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Yonomoto, Taisuke; Nakashima, Hiroshi*; Sono, Hiroki; Kishimoto, Katsumi; Izawa, Kazuhiko; Kinase, Masami; Osa, Akihiko; Ogawa, Kazuhiko; Horiguchi, Hironori; Inoi, Hiroyuki; et al.
JAEA-Review 2020-056, 51 Pages, 2021/03
JAEA-Review-2020-056.pdf:3.26MB
A group named as "The group for investigation of reasonable safety assurance based on graded approach", which consists of about 10 staffs from Sector of Nuclear Science Research, Safety and Nuclear Security Administration Department, departments for management of nuclear facility, Sector of Nuclear Safety Research and Emergency Preparedness, aims to realize effective graded approach (GA) about management of facilities and regulatory compliance of JAEA. The group started its activities in September, 2019 and has had discussions through 10 meetings and email communications. In the meetings, basic ideas of GA, status of compliance with new regulatory standards at each facility, new inspection system, etc were discussed, while individual investigation at each facility were shared among the members. This report is compiled with expectation that it will help promote rational and effective safety management based on GA by sharing contents of the activity widely inside and outside JAEA.
-Orbital component in the Borromean nucleus 
BYang, Z. H.*; Kubota, Yuki*; Corsi, A.*; Yoshida, Kazuki; Sun, X.-X.*; Li, J. G.*; Kimura, Masaaki*; Michel, N.*; Ogata, Kazuyuki*; Yuan, C. X.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 126(8), p.082501_1 - 082501_8, 2021/02
Times Cited Count：45 Percentile：96.69(Physics, Multidisciplinary)A quasifree (
,
) experiment was performed to study the structure of the Borromean nucleus B, which had long been considered to have a neutron halo. By analyzing the momentum distributions and exclusive cross sections, we obtained the spectroscopic factors for 
and 
orbitals, and a surprisingly small percentage of 9(2)% was determined for . Our finding of such a small component and the halo features reported in prior experiments can be explained by the deformed relativistic Hartree-Bogoliubov theory in continuum, revealing a definite but not dominant neutron halo in B. The present work gives the smallest - or -orbital component among known nuclei exhibiting halo features and implies that the dominant occupation of or orbitals is not a prerequisite for the occurrence of a neutron halo.
Yonomoto, Taisuke; Mineo, Hideaki; Murayama, Yoji; Hohara, Shinya*; Nakajima, Ken*; Nakatsuka, Toru; Uesaka, Mitsuru*
Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi ATOMO
, 63(1), p.73 - 77, 2021/01
no abstracts in English
Nakatsuka, Toru; Maeda, Toshikatsu; Sugiyama, Tomoyuki; Maruyama, Yu
Proceedings of 18th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-18) (USB Flash Drive), p.1650 - 1656, 2019/08
The OECD/NEA is launching a new project named "Analysis of Information from Reactor Buildings and Containment Vessels of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (ARC-F)" Project. This project will serve as the successor to the precedent NEA project, "Benchmark Study of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (BSAF) Phase II" which investigated the accident scenarios, associated fission products behavior in the damaged units and source term to the environment. The ARC-F project comprises three tasks: Task 1: Refinement of analysis for accident scenarios and associated fission product transportation and dispersion; Task 2: Compilation and management of data and information; and Task 3: Discussion for future long-term project. Japan Atomic Energy Agency is the operating agent, responsible to lead all the tasks. Duration of the project is from January 2019 to December 2021 and the final report is planned to be published in 2022.
