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Hojo, Kiminobu*; Hirota, Takatoshi*; Nagoshi, Yasuto*; Fukahori, Takuya*; Shimizu, Kazuma*; Shimodaira, Masaki; Ogawa, Takuya*; Yashirodai, Kenji*; Ohata, Mitsuru*; Minami, Fumiyoshi*
Proceedings of ASME 2024 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP 2024) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2024/07
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Nagoshi, Yasuto*; Fukahori, Takuya*; Okada, Hiroshi*; Takahashi, Akiyuki*; Shimodaira, Masaki; Ueda, Takashi*; Ogawa, Takuya*; Yashirodai, Kenji*; Takahashi, Yukio*; Ohata, Mitsuru*
Transactions of the 27th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (SMiRT 27) (Internet), 9 Pages, 2024/03
no abstracts in English
Asai, Shiho*; Ohata, Masaki*; Hanzawa, Yukiko; Horita, Takuma; Yomogida, Takumi; Kitatsuji, Yoshihiro
Analytical Chemistry, 92(4), p.3276 - 3284, 2020/02
Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:30.77(Chemistry, Analytical)The long-term safety assessment of spent Cs adsorbents produced during the decontamination of radiocesium-containing water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant requires one to estimate their Cs content prior to final disposal.
Cs is usually quantified by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), which necessitates the elution of Cs from Cs adsorbents. However, this approach suffers from the high radiation dose from
Cs. To address this challenge, we herein employed laser ablation ICP-MS for direct quantitation of
Cs in Cs adsorbents and used a model Cs adsorbent prepared by immersion of a commercially available Cs adsorbent into radiocesium-containing liquid waste to verify the developed technique. The use of the
Cs/
Cs ratio and
Cs radioactivity obtained by gamma spectrometry achieved simple and precise quantitation of
Cs and the resulting
Cs activity of 0.36 Bq agreed well with that in the original radiocesium-containing liquid waste.
Asai, Shiho; Ohata, Masaki*; Yomogida, Takumi; Saeki, Morihisa*; Oba, Hironori*; Hanzawa, Yukiko; Horita, Takuma; Kitatsuji, Yoshihiro
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 411(5), p.973 - 983, 2019/02
Times Cited Count:14 Percentile:58.89(Biochemical Research Methods)Determination of radiopalladium Pd is required for ensuring the radiation safety of Pd extracted from spent nuclear fuel for recycling or disposal. We employed laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to simplify an analytical procedure of
Pd. Pd was separated through selective Pd precipitation reaction from spent nuclear fuel. Laser ablation allows direct measurement of the Pd precipitates, skipping the dissolution and dilution procedure. In this study,
Pd in natural Pd standard solution was used as an internal standard, taking advantage of its absence in spent nuclear fuel. The Pd precipitate was uniformly embedded on the surface of the centrifugal filter, forming a microscopically thin flat surface of Pd. The resulting homogeneous Pd layer is suitable for obtaining a stable signal ratio of
Pd/
Pd. The amount of
Pd obtained by LA-ICP-MS corresponds to the values obtained by conventional solution nebulization measurement.
Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Sugiyama, Kazuyoshi*; Shibahara, Takahiro*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Yoshida, Masafumi; Masaki, Kei; Sato, Masayasu
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 390-391, p.705 - 708, 2009/06
Times Cited Count:8 Percentile:48.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Masaki, Kei; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Shibahara, Takahiro*; Hayashi, Takao; Sugiyama, Kazuyoshi*; Arai, Takashi; Okuno, Kenji*; Miya, Naoyuki
Nuclear Fusion, 47(11), p.1577 - 1582, 2007/11
Times Cited Count:14 Percentile:43.93(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)In JT-60U, erosion/deposition analyses for the plasma facing wall have shown that deposition was dominant at the inner-middle first wall and the inner divertor, whereas erosion dominant at the upper first wall and the outer divertor. Assuming toroidal symmetry in the erosion and deposition patterns, the net carbon erosion and deposition in the divertor area were estimated to be 0.34 kg and 0.55 kg, respectively. In a whole, the increment of carbon in the divertor region was 0.21 kg, which should be originated from the first wall. The hydrogen concentration in the thick deposition layer of the inner divertor was 0.02 in (H+D)/C. In the plasma-shadowed area underneath the divertor region at around 420 K, re-deposited layers of 2 m-thick were found with high hydrogen concentration of 0.8 in (H+D)/C. The carbon deposition rate in the plasma-shadowed area, however, was 8
10
atoms/s, which was one order smaller than that (6
10
atoms/s) on the wall surface.
