Microbially formed Mn(IV) oxide as a novel adsorbent for removal of Radium

Tanaka, Kazuya; Yamaji, Keiko*; Masuya, Hayato*; Tomita, Jumpei; Ozawa, Mayumi*; Yamasaki, Shinya*; Tokunaga, Kohei; Fukuyama, Kenjin*; Ohara, Yoshiyuki*; Maamoun, I.*; et al.

Chemosphere, 355, p.141837_1 - 141837_11, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141837

In this study, biogenic Mn(IV) oxide was applied to remove Ra from mine water collected from a U mill tailings pond in the Ningyo-toge center. Just 7.6 mg of biogenic Mn(IV) oxide removed more than 98% of the Ra from 3 L of mine water, corresponding to a distribution coefficient of 10 mL/g for Ra at pH 7. The obtained value was convincingly high for practical application of biogenic Mn(IV) oxide in water treatment.

Dynamical response of transition-edge sensor microcalorimeters to a pulsed charged-particle beam

Okumura, Takuma*; Azuma, Toshiyuki*; Bennet, D. A.*; Caradonna, P.*; Chiu, I.-H.*; Doriese, W. B.*; Durkin, M. S.*; Fowler, J. W.*; Gard, J. D.*; Hashimoto, Tadashi; et al.

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31(5), p.2101704_1 - 2101704_4, 2021/08

https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2021.3067793

A superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter is an ideal X-ray detector for experiments at accelerator facilities because of good energy resolution and high efficiency. To study the performance of the TES detector with a high-intensity pulsed charged-particle beam, we measured X-ray spectra with a pulsed muon beam at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) in Japan. We found substantial temporal shifts of the X-ray energy correlated with the arrival time of the pulsed muon beam, which was reasonably explained by pulse pileup due to the incidence of energetic particles from the initial pulsed beam.

Reactor noise analysis for a graphite-moderated and -reflected core in KUCA

Sakon, Atsushi*; Nakajima, Kunihiro*; Takahashi, Kazuki*; Hohara, Shinya*; Sano, Tadafumi*; Fukaya, Yuji; Hashimoto, Kengo*

EPJ Web of Conferences, 247, p.09009_1 - 09009_8, 2021/02

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124709009

In graphite-reflected thermal reactors, even a detector placed far from fuel region may detect a certain degree of the correlation amplitude. This is because mean free path of neutrons in graphite is longer than that in water or polyethylene. The objective of this study is experimentally to confirm a high flexibility of neutron detector placement in graphite reflector for reactor noise analysis. The present reactor noise analysis was carried out in a graphite-moderated and -reflected thermal core in Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA). BF proportional neutron counters (1" dia.) were placed in graphite reflector region, where the counters were separated by about 35cm and 30cm -thick graphite from the core, respectively. At a critical state and subcritical states, time-sequence signal data from these counters were acquired and analyzed by a fast Fourier transform (FFT) analyzer, to obtain power spectral density in frequency domain. The auto-power spectral density obtained from the counters far from the core contained a significant degree of correlated component. A least-squares fit of a familiar formula to the auto-power spectral density data was made to determine the prompt-neutron decay constant. The decay constant was 63.314.5 [1/s] in critical state. The decay constant determined from the cross-power spectral density and coherence function data between the two counters also had a consistent value. It is confirmed that reactor noise analysis is possible using a detector placed at about 35cm far from the core, as we expected.

Spontaneous formation of suboxidic coordination around Co in ferromagnetic rutile TiCoO film

Hu, W.*; Hayashi, Koichi*; Fukumura, Tomoteru*; Akagi, Kazuto*; Tsukada, Masaru*; Happo, Naohisa*; Hosokawa, Shinya*; Owada, Kenji; Takahashi, Masamitsu; Suzuki, Motohiro*; et al.

Applied Physics Letters, 106(22), p.222403_1 - 222403_5, 2015/06

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4921847

Acute and obtuse rhombohedrons in the local structures of relaxor ferroelectric Pb(MgNb)O

Hu, W.*; Hayashi, Koichi*; Owada, Kenji; Chen, J.*; Happo, Naohisa*; Hosokawa, Shinya*; Takahashi, Masamitsu; Bokov, A.*; Ye, Z.-G*

Physical Review B, 89(14), p.140103_1 - 140103_5, 2014/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.89.140103

Applications and imaging techniques of a Si/CdTe Compton -ray camera

Takeda, Shinichiro*; Ichinohe, Yuto*; Hagino, Koichi*; Odaka, Hirokazu*; Yuasa, Takayuki*; Ishikawa, Shinnosuke*; Fukuyama, Taro*; Saito, Shinya*; Sato, Tamotsu*; Sato, Goro*; et al.

