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Obata, Reiji*; Saito, Eiji; Kikkawa, Takashi; 13 of others*
Advanced Materials, p.2411459_1 - 2411459_11, 2025/00
Times Cited Count:0Obata, Reiji*; Kikkawa, Takashi*; Saito, Eiji; 7 of others*
Nanotechnology, 35(47), p.475601_1 - 475601_9, 2024/11
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:0.00(Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)Obata, Reiji*; Saito, Eiji; Kikkawa, Takashi; 7 of others*
Advanced Materials, 36(19), p.2311339_1 - 2311339_8, 2024/05
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Sekine, Megumi; Sukegawa, Hidetoshi; Ishikuro, Yasuhiro; Oyama, Koji; Obata, Takashi; Hayashi, Kazuhiko; Inoue, Naoko
Proceedings of INMM & ESARDA Joint Virtual Annual Meeting (Internet), 10 Pages, 2021/08
The Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security (ISCN) of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) developed the virtual tour of a reference nuclear facility. The developed virtual tour was applied to the Design Information Questionnaire (DIQ) workshop exercise for the online SSAC course held in November 2020 in connection with the IAEA safeguards-related regional training course. Also, it was applied to the Complementary Access (CA) exercise for the online workshop of the Nuclear Security and Safeguards Project under the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA), held in February 2021. The workshop exercises have been implemented for in-person format however due to COVID-19 pandemic, a virtual tour was applied. The virtual tour was found to be a strong tool not only for online training as an alternative for a facility tour, but also considered to be more advantageous even for the in-person training. The developed virtual tour of a reference nuclear facility, going to shut down, can find potentially varied applications. The paper describes how to create a virtual tour of a reference research reactor facility for the DIQ and CA exercises respectively which have different learning objectives. It emphasizes how the features of the reference facility were captured and the challenges encountered to convey to the training participants the importance of providing the required design information while not being physically present at the facility. It also show the advantage of using the same virtual tour to describe the safeguards-related verification activities of a complementary access. Virtual tours can be applied to a variety of training.
Miwa, Kazuji; Obata, Hajime*; Suzuki, Takashi
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 57(5), p.537 - 545, 2020/05
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:18.62(Nuclear Science & Technology)This study investigated the vertical distribution of Iodine-129 (I) which is mainly produced by European nuclear reprocessing plants in the Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea.
I was found to be distributed almost uniformly in fallout level, and an increasing in
I concentration levels caused by high
I water inflow from the Atlantic Ocean was not observed. Additionally, we revealed the vertical distribution of iodide, one chemical form of iodine, from the Bering Shelf area to the Chukchi Sea for the first time. The increasing tendency of iodide near sea bottom was observed.
Kobata, Masaaki; Yoshii, Kenji; Fukuda, Tatsuo; Kawasaki, Ikuto; Okane, Tetsuo; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; Harii, Kazuya; Ieda, Junichi; Okayasu, Satoru; et al.
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 30, p.011192_1 - 011192_6, 2020/03
High energy X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) measurements were carried out for the Spin Seebeck system Pt/YFe
O
(YIG). This system was found to show anomalous Hall effect, possible due to the formation of intermetallic compounds between Fe
and Pt. To reveal this possibility, we have measured the Fe 1s photoelectron peaks by using HAXPES. It was found that the Fe ions consist of Fe
in YIG and metallic Fe. The formation of the metallic state is consistent with the proposed origin of the anomalous Hall effect. Other spectra such as Pt 4f will be presented at the conference.
Kondo, Yasuhiro; Asano, Hiroyuki*; Chishiro, Etsuji; Hirano, Koichiro; Ishiyama, Tatsuya; Ito, Takashi; Kawane, Yusuke; Kikuzawa, Nobuhiro; Meigo, Shinichiro; Miura, Akihiko; et al.
Proceedings of 28th International Linear Accelerator Conference (LINAC 2016) (Internet), p.298 - 300, 2017/05
We have constructed a linac for development of various accelerator components at J-PARC. The ion source is same as the J-PARC linac's, and the RFQ is a used one in the J-PARC linac. The beam energy is 3 MeV and nominal beam current is 30 mA. The accelerator has been already commissioned, and the first development program, laser-charge-exchange experiment for the transmutation experimental facility, has been started. In this paper, present status of this 3-MeV linac is presented.
