Status and upgrade plan of the cERL gun

Nishimori, Nobuyuki; Nagai, Ryoji; Mori, Michiaki; Hajima, Ryoichi; Yamamoto, Masahiro*; Honda, Yosuke*; Miyajima, Tsukasa*; Uchiyama, Takashi*; Jin, X.*; Obina, Takashi*; et al.

Proceedings of 12th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.511 - 515, 2015/09

http://www.pasj.jp/web_publish/pasj2015/proceedings/PDF/WEP0/WEP037.pdf

no abstracts in English

Analysis on effects of transverse electric field in an injector cavity of compact-ERL at KEK

Hwang, J.-G.*; Kim, E.-S.*; Miyajima, Tsukasa*; Honda, Yosuke*; Harada, Kentaro*; Shimada, Miho*; Takai, Ryota*; Kume, Tatsuya*; Nagahashi, Shinya*; Obina, Takashi*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 753, p.97 - 104, 2014/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.03.045

Examination of measurement method of isotopic composition of fission products in spent fuel

Fukaya, Hiroyuki; Suyama, Kenya; Sonoda, Takashi; Okubo, Kiyoshi; Umeda, Miki; Uchiyama, Gunzo

JAEA-Research 2013-020, 81 Pages, 2013/10

JAEA-Research-2013-020.pdf:3.81MB

Japan Atomic Energy Agency conducted a project "Isotopic Composition measurement of Fission Products in Spent Fuel from FY2008 to FY2011" by the entrustment of Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization. In that project, we measured the isotopic composition of neodymium isotopes which are important to evaluate the burnup value of spent nuclear fuel by using two different methods and obtained different results. So that we carried out the follow-up measurement in order to investigate the reason of the difference between two neodymium measurements. It was found that we needed correction to the measurement results of neodymium for two samples and a part of other fission products for all samples in total five samples. This report summarizes the all works carried out in this follow-up measurement and obtained results.

Removal of cesium using cobalt-ferrocyanide-impregnated polymer-chain-grafted fibers

Ishihara, Ryo*; Fujiwara, Kunio*; Harayama, Takato*; Okamura, Yusuke*; Uchiyama, Shoichiro*; Sugiyama, Mai*; Someya, Takaaki*; Amakai, Wataru*; Umino, Satoshi*; Ono, Tsubasa*; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 48(10), p.1281 - 1284, 2011/10

AA2011-0190.pdf:0.45MB

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnst.48.1281

Recent progress in the energy recovery linac project in Japan

Sakanaka, Shogo*; Akemoto, Mitsuo*; Aoto, Tomohiro*; Arakawa, Dai*; Asaoka, Seiji*; Enomoto, Atsushi*; Fukuda, Shigeki*; Furukawa, Kazuro*; Furuya, Takaaki*; Haga, Kaiichi*; et al.

Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.2338 - 2340, 2010/05

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC10/papers/tupe091.pdf

Future synchrotron light source using a 5-GeV energy recovery linac (ERL) is under proposal by our Japanese collaboration team, and we are conducting R&D efforts for that. We are developing high-brightness DC photocathode guns, two types of cryomodules for both injector and main superconducting (SC) linacs, and 1.3 GHz high CW-power RF sources. We are also constructing the Compact ERL (cERL) for demonstrating the recirculation of low-emittance, high-current beams using above-mentioned critical technologies.

Fabrication of mercury target vessel

Wakui, Takashi; Kogawa, Hiroyuki; Haga, Katsuhiro; Futakawa, Masatoshi; Hayashi, Ryoichi*; Uchiyama, Naoyoshi*; Okamoto, Yoshinao*; Nakamura, Koji*

JAEA-Technology 2009-040, 96 Pages, 2010/03

JAEA-Technology-2009-040.pdf:35.52MB

The construction of materials and life science experimental facility in J-PARC project had been completed. The mercury target vessel consists of triple-walled structure in order to prevent the leak of mercury to outside at the failure of the mercury vessel and to remove the heat of the safety hull, which covers the mercury vessel, due to the injection of the pulsed proton beams. The high fabrication accuracy is required for the mercury target vessel assembled by the welding. In this report, the required specification and basic structure of parts in the mercury target vessel are described and the fabrication procedure of the mercury target vessel by the vender is reported. In the fabrication of the mercury target vessel, there were many troubles such as large deformation due to the welding and then the vender repaired and brought the mercury target vessel to completion. Furthermore, improvements for the design and fabrication of the mercury target are reported.

