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Angular distribution of $$gamma$$ rays from the $$p$$-wave resonance of $$^{118}$$Sn

Koga, Jun*; Takada, Shusuke*; Endo, Shunsuke; Fujioka, Hiroyuki*; Hirota, Katsuya*; Ishizaki, Kohei*; Kimura, Atsushi; Kitaguchi, Masaaki*; Niinomi, Yudai*; Okudaira, Takuya*; et al.

Physical Review C, 105(5), p.054615_1 - 054615_5, 2022/05

 Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:66.85(Physics, Nuclear)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Energy-dependent angular distribution of individual $$gamma$$ rays in the $$^{139}$$La($$n, gamma$$)$$^{140}$$La$$^{ast}$$ reaction

Okudaira, Takuya*; Endo, Shunsuke; Fujioka, Hiroyuki*; Hirota, Katsuya*; Ishizaki, Kohei*; Kimura, Atsushi; Kitaguchi, Masaaki*; Koga, Jun*; Niinomi, Yudai*; Sakai, Kenji; et al.

Physical Review C, 104(1), p.014601_1 - 014601_6, 2021/07

 Times Cited Count:4 Percentile:57.13(Physics, Nuclear)

Journal Articles

High temperature gas-cooled reactors

Takeda, Tetsuaki*; Inagaki, Yoshiyuki; Aihara, Jun; Aoki, Takeshi; Fujiwara, Yusuke; Fukaya, Yuji; Goto, Minoru; Ho, H. Q.; Iigaki, Kazuhiko; Imai, Yoshiyuki; et al.

High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors; JSME Series in Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation, Vol.5, 464 Pages, 2021/02

As a general overview of the research and development of a High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) in JAEA, this book describes the achievements by the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) on the designs, key component technologies such as fuel, reactor internals, high temperature components, etc., and operational experience such as rise-to-power tests, high temperature operation at 950$$^{circ}$$C, safety demonstration tests, etc. In addition, based on the knowledge of the HTTR, the development of designs and component technologies such as high performance fuel, helium gas turbine and hydrogen production by IS process for commercial HTGRs are described. These results are very useful for the future development of HTGRs. This book is published as one of a series of technical books on fossil fuel and nuclear energy systems by the Power Energy Systems Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Journal Articles

Transverse asymmetry of $$gamma$$ rays from neutron-induced compound states of $$^{140}$$La

Yamamoto, Tomoki*; Okudaira, Takuya; Endo, Shunsuke; Fujioka, Hiroyuki*; Hirota, Katsuya*; Ino, Takashi*; Ishizaki, Kohei*; Kimura, Atsushi; Kitaguchi, Masaaki*; Koga, Jun*; et al.

Physical Review C, 101(6), p.064624_1 - 064624_8, 2020/06

 Times Cited Count:9 Percentile:73.66(Physics, Nuclear)

Journal Articles

Measurement of the angular distribution of $$gamma$$-rays after neutron capture by $$^{139}$$La for a T-violation search

Okudaira, Takuya; Shimizu, Hirohiko*; Kitaguchi, Masaaki*; Hirota, Katsuya*; Haddock, C. C.*; Ito, Ikuya*; Yamamoto, Tomoki*; Endo, Shunsuke*; Ishizaki, Kohei*; Sato, Takumi*; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 219, p.09001_1 - 09001_6, 2019/12

Parity violating effects enhanced by up to 10$$^6$$ times have been observed in several neutron induced compound nuclei. There is a theoretical prediction that time reversal (T) violating effects can also be enhanced in these nuclei implying that T-violation can be searched for by making very sensitive measurements. However, the enhancement factor has not yet been measured in all nuclei. The angular distribution of the (n,$$gamma$$) reaction was measured with $$^{139}$$La by using a germanium detector assembly at J-PARC, and the enhancement factor was obtained. From the result, the measurement time to achieve the most sensitive T-violation search was estimated as 1.4 days, and a 40% polarized $$^{139}$$La target and a 70% polarized $$^3$$He spin filter whose thickness is 70 atm$$cdot$$cm are needed. Therefore high quality $$^3$$He spin filter is developed in JAEA. The measurement result of the (n,$$gamma$$) reaction at J-PARC and the development status of the $$^3$$He spin filter will be presented.