=28 and 
=50; Spectroscopy of 
ZnShand, C. M.*; Podoly
k, Zs.*; G
rska, M.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Obertelli, A.*; Nowacki, F.*; Otsuka, T.*; Sieja, K.*; Tostevin, J. A.*; Tsunoda, T.*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 773, p.492 - 497, 2017/10
Times Cited Count：25 Percentile：87.8(Astronomy & Astrophysics)
KrFlavigny, F.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Obertelli, A.*; Delaroche, J.-P.*; Girod, M.*; Libert, J.*; Rodriguez, T. R.*; Authelet, G.*; Baba, Hidetada*; Calvet, D.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 118(24), p.242501_1 - 242501_6, 2017/06
Times Cited Count：38 Percentile：87.34(Physics, Multidisciplinary)
decay of unbound neutron-hole states in 
SnVaquero, V.*; Jungclaus, A.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Wimmer, K.*; Gargano, A.*; Tostevin, J. A.*; Chen, S.*; Ncher, E.*; Sahin, E.*; Shiga, Yoshiaki*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 118(20), p.202502_1 - 202502_5, 2017/05
Times Cited Count：21 Percentile：76.94(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Chen, S.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Obertelli, A.*; Rodriguez, T. R.*; Authelet, G.*; Baba, Hidetada*; Calvet, D.*; Ch
teau, F.*; Corsi, A.*; Delbart, A.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 95(4), p.041302_1 - 041302_6, 2017/04
Times Cited Count：26 Percentile：88.47(Physics, Nuclear)
ZrPaul, N.*; Corsi, A.*; Obertelli, A.*; Doornenbal, P.*; Authelet, G.*; Baba, Hidetada*; Bally, B.*; Bender, M.*; Calvet, D.*; Chteau, F.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 118(3), p.032501_1 - 032501_7, 2017/01
Times Cited Count：44 Percentile：89.18(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Takemoto, Noriyuki; Itagaki, Wataru; Kimura, Nobuaki; Ishitsuka, Etsuo; Nakatsuka, Toru; Hori, Naohiko; Ooka, Makoto; Ito, Haruhiko
JAEA-Review 2013-063, 34 Pages, 2014/03
JAEA-Review-2013-063.pdf:8.46MB
Nuclear energy is important from a viewpoint of economy and energy security in Japan. However, the lack of nuclear engineers and scientists in future is concerned after the sever accident of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has occurred. Institute of National Colleges of Technology planned to carry out training programs for human resource development of nuclear energy field including on-site training in nuclear facilities. Oarai Research and Development Center in Japan Atomic Energy Agency cooperatively carried out an internship for nuclear disaster prevention and safety utilizing the nuclear facilities such as the JMTR. Thirty two students joined in total in the internship from FY 2011 to FY2013. In this paper, contents and results of the internship are reported.
Takemoto, Noriyuki; Kimura, Nobuaki; Hanakawa, Hiroki; Shibata, Akira; Matsui, Yoshinori; Nakamura, Jinichi; Ishitsuka, Etsuo; Nakatsuka, Toru; Ito, Haruhiko
JAEA-Review 2013-058, 42 Pages, 2014/02
JAEA-Review-2013-058.pdf:4.95MB
Practical training courses using the JMTR and related facilities as an advanced research infrastructures have been carried out in Japan Atomic Energy Agency since FY2010 from a viewpoint of the nuclear human resource development and the securing. In FY2013, "Training course for foreign young researchers and engineers" was carried out from July 8th to July 26th, and "Training course using JMTR and related facilities as advanced research infrastructures" for domestic young researchers and engineers was carried out from July 29th to August 9th. 18 young researchers and engineers were joined in each training course, and 36 trainees in total studied about basic nuclear research and technology through the lecture and training about the reactor operation management, safety management, irradiation test, etc. in the JMTR. The results of these courses are reported in this paper.