Progress in R&D efforts on the energy recovery linac in Japan

Sakanaka, Shogo*; Ago, Tomonori*; Enomoto, Atsushi*; Fukuda, Shigeki*; Furukawa, Kazuro*; Furuya, Takaaki*; Haga, Kaiichi*; Harada, Kentaro*; Hiramatsu, Shigenori*; Honda, Toru*; et al.

Proceedings of 11th European Particle Accelerator Conference (EPAC '08) (CD-ROM), p.205 - 207, 2008/06

Future synchrotron light sources based on the energy-recovery linacs (ERLs) are expected to be capable of producing super-brilliant and/or ultra-short pulses of synchrotron radiation. Our Japanese collaboration team is making efforts for realizing an ERL-based hard X-ray source. We report recent progress in our R&D efforts.

Study on evaluation of confinement capability of fuel cycle facility

Abe, Hitoshi; Kashima, Takao; Tashiro, Shinsuke; Uchiyama, Gunzo; Tsuchino, Susumu*; Ishibashi, Takashi*

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In Japan Atomic Energy Agency, to contribute on confirmation of safety of fuel cycle facilities, evaluation method for soundness of confinement capability of the facilities under fire accident has been investigated. Panel materials of Glove-box and cable sheath materials were considered to be an examination object as the representative organic materials in the facilities. Combustion property data, such as mass loss rate of the materials and soot generation ratio, and clogging property data of HEPA filter with combustion of the materials were measured as a parameter with radiation heat given to the materials, supply flow rate to the materials and oxygen concentration in the supply flow. Furthermore, progress of rising differential pressure of HEPA filter under concrete scenario of fire accident was evaluated by connecting these data mutually.

Study on release and transport of aerial radioactive materials in reprocessing plant, 4; Cold test (Part 1) ARF test using mocked fuel reprocessing liquid waste

Tashiro, Shinsuke; Matsumoto, Tetsuya; Kataoka, Osamu; Amano, Yuki; Abe, Hitoshi; Yamane, Yuichi; Yoshida, Kazuo; Ishikawa, Jun; Uchiyama, Gunzo; Ueda, Yoshinori*; et al.

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Measurements on the release ratios of aerial radioactive materials from mocked fuel reprocessing liquid waste under its boiling to dryness process were performed using labo-scaled experiments. Test sample, dissolved 27 elements into nitric acid and arranged to 2M acidity, was heated up to 300 C under the constant air ventilation. Steam, gaseous and airborne materials were collected or absorbed at the condenser, the air filter and the washing bottles. The accumulated release ratios of mocked FP elements from samples were determined using ICP-MS. From the accumulated release ratios determined from the condensed samples, the major release of Cs and Ru could be involved the release of mist and gaseous RuO, respectively. Besides, accumulated release ratios of Ru was about 10 to 1000 times higher than Cs, differed from the literature using fuel reprocessing liquid waste. Its differences could be influenced the nitrous acid, which was reduced the generation of RuO.

Development and operation status of TANPOPO (space exposure of organic substances and microbes, and capture of stardusts and microbes)

Yamagishi, Akihiko*; Yokobori, Shinichi*; Hashimoto, Hirofumi*; Yano, Hajime*; Imai, Eiichi*; Okudaira, Kyoko*; Kawai, Hideyuki*; Kobayashi, Kensei*; Tabata, Makoto*; Nakagawa, Kazumichi*; et al.

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English