Hirano, Koichiro; Asano, Hiroyuki; Ishiyama, Tatsuya; Ito, Takashi; Okoshi, Kiyonori; Oguri, Hidetomo; Kondo, Yasuhiro; Kawane, Yusuke; Kikuzawa, Nobuhiro; Sato, Yoshikatsu; et al.
Proceedings of 13th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.310 - 313, 2016/11
We have used a beam scraper with the incident angle of 65deg to reduce the beam power deposition density in the MEBT between a 324 MHz RFQ and a 50-MeV DTL of the J-PARC linac. The 65 scraper was irradiated by the H
beam up to particle number of 1.47E22. We observed a lot of surface projections with several hundred micrometers high in the beam irradiation damage on the scraper by using the laser microscope. In order to study the limits of scrapers, we constructed a new 3 MeV linac at J-PARC. We will conduct the scraper irradiation test at the end of this year.
Obata, Takashi
Kaku Busshitsu Kanri Senta Nyusu, 34(2), p.12 - 13, 2005/02
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Obata, Takashi; Numata, Kazuyoshi; Namiki, Shinji; Suzuki, Tsuneo*; Yamauchi, Takahiro*
Dai-24-Kai Kaku Busshitsu Kanri Gakkai Nihon Shibu Nenji Taikai Rombunshu, p.65 - 70, 2003/00
For the nuclear material accounting system, the mainframe computer had been used in Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI). For the purpose of more flexible use and easy operation, the PC base accounting system has been developed since 1999, and operation started from October, 2002. This system consists of the server with the database software and the client PC with original application software. The functions of this system are the input and edit of data, the creation of inspection correspondence data, and creation of a report to the states. Furthermore, it is also possible to create the Web application which used accounting data on a user level by using the programming language. Now, this system is being specialized in JAERI, but it is during a plan to develop as a system which can be also used at other institutions and organization. In the paper, the outline and operating situation of the nuclear material accounting system of JAERI are presented.
Dung, N. P.; Murayama, Takashi; Otsuji, Katsuhiro*; Obata, Kazuichi; Murakami, Hiroyuki
JAERI-Tech 2001-047, 28 Pages, 2001/07
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Kobata, Masaaki; Yoshii, Kenji; Fukuda, Tatsuo; Kawasaki, Ikuto; Okane, Tetsuo; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; Harii, Kazuya; Ieda, Junichi; Okayasu, Satoru; et al.
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We have conducted high energy X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HAXPES) measurements on spin Seebeck system Pt/YFe
O
(YIG) using synchrotron radiation at BL22XU of SPring-8. It was found that the Fe
ions are partially converted to a metallic Fe
state, a finding being consistent with the proposed mechanism of characteristic behavior such as anomalous Hall effect. We have also observed that two or more valence states of Fe ions in samples with low electric power generations, showing an inhomogeneous nature of the system. The other spectra such as O 1s and Pt 4f will be presented at the conference,
Otosaka, Shigeyoshi*; Aono, Tatsuo*; Fukuda, Miho*; Kambayashi, Shota*; Misono, Toshiharu; Dohi, Terumi; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Suzuki, Takashi; Takahashi, Yoshio*; Sugihara, Naoko*; et al.
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While the amount of cesium-137 (Cs: half-life 30.1 years) accumulated on the seabed due to the accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (0.1-0.2 PBq) is only about 1 to 2% of the total amount of
Cs transported to the ocean, it has been reported that it will remain for a long time in the coastal areas. On the other hand, long-term migration process of the sedimentary radiocesium and the impact on the ecosystem near the seafloor remain unknown. In this presentation, we will give an overview of the distribution and behavior of
Cs, especially on the seafloor along the coast of Fukushima, and report the latest results on the processes I the seafloor that should be considered on decadal timescale.
Kobata, Masaaki; Yoshii, Kenji; Fukuda, Tatsuo; Kawasaki, Ikuto; Satou, Yukihiko; Tanida, Hajime; Okane, Tetsuo; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; Harii, Kazuya; et al.