Journal Articles

Angular distribution of $$gamma$$ rays from neutron-induced compound states of $$^{140}$$La

Okudaira, Takuya*; Takada, Shusuke*; Hirota, Katsuya*; Kimura, Atsushi; Kitaguchi, Masaaki*; Koga, Jun*; Nagamoto, Kosuke*; Nakao, Taro*; Okada, Anju*; Sakai, Kenji; et al.

Physical Review C, 97(3), p.034622_1 - 034622_15, 2018/03

 Times Cited Count:12 Percentile:71.12(Physics, Nuclear)

Journal Articles

Characterization of germanium detectors for the measurement of the angular distribution of prompt $$gamma$$-rays at the ANNRI in the MLF of the J-PARC

Takada, Shusuke*; Okudaira, Takuya*; Goto, Fumiya*; Hirota, Katsuya*; Kimura, Atsushi; Kitaguchi, Masaaki*; Koga, Jun*; Nakao, Taro*; Sakai, Kenji; Shimizu, Hirohiko*; et al.

Journal of Instrumentation (Internet), 13(2), p.P02018_1 - P02018_21, 2018/02

 Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:31.02(Instruments & Instrumentation)

Journal Articles

Validation of the physical and RBE-weighted dose estimator based on PHITS coupled with a microdosimetric kinetic model for proton therapy

Takada, Kenta*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Kumada, Hiroaki*; Koketsu, Junichi*; Takei, Hideyuki*; Sakurai, Hideyuki*; Sakae, Takeji*

Journal of Radiation Research, 59(1), p.91 - 99, 2018/01

 Times Cited Count:34 Percentile:88.03(Biology)

Evaluation of the relative biological effectiveness (RBE)-weighted dose is indispensable in the treatment planning of proton and carbon ion therapies. In this study, we validate the RBE-weighted dose calculated by microdosimetric kinetic model (MKM) in tandem with the Monte Carlo particle transport code PHITS for proton therapy using the full simulation geometry for the beam line of the Proton Medical Research Center at the University of Tsukuba. The physical dose and RBE-weighted dose on the central axis for a 155 MeV monoenergetic and spread-out Bragg peak beam of 60 mm width are evaluated by the method. The calculated results generally agree with the corresponding experimental data very well, though overestimations by approximately 3.2% and 15% at the maximum are observed for the physical and RBE-weighted doses, respectively. This research completes the computational microdosimetric approach based on a combination of PHITS and MKM for all types of radiotherapy that require RBE evaluations.

Journal Articles

A Study on fast digital discrimination of neutron and $$gamma$$-ray for improvement neutron emission profile measurement

Uchida, Yuki*; Takada, Eiji*; Fujisaki, Akihiro*; Isobe, Mitsutaka*; Ogawa, Kunihiro*; Shinohara, Koji; Tomita, Hideki*; Kawarabayashi, Jun*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*

Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(11), p.11E118_1 - 11E118_4, 2014/11

 Times Cited Count:9 Percentile:40.01(Instruments & Instrumentation)

Journal Articles

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of tetrathionate hydrolase from ${it Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans}$

Kanao, Tadayoshi*; Kosaka, Megumi*; Yoshida, Kyoya*; Nakayama, Hisayuki*; Tamada, Taro; Kuroki, Ryota; Yamada, Hidenori; Takada, Jun*; Kamimura, Kazuo*

Acta Crystallographica Section F, 69(6), p.692 - 694, 2013/06

 Times Cited Count:10 Percentile:59.68(Biochemical Research Methods)

