Neutron transmission CB-KID imager using samples placed at room temperature

石田 武和*; Vu, TheDang*; 宍戸 寛明*; 相澤 一也; 奥 隆之; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 小嶋 健児*; 宮嶋 茂之*; 小山 富男*; et al.

Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 214(3-4), p.152 - 157, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-023-03030-9

We built a new cryostat to apply a current-biased kinetic inductance detector (CB-KID) for conducting neutron transmission imaging of room temperature samples under pulsed neutrons. A Wood's metal alloy of melting temperature 75.2C was placed at room temperature to inspect the measurement system at J-PARC. Since one of the four phases of Wood's metal is a fine Cd-rich needle phase (width 25 m and length 5 mm), it is suitable for observing fine mosaic structure selectively by neutron imaging. The spatial resolution of the CB-KID imager was estimated as 10 m by using a Gd Siemens-star pattern. The CB-KID system is useful to conduct transmission imaging for various materials rather easily at room temperature.

High spatial resolution neutron transmission imaging using a superconducting two-dimensional detector

宍戸 寛明*; 西村 和真*; Vu, TheDang*; 相澤 一也; 小嶋 健児*; 小山 富男*; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 奥 隆之; 曽山 和彦; et al.

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31(9), p.2400505_1 - 2400505_5, 2021/12

https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2021.3111396

中性子イメージングは、重金属に対する高透過性、軽元素に対する高感度、同位体と中性子との特異な核反応による同位体選択性などの中性子ビームの特徴を活かした非破壊検査の有力な手段の一つである。本研究では、超伝導検出器である電流バイアス運動インダクタンス検出器(CB-KID)を用いて、パルス中性子源を用いた飛行時間法による波長分解中性子イメージングを行った。遅延時間型CB-KIDを用いて、GdAl単結晶を成長させたGd-Al合金試料の中性子透過像を取得した。その結果、単結晶はAl-Gd合金全体に渡って、形状,分布ともに良好に観察することができた。また、中性子の波長0.03nm以上でGdによる特徴的な中性子の吸収を確認した。さらに、15m 12mという限られた検出面で、同位体と中性子の核反応によって生じるGd共鳴ディップを観測することができた。また、Gdの共鳴ディップを用いてGd選択的イメージングを行ったところ、中性子の波長幅が1pmという限られた範囲で、明確なGd核の元素選択イメージング像を取得することに成功した。

Homogeneity of neutron transmission imaging over a large sensitive area with a four-channel superconducting detector

Vu, TheDang; 宍戸 寛明*; 小嶋 健児*; 小山 富男*; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 宮嶋 茂之*; 奥 隆之; 曽山 和彦; 相澤 一也; et al.

Superconductor Science and Technology, 34(1), p.015010_1 - 015010_10, 2021/01

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/abc2af

We demonstrated that a four-readout superconducting neutron imaging system shows good spatial heterogeneity and linearity using the delay-line method. We examined the precise pattern of a B-dot-array absorber and found the X-direction pitch (Px) = 250.7 um with a scatter of (Hx)= 5.4 um and the Y-direction pitch (Py)= 249.1 um with a scatter of (Hy)= 3.4 um while the B dot array was fully extended toward the X direction across the detector sensitive area. We consider that this demonstrates detection with good spatial homogeneity and conclude. The transmission-imaging system is suitable for use at pulsed neutron facilities. We also reported a clear transmission image of tiny screws and nuts, and ladybug (insect). We recognize that further efforts to improve the detection efficiency are necessary to make using the detector more practical.

Energy-resolved neutron imaging with high spatial resolution using a superconducting delay-line kinetic inductance detector

飯澤 侑貴*; 宍戸 寛明*; 西村 和真*; Vu, TheDang*; 小嶋 健児*; 小山 富男*; 及川 健一; 原田 正英; 宮嶋 茂之*; 日高 睦夫*; et al.

Superconductor Science and Technology, 32(12), p.125009_1 - 125009_8, 2019/12

https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/ab4e5c

Neutron imaging is one of the key technologies for non-destructive transmission testing. Recent progress in the development of intensive neutron sources allows us to perform energy-resolved neutron imaging with high spatial resolution. We have been developing a neutron imager aiming at conducting high spatial and temporal resolution imaging based on a delay-line neutron detector, called the current-biased kinetic-inductance detector, with a conversion layer B. The detector allowed us to obtain a neutron transmission image with four signal readout lines. Herein, we expanded the sensor active area, and improved the spatial resolution of the detector. We examined the capability of high spatial resolution neutron imaging over the sensor active area of 15 15 mm for various samples, including biological and metal ones. We also demonstrated an energy-resolved neutron image in which stainless-steel specimens were discriminating of other specimens with the aid of the Bragg edge transmission.