Kimura, Nobuaki; Takemoto, Noriyuki; Ooka, Makoto; Ishitsuka, Etsuo; Nakatsuka, Toru; Ito, Haruhiko; Ishihara, Masahiro
JAEA-Review 2012-055, 40 Pages, 2013/03
JAEA-Review-2012-055.pdf:93.64MB
Training courses using JMTR and related facilities as advanced research infrastructures have been newly organized for domestic students, young researchers and engineers since FY2010 from a viewpoint of nuclear human resource development in order to support global expansion of nuclear power industry. In FY 2012, two courses were carried for foreign as well as Japanese young researchers and engineers in order to carry out effective practical training. For the foreigner course, 16 young researchers and engineers were joined from July 23rd to August 10th. For the Japanese course, total 35 young researchers and engineers were joined two courses from August 20th to August 31st and from September 3rd to September 14th. Lectures of these training courses were consisted from basics of nuclear energy to its application, especially for irradiation tests in Motrin this paper, results of these foreigners and Japanese training courses are reported.
Nakatsuka, Toru; Misawa, Takeharu; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Takase, Kazuyuki
Proceedings of International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles (FR 2009) (CD-ROM), 5 Pages, 2012/00
In the present paper, thermal-hydraulic behavior in a simplified fuel assembly of the supercritical water cooled fast reactor (Super Fast Reactor) was analyzed with the three-dimensional two-fluid model analysis code ACE-3D. The analytical geometry simulates a 19-rod assembly, which is one of the most simplified geometry of the SCWR fuel assembly and includes three kinds of different subchannel types; (1) adjoining to the channel box, (2): next to type (1), and (3): located inside types (1) and (2). It was confirmed that the MCST satisfies a thermal design criteria to ensure fuel and cladding integrity.
Nakatsuka, Toru; Misawa, Takeharu; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Takase, Kazuyuki
Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-19) (CD-ROM), 5 Pages, 2011/10
To analyze thermal hydraulics in the core of supercritical-water-cooled reactors, JAEA has been improved a three-dimensional two-fluid model analysis code ACE-3D, which has been developed originally for two-phase flow of LWRs. Heat transfer experiments of supercritical fluids flowing in a tube, a vertical annular channel around a heater pin and 7-rod bundles were analyzed with the improved ACE-3D to assess the prediction performance of the code at supercritical region. As a result, it was confirmed that the calculated wall surface temperatures agreed with the measured results. To evaluate thermal hydraulic characteristics of a tight-lattice fuel bundle of Super Fast Reactor, a simplified 19-rod fuel assembly was analyzed. Maximum clad surface temperature was observed at the position facing to the narrowest gap on the center rod near the outlet and the value was 901K. The predicted MCST satisfies thermal design criteria to ensure fuel and cladding integrity.
Nakatsuka, Toru; Misawa, Takeharu; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Takase, Kazuyuki
Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 2, p.143 - 146, 2011/10
To evaluate thermal hydraulic characteristics of a tight-lattice fuel bundle of supercritical water reactor (Super Fast Reactor), a simplified 19-rod fuel assembly was analyzed with a three-dimensional two-fluid model analysis code ACE-3D. In this calculation, a one-twelfth model is adopted as the computational domain taking advantage of symmetry. As the boundary conditions, mass velocity, inlet enthalpy and power distribution are to be the same as the steady state condition of the reactor. Cross-sectional local power distribution in the fuel assembly is set to be flat. Effect of grid spacers is taken into account in the analysis. Maximum cladding surface temperature (MCST) is observed at the position facing to the narrowest gap on the center rod near the outlet and the value is 628
C that is almost the same as results without grid spacers. The predicted MCST satisfies a thermal design criteria to ensure fuel and cladding integrity: the MCST should be less than 650C.
Nakatsuka, Toru; Mori, Hideo*; Akiba, Miyuki*; Ezato, Koichiro; Yasuoka, Makoto*
Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (ISSCWR-5) (CD-ROM), 12 Pages, 2011/03
In the thermal-hydraulic area of Japanese Supercritical Water Cooled Reactor (JSCWR) project, the main objective is to provide high-precision heat transfer and hydraulics resistance correlations of supercritical water which are necessary for the conceptual design of the core and fuel. For this purpose, a database was constructed from literature survey and previous research results. The most suitable correlation applied for circular tubes was selected based on the database and the range of application and predictive accuracy were defined. A thermal-hydraulics analysis code has been developed based on large eddy simulation, which is selected for simulation of the heat transfer deterioration, to give detailed information of thermal-hydraulics phenomena in a fuel bundle.