Oya, Yasuhisa*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Nakahata, Toshihiko*; Suda, Taichi*; Yoshida, Masashi*; Arai, Takashi; Masaki, Kei; Okuno, Kenji*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*
Fusion Science and Technology, 52(3), p.554 - 558, 2007/10
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)To investigate retention characteristics of hydrogen isotopes in the first wall tiles of JT-60U, surface morphology, erosion/deposition profiles and hydrogen isotope retentions were examined by SEM, XPS, TDS and SIMS. It was found that poloidal deuterium retention profile was rather uniform, while the thermal desorption behavior of deuterium was quite different depending on the locations of the tiles. Deuterium retained in the upper first wall, where was covered by thick boron layers with high concentration of B, was desorbed at lower temperature than that in the lower area covered by carbon layers with much less B content. D/H ratio in the first wall tiles was appreciably higher than that observed in the divertor tiles, suggesting the injection of high energy deuteron originating from NBI into the first wall. In addition, the lower temperature of the first wall compared to that of the divertor tiles would prohibit desorption of the implanted deuterium and/or its replacement by subsequent D or H impingement.
Hirohata, Yuko*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Okuno, Kenji*; Masaki, Kei; Miya, Naoyuki; JT-60U Team
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 363-365, p.854 - 861, 2007/06
Times Cited Count:12 Percentile:62.48(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Masaki, Kei; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Shibahara, Takahiro*; Hayashi, Takao; Sugiyama, Kazuyoshi*; Arai, Takashi; Okuno, Kenji*; Miya, Naoyuki
Proceedings of 21st IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2006) (CD-ROM), 8 Pages, 2007/03
Evaluation of fuel inventory and its retention process are critical issues for a next-step fusion device, especially with carbon-based wall. In order to resolve the issues, the hydrogen retention and carbon deposition analyses for the plasma facing surfaces and plasma-shadowed area of JT-60U have been performed. In JT-60U, erosion/deposition analyses for the plasma facing wall have shown that deposition was dominant at the inner-middle first wall and the inner divertor, whereas erosion dominant at the upper first wall and the outer divertor. Assuming toroidal symmetry in the erosion and deposition patterns, the net carbon erosion and deposition in the divertor area were estimated to be 0.34 kg and 0.55 kg, respectively. In a whole, the increment of carbon in the divertor region was 0.21 kg, which should be originated from the first wall. The hydrogen concentration in the thick deposition layer of the inner divertor was 0.02 in (H+D)/C. In the plasma-shadowed area underneath the divertor region at around 420 K, re-deposited layers of
2
m-thick were found with high hydrogen concentration of
0.8 in (H+D)/C. The carbon deposition rate in the plasma-shadowed area, however, was 8
10
atoms/s, which was one order smaller than that (6
10
atoms/s) on the wall surface.
Shibahara, Takahiro*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Oyaizu, Makoto*; Yoshikawa, Akira*; Onishi, Yoshihiro*; Arai, Takashi; Masaki, Kei; Okuno, Kenji*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 357(1-3), p.115 - 125, 2006/10
Times Cited Count:20 Percentile:77.82(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Shibahara, Takahiro*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Oyaizu, Makoto*; Yoshikawa, Akira*; Onishi, Yoshihiro*; Arai, Takashi; Masaki, Kei; Okuno, Kenji*; et al.
Nuclear Fusion, 46(10), p.841 - 847, 2006/10
Times Cited Count:18 Percentile:51.08(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)no abstracts in English
Oya, Yasuhisa*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Shibahara, Takahiro*; Kimura, Hiromi*; Oyaizu, Makoto*; Arai, Takashi; Masaki, Kei; Goto, Yoshitaka*; Okuno, Kenji*; et al.
