Development of a radiation survey device for a multipurpose unmanned surface vehicle

Sanada, Yukihisa; Miyamoto, Kenji*; Momma, Hiroyasu*; Miyazaki, Nobuyuki*; Nakasone, Takamasa*; Tahara, Junichiro*; Baba, Shoichiro*; Furuyama, Hiroki*

Marine Technology Society Journal, 55(5), p.222 - 230, 2021/09

https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.55.5.19

Large quantities of volatile radionuclides were released into the atmosphere following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident in March 2011. To evaluate their effect on aquatic organisms and radiocesium behavior in the environment, the monitoring of radioactive cesium in the waterbed soil is important. We developed a dedicated radiation survey device that can both directly measure and collect some sediment samples. A comprehensive test was conducted using this device, which was installed in an unmanned surface vehicle at Fukushima offshore contaminated by radiocesium that resulted from the FDNPS accident. Consequently, the effectiveness of this device was confirmed because the measurement results of the sediment-core sample and in-situ radiation survey results show a good correlation. A successful application of this device in the time of post-nuclear facility accident is expected.

Invention of automatic movement and dynamic positioning control method of unmanned vessel for mud mining

Fujii, Shun*; Kato, Tetsu*; Kawamura, Yamato*; Tahara, Junichiro*; Baba, Shoichiro*; Sanada, Yukihisa

Proceedings of 26th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 26th 2021), p.280 - 285, 2021/01

In recent years, autonomously navigating unmanned vessels have been actively studied, and many of these vessels are designed to perform unmanned operations such as observation and transportation. On the other hand, this study uses an unmanned ship with a moon pool that collects seabed mud, which is difficult for ordinary ships. Vessels used since the area are highly turbulent due to wind, so it is necessary to maintain a fixed point and orientation when removing mud. The ship is equipped with side thrusters to maintain a fixed point and bow direction. In this study, the control method was devised to maintain fixed point and orientation, and the control method is based on robust sliding mode control. The proposed control method was verified by simulation, and the desired behavior was confirmed.

Spin glass behavior in EuCuSi single crystal grown by the flux method

Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Haga, Yoshinori; Taniguchi, Toshifumi*; Iha, Wataru*; Ashitomi, Yosuke*; Yara, Tomoyuki*; Kida, Takanori*; Tahara, Taimu*; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; Nakashima, Miho*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 89(3), p.034705_1 - 034705_15, 2020/03

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.89.034705

Anomaly of structural relaxation in complex liquid metal of bismuth; Dynamic correlation function of coherent quasi-elastic neutron scattering

Kawakita, Yukinobu; Kikuchi, Tatsuya*; Inamura, Yasuhiro; Tahara, Shuta*; Maruyama, Kenji*; Hanashima, Takayasu*; Nakamura, Mitsutaka; Kiyanagi, Ryoji; Yamauchi, Yasuhiro*; Chiba, Kaori*; et al.

Physica B; Condensed Matter, 551, p.291 - 296, 2018/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2017.12.037

There are elemental liquid metals with complex structures far from the hard sphere (HS) packing model. Liquid Bi has an asymmetric first peak in the structure factors S(Q). The pair distribution function g(r) exhibits strange distance ratio of 1:2 between the first and the second peaks. Since a HS model with two kinds of radius produces asymmetry of the main peak in S(Q), existence of short-lived covalent bonds was discussed. Contrarily, modulation of the atomic distribution by the Friedel oscillations of shielding electrons around metallic ions was discussed. To examine its bonding nature from viewpoints of dynamic correlation functions, we have measured neutron quasielastic scattering of liquid Bi by using cold disk chopper spectrometer installed at MLF of J-PARC. The van Hove function revealed that the shoulder structure located at a longer side of the first peak in g(r) exhibits a longer relaxation time than the main structures such as the first and second peaks.