A Neural network model of and simulation of chemotaxis-related information processing in the neural network

坂本 一馬*; 曽 智*; 鈴木 芳代; 栗田 雄一*; 辻 敏夫*

Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference 2015 (IntelliSys 2015), p.668 - 673, 2015/00

https://doi.org/10.1109/IntelliSys.2015.7361212

The nematode () is a simple multi-cellular organism consisting of approximately 1,000 cells including 302 neurons, and is the only creature whose connectome has been fully mapped. For these reasons, is ideal for studying information-processing mechanisms embedded in the neural network. This paper proposes a neural network model of with the actual neural structure preserved to simulate the worm's attraction to sodium chloride (NaCl). To implement attractant behavior, the worm's neural network must calculate the temporal and spatial gradients of NaCl concentration; however, the mechanism behind this complex information processing in the worm's neural network has not yet been fully elucidated. As a first step to analyze the information processing mechanism, the parameters of the neural network model were adjusted using the backpropagation through time (BPTT) algorithm, and the neural network model was verified for its ability to generate temporal and spatial gradients. Simulation for neuron ablation experiment was then carried out, and the results exhibited same trends as the biological experiment indicating that our approach can be used to predict the results of biological experiments, and can therefore be used as a tool to provide guidelines for such experiments.

北朝鮮による地下核実験に備えた放射性物質の拡散予測体制の構築と実対応

中西 千佳; 佐藤 猛; 佐藤 宗平; 永井 晴康; 掛札 豊和; 堅田 元喜; 都築 克紀; 池田 武司; 奥野 浩; 山本 一也; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2013-030, 105 Pages, 2013/10

JAEA-Technology-2013-030.pdf:29.0MB

原子力緊急時支援・研修センター及び原子力基礎工学研究部門は、文部科学省からの要請に基づき、北朝鮮による三回目の地下核実験に対するモニタリング計画の策定に資する目的から、WSPEEDI-IIを用いた放射性物質の放出を仮定した拡散予測を行った。これらの予測結果は、平成25年2月12日から22日までの毎日、文部科学省及び防衛省に提供し、文部科学省のホームページにて公開された。一方、両部門では、平成24年4月から平成25年3月までの11か月間、夜間・休日を含め、地下核実験の実施に備えた体制の維持に努めた。本報では、これらの一連の対応の概要及び得られた課題について整理した。

Evaluation on double-wall-tube residual stress distribution of sodium-heated steam generator by neutron diffraction and numerical analysis

木曽原 直之; 鈴木 裕士; 秋田 貢一; 笠原 直人*

Proceedings of 2012 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '12) (CD-ROM), p.621 - 630, 2012/06

A double-wall-tube is the steam generator heat transfer tube of future sodium fast reactors in Japan. An inner tube and an outer tube are contacted to keep the heat transfer performance. The contact stress falls down due to relaxation, and this phenomenon might degrade the heat transfer performance. Although the relaxation can be predicted by numerical analysis, the analysis requires the data of the initial stress distributions. However, unclear initial stress distributions prevent precious relaxation evaluation. To resolve this issue, a neutron diffraction method was employed to reveal the initial stress distributions. The measurement results were also analyzed using a structural computer code to determine the initial stress distributions. Based on the stress distributions, the computer code has predicted the transition of the contact stress, and showed that the inner and outer tubes are contacted with sufficient stresses during the plant life time.

A Novel tuning method for neural oscillators with a ladder-like structure based on oscillation analysis

服部 佑哉; 鈴木 芳代; 曽 智*; 小林 泰彦; 辻 敏夫*

Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6352, p.401 - 410, 2010/09

Neural oscillators with a ladder-like structure is one of the central pattern generator (CPG) model that is used to simulate rhythmic movements in living organisms. However, it is not easy to realize rhythmical cycles by tuning many parameters of neural oscillators. In this study, we propose an automatic tuning method. We derive the tuning rules for both the time constants and the coefficients of amplitude by linearizing the nonlinear equations of the neural oscillators. Other parameters such as neural connection weights are tuned using a genetic algorithm (GA). Through numerical experiments, we confirmed that the proposed tuning method can successfully tune all parameters.

高速増殖炉サイクルの実用化戦略調査研究フェーズII中間報告; 原子炉プラントシステム技術検討書

此村 守; 小川 隆; 岡野 靖; 山口 浩之; 村上 勤; 高木 直行; 西口 洋平; 杉野 和輝; 永沼 正行; 菱田 正彦; et al.

JNC TN9400 2004-035, 2071 Pages, 2004/06

JNC-TN9400-2004-035.pdf:76.42MB

ナトリウム冷却炉、鉛ビスマス冷却炉、ヘリウムガス冷却炉及び水冷却炉について、革新技術を導入し炉型の特徴を活かした炉システム概念を構築し、その概念の成立の見通しを得るための検討を行うとともに、設計要求への適合性を評価した。その結果、2015年頃に高速増殖炉技術を実用化するためには、現状の知見で課題とされた項目で画期的な技術革新がないかぎり、ナトリウムを冷却材して選択することが合理的であることが明らかとなった。

中性子回折法によるFBR蒸気発生器の伝熱管拡管力評価,1

鈴木 裕士; 町屋 修太郎; 秋庭 義明; 笠原 直人; 木曽原 直之

no journal, , 

FBR用のナトリウム加熱型蒸気発生器(直管2重管蒸気発生器)の2重伝熱管、及び管-管板継手部位において生じる応力(面圧及び拡管力)を、中性子回折という非破壊計測手法により計測した。この結果、今まで知られていなかった2重管内部の応力分布や、管板内部の拡管影響層の大きさが明らかになった。これらの結果を用いることで、同蒸気発生器のプラント寿命中における2重管や継ぎ手の構造健全性を、精度よく評価ができる可能性のあることがわかった。