Tetrathionate hydrolase (4THase) from the iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacterium ${it Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans}$ catalyses the disproportionate hydrolysis of tetrathionate to elemental sulfur, thiosulfate and sulfate. The gene encoding 4THase (${it Af-tth}$) was expressed as inclusion bodies in recombinant ${it Escherichia coli}$. Recombinant ${it Af}$-Tth was activated by refolding under acidic conditions and was then purified to homogeneity. The recombinant protein was crystallized in 20 m${it M}$ glycine buffer pH 10 containing 50 m${it M}$ sodium chloride and 33%(${it v/v}$) PEG 1000 using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystal was a hexagonal cylinder with dimensions of 0.2 $$times$$ 0.05 $$times$$ 0.05 mm. X-ray crystallographic analysis showed that the crystal diffracted to 2.15 ${AA}$ resolution and belongs to space group ${it P}$3$$_{1}$$ or ${it P}$3$$_{2}$$, with unit-cell parameters ${it a}$ = ${it b}$ = 92.1, ${it c}$ = 232.6 ${AA}$.

JAEA Reports

Investigation on cause of malfunction of Wide Range Monitor (WRM) in High Temperature engineering Test Reactor (HTTR); Sample tests and destructive tests

Shinohara, Masanori; Motegi, Toshihiro; Saito, Kenji; Haga, Hiroyuki; Sasaki, Shinji; Katsuyama, Kozo; Takada, Kiyoshi*; Higashimura, Keisuke*; Fujii, Junichi*; Ukai, Takayuki*; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2012-032, 29 Pages, 2012/11

JAEA-Technology-2012-032.pdf:6.57MB

An event, in which one of WRMs were disabled to detect the neutron flux in the reactor core, occurred during the period of reactor shut down of HTTR in March, 2010. The actual life time of WRM was unexpectedly shorter than the past developed life time. Investigation of the cause of the outage of WRM toward the recovery of the life time up to the past developed life is one of the issues to develop the technology basis of HTGR. Then, two experimental investigations were carried out to reveal the cause of the malfunction by specifying the damaged part causing the event in the WRM. One is an experiment using a mock-up sample test which strength degradation on assembly accuracy and heat cycle to specify the damaged part in the WRM. The other is a destructive test in FMF to specify the damaged part in the WRM. This report summarized the results of the destructive test and the experimental investigation using the mock-up to reveal the cause of malfunction of WRM.

Journal Articles

Stress corrosion cracking behavior of type 304 stainless steel irradiated under different neutron dose rates at JMTR

Kaji, Yoshiyuki; Kondo, Keietsu; Aoyagi, Yoshiteru; Kato, Yoshiaki; Taguchi, Taketoshi; Takada, Fumiki; Nakano, Junichi; Ugachi, Hirokazu; Tsukada, Takashi; Takakura, Kenichi*; et al.

Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power Systems - Water Reactors (CD-ROM), p.1203 - 1216, 2011/08

In order to investigate the effect of neutron dose rate on tensile property and irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) growth behavior, the crack growth rate (CGR) test, tensile test and microstructure observation have been conducted with type 304 stainless steel specimens. The specimens were irradiated in high temperature water simulating the temperature of boiling water reactor (BWR) up to about 1dpa with two different dose rates at the Japan Materials Testing Reactor (JMTR). The radiation hardening increased with the dose rate, but there was little effect on CGR. Increase of the yield strength of specimens irradiated with the low dose rate condition was caused by the increase of number density of frank loops. Little difference of radiation-induced segregation at grain boundaries was observed in specimens irradiated by different dose rates. Furthermore, there was little effect on local plastic deformation behavior near crack tip in the crystal plasticity simulation.

JAEA Reports

Supplemental study on dose control for a criticality accident

Kanamori, Masashi; Suto, Toshiyuki; Tanaka, Kenichi*; Takada, Jun*

JAEA-Technology 2011-004, 12 Pages, 2011/03

JAEA-Technology-2011-004.pdf:0.97MB

In the previous report "A Study on Dose Control for JCO Criticality Accident Termination" (JAEA-Technology 2009-043), we discussed how to control the dose received during the termination work of the criticality accident. In this paper, we focused on the difference of the way in which dose rate attenuates between within 100 m from the source point and beyond 100 m and discussed the validity of using log-log plotting/semi-log plotting of dose rate - distance relation in order to extrapolate the dose rate at work place near the criticality accident point. In addition, we studied on the effect of the number of dose rate measurement data to be used for extrapolation. We recommend that about 10 mSv which is a half of 20 mSv annual dose limit should be used as worker's dose control target for the high neutron dose field work to ensure enough safety margin considering the following three points; (1) annual dose limit for workers, (2) dose received before, (3) measurement error.

JAEA Reports

A Study on dose control for Tokaimura criticality accident termination

Kanamori, Masashi; Suto, Toshiyuki; Tanaka, Kenichi*; Takada, Jun*

JAEA-Technology 2010-042, 11 Pages, 2011/01

JAEA-Technology-2010-042.pdf:0.94MB

JAEA-Technology 2009-043 "A Study on dose control for JCO criticality accident termination", the dose we discuss how to manage termination of the criticality accident at work or (we refer as previously report) As a result, based on the measurements from around 40 m to 100 m, we made a re-evaluation of the dose. Reevaluated doses match with the degree of accuracy 60% to 80% compared with the respective individual dose. In this paper, we validate by these doses by using log-log plots and semi-log plots for the distance from the source approximately 100 m and further attenuation. As a result, if the field is under high doses of neutrons, dose constraint assessment should consider some points, by using 10 mSv, half of the annual limit 20 mSv, as dose reference, the work performed could safely be managed. And summaries the valid range of log-log plots for intense neutron dose estimation.

JAEA Reports

A Study on dose evaluation for Tokaimura criticality accident termination

Kanamori, Masashi; Suto, Toshiyuki; Tanaka, Kenichi*; Takada, Jun*

JAEA-Technology 2010-025, 11 Pages, 2010/08

JAEA-Technology-2010-025.pdf:1.55MB

Verification of dose control method for Tokaimura JCO criticality accident was performed. Personal dose estimation for Tokaimura criticality accident termination was performed based on measurements of neutron and $$gamma$$ ray doses taken before the work commenced, but the personal dose for the workers as a result of the termination work was found to be approximately 50 times higher than the previous estimation. For this report, we reevaluated doses based on the results of close range measurements from 40 meters to 100 meters, and the results were found to match personal doses with an accuracy of between 60-80%.

JAEA Reports

A Study on dose control for JCO criticality accident termination

Kanamori, Masashi; Tanaka, Kenichi*; Takada, Jun*

JAEA-Technology 2009-043, 32 Pages, 2009/08

JAEA-Technology-2009-043.pdf:1.6MB
JAEA-Technology-2009-043(errata).pdf:0.04MB

At the time of the JCO criticality accident termination, dose estimation from the preliminary neutron and $$gamma$$ measurement, it was about around 50 times lower. The estimation might effect from the surrounding buildings. In this report, re-estimation based on the measurements at short distances from the criticality, around 40 m to 100 m, which are 20 mSv/h to 3 mSv/h was done. The re-estimated doses are correspond with the measured doses within 60-80% error. Dose estimation under the high radiation field, around 100 mSv, in order to decide the dose limit for the preliminary measurement, annual dose limit, other exposure possibility and measurement error have to be considered. From this point of view, the dose limit for the preliminary measurement itself considered to be 10 mSv, which is half of annual 20 mSv limit.

Journal Articles

Evaluation of fuel temperature on high temperature test operation at high temperature gas-cooled reactor 'HTTR'

Tochio, Daisuke; Sumita, Junya; Takada, Eiji*; Fujimoto, Nozomu; Nakagawa, Shigeaki

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai Wabun Rombunshi, 5(1), p.57 - 67, 2006/03

High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor(HTTR) of high temperature gas-cooled reactor at Japan Atomic Energy Agency(JAEA) achieved the reactor outlet coolant temperature of 950$$^{circ}$$C for the first time in the world at Apr. 19, 2004. To ensure the thermal integrity of fuel in high temperature test operation, it is necessary that fuel temperature is designed appropriately by fuel temperature designing method, and that estimated maximum fuel temperature is lower than the thermal limit temperature. In this report, by constructing newly a realistic core-shape representing model, the current fuel temperature estimation model is improved. Moreover fuel temperature in high-temperature test operation is estimated with the newly-constructed model, and it is confirmed that estimated maximum fuel temperature in high temperature test operation is lower than the thermal limit temperature.

JAEA Reports

Results of shielding performance test in rise-to-power test of the HTTR

Ueta, Shohei; Takada, Eiji*; Sumita, Junya; Shimizu, Atsushi; Ashikagaya, Yoshinobu; Umeda, Masayuki; Sawa, Kazuhiro

JAERI-Tech 2004-047, 87 Pages, 2004/06

JAERI-Tech-2004-047.pdf:6.24MB

In the radiation shielding design of the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR), strong attention is needed to avoid especially upward neutron streaming. Shielding performance test have been carried out in the Rise-to-power test up to full power operation of 30MW. The measured dose equivalent rates in unrestricted area were lower than the detection limit for neutron-ray, and background level for $$gamma$$-ray. The neutron dose equivalent rate measured in the stand pipes room was about 120$$mu$$Sv/h at full power operation, which was much lower than the shielding design (330 mSv/h) and the prediction (10 mSv/h).

JAEA Reports

Differential pressure analysis for ventilation filter by smoke under fire accident with CELVA-1D

Watanabe, Koji; Tashiro, Shinsuke; Abe, Hitoshi; Takada, Junichi; Morita, Yasuji

JAERI-Tech 2004-029, 48 Pages, 2004/03

JAERI-Tech-2004-029.pdf:3.19MB

In a part of building ventilating installation of a nuclear fuel facility, a reprocessing plant for example, the pre-filters are adopted as one of the ventilation filters. In a fire accident, it is supposed that, because of the pre-filter clogging by large smoke, its differential pressure ($$Delta$$p) is evolved up to the value at its breakage. Therefore, in regard to maintaining the confinement of radioactive materials, it is important to predict the time course of $$Delta$$p of the pre-filter accurately. In the current study, it was assumed that the empirical equation for the DF of the pre-filter as function of smoke particle diameter (SPD), between 0.7-2 $$mu$$m, could be applied to estimating its DF for SPD above 2 $$mu$$m. Under this assumption, the time corresponding to its $$Delta$$p at its breakage, calculated by CELVA-1D, was agreed well with the experimental result.

JAEA Reports

Revaluation of JACS code system benchmark analyses of the heterogeneous system; Fuel rods in U+Pu nitric acid solution system

Takada, Tomoyuki; Miyoshi, Yoshinori; Katakura, Junichi

JAERI-Tech 2003-036, 80 Pages, 2003/03

JAERI-Tech-2003-036.pdf:3.67MB

In order to perform accuracy evaluation of the critical calculation by the combination of multi-group constant library MGCL and 3-dimensional Monte Carlo code KENO-IV among critical safety evaluation code system JACS, benchmark calculation was carried out from 1980 in 1982. Some cases where the neutron multiplication factor calculated in the heterogeneous system in it was less than 0.95 were seen. In this report, it re-calculated by considering the cause about the heterogeneous system of the U+Pu nitric acid solution systems containing the neutron poison shown in JAERI-M 9859. The present study has shown that the keff value less than 0.95 given in JAERI-M 9859 is caused by the fact that the water reflector below a cylindrical container was not taken into consideration in the KENO-IV calculation model. By taking into the water reflector, the KENO-IV calculation gives a keff value greater than 0.95 and a good agreement with the experiment.

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