Forefront of development of next-generation innovative nuclear reactors (fast reactor and high-temperature gas-cooled reactor), 1; Latest trends of development of next-generation innovative nuclear reactors in Japan and foreign countries

Yamano, Hidemasa; Toyooka, Junichi; Sato, Hiroyuki; Sakaba, Nariaki

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi ATOMO, 66(12), p.607 - 611, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.3327/jaesjb.66.12_607

This report mainly introduces trends in fast reactor development in Japan in addition to introducing overseas development trends for major developing countries.

Development of a control system for core-sampling USV that combines sliding mode control and neural network

Morito, Makoto*; Fujii, Shun*; Yoshimura, Koki*; Sanada, Yukihisa; Baba, Shoichiro*; Matsunaga, Hiroshi*; Mori, Takami*; Sato, Keiichiro*; Tahara, Junichiro*

Proceedings of 34th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE-2024), p.3754 - 3761, 2024/06

This study proposes a method that combines sliding mode control and neural networks as a control method for unmanned surface vehicle to measure radiation in submarine soil. Sliding mode control is used as the base of control input, and corrective inputs are added using a neural network controller so that one of the parameters of sliding mode control, , and its rate of change are reduced. After producing a control system using this method, we conducted simulation tests and sea area tests to evaluate whether the survey could be conducted using this method.

Intruder configurations in Ne at the transition into the island of inversion; Detailed structure study of Ne

Wang, H.*; Yasuda, Masahiro*; Kondo, Yosuke*; Nakamura, Takashi*; Tostevin, J. A.*; Ogata, Kazuyuki*; Otsuka, Takaharu*; Poves, A.*; Shimizu, Noritaka*; Yoshida, Kazuki; et al.

Physics Letters B, 843, p.138038_1 - 138038_9, 2023/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138038

Detailed -ray spectroscopy of the exotic neon isotope Ne has been performed using the one-neutron removal reaction from Ne. Based on an analysis of parallel momentum distributions, a level scheme with spin-parity assignments has been constructed for Ne and the negative-parity states are identified for the first time. The measured partial cross sections and momentum distributions reveal a significant intruder p-wave strength providing evidence of the breakdown of the N = 20 and N = 28 shell gaps. Only a weak, possible f-wave strength was observed to bound final states. Large-scale shell-model calculations with different effective interactions do not reproduce the large p-wave and small f-wave strength observed experimentally, indicating an ongoing challenge for a complete theoretical description of the transition into the island of inversion along the Ne isotopic chain.

Measurements of the neutron capture cross section of Am-243 with the ANNRI beamline, MLF/J-PARC

Kodama, Yu*; Katabuchi, Tatsuya*; Rovira Leveroni, G.; Kimura, Atsushi; Nakamura, Shoji; Endo, Shunsuke; Nakano, Hideto*; Sato, Yaoki*; Hori, Junichi*; Shibahara, Yuji*; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 284, p.01024_1 - 01024_3, 2023/05

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328401024

Fast-neutron capture cross section data measurement of minor actinides for development of nuclear transmutation systems

Katabuchi, Tatsuya*; Iwamoto, Osamu; Hori, Junichi*; Kimura, Atsushi; Iwamoto, Nobuyuki; Nakamura, Shoji; Rovira Leveroni, G.; Endo, Shunsuke; Shibahara, Yuji*; Terada, Kazushi*; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 281, p.00014_1 - 00014_4, 2023/03

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328100014

KeV-neutron capture cross-section measurement of Au with a Cr-filtered neutron beam at the ANNRI beamline of MLF/J-PARC

Rovira Leveroni, G.; Kimura, Atsushi; Nakamura, Shoji; Endo, Shunsuke; Iwamoto, Osamu; Iwamoto, Nobuyuki; Katabuchi, Tatsuya*; Kodama, Yu*; Nakano, Hideto*; Sato, Yaoki*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 59(5), p.647 - 655, 2022/05

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2021.1997666

Effect of oxidants on corrosion of carbon steel under irradiation conditions

Sato, Tomonori; Komatsu, Atsushi; Nakano, Junichi*; Yamamoto, Masahiro*

Zairyo To Kankyo, 70(12), p.457 - 461, 2021/12

https://doi.org/10.3323/jcorr.70.457

The Primary Containment Vessel (PCV) in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants (1F) have been exposed to a corrosive environment containing seawater components under irradiation condition. In such conditions, the hydrogen peroxide (HO) is generated by water radiolysis as an oxidant in addition to dissolved oxygen. The HO concentration is able to be estimated by radiolysis calculations. The corrosion tests under gamma-ray irradiation was performed. As the results, it was confirmed that the N gas purging performed in the PCV is effective in inhibiting the corrosion of carbon steel under irradiation conditions. The weight loss of carbon steel obtained in the corrosion test under gamma-ray irradiations, are evaluated using calculated O and HO concentrations obtained by radiolysis calculations. As a results, it is confirmed that the corrosion rate of carbon steel under irradiation is determined by the sum of diffusion limiting currents of O and HO as well as that of carbon steel in the O and HO coexistent conditions under non-irradiation.

Quasifree neutron knockout reaction reveals a small -Orbital component in the Borromean nucleus B

Yang, 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

AA2020-0819.pdf:1.29MB

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.082501

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.

A Method for the prediction of the dose rate distribution in a primary containment vessel of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Okumura, Keisuke; Riyana, E. S.; Sato, Wakaei*; Maeda, Hirobumi*; Katakura, Junichi*; Kamada, So*; Joyce, M. J.*; Lennox, B.*

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 6, p.108 - 112, 2019/01

https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.6.108

In order to establish the prediction method of the dose rate distribution in the primary containment vessel (PCV) of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, a series of calculations were carried out in the following way; (1) burnup calculation to obtain fuel composition at the time of accident, (2) activation calculation for the structural materials including impurities, (3) estimation of Cs contamination in PCV based on the result of severe accident analysis by IRID, (4) decay calculation of radioactive nuclides, (5) photon transport calculation to obtain dose rate distribution. After that, Cs concentration around the dry-well of 1F was modified to be consistent with locally measured dose rates in the PCV-investigation by IRID.

Upgrade of vacuum chamber at RCS beam injection area aimed at lower radiation and maintainability increase

Kamiya, Junichiro; Yamamoto, Kazami; Yanagibashi, Toru*; Sato, Atsushi*; Miki, Nobuharu*

Proceedings of 15th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.645 - 648, 2018/08

https://www.pasj.jp/web_publish/pasj2018/proceedings/PDF/WEP1/WEP112.pdf

Surround of the beam injection point in the J-PARC 3 GeV Rapid Cycling Synchrotron is the area where the residual radioactive dose is higher than other areas due to the beam scattering by the charge stripping foil. However, there is very little space to install radiation shields around the vacuum chamber in the beam injection point. Furthermore, the vacuum leak has often occurred due to the heat expansion of the chamber flange due to the induced current by the nearby pulse magnet. To solve such problems for minimizing the radiation exposure of maintenance workers, the vacuum chamber rin the beam injection point was newly designed. The space for the radiation shields was created by lengthening and the changing the cross-sectional shape. The titanium alloy with high mechanical strength was used for the flange material so that the flange was able to be fastened with higher tightening torque.