Nakatsuka, Toru; Ezato, Koichiro; Misawa, Takeharu; Seki, Yohji; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Dairaku, Masayuki; Suzuki, Satoshi; Enoeda, Mikio; Takase, Kazuyuki
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 47(12), p.1118 - 1123, 2010/12
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：9.96(Nuclear Science & Technology)In order to perform efficiently the thermal design of the supercritical water reactor (SCWR), it is important to assess the thermal hydraulics in rod bundles of the core. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been improved the three-dimensional two-fluid model analysis code ACE-3D, which has been developed originally for the two-phase flow thermal hydraulics of light water reactors, to handle the thermal hydraulic properties of water at supercritical region. In the present paper, heat transfer experiments of supercritical water flowing in a vertical annular channel around a heater pin, which was performed at JAEA, were analyzed with the improved ACE-3D to assess the prediction performance of the code. As a result, it was implied that the ACE-3D code may be applicable to prediction of wall temperatures of a single rod that simulates the fuel bundle geometry of SCWR core.
Nakatsuka, Toru; Misawa, Takeharu; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Takase, Kazuyuki
Proceedings of Joint International Conference of 7th Supercomputing in Nuclear Application and 3rd Monte Carlo (SNA + MC 2010) (USB Flash Drive), 4 Pages, 2010/10
To evaluate thermal hydraulic characteristics of a tight-lattice fuel bundle of supercritical water reactor (Super Fast Reactor), a simplified 19-rod fuel assembly was analyzed with a three-dimensional two-fluid model analysis code ACE-3D. In this calculation, a one-twelfth model is adopted as the computational domain taking advantage of symmetry. As the boundary conditions, mass velocity, inlet enthalpy and power distribution are to be the same as the steady state condition of the reactor. Cross-sectional local power distribution in the fuel assembly is set to be flat. Effect of grid spacers is taken into account in the analysis. Maximum clad surface temperature (MCST) is observed at the position facing to the narrowest gap on the center rod near the outlet and the value is 628C that is almost the same as results without grid spacers. The predicted MCST satisfies a thermal design criteria to ensure fuel and cladding integrity: the MCST should be less than 650C.
Nakatsuka, Toru; Misawa, Takeharu; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Takase, Kazuyuki
Nihon Konsoryu Gakkai Nenkai Koenkai 2010 Koen Rombunshu, p.348 - 349, 2010/07
In the thermal hydraulic design of supercritical water-cooled reactor, it is required to establish a thermal hydraulic design method which can precisely predict heat transfer deterioration of supercritical water as the core coolant. Assessments of applicability of turbulence models used in design methods have not been sufficiently performed, since the mechanism of heat transfer deterioration has not been clearly figured out yet. Japan Atomic Energy Agency has started developing prediction method of heat transfer deterioration with large eddy simulation to improve the thermal hydraulic design accuracy. In the present study, simulation results of heat transfer test with Freon are reported.
Nakatsuka, Toru; Liu, W.; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Takase, Kazuyuki
Dai-15-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu, p.279 - 280, 2010/06
To assess the stability of once-through steam generators in FBR, Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been developing a prediction method for thermal-hydraulic instability based on system analysis code TRAC-BF1. In the present paper, to simulate the primary coolant in steam generators, thermal property of sodium was incorporated to the code and the VESSEL component was improved to handle two different fluids of primary sodium and secondary water. These added functions were assessed with a simplified steam generator model calculation by altering primary coolant fluid as water and sodium. It was confirmed that heat transfer at steam generators was properly evaluated for the case that primary coolant is sodium as well as water.