Electronic states in EuCu(GeSi) based on the doniach phase diagram

Iha, Wataru*; Yara, Tomoyuki*; Ashitomi, Yosuke*; Kakihana, Masashi*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Honda, Fuminori*; Nakamura, Ai*; Aoki, Dai*; Gochi, Jun*; Uwatoko, Yoshiya*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 87(6), p.064706_1 - 064706_14, 2018/06

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.87.064706

Nuclear criticality safety standard for a fuel reprocessing plant assuming burnup credit published by the Atomic Energy Society of Japan

Nakajima, Ken*; Itahara, Kuniyuki*; Okuno, Hiroshi

Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC 2015) (DVD-ROM), p.496 - 502, 2015/09

An outline of the standard "Procedures for Applying Burnup Credit to Criticality Safety Control of a Reprocessing Facility: 2014" (AESJ-SC-F025: 2014) published in April 2015 by the Atomic Energy Society of Japan (AESJ) is presented. The AESJ published more than 60 Standards. However, many of them were in the field of nuclear power reactors or radioactive wastes. Ten years ago the AESJ published "Basic Items of Criticality Safety Control: 2004" (AESJ-SC-F004:2004), which prescribed basic ideas, requirements and methods on nuclear criticality safety controls of facilities handling with nuclear fuel materials in general for preventing a nuclear criticality accident. However, it did not include any specific procedures for adopting burnup credit. Therefore, a new standard was envisaged as the first Standard for fuel reprocessing plants, which clarified the specific procedures to apply burnup credit to designers, operators, maintenance persons and administrators.

Change in magnetic properties induced by swift heavy ion irradiation in CeO

Shimizu, Hirotaka*; Kosugi, Shinya*; Tahara, Yuki*; Yasunaga, Kazufumi*; Kaneta, Yasunori*; Ishikawa, Norito; Hori, Fuminobu*; Matsui, Toshiyuki*; Iwase, Akihiro*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 286, p.291 - 294, 2012/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2012.01.008

We have studied the magnetic properties of pure CeO irradiated with swift heavy ions. Experiment a results showed that the ferromagnetism was induced even at room temperature by 200 MeV Xe ion irradiation. The value of saturation magnetization, Ms, systematically changes as a function of ion-fluence. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra show that the lattice constant of CeO increases with increasing ion-fluence. This result and our previous XPS result show that the ion-irradiation produced oxygen vacancies. The present study implies that the ferromagnetic behavior of the ion-irradiated CeO is attributed to the magnetic moments of localized 4f electrons on Ce atoms, which are related to oxygen vacancies.

Study on effects of energetic ion irradiation in GdO-doped CeO by means of synchrotron radiation X-ray spectroscopy

Tahara, Yuki*; Shimizu, Hirotaka*; Ishikawa, Norito; Okamoto, Yoshihiro; Hori, Fuminobu*; Matsui, Toshiyuki*; Iwase, Akihiro*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 277, p.53 - 57, 2012/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2011.12.048

To study the effects of GdO-doping and the irradiation with high energy fission products in the nuclear fuels (UO), GdO-doped CeO pellets were irradiated with 200 MeV Xe ions. Effects of GdO-doping and the ion irradiation were estimated by using Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) measurement. The interatomic distances between each Ce and the first nearest O atoms, and Ce and the second nearest Ce atoms increase by the irradiation and the effect of the ion irradiation on the atomic distances is more pronounced for higher amounts of dopant. The Debye-Waller factors for Ce-O and Ce-Ce pairs increase with increasing the amount of GdO dopant. These results suggest that the lattice binding energy is weakened by GdO-doping. The Debye-Waller factors increase also by the irradiation. The effect of ion irradiation on the Debye-Waller factors, however, becomes smaller for higher amounts of dopant.

Study on ion-irradiation-induced ferromagnetism in FeRh intermetallic compound by means of magnetic Compton scattering

Kosugi, Shinya*; Matsui, Toshiyuki*; Ishikawa, Norito; Ito, Masayoshi*; Sakurai, Yoshiharu*; Aiko, Kazuma*; Shimizu, Hirotaka*; Tahara, Yuki*; Hori, Fuminobu*; Iwase, Akihiro*

Journal of Applied Physics, 109(7), p.07B737_1 - 07B737_3, 2011/04

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3559469

The magnetic Compton profiles of FeRh intermetallic compound were measured to study the ferromagnetism induced by 200 MeV Xe ion irradiation. The magnetic effect at 50 K increases with increasing the ion-fluence. The analysis of the experimental result revealed that the values of spin moment induced by the irradiation were close to the values of magnetization obtained by a superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer, suggesting that the ion irradiation mainly induces the spin magnetic moment.

Efficiency testing of the control and cooling systems of JRR-2

Kambara, Toyozo; Shoda, Katsuhiko; Hirata, Yutaka; Shoji, Tsutomu; Haginoya, Kinichi; Kohayakawa, Toru; Yamaki, Jikei; Yokota, Mitsuo; Horiki, Oichiro; Yuhara, Shunichi; et al.

JAERI 1023, 120 Pages, 1962/09

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