Field test around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site using improved Ce:Gd(Al,Ga)O scintillator Compton camera mounted on an unmanned helicopter

Shikaze, Yoshiaki; Nishizawa, Yukiyasu; Sanada, Yukihisa; Torii, Tatsuo; Jiang, J.*; Shimazoe, Kenji*; Takahashi, Hiroyuki*; Yoshino, Masao*; Ito, Shigeki*; Endo, Takanori*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 53(12), p.1907 - 1918, 2016/12

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2016.1185980

The Compton camera was improved for use with the unmanned helicopter. Increase of the scintillator array from 44 to 88 and expanse of the distance between the two layers contributed to the improvements of detection efficiency and angular resolution, respectively. Measurements were performed over the riverbed of the Ukedo river of Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture. By programming of flight path and speed, the areas of 65 m 60 m and 65 m 180 m were measured during about 20 and 30 minutes, respectively. By the analysis the air dose rate maps at 1 m height were obtained precisely with the angular resolution corresponding to the position resolution of about 10 m from 10 m height. Hovering flights were executed over the hot spot areas for 10-20 minutes at 5-20 m height. By using the reconstruction software the -ray images including the hot spots were obtained with the angular resolution same as that evaluated in the laboratory (about 10).

Unique Fermi surface and emergence of charge density wave in EuGa and EuAl

Nakamura, Ai*; Hiranaka, Yuichi*; Hedo, Masato*; Nakama, Takao*; Miura, Yasunao*; Tsutsumi, Hiroki*; Mori, Akinobu*; Ishida, Kazuhiro*; Mitamura, Katsuya*; Hirose, Yusuke*; et al.

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 3, p.011012_1 - 011012_6, 2014/06

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.3.011012

-ray and neutron area monitoring system of linear IFMIF prototype accelerator building

Takahashi, Hiroki; Kojima, Toshiyuki; Narita, Takahiro; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi; Maebara, Sunao; Sakaki, Hironao; Nishiyama, Koichi

Fusion Engineering and Design, 88(9-10), p.2736 - 2739, 2013/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.04.007

For radiation safety of the Linear IFMIF Prototype Accelerator, -ray and neutron area monitoring system are designed. This system monitors and records the measured data by using both a supervisory board in the access room and central control system. The interlock signals are sent to Personnel Protection System (PPS) and Machine Protection System (MPS) when the integrated dose value exceeds a threshold value. After receiving them, the PPS and the MPS immediately inhibit the beam operation for secure radiation safety. This monitoring system is designed to achieve a high reliability for data transfer using hardwired interlock signals and the performance of data communication between area monitoring system and control system.

Electronic states in antiferromagnet UCd and reference compound ThCd; Studied by the de Haas-van Alphen effect

Hirose, Yusuke*; Miura, Yasunao*; Tsutsumi, Hiroki*; Yoshiuchi, Shingo*; Oya, Masahiro*; Sugiyama, Kiyohiro*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Yamagami, Hiroshi*; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Haga, Yoshinori; et al.

Physica Status Solidi (B), 250(3), p.642 - 645, 2013/03

https://doi.org/10.1002/pssb.201200765

Development status of PPS, MPS and TS for IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator

Takahashi, Hiroki; Kojima, Toshiyuki; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi; Narita, Takahiro; Nishiyama, Koichi; Sakaki, Hironao; Maebara, Sunao

Proceedings of 2nd International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC 2011) (Internet), p.1734 - 1736, 2011/09

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC2011/papers/tups084.pdf

Control system for the IFMIF/EVEDA prototype accelerator consists of six subsystems; Central Control System (CCS), Local Area Network (LAN), Personnel Protection System (PPS), Machine Protection System (MPS), Timing System (TS) and Local Control System (LCS). The Prototype Accelerator provides the deuteron beam with the beam power more than 1 MW, and this control system is required the high reliability and usability to perform various operation modes for beam commissioning. To satisfy these requirements, we are developing mainly PPS, MPS and TS at the beginning. This paper presents the status of hardware development of the PPS, MPS and TS.

Present status of the MPS and TS for IFMIF/EVEDA accelerator

Takahashi, Hiroki; Kojima, Toshiyuki; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi; Narita, Takahiro; Sakaki, Hironao; Maebara, Sunao

Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.2695 - 2697, 2010/05

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC10/papers/wepeb006.pdf

Control System for IFMIF accelerators consists of the six subsystems; Central Control System (CCS), Local Area Network (LAN), Personnel Protection System (PPS), Machine Protection System (MPS), Timing System (TS) and Local Control System (LCS). The subsystems have been designed and their test benches been fabricated at JAEA. The IFMIF accelerator prototype provides a deuteron beam with the power more than 1 MW, which is as same as that in cases of J-PARC and SNS. In the control system, MPS and TS with high performance and precision are strongly required to avoid the radio-activation of the accelerator components. The prototypes of the MPS and TS are testing in conjunction with the injector test starting at CEA/Saclay from autumn in 2010. These results will feedback the design and the fabrication of the control components. This paper presents the development status of the TS modules and EPICS drivers for TS and MPS, and the prospects to apply them to the Injector test.