Preliminary investigation of pretreatment methods for liquid scintillation measurements of environmental water samples using ion exchange resins

Nakasone, Shunya*; Yokoyama, Sumi*; Takahashi, Tomoyuki*; Ota, Masakazu; Kakiuchi, Hideki*; Sugihara, Shinji*; Hirao, Shigekazu*; Momoshima, Noriyuki*; Tamari, Toshiya*; Shima, Nagayoshi*; et al.

Plasma and Fusion Research (Internet), 15, p.2405027_1 - 2405027_3, 2020/05

https://doi.org/10.1585/pfr.15.2405027

A quick preprocessing system for tritium analysis of environmental samples is important to judge environmental influence of tritium releases due to accident or tritium-handling facilities. Analysis of tritium in water samples with liquid scintillation counting method requires removal of impurities such as organic matter and ion species from water samples. Generally, a distillation method is adopted as a pretreatment of analysis for tritium; however, the distillation method is a time-consuming process. The aim of this study is to evaluate a rapid pretreatment method for tritium analysis with ion exchange resin. From batch and column experiments that used inland water and ion exchange resin, we confirmed removals of impurities of the water sample and that the removal of impurities was possible for a short time (by 5 minutes).

Potassium-Argon (K-Ar) dating for fault gouge samples in the Tono Geoscience Center

Tamura, Hajimu*; Shibata, Kenji*; Takahashi, Naoya; Niwa, Masakazu

JAEA-Testing 2017-001, 52 Pages, 2017/03

JAEA-Testing-2017-001.pdf:2.36MB

It is essential to understand the activity of faults in and around a target area to assess the long-term geosphere stability for geological isolation. Potassium-Argon (K-Ar) dating of fault gouge has been conducted in Tono Geoscience Center as one of the dating technique for faulting. This report includes methods for sample preparation, analyses, and age calculation on the K-Ar dating. This can contribute to an evaluation of calculated K-Ar ages.

Fabrication of super electromagnetic coil support using HIP diffusion bonding

Takahashi, Masakazu*; Masuo, Hiroshige*; Takano, Katsutoshi; Koizumi, Norikiyo

Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP 2014), 4 Pages, 2014/06

As part of the research and development of Tokamak-type nuclear fusion reactors, super electromagnetic coils are required to control the plasma reaction. The structure that supports the plasmas chamber is maintained at cryogenic temperatures in liquid helium and thus must be able to withstand the extremes of this type of environment. The most promising material for this support is, SUS316LNH and at present, the only fabrication method being employed is traditional machining from solid materials. This creates a large amount of waste material with extremely long fabrication time, due to the large size of the support at 13 m in height and 8 m in width. Therefore, it is thought that by combining machining with the HIP diffusion bonding process, both waste and fabrication time can be reduced. Although this method is still under development, it is believed that a reduction of about 50% in wasted material and an about 40% in machining time can be achieved.

Micro-fabrication of biodegradable polymers using focused ion beam

Okubo, Satoshi*; Takahashi, Tomohiro*; Takasawa, Yuya*; Gowa, Tomoko*; Sasaki, Takashi*; Nagasawa, Naotsugu; Tamada, Masao; Oshima, Akihiro*; Tagawa, Seiichi*; Washio, Masakazu*

Journal of Photopolymer Science and Technology, 23(3), p.393 - 397, 2010/11

https://doi.org/10.2494/photopolymer.23.393

Microfabrication of biodegradable polymers such as poly(butylene succinate--adipate) (PBSA) and poly(-caprolactone) (PCL) were demonstrated using focused ion beam (FIB) with maskless direct etching. As the result, the micro structures of PBSA and PCL were obtained. The etching depth of both PBSA and PCL were increased with increasing FIB fluence, and the etching rates were estimated to be about 1.3 10 m/(ions cm) and 1.2 10 m/(ions cm), respectively. Moreover, very thin films of PBSA and PCL were made by spin-coating method. The thicknesses of the spin-coated samples were about 200 nm, and the surface roughness was less than 10 nm (RMS). The fine structures such as micro-gear of PBSA and PCL were obtained without solid debris. The line width of the fabricated structure was about 250 nm.

Spatial distribution and features of fracture zones in and around the Atotsugawa Fault, northern Gifu Prefecture

Niwa, Masakazu; Ishimaru, Tsuneari; Kurosawa, Hideki; Shimada, Koji; Moriya, Toshifumi*; Takahashi, Kazuharu*

no journal, , 

It is suggested that fracture zones formed by fault activities have an effect on hydrologic feature of surrounding rocks. Spatial distribution and features of fracture zones in surveyed areas are informative for site selection and design of geological repositories. Here we show a case study in the Atotsugawa Fault, northern Gifu Prefecture. Field mapping in the study area indicates that the number of fracture zone is sharply reduced, and width of each fracture zones falls within 2 m, with distance of more than 500 m from the surface trace of the Atotsugawa Fault.

Development of functionally-graded materials using high energy heavy ion beam

Oshima, Akihiro*; Shiraki, Fumiya*; Takasawa, Yuya*; Fujita, Hajime*; Yoshikawa, Taeko*; Tatsumi, Takahiro*; Tsubokura, Hidehiro*; Takahashi, Tomohiro*; Gowa, Tomoko*; Sakaue, Kazuyuki*; et al.

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Development of true coincidence summing correction for cascade -ray emitters including Cs, 1; Collaborative experiment by the committee on preparation of reference materials for radioactivity analysis of JSAC

Yonezawa, Chushiro*; Kakita, Kazutoshi*; Takahashi, Takanori*; Aono, Tatsuo*; Maeda, Satoshi; Abe, Takaaki*; Arakawa, Fumihiro*; Kiho, Nobuharu*; Akiyama, Masakazu*; Muramatsu, Isamu*; et al.

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Chemical speciation of potassium in altered minerals from Miocene andesite in the west coast of the Noto Peninsula and their K-Ar ages

Unami, Kensuke*; Fukushi, Keisuke*; Takahashi, Yoshio*; Itaya, Tetsumaru*; Niwa, Masakazu

no journal, , 

K-Ar dating is generally not applicable to smectite, which is potassium-free clay mineral. However, based on multidisciplinary analyses such as XRD, TEM, exchangeable cation analysis, and XAFS, fixed potassium can exists in clay minerals in which only smectite is identified by XRD analysis.

Improvement of environmental tritium behavior model; Calculation of OBT concentration in plants using the MOGRA code

Yokoyama, Sumi*; Takahashi, Tomoyuki*; Ota, Masakazu; Kakiuchi, Hideki*; Sugihara, Shinji*; Hirao, Shigekazu*; Momoshima, Noriyuki*; Tamari, Toshiya*; Shima, Nagayoshi*; Atarashi-Andoh, Mariko; et al.

no journal, , 

To ensure safety of fusion facilities, it is important to develop evaluation methods for tritium transfer in the environment. For estimation of tritium transfer in the terrestrial environment, we had developed a simple compartment model using the Migration Of GRound Additions (MOGRA) code. The model was composed by an air-soil-plant system. The target source terms were HT and HTO in the air. In addition, wet deposition was modeled by input of HTO to the system by rainfall. Tritium in the plant was divided into free water tritium (FWT) and organically bound tritium (OBT). The tritium concentration in the environmental medium was trial calculated for chronic and accidental HTO releases to the atmosphere, as preliminary calculation run of the model.