (linac) for nuclear waste transmutation. Space-charge is the primary challenge in achieving low losses and high beam quality for high-power accelerators, especially at low energy levels where space-charge forces are greater. To counteract the space-charge effects, the low-energy beam transport (LEBT) uses a magnetostatic design to enable the neutralization of the beam charge, the so-called space charge compensation. The neutralization is an accumulation process that reaches a charge balance between the main beam and the opposite ionized particles. However, this equilibrium is destroyed by the chopper system used during beam ramping. During those transient regimes, the beam optics conditions are not optimal for the beam, producing considerable degradation that can end in serious damage to the accelerator. Thus, analysis of beam behavior at these periods is essential to develop a robust design and an efficient operation of the JAEA-ADS linac. This study presents the beam dynamics of neutralization build-up and chopper operation for the JAEA-ADS LEBT.

Journal Articles

Progress of the spoke cavity prototyping for the JAEA-ADS linac

Tamura, Jun; Kondo, Yasuhiro; Yee-Rendon, B.; Meigo, Shinichiro; Maekawa, Fujio; Kako, Eiji*; Umemori, Kensei*; Sakai, Hiroshi*; Domae, Takeshi*

Proceedings of 32nd Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC 2024) (Internet), p.496 - 498, 2024/10

Journal Articles

Comprehensive estimation of nuclide production cross sections using a phenomenological approach

Iwamoto, Hiroki; Meigo, Shinichiro; Sugihara, Kenta*

Physical Review C, 109(5), p.054610_1 - 054610_12, 2024/05

 Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:74.11(Physics, Nuclear)

Nuclide production cross sections are crucial in nuclear research, development, space exploration, and astrophysical investigations. Despite their importance, limited experimental data availability restricts the practicality of phenomenological approaches to comprehensive cross-section estimation. To address this, we propose a Gaussian process-based machine learning (ML) model capable of transferring knowledge from elements with abundant data to those with limited or no experimental data. Our ML model not only enables comprehensive cross-section estimations for various elements but also demonstrates predictive capabilities akin to physics models, even in regions with scarce training data.

Journal Articles

Study on the accidental background of the JSNS$$^2$$ experiment

Lee, D. H.*; Dodo, Taku; Haga, Katsuhiro; Harada, Masahide; Hasegawa, Shoichi; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Kinoshita, Hidetaka; Masuda, Shiho; Meigo, Shinichiro; Sakai, Kenji; et al.

European Physical Journal C, 84, p.409_1 - 409_6, 2024/04

 Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:35.96(Physics, Particles & Fields)

Journal Articles

Measurement of nuclide production cross sections for GeV-region proton-induced reactions on $$^{rm nat}$$Mg, $$^{rm nat}$$Si, $$^{rm nat}$$Fe, $$^{rm nat}$$Cu, and $$^{rm nat}$$Zn

Sugihara, Kenta*; Meigo, Shinichiro; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Maekawa, Fujio

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 549, p.165299_1 - 165299_12, 2024/04

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)

JAEA Reports

Conceptual study of Post Irradiation Examination (PIE) Facility at J-PARC

Saito, Shigeru; Meigo, Shinichiro; Makimura, Shunsuke*; Hirano, Yukinori*; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi*; Maekawa, Fujio

JAEA-Technology 2023-025, 48 Pages, 2024/03

JAEA-Technology-2023-025.pdf:3.11MB

JAEA has been developing Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS) for research and development of nuclear transmutation using accelerators in order to reduce the volume and hazardousness of high-level radioactive waste generated by nuclear power plants. In order to prepare the material irradiation database necessary for the design of ADS and to study the irradiation effects in Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) alloys, a proton irradiation facility is under consideration at J-PARC. In this proton irradiation facility, 250 kW proton beams will be injected into the LBE spallation target, and irradiation tests under LBE flow will be performed for candidate structural materials for ADS. Furthermore, semiconductor soft-error tests, medical RI production, and proton beam applications will be performed. Among these, Post Irradiation Examination (PIE) of irradiated samples and RI separation and purification will be carried out in the PIE facility to be constructed near the proton irradiation facility. In this PIE facility, PIE of the equipment and samples irradiated in other facilities in J-PARC will also be performed. This report describes the conceptual study of the PIE facility, including the items to be tested, the test flow, the facilities, the test equipment, etc., and the proposed layout of the facility.

Journal Articles

Fabrication progress of the prototype spoke cavity for the JAEA-ADS linac

Tamura, Jun; Kondo, Yasuhiro; Yee-Rendon, B.; Meigo, Shinichiro; Maekawa, Fujio; Kako, Eiji*; Umemori, Kensei*; Sakai, Hiroshi*; Domae, Takeshi*

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 2687(5), p.052008_1 - 052008_6, 2024/01

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical)

Journal Articles

The Acrylic vessel for JSNS$$^2$$-II neutrino target

Shin, C. D.*; Dodo, Taku; Haga, Katsuhiro; Harada, Masahide; Hasegawa, Shoichi; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Kinoshita, Hidetaka; Masuda, Shiho; Meigo, Shinichiro; Sakai, Kenji; et al.

Journal of Instrumentation (Internet), 18(12), p.T12001_1 - T12001_9, 2023/12

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)

Journal Articles

Measurement of nuclide production cross sections for proton-induced reactions on $$^{nat}$$Ti and $$^{93}$$Nb at 0.8 and 3.0 GeV

Sugihara, Kenta*; Meigo, Shinichiro; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Maekawa, Fujio

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 545, p.165153_1 - 165153_9, 2023/12

 Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:43.92(Instruments & Instrumentation)

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