Fusion Engineering and Design, 75-79, p.945 - 949, 2005/11
Times Cited Count:9 Percentile:51.78(Nuclear Science & Technology)no abstracts in English
Hirohata, Yuko*; Shibahara, Takahiro*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Arai, Takashi; Goto, Yoshitaka*; Masaki, Kei; Yagyu, Junichi; Oyaizu, Makoto*; Okuno, Kenji*; et al.
Fusion Science and Technology, 48(1), p.557 - 560, 2005/07
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:23.58(Nuclear Science & Technology)no abstracts in English
Masaki, Kei; Sugiyama, Kazuyoshi*; Hayashi, Takao; Ochiai, Kentaro; Goto, Yoshitaka*; Shibahara, Takahiro*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Miya, Naoyuki; Tanabe, Tetsuo*
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 337-339, p.553 - 559, 2005/03
Times Cited Count:26 Percentile:83.26(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Hirohata, Yuko*; Shibahara, Takahiro*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Arai, Takashi; Goto, Yoshitaka*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Yoshida, Hajime*; Morimoto, Yasutomi*; Yagyu, Junichi; Masaki, Kei; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 337-339, p.609 - 613, 2005/03
Times Cited Count:13 Percentile:64.24(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Oya, Yasuhisa*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Morimoto, Yasutomi*; Yoshida, Hajime*; Kodama, Hiroshi*; Kizu, Kaname; Yagyu, Junichi; Goto, Yoshitaka*; Masaki, Kei; Okuno, Kenji*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 313-316, p.209 - 213, 2003/03
Times Cited Count:25 Percentile:82.19(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)no abstracts in English
Hirohata, Yuko*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Arai, Takashi; Masaki, Kei; Okuno, Kenji*; Sugiyama, Kazuyoshi*; Oyaizu, Makoto*; Yoshikawa, Akira*; Yoshida, Masashi*
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Asai, Shiho*; Ohata, Masaki*; Hanzawa, Yukiko; Yomogida, Takumi; Horita, Takuma; Kitatsuji, Yoshihiro
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A large amount of Cs adsorbents left over after decontamination of waste water has continued to accumulate in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. For safe disposal of such Cs adsorbents, estimation of the radioactivity is crucial. A long-lived beta emitting nuclide Cs which is captured in the Cs adsorbents along with a major radiation contributor
Cs. Different from
Cs which can be measured in gamma spectrometry, the activity of
Cs is generally measured in liquid form, requiring elution of Cs
. However, high radiation from the Cs adsorbents hampers the operations. In this study, we applied LA-ICP-MS which allows direct measurement of Cs adsorbent. With
Cs /
Cs given by LA-ICP-MS,
Cs can be calculated by combining a measured
Cs radioactivity. A radiocesium-containing sample was used to verify the proposed method. The results agreed well with those obtained through the measurement of Cs-separated solution.
Asai, Shiho*; Ohata, Masaki*; Hanzawa, Yukiko; Horita, Takuma; Yomogida, Takumi; Kitatsuji, Yoshihiro
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A large amount of spent Cs adsorbents used for decontaminating water in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station are stored in the site. To dispose them safely, the estimation of Cs activity along with that of
Cs is indispensable.
Cs is generally measured by ICP-MS, which required the sample to be prepared in liquid form and thus the elution of Cs from the Cs adsorbents is essential. However, this approach suffers from the high radiation dose from
Cs. In this study, we quantified
Cs in a Cs adsorbent using the
Cs/
Cs ratio obtained by LA-ICP-MS and
Cs radioactivity obtained by gamma spectrometry. To evaluate the applicability, we employed a
Cs -containing water sample to prepare a model spent Cs adsorbent with a certified
Cs activity. The resulting
Cs activity of 0.36 Bq calculated by
Cs /
Cs ratio of 0.41
0.02 and
Cs activity agreed well with that of the originally determined
Cs activity in the model spent Cs adsorbent, demonstrating that the proposed technique has high validity to
Cs determination of a real sample.
Shibahara, Takahiro*; Hirohata, Yuko*; Oya, Yasuhisa*; Oyaizu, Makoto*; Onishi, Yoshihiro*; Yoshikawa, Akira*; Okuno, Kenji*; Sugiyama, Kazuyoshi*; Tanabe, Tetsuo*; Arai, Takashi; et al.
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