Project management efforts in the decommissioning project of Tokai Reprocessing Plant

Taguchi, Shigeo; Taguchi, Katsuya; Makino, Risa; Yamanaka, Atsushi; Suzuki, Kazuyuki; Takano, Masato; Koshino, Katsuhiko; Ishida, Michihiko; Nakano, Takafumi; Yamaguchi, Toshiya

Nihon Hozen Gakkai Dai-17-Kai Gakujutsu Koenkai Yoshishu, p.499 - 502, 2021/07

In 2018, Tokai Reprocessing Plan (TRP) shifted to the decommissioning stage. In order to proceed with steady decommissioning work, TRP effort to enhance project management function. This paper describes the establishment and role of the Decommissioning Project Management Office, effectiveness of applying the project management tool and its utilization concept, and the method of materialize the equipment dismantling plan.

Published electronic media are becoming Grey

Kumazaki, Yui; Suzuki, Satoru; Kanazawa, Masashi*; Kunii, Katsuhiko; Yonezawa, Minoru; Itabashi, Keizo*

The Grey Journal; An International Journal on Grey Literature, 15(1), p.45 - 50, 2019/04

JAEA Library focuses on collecting conference proceedings and technical reports which are very important and referred materials for our users in the field of nuclear science and technology. There are an increasing number of cases that they are published in electronic media such as CD-ROM and flash memories. There are problems as to manage such electronic media in a library. Largest problems for electronic media would be the long-term preservation and permanent access. Lifetime of electronic media are much shorter compared with paper and/or microfilm. In this regard, the JAEA library is struggling to preserve electronic media including related PCs and software for a long-term. One of the effective countermeasure should be preserving PCs and software to browse, emulation and migration to another media. However, our countermeasure is not good enough for users and preservation. The authors would like to present JAEA Library's current activities on long term preservation and use of electronic media, and it comes to the conclusion the fact that even published electronic media are becoming grey literature in certain environment.

Template-free fabrication of mesoporous alumina nanospheres using post-synthesis water-ethanol treatment of monodispersed aluminium glycerate nanospheres for molybdenum adsorption

Saptiama, I.*; Kaneti, Y. V.*; Suzuki, Yoshitaka; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko; Fukumitsu, Nobuyoshi*; Sakae, Takeji*; Kim, J.*; Kang, Y.-M.*; Ariga, Katsuhiko*; Yamauchi, Yusuke*

Small, 14(21), p.1800474_1 - 1800474_14, 2018/05

https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201800474

no abstracts in English

Mesoporous alumina as an effective adsorbent for molybdenum (Mo) toward Instant production of radioisotope for medical use

Saptiama, I.*; Kaneti, Y. V.*; Suzuki, Yumi*; Suzuki, Yoshitaka; Tsuchiya, Kunihiko; Sakae, Takeji*; Takai, Kimiko*; Fukumitsu, Nobuyoshi*; Alothman, Z. A.*; Hossain, M. S. A.*; et al.

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 90(10), p.1174 - 1179, 2017/10

https://doi.org/10.1246/bcsj.20170184

no abstracts in English

Rapid analysis of radioactive strontium by induction coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Takagai, Yoshitaka*; Furukawa, Makoto*; Kameo, Yutaka; Suzuki, Katsuhiko*

Isotope News, (721), p.2 - 7, 2014/05

http://www.jrias.or.jp/books/pdf/201405_TENBO_TAKAGAI_HOKA.pdf

http://www.jrias.or.jp/books/cat3/2014/721.html

no abstracts in English

Enhancement of the methodology of repository design and post-closure performance assessment for preliminary investigation stage, 2; Progress report on NUMO-JAEA collaborative research in FY2012 (Joint research)

Shibata, Masahiro; Sawada, Atsushi; Tachi, Yukio; Hayano, Akira; Makino, Hitoshi; Wakasugi, Keiichiro; Mitsui, Seiichiro; Oda, Chie; Kitamura, Akira; Osawa, Hideaki; et al.

JAEA-Research 2013-037, 455 Pages, 2013/12

JAEA-Research-2013-037.pdf:42.0MB

Following FY2011, JAEA and NUMO have conducted a collaborative research work which is designed to enhance the methodology of repository design and performance assessment in preliminary investigation stage. With regard to (1) study on rock suitability in terms of hydrology, the tree diagram of methodology of groundwater travel time has been extended for crystalline rock, in addition, tree diagram for sedimentary rock newly has been organized. With regard to (2) study on scenario development, the existing approach has been improved in terms of a practical task, and applied and tested for near field focusing on the buffer. In addition, the uncertainty of some important processes and its impact on safety functions are discussed though analysis. With regard to (3) study on setting radionuclide migration parameters, the approaches for parameter setting have been developed for sorption for rocks and solubility, and applied and tested through parameter setting exercises for key radionuclides.

