Simultaneous measurements of superradiance at multiple wavelength from helium excited states, 2; Analysis

Ohae, Chiaki*; Harries, J.; Iwayama, Hiroshi*; Kawaguchi, Kentaro*; Kuma, Susumu*; Miyamoto, Yuki*; Nagasono, Mitsuru*; Nakajima, Kyo*; Nakano, Itsuo*; Shigemasa, Eiji*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 85(3), p.034301_1 - 034301_10, 2016/03

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.85.034301

Aspect-ratio-dependent phase transitions and concentration fluctuations in aqueous colloidal dispersions of charged platelike particles

Yamaguchi, Daisuke; Miyamoto, Nobuyoshi*; Fujita, Takako*; Nakato, Teruyuki*; Koizumi, Satoshi; Ota, Noboru*; Yagi, Naoto*; Hashimoto, Takeji

Physical Review E, 85(1), p.011403_1 - 011403_15, 2012/01

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011403

Phase transition of aqueous colloidal dispersions of charged plate-like particles of niobate nanosheets were investigated as a function of the aspect ratio () and particle volume concentration () by small-angle neutron scattering and small-angle X-ray scattering. The results elucidated the following three pieces of evidence: (1) the macroscopic phase separation of the dispersions into an isotropic phase and a liquid crystalline phase (LC) under the condition of (a) varying at a constant = 0.01, and of (b) varying (0.01 0.025) at a constant = 2.510. (2) the -induced phase transition of the LC phase from a nematic phase to a highly periodic layered phase upon increasing r under the condition (a). (3) the LC phase having remarkable concentration fluctuations of the particles which are totally unexpected for the conventional lyotropic molecular LC but which are anticipated to be general for the plate-like colloidal particles.

QA/QC activities and estimation of uncertainty for ultra-trace analysis of uranium and plutonium in safeguards environmental samples

Usuda, Shigekazu*; Magara, Masaaki; Esaka, Fumitaka; Yasuda, Kenichiro; Kokubu, Yoko; Lee, C. G.; Miyamoto, Yutaka; Suzuki, Daisuke; Inagawa, Jun; Sakurai, Satoshi; et al.

Journal of Nuclear and Radiochemical Sciences, 11(2), p.A5 - A9, 2011/01

http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/jnrs/j-online112.html

In the analysis of IAEA safeguards environmental samples, isotope ratios of ultra-trace amounts of uranium and plutonium in samples taken from nuclear facilities are determined to detect undeclared nuclear materials and activities. In order to keep and enhance the reliability of the measurement results, validation of analytical methods and estimation of measurement uncertainty in such ultra-trace analysis should be properly done in accordance with worldwide standards. In this paper, the current activities on achievement of QA/QC (quality assurance and quality control) and estimation of measurement uncertainty in the ultra-trace analysis at a clean chemistry laboratory (CLEAR) of JAEA are reported.

Combined SANS, SEC, NMR, and UV-Vis studies of simultaneous living anionic copolymerization process; Simultaneous elucidation of propagating living chains at three different length scales

Zhao, Y.; Tanaka, Hirokazu*; Miyamoto, Nobuyoshi*; Koizumi, Satoshi; Hashimoto, Takeji

Macromolecules, 42(5), p.1739 - 1748, 2009/04

https://doi.org/10.1021/ma8017519

Research and development on environmental radionuclides for nuclear non-proliferation at Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Usuda, Shigekazu; Shinohara, Nobuo; Sakurai, Satoshi; Magara, Masaaki; Miyamoto, Yutaka; Esaka, Fumitaka; Yasuda, Kenichiro; Kokubu, Yoko; Hirayama, Fumio; Lee, C. G.; et al.