Physics Procedia, 37, p.859 - 866, 2012/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2012.04.096

By using new Compton camera consisting of silicon double-sided strip detector (Si-DSD) and CdTe-DSD developed for the ASTRO-H mission, an experiment was conducted to study its feasibility for advanced hotspot monitoring. In addition to hotspot imaging already provided by commercial imaging systems, the identification of the variety of radioisotopes is realized thanks to the good energy resolution given by the semiconductor detectors. Three radioisotopes of Ba (356 keV), Na (511 keV) and Cs (662 keV) were individually imaged by applying event selection in the energy window and the -ray images was correctly overlapped by an optical picture. The detection efficiency of 1.6810 (effective area: 1.710 cm) and angular resolution of 3.8 were obtained by stacking five detector modules for 662 keV -ray. The higher detection efficiency required in a specific use can be achieved by stacking more detector modules.

Role of AtPol, AtRev1 and AtPol in UV light-induced mutagenesis in Arabidopsis

Nakagawa, Mayu*; Takahashi, Shinya*; Tanaka, Atsushi; Narumi, Issei; Sakamoto, Ayako

Plant Physiology, 155(1), p.414 - 420, 2011/01

https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.110.166082

no abstracts in English

Plan and reports of coupled irradiation (JRR-3 and JOYO of research reactors) and hot facilities work (WASTEF, JMTR-HL, MMF and FMF); R&D project on irradiation damage management technology for structural materials of long-life nuclear plant

Matsui, Yoshinori; Takahashi, Hiroyuki; Yamamoto, Masaya; Nakata, Masahito; Yoshitake, Tsunemitsu; Abe, Kazuyuki; Yoshikawa, Katsunori; Iwamatsu, Shigemi; Ishikawa, Kazuyoshi; Kikuchi, Taiji; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2009-072, 144 Pages, 2010/03

JAEA-Technology-2009-072.pdf:45.01MB

"R&D Project on Irradiation Damage Management Technology for Structural Materials of Long-life Nuclear Plant" was carried out from FY2006 in a fund of a trust enterprise of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The coupled irradiations or single irradiation by JOYO fast reactor and JRR-3 thermal reactor were performed for about two years. The irradiation specimens are very important materials to establish of "Evaluation of Irradiation Damage Indicator" in this research. For the acquisition of the examination specimens irradiated by the JOYO and JRR-3, we summarized about the overall plan, the work process and the results for the study to utilize these reactors and some facilities of hot laboratory (WASTEF, JMTR-HL, MMF and FMF) of the Oarai Research-and-Development Center and the Nuclear Science Research Institute in the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.

Functional analysis of the low-fidelity DNA polymerase AtREV1

Takahashi, Shinya*; Nakagawa, Mayu; Tanaka, Atsushi; Narumi, Issei; Shimizu, Kikuo*; Sakamoto, Ayako

JAEA-Review 2008-055, JAEA Takasaki Annual Report 2007, P. 58, 2008/11

https://jopss.jaea.go.jp/pdfdata/JAEA-Review-2008-055.pdf

no abstracts in English

AtREV1, a Y-family DNA polymerase in Arabidopsis, has deoxynucleotidyl transferase activity

Takahashi, Shinya*; Sakamoto, Ayako; Tanaka, Atsushi; Shimizu, Kikuo*

Plant Physiology, 145(3), p.1052 - 1060, 2007/11

https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.107.101980

To clarify the functions of AtREV1 protein, we expressed it in E. coli and purified it. The deoxynucleotidyl transferase activity of the recombinant AtREV1 was examined in a primer extension assay . The recombinant AtREV1 transferred one or two nucleotides to the primer end. Especially, it efficiently inserted dCMP regardless of the opposite base. AtREV1 also inserted a dCMP opposite the apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites, which are physiologically generated or induced by various DNA-damaging agents. However, AtREV1 had no insertion activities against UV-inducible DNA lesions. Although the substrate specificity of AtREV1 was rather narrow in the presence of magnesium ion, it widened in the presence of manganese ion. These results suggest that AtREV1 serves as a deoxycytidyl transferase in plant cells.