Hexavalent chromium reduction by an actinobacterium ST13 in the family

Sugiyama, Tomoyasu*; Sugito, Hironori*; Mamiya, Ko*; Suzuki, Yoshinori*; Ando, Katsuhiko*; Onuki, Toshihiko

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 113(3), p.367 - 371, 2012/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.11.009

An isolated strain ST13 was examined for the reducing activity of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)). XANES analysis of the precipitate shows the presence of Cr(OH), indicating the bacterial reduction of Cr(VI) to trivalent chromium (Cr(III)). The bacterial Cr(VI) reduction was more efficient in minimal medium supplemented with molasses than with glucose. These results strongly suggest that the isolate ST13 is a novel actinobacterium with Cr(VI) reducing activity that is stimulated by molasses.

Mechanical design of JT-60SA magnet system

Tsuchiya, Katsuhiko; Suzuki, Yutaka; Kizu, Kaname; Yoshida, Kiyoshi; Tamai, Hiroshi; Matsukawa, Makoto; Dolgetta, N.*; Portafaix, C.*; Zani, L.*; Pizzuto, A.*

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 18(2), p.208 - 211, 2008/06

https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2008.921885

Magnet system in JT-60SA consists of 18 toroidal field coils, 7 plasma equilibrium field (EF) coils, and central solenoid (CS) that has 4 modules of solenoids. Mechanical design of EF coils and CS is optimized in order to obtain the broad operational space of plasmas that are double-null plasma with high plasma current for high performance operation and ITER-like configuration with IP=3.5MA for ITER-relevant experiment. In the former design, called NCT, divertor coil (EF4) is made of NbSn conductor, as well as CS conductor. However, it is clear that 6.2T of Bmax is significant to operate ITER-like plasma. Therefore, material of cable for EF4 conductor is changed into NbTi, so that this contributes to cost reduction. Regarding CS design, material of conduit is changed into JK2LB in order to simplify the structure of pre-compression. Stress analysis for support structure and winding pack of EF coils and CS is currently carried out. In the case where the vertical unbalance force of CS is largest in the designed plasma operation, peak stress of conduit is less than fatigue limit in 18,000 cycles that is designed number of plasma shot in JT-60SA. This result shows the recent design of CS conductor has significant mechanical strength.

Design optimization for plasma performance and assessment of operation regimes in JT-60SA

Fujita, Takaaki; Tamai, Hiroshi; Matsukawa, Makoto; Kurita, Genichi; Bialek, J.*; Aiba, Nobuyuki; Tsuchiya, Katsuhiko; Sakurai, Shinji; Suzuki, Yutaka; Hamamatsu, Kiyotaka; et al.

Nuclear Fusion, 47(11), p.1512 - 1523, 2007/11

https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/47/11/013

Design of modification of JT-60U, JT-60SA, has been optimized in viewpoint of plasma control, and operation regimes have been evaluated. Upper and lower divertors with different geometry are prepared for flexibility of plasma shape control. The beam lines of negative-ion NBI are shifted downward for off-axis current drive, in order to obtain a weak/reversed shear plasma. The feedback control coils along the port hole in the stabilizing plate are found effective to suppress the resistive wall mode (RWM) and sustain high close to the ideal wall limit. The regime of full current drive operation has been extended with upgraded heating and current drive power. Full current drive operation for 100 s with reactor-relevant high values of normalized beta and bootstrap current fraction ( = 2.4 MA, = 4.4, = 0.70, / = 0.86, H = 1.3) is expected in a highly-shaped low-aspect-ratio configuration ( = 2.65). High , high-density ELMy H-mode is also expected.

Overview of national centralized tokamak program; Mission, design and strategy to contribute ITER and DEMO

Ninomiya, Hiromasa; Akiba, Masato; Fujii, Tsuneyuki; Fujita, Takaaki; Fujiwara, Masami*; Hamamatsu, Kiyotaka; Hayashi, Nobuhiko; Hosogane, Nobuyuki; Ikeda, Yoshitaka; Inoue, Nobuyuki; et al.

Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 49, p.S428 - S432, 2006/12

To contribute DEMO and ITER, the design to modify the present JT-60U into superconducting coil machine, named National Centralized Tokamak (NCT), is being progressed under nationwide collaborations in Japan. Mission, design and strategy of this NCT program is summarized.