KEK Proceedings 2007-16, p.13 - 22, 2008/02

For the purpose of controlling and monitoring radiations and radioactive materials emitted from nuclear facilities to the environment and also evaluating their effects, various R&D on environmental radioactivity has been carried out at Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). Especially, for the abolition of nuclear weapons and for peaceful uses nuclear energy, ultra-trace analysis of environmental samples for safeguards and ultra-high sensitive monitoring of radionuclides for the CTBT verification, which have been scheduled in the middle of 1990s, have been promotted under the auspices of the Japanese Government at JAERI, the former of JAEA. In this presentation, the outline of R&D on environmental radioactivity for nuclear non-proliferation is introduced. In addition, applications of the developed techniques and future perspectives will be discussed.

Development of safeguards environmental sample analysis techniques at JAEA as a network laboratory of IAEA

Sakurai, Satoshi; Magara, Masaaki; Esaka, Fumitaka; Hirayama, Fumio; Lee, C. G.; Yasuda, Kenichiro; Inagawa, Jun; Suzuki, Daisuke; Iguchi, Kazunari; Kokubu, Yoko; et al.

STI/PUB/1298 (CD-ROM), p.791 - 799, 2007/08

no abstracts in English

An Attempt for determining U/U ratio for a trace amount of uranium: Search for an extinct radionuclide Cm in the early solar system

Chai, J.; Miyamoto, Yutaka; Kokubu, Yoko; Magara, Masaaki; Sakurai, Satoshi; Usuda, Shigekazu; Oura, Yasuji*; Ebihara, Mitsuru*

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 272(2), p.397 - 401, 2007/05

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-0535-0

Cm is an important nuclide because it has the next-shortest half-life (1.610 yr) from Pu among the transuranic nuclides. The disintegration of Cm to U by three decays and two decays and the chemical fractionation between Cm and U during the formation of solid materials in early solar system lead to changes in the ratios of U to U. This variation may provide strict constraints on the time interval between the last r-process nucleosynthetic event and the formation of the solar system. It is important to develop a practical analysis protocol to determine the isotope ratio of trace uranium in geochemical and environment samples. As uranium is the least abundant element in our solar system, analytical techniques with high sensitivity and precision are required. In this study, a double focusing inductively coupled plasma mass spectory was applied to measure isotopic ratio of uranium. By one set data obtained from the EDTA phase of the Jilin meteorite sample, the upper limit of Cm in the early solar system was calculated and Cm/U 0.003 was obtained.

Living anionic polymerization of methyl methacrylate controlled by metal-free phosphazene catalyst as observed by small-angle neutron scattering, gel-permeation chromatography and UV-visible spectroscopy

Miyamoto, Nobuyoshi; Inoue, Yoshihisa*; Koizumi, Satoshi; Hashimoto, Takeji

Journal of Applied Crystallography, 40(s1), p.s568 - s572, 2007/04

https://doi.org/10.1107/S0021889807009673

no abstracts in English

Effect of change of environmental conditions on the elemental composition of airborne dust

Miyamoto, Yutaka; Saito, Yoko; Magara, Masaaki; Sakurai, Satoshi; Usuda, Shigekazu

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 271(1), p.83 - 88, 2007/01

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-0110-8

Airborne dust samples were collected with a high-volume sampler at a fixed point in JAERI-Tokai for three years. Recently at JAERI-Tokai, a number of pine trees to arrest sand shifting was cut down. We analyzed the variation in elemental composition of the dust collected before and after felling the trees. It found, from the two-dimentional plots of ratio of elemental concentration such as Sc/Na-Cl/Na ratios, almost all samples consisted of mixture of sea-salt and soil. There were some differences between the elemental composition of the dust collected before and after felling the trees.

Geological distribution of plutonium isotopes of Nagasaki atomic bomb spread over Nagasaki and Kumamoto area

Kokubu, Yoko; Yasuda, Kenichiro; Magara, Masaaki; Miyamoto, Yutaka; Sakurai, Satoshi; Usuda, Shigekazu; Yamazaki, Hideo*; Yoshikawa, Shusaku*

KEK Proceedings 2006-5, p.36 - 40, 2006/11

no abstracts in English