Temporal variability of Cs concentrations in coastal sediments off Fukushima

Suzuki, Shotaro*; Amano, Yosuke*; Enomoto, Masahiro*; Matsumoto, Akira*; Morioka, Yoshiaki*; Sakuma, Kazuyuki; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Kaeriyama, Hideki*; Miura, Hikaru*; Tsumune, Daisuke*; et al.

Science of the Total Environment, 831, p.154670_1 - 154670_15, 2022/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154670

Thermally altered subsurface material of asteroid (162173) Ryugu

Kitazato, Kohei*; Milliken, R. E.*; Iwata, Takahiro*; Abe, Masanao*; Otake, Makiko*; Matsuura, Shuji*; Takagi, Yasuhiko*; Nakamura, Tomoki*; Hiroi, Takahiro*; Matsuoka, Moe*; et al.

Nature Astronomy (Internet), 5(3), p.246 - 250, 2021/03

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-020-01271-2

Here we report observations of Ryugu's subsurface material by the Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIRS3) on the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. Reflectance spectra of excavated material exhibit a hydroxyl (OH) absorption feature that is slightly stronger and peak-shifted compared with that observed for the surface, indicating that space weathering and/or radiative heating have caused subtle spectral changes in the uppermost surface. However, the strength and shape of the OH feature still suggests that the subsurface material experienced heating above 300 C, similar to the surface. In contrast, thermophysical modeling indicates that radiative heating does not increase the temperature above 200 C at the estimated excavation depth of 1 m, even if the semimajor axis is reduced to 0.344 au. This supports the hypothesis that primary thermal alteration occurred due to radiogenic and/or impact heating on Ryugu's parent body.

Behavior of radiocesium in sediments in Fukushima coastal waters; Verification of desorption potential through pore water

Otosaka, Shigeyoshi*; Kambayashi, Shota*; Fukuda, Miho*; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Misono, Toshiharu; Suzuki, Takashi; Aono, Tatsuo*

Environmental Science & Technology, 54(21), p.13778 - 13785, 2020/11

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05450

Concentrations of Cs in seawater, seabed sediment, and pore water collected from the area around Fukushima were investigated from 2015 to 2018, and the potential of coastal sediments to supply radiocesium to the bottom environment was evaluated. The Cs concentration in the pore water ranged from 33 to 1934 mBq L and was 10-40 times higher than that in the overlying water (seawater overlying within 30 cm on the seabed). At most stations, the Cs concentrations in the overlying water and the pore water were approximately proportional to those in the sediment. The conditional partition coefficient between pore water and sediment was 0.9-1410 L kg, independent of the year of sampling. These results indicated that an equilibrium of Cs between pore water and sediment has established in a relatively short period, and Cs in the pore water is gradually exported to seawater near the seabed. A simple box model estimation based on these results showed that the Cs in the sediment was decreased by about 6% per year by desorption/diffusion of Cs from the seabed.

Activities of Working Group on Verification of PASCAL; Fiscal year 2015

Li, Y.; Hayashi, Shotaro*; Itabashi, Yu*; Nagai, Masaki*; Kanto, Yasuhiro*; Suzuki, Masahide*; Masaki, Koichi*

JAEA-Review 2017-005, 80 Pages, 2017/03

JAEA-Review-2017-005.pdf:16.85MB

For the improvement of the structural integrity assessment methodology on reactor pressure vessels (RPVs), the probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) analysis code PASCAL has been developed and improved in JAEA based on latest knowledge. The PASCAL code evaluates the failure probabilities and frequencies of Japanese RPVs under transient events such as pressurized thermal shock considering neutron irradiation embrittlement. In order to confirm the reliability of the PASCAL as a domestic standard code and to promote the application of PFM on the domestic structural integrity assessments of RPVs, it is important to verify the probabilistic variables, functions and models incorporated in the PASCAL and summarize the verification processes and results as a document. On the basis of these backgrounds, we established a working group, composed of experts on this field besides the developers, on the verification of the PASCAL3 which is a PFM analysis module of PASCAL, and the source program of PASCAL3 was released to the members of working group. Through one year activities, the applicability of PASCAL in structural integrity assessments of domestic RPVs was confirmed with great confidence. This report summarizes the activities of the working group on the verification of PASCAL in FY2015.

Mesoscopic structure of vermiculite and weathered biotite clays in suspension with and without cesium ions; Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering studies

Motokawa, Ryuhei; Endo, Hitoshi*; Yokoyama, Shingo*; Nishitsuji, Shotaro*; Yaita, Tsuyoshi; Kobayashi, Toru; Suzuki, Shinichi

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Evaluation of clean Si(110) surface prepared by using different chemical process

Suzuki, Shota; Asaoka, Hidehito; Uozumi, Yuki; Yamaguchi, Kenji

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Microscopic morphological evolution in desorption process of oxide film formed by chemical treatment on Si(110)

Yano, Masahiro; Suzuki, Shota; Uozumi, Yuki; Asaoka, Hidehito

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Fabrication of Si(110)-162 surface by low temperature desorption of oxide layer

Suzuki, Shota; Yano, Masahiro; Uozumi, Yuki; Asaoka, Hidehito; Yamaguchi, Kenji*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Real-time measurement of oxide film desorption from Si(110)

Yano, Masahiro; Suzuki, Shota; Uozumi, Yuki; Asaoka, Hidehito

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Contribution of particulate Cs from rivers to Cs concentrations in coastal sediment off Fukushima

Suzuki, Shotaro*; Sakuma, Kazuyuki; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Matsumoto, Akira*; Amano, Yosuke*; Enomoto, Masahiro*; Morioka, Yoshiaki*; Kamiyama, Kyoichi*; Takata, Hyoe*

no journal, ,