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We have investigated the electronic structures of Pt/YFe
O
thin films irradiated by gamma ray and heavy particles. Investigating details of this system is interesting from a possible application of waste heat recovery using the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) due to a tolerance against a presence of atomic defect. Irradiation of
Co gamma ray does not affect the spectral profiles such as Fe 2
, a fact being consistent with the gamma-ray tolerance of SSE as reported previously. On the other hand, the irradiation of Au particles was found to lead to a chemical shift of some photoelectron peaks, suggesting a possible defect of some ions such as Fe
.
Miwa, Kazuji; Obata, Hajime*; Suzuki, Takashi; Otosaka, Shigeyoshi
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I-129 in a global environment is originated from the European nuclear fuel reprocessing plants (NFRP), Sellafield in U.K. and La Hague in France, and it is observed a large amount of I-129 inflows from European NFRP into the eastern and central Arctic Ocean. Previous studies on I-129 at surface indicated seawater with high I-129 concentration does not inflow from eastern and central Arctic Ocean to Chukchi Sea, located in western Arctic Ocean. However, there is a possibility of inflow of I-129 because the vertical distribution of I-129 has not observed at the ocean. The purpose of this study is to identify the inflow of seawater with high I-129 concentration from eastern and central Arctic Ocean by observing the vertical distribution of I-129 and water mass structure in Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea. Seawater with high temperature at surface of southern Chukchi Sea (- 66N) and with low temperature at bottom of the northern Chukchi Sea (69
N -) were observed. The seawater with low temperature might include high I-129 concentration. However, I-129 concentration in some points was observed ranging from 0.79 to 2.89 (10
atoms/L), which was two orders of magnitude lower than that in the eastern and central Arctic Ocean. And no significant difference of I-129 concentration between seawater at surface and at bottom was shown. Therefore, we could not identify the inflow of seawater with high I-129 concentration from eastern and central Arctic Ocean to Chukchi Sea.
Obata, Hajime*; Miwa, Kazuji*; Kondo, Yoshiko*; Gamo, Toshitaka*; Otosaka, Shigeyoshi; Suzuki, Takashi
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Distributions chemical species of iodine (iodide, iodate and organic iodine) in seawater were investigated in the Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea, Arctic northern marginal seas. I, which is a good tracer for anthropogenically released iodine to the marine environments, were also revealed by this study. Iodide concentrations in seawater often increased toward the seafloor. This tendency was remarkable with iodide and organic iodine, indicating that these iodine species are released from the sediments of the continental shelf. Concentrations of
I ranged from 0.79 to 2.89
10
atom/L. While this level was several times higher than those in the North Pacific, significant increase of
I concentration due to seawater inflow from the North Atlantic was not observed. Considering latitudinal range of this study area, it can be estimated that most
I detected by this study was derived by atmospheric deposition of
I originates from Europe.
Arai, Yoichi; Sano, Yuichi; Suganuma, Takashi; Hinai, Hiroshi; Ikeda, Akira*; Obata, Masamichi*; Shibata, Atsuhiro; Nomura, Kazunori
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Fukuda, Yuhei; Suganuma, Takashi; Hinai, Hiroshi; Ikeda, Akira*; Obata, Masamichi*; Shibata, Atsuhiro; Nomura, Kazunori
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Wada, Kaoru*; Shiga, Takashi; Okahashi, Kazunari*; Kamiya, Junichiro; Kobata, Masaaki; Morohashi, Yuko; Abe, Kazuhide; Kishikawa, Shinsuke*; Sasaki, Masanao*; Kuroiwa, Masahide*; et al.
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Tokyo Electronics Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells ultra-high vacuum equipment using BeCu material. By integrating this with the NEG coating technology from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the company has developed a getter-type BeCu vacuum chamber that can operate without electricity. In a series of experiments, the chamber was opened to the atmosphere, evacuated, and then subjected to a baking (activation) process at 200 for 8.5 hours, repeated five times. The results showed that the NEG coating significantly improved the pumping speed and reduced the ultimate pressure. Additionally, during buildup pressure measurements, this process was repeated five times. While there was no substantial difference in pressure before the tests, a noticeable improvement in pressure was observed with the NEG coating as the tests progressed. This demonstrates that the NEG coating not only enhances the efficiency of the vacuum system but also plays a crucial role in maintaining an ultra-high vacuum environment.
Motooka, Takafumi; Endo, Shinya; Sonoda, Takashi; Oki, Keiichi; Uehara, Hiroyuki; Obata, Hiroki; Tsukada, Takashi
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