Laser heating induced spatial homogenization of phase separated NaO-BO-SiO glass plate with bearing NiO for heat center and structural probe

Tomita, Kana*; Kishi, Tetsuo*; Matsumura, Daiju; Yano, Tetsuji*

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 597, p.121891_1 - 121891_10, 2022/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2022.121891

Structural significance of nickel sites in aluminosilicate glasses

Kado, Rikiya*; Kishi, Tetsuo*; Lelong, G.*; Galoisy, L.*; Matsumura, Daiju; Calas, G.*; Yano, Tetsuji*

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 539, p.120070_1 - 120070_8, 2020/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2020.120070

STRAD project for systematic treatments of radioactive liquid wastes generated in nuclear facilities

Watanabe, So; Ogi, Hiromichi*; Arai, Yoichi; Aihara, Haruka; Takahatake, Yoko; Shibata, Atsuhiro; Nomura, Kazunori; Kamiya, Yuichi*; Asanuma, Noriko*; Matsuura, Haruaki*; et al.

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 117, p.103090_1 - 103090_8, 2019/11

AA2019-0193.pdf:1.29MB

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.103090

Analysis on the effect of forest decontamination on reducing the air dose rate using the three-dimensional transport code MCNP

Hemmi, Ko; Yamaguchi, Tetsuji; Takeda, Seiji; Kimura, Hideo

Genshiryoku Bakkuendo Kenkyu (CD-ROM), 24(1), p.3 - 14, 2017/06

https://doi.org/10.3327/jnuce.24.1_3

Conditions of contaminated sources and ranges of forest decontamination that significantly reduce the air dose rate in residential areas were investigated by means of a sensitivity analysis related to the decontamination of the forest contaminated by radiocesium deriving from the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The contaminated sources including Cs and Cs were assumed to be a layer of sedimented organic matter (the A layer) and surface soils (the A layer). The air dose rates were calculated using the three-dimensional Monte Carlo transport code MCNP. A slope number of the forest, angles, state of contaminant distribution, radiocesium content in the forest soils, decontamination ranges, distance from the forest boundary to an evaluation point, and height at the evaluation point were adopted as the parameters. The decontamination of a litter (A) layer within the distance of 20 m from the forest boundary was revealed to be effective in reducing the air dose rate when the source distribution was homogeneous. The air dose rates were significantly reduced by the decontamination of the A layer within a distance of 40 m from the forest boundary on condition that the radiocesium content of the A layer was larger than that of the A layer and the source distribution was non-homogeneous, such as the forest areas beyond 20 m from the forest boundary, which were more heavily contaminated than those within 20 m.

Development of spin correlations in the geometrically frustrated triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet CuCrO

Kajimoto, Ryoichi; Tomiyasu, Keisuke*; Nakajima, Kenji; Kawamura, Seiko; Inamura, Yasuhiro; Okuda, Tetsuji*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 84(7), p.074708_1 - 074708_6, 2015/07

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.84.074708

An Attempt to select thermodynamic data and to evaluate the solubility of radioelements with uncertainty under HLW disposal conditions

Yamaguchi, Tetsuji; Takeda, Seiji; Nishimura, Yuki; Iida, Yoshihisa; Tanaka, Tadao

Radiochimica Acta, 102(11), p.999 - 1008, 2014/11

https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2014-2248

http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ract.2014.102.issue-11/ract-2014-2248/ract-2014-2248.xml?format=INT

An attempt was made to select thermodynamic data with uncertainties and to evaluate the solubility of radioelements with uncertainties considering variation in groundwater chemistry. The thermodynamic data was selected by reviewing the JAEA-TDB released in 2012. Data for Nb, Pd and Pa were revised from the viewpoint of the consistency of the data selection process. Data for Se, U and Pa were revised from the viewpoint of the conservativeness. Up-to-date ternary calcium-metal(IV)-OH complexes were adopted for Zr, Th, U, Np and Pu. A Monte Carlo-based probabilistic calculation code, PA-SOL, was used for probabilistic analysis of the solubility.

Characterization of monolayer oxide formation processes on high-index Si surface by photoelectron spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation

Abe, Sosuke*; Ono, Shinya*; Kanemura, Rui*; Yoshigoe, Akitaka; Teraoka, Yuden; Ogata, Shoichi*; Yasuda, Tetsuji*; Tanaka, Masatoshi*

Applied Physics Express, 6(11), p.115701_1 - 115701_4, 2013/11

https://doi.org/10.7567/APEX.6.115701

Deep-sea record of impact apparently unrelated to mass extinction in the Late Triassic

Onoue, Tetsuji*; Sato, Honami*; Nakamura, Tomoki*; Noguchi, Takaaki*; Hidaka, Yoshihiro*; Shirai, Naoki*; Ebihara, Mitsuru*; Osawa, Takahito; Hatsukawa, Yuichi; Toh, Yosuke; et al.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(47), p.19134 - 19139, 2012/11

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1209486109

The 34 million year (My) interval of the Late Triassic is marked by the formation of several large impact structures on Earth. As with the Chicxulub impact event at the Cretaceