Measurement techniques for radiation distribution visualization; Imaging and mapping of radiation distribution after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident

Torii, Tatsuo; Sanada, Yukihisa

Keisoku Gijutsu, 50(11), p.23 - 28, 2022/10

no abstracts in English

Airborne radiation survey after the accident

Torii, Tatsuo*; Sanada, Yukihisa

Behavior of Radionuclides in the Environment III Fukushima, p.17 - 29, 2022/00

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6799-2_3

Airborne radiation survey was conducted to evaluate the influence of radionuclides emitted by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident. Carrying out airborne radiation surveys using a manned helicopter, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has developed and established an analysis method concurrently with the development of this survey method. In particular, because the background radiation level differs greatly between the East and West regions of Japan, the JAEA has developed a discrimination method for natural radionuclide and cosmic rays using the gamma energy spectra. The reliability of the airborne radiation monitoring data was confirmed through comparison with large amounts of ground measurement data. Here, we report on the measurement technique and the results. The ambient dose rate has been decreased by the increasing attenuation effect due to radioactive cesium penetration into the soil in addition to the physical decay of radioactive cesium. These results indicate the importance of airborne monitoring to evaluate and predict the radiation exposure of residents.

Simulation study of a shield-free directional gamma-ray detector using Small-Angle Compton Scattering

Kitayama, Yoshiharu; Terasaka, Yuta; Sato, Yuki; Torii, Tatsuo

Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science, 7(4), p.042006_1 - 042006_7, 2021/10

https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048902

Ten years have passed since the accident of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant; Current situation for the development for the new technology of radiation measurement and needs for decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Torii, Tatsuo*; Sanada, Yukihisa

Hoshasen, 46(3), p.93 - 101, 2021/05

Ten years have passed since the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident, and various measurements of radiation conditions in the environment are revealing the relationship between changes in trends and their environmental factors. In radiation measurement technology, many new methods have been proposed for environmental measurement and decommissioning after the accident. This paper outlines these latest trends.

Automatic data acquisition for visualizing radioactive substances by combining a gamma-ray imager and an autonomous mobile robot

Sato, Yuki; Minemoto, Kojiro*; Nemoto, Makoto*; Torii, Tatsuo

Journal of Instrumentation (Internet), 16(1), p.P01020_1 - P01020_18, 2021/01

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/16/01/P01020

Development of a GdSiO (GPS) scintillator-based alpha imaging detector for rapid plutonium detection in high-radon environments

Morishita, Yuki; Izaki, Kenji; Kaneko, Junichi*; Yamamoto, Seiichi*; Higuchi, Mikio*; Torii, Tatsuo

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 67(10), p.2203 - 2208, 2020/10

https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2020.3014997

We developed a GdSiO (GPS) scintillator-based alpha imaging detector and demonstrated its effectiveness by evaluating actual Pu particle and Rn progeny. The GPS scintillator plate was prepared by a sintering method. The outer dimensions of the GPS scintillator plate were 5 5 cm, and the scintillator layer was approximately 50 m on a 3-mm-thick high-transparency glass. The plate was optically coupled to a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube with silicone grease. The developed imaging detector exhibited good uniformity. Pu particle activities were accurately evaluated at 14 different positions, and the difference in activity was within 6%. Radon-222 (Rn) progeny counts were reduced by 65.3% by applying an energy window. Although the Pu/Rn progeny activity ratio was 1/51, the Pu particle was successfully identified among Rn progeny within the 5 min-measurement time. The imaging detector has an excellent ability for detecting Pu among Rn progeny. Thus, this detector is useful for alpha contamination monitoring in high-radon-background environments.

A Cubic CeBr gamma-ray spectrometer suitable for the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Kaburagi, Masaaki; Shimazoe, Kenji*; Otaka, Yutaka*; Uenomachi, Mizuki*; Kamada, Kei*; Kim, K. J.*; Yoshino, Masao*; Shoji, Yasuhiro*; Yoshikawa, Akira*; Takahashi, Hiroyuki*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 971, p.164118_1 - 164118_8, 2020/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164118

Statement of retraction; Visualization and integration of images of radioactive substances as point cloud data in 3-D environment models

Sato, Yuki; Torii, Tatsuo

Nuclear Technology, 206(7), P. 1095, 2020/07

https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2020.1771149

Evaluation of an ultra-thin plastic scintillator to detect alpha and beta particle contamination

Morishita, Yuki; Hoshi, Katsuya; Torii, Tatsuo

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 966, p.163795_1 - 163795_8, 2020/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163795

To date, alpha and high beta particle emitters have been detected in the reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS). Since the beta radiation levels in the FDNPS buildings are extremely high, a commercial beta survey meter, such as a Geiger-Muller (GM) counter, would no longer have the ability to measure the beta contamination levels. In order to solve this issue, we utilized ultra-thin plastic scintillators to increase the detection rate of alpha and beta contamination. In this study, ultra-thin plastic scintillators with varied thicknesses of 7, 22, 24, 31, 39, and 55 um were prepared. To test their sensitivity, each scintillator was optically coupled to a glass plate and a 2-in square position-sensitive photomultiplier tube, and exposed to either an alpha, beta, or gamma source. Results from alpha spectrometry show that only the 55 um-thick plastic scintillator fully absorbed the alpha particles (5.5 MeV) with a 16.7% Full Width at Half Maximum. For alpha imaging under a high beta background, the 7 um-thick plastic scintillator was found to be the best choice, with an alpha to beta ratio of 652. This plastic scintillator also had the lowest sensitivity to beta particles, measuring only 41.74 cps when exposed to a 1 MBq Sr/Y source in contact. It would therefore be possible to use the 7 um-thick plastic scintillator, to directly measure the surface contamination levels at the FDNPS site in real-time, where previous methods have fallen short. Thus, the developed detector would be a useful tool for the detection of alpha and beta contamination in the FDNPS.

A Study of directional gamma-ray detector without shield by Monte Carlo simulation

Kitayama, Yoshiharu; Terasaka, Yuta; Sato, Yuki; Torii, Tatsuo

Proceedings of International Youth Nuclear Congress 2020 (IYNC 2020) (Internet), 4 Pages, 2020/05