The Concept of dose system for radiological protection

Hirayama, Hideo*; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Sanami, Toshiya*; Yamaguchi, Yasuhiro; Sato, Osamu*; Takagi, Shunji*; Suzuki, Toshikazu*; Iwai, Satoshi*

Nippon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi, 55(2), p.83 - 96, 2013/02

Since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, units of radiation doses such as Sv have been frequently reported by newspapers. However, it is not exactly understood even by experts on nuclear engineering that there are two different concepts which are the protection quantity such as the effective dose related to a radiation health risk and the practical quantity such as ambient dose equivalents related to measurements. In this special issue, Radiological Protection Quantity, and Operational Quantity and Radiological Protection Quantity, explain the radiation protection dose system including the protection and practical quantities established by ICRP and ICRU. Relation between Dosimeters used at Fukushima etc. and Radiological Protection Quantity describes a method and its problems to measure radiations from Cs on surface and underground using survey meters and personal dosimeters, and convert the measured values to effective doses.

Evaluation of susceptibility to stress corrosion cracking based on non-linear eddy current method

Oikawa, Ryota*; Uchimoto, Tetsuya*; Takagi, Toshiyuki*; Urayama, Ryoichi*; Nemoto, Yoshiyuki; Takaya, Shigeru; Keyakida, Satoshi*

International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 33(3-4), p.1303 - 1308, 2010/10

https://doi.org/10.3233/JAE-2010-1254

This paper discusses feasibility of non-linear eddy current method to evaluate material degradations of austenitic stainless steels associated with irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC). For the purpose, tensile test at elevated temperature was conducted using model alloys simulating radiation induced segregation (RIS), then magnetization curve of the specimens was measured by vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), and microstructure of magnetization was observed by magnetic force microscopy (MFM). Moreover non-linear eddy current method was carried out. It was shown that the 3rd higher harmonic ration of the pick-up signal would relate to nominal strain of the specimens.

Microbeam irradiation facilities for radiobiology in Japan and China

Kobayashi, Yasuhiko; Funayama, Tomoo; Hamada, Nobuyuki*; Sakashita, Tetsuya; Konishi, Teruaki*; Imaseki, Hitoshi*; Yasuda, Keisuke*; Hatashita, Masanori*; Takagi, Keiichi*; Hatori, Satoshi*; et al.

Journal of Radiation Research, 50(Suppl.A), p.A29 - A47, 2009/03

https://doi.org/10.1269/jrr.09009S

Angle-correlated spectrum measurement for two neutrons emitted from (n,2n) reaction with the coincidence detection technique using a pencil-beam DT neutron source

Murata, Isao*; Takagi, Satoshi*; Kondo, Keitaro; Shiken, Kimiaki*; Miyamaru, Hiroyuki*; Mitsuda, Motoyuki; Maekawa, Fujio; Ochiai, Kentaro; Nishitani, Takeo

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 595(2), p.439 - 446, 2008/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.039

A technique was developed to measure the angle-correlated neutron energy spectrum with the coincidence detection technique using a pencil-beam DT neutron source at the Fusion Neutronics Source (FNS) of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). Triple differential cross-sections of the Mn(n,2n) reaction were measured first, from which the total Mn(n,2n) reaction cross-section was deduced and compared with JENDL-3.3. The agreement was sufficient to prove the validity of the technique. With the present measuring technique, a complete measurement of a medium-heavy or heavy element such as manganese would become possible through several measurements, because the angle dependence of the emitted neutrons from it is normally weak. The technique will be a useful tool for measuring the angle-correlated neutron spectrum of light elements such as beryllium for investigation of their complicated nuclear reaction mechanism.

Magnetovolume effect in MnCuGeN related to the magnetic structure; Neutron powder diffraction measurements

Iikubo, Satoshi; Kodama, Katsuaki; Takenaka, Koshi*; Takagi, Hidenori*; Shamoto, Shinichi

Physical Review B, 77(2), p.020409_1 - 020409_4, 2008/01

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.77.020409

Magnetic structures in an antiperovskite system MnCuGeN with a large magneto-volume effect above =0.15 have been studied by neutron powder diffraction measurement. The present neutron study revealed that not only a cubic crystal structure, but also a antiperovskite spin structure, is a key ingredient of the large magneto-volume effect in this itinerant electron system. The large magneto-volume effect is possibly ascribed to the geometrical frustration originating from the corner-shared octahedra of the antiperovskite sturucture.

Current status of the control system for J-PARC accelerator complex

Yoshikawa, Hiroshi; Sakaki, Hironao; Sako, Hiroyuki; Takahashi, Hiroki; Shen, G.; Kato, Yuko; Ito, Yuichi; Ikeda, Hiroshi*; Ishiyama, Tatsuya*; Tsuchiya, Hitoshi*; et al.

Proceedings of International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS '07) (CD-ROM), p.62 - 64, 2007/10

J-PARC is a large scale facility of the proton accelerators for the multi-purpose of scientific researches in Japan. This facility consists of three accelerators and three experimental stations. Now, J-PARC is under construction, and LINAC is operated for one year, 3GeV synchrotron has just started the commissioning in this October the 1st. The completion of this facility will be next summer. The control system of accelerators established fundamental performance for the initial commissioning. The most important requirement to the control system of this facility is to minimize the activation of accelerator devices. In this paper, we show that the performances of each layer of this control system have been achieved in the initial stage.

Structural transformation on the pressure-induced metal-insulator transition in PrFe4P

Kawana, Daichi*; Kuwahara, Keitaro*; Sato, Masashi*; Takagi, Masatoshi*; Aoki, Yuji*; Kogi, Masafumi*; Sato, Hideyuki*; Sagayama, Hajime*; Osakabe, Toyotaka; Iwasa, Kazuaki*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 75(11), p.113602_1 - 113602_4, 2006/11

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.75.113602

We report the first X-ray diffraction experiments of PrFeP under high pressure. We discovered a symmetry lowering from cubic to orthorhombic or lower at the metal-insulator transition temperature, accompanied by a jump in the lattice constant, which indicates a first-order phase transition. The superlattice reflections at q=(1,0,0) observed in the low-pressure nonmagnetic ordered phase are found to disappear in the insulating phase. The temperature dependence of the lattice constant and the absence of the superlattice reflections are well explained by taking into account an antiferromagnetic ordering.

Research of disease onset mechanism by determining the distribution of intracellular trace elements using an in-air micro-PIXE analyzer system

Nakano, Takashi*; Arakawa, Kazuo; Sakurai, Hideyuki*; Hasegawa, Masatoshi*; Yuasa, Kazuhisa*; Saito, Etsuko*; Takagi, Hitoshi*; Nagamine, Takeaki*; Kusakabe, Takahiko*; Takada, Hisashi*; et al.

International Journal of PIXE, 16(1-2), p.69 - 76, 2006/00

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129083506000824

A new program was started out to create a new medical scientific field, which is consisting of radiation oncology and nuclear medicine, utilizing the advanced accelerator and ion beam technology. An in-air micro-PIXE analyzer system, which is among the most important technical basis of the program, was upgraded to improve accuracy of elemental mapping for samples having thickness variation in a scope of microbeam scanning. In the program, on the other hand, in order to approach important bio-medical problems on cancer, intracellular dynamics of the trace elements according to mechanism of development of diseases were studied using this system. This paper outlines this program and shows the system upgraded, and results of preliminary studied about the problems.

Objectives and design of the JT-60 superconducting tokamak

Ishida, Shinichi; Abe, Katsunori*; Ando, Akira*; Chujo, T.*; Fujii, Tsuneyuki; Fujita, Takaaki; Goto, Seiichi*; Hanada, Kazuaki*; Hatayama, Akiyoshi*; Hino, Tomoaki*; et al.

Nuclear Fusion, 43(7), p.606 - 613, 2003/07

https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/43/7/314

no abstracts in English

Mobile robot with a self-positioning system

Yanagihara, Satoshi; Hatakeyama, Mutsuo; Ito, Hirokuni; Mori, Shunji*; Takagi, Akira*

Advanced Robotics, 15(3), p.293 - 300, 2001/06

https://doi.org/10.1163/156855301300235805

Automatic measurement of building surface radioactivity must be a useful approach for decommissioning and maintenance activities in nuclear facilities. In particular, in the final step of decommissioning a nuclear power plant, it is essential to confirm that there is no effective radioactivity on building surfaces by measurement. However, experience showed that hands-on measurement using conventional detectors requires a great deal of labor-hours for all building surfaces in relatively large facilities. To realize the automatic measurement of building surface radioactivity, a mobile robot equipped with highly sensitive surface detectors has been developed; it can move automatically based on route plans to measure radioactivity on concrete floors and walls. In the development of this system, efforts were especially made to realize accurate robot motions by applying self-position identification system in consideration of the fact that the measurement should cover all the surfaces of planned areas with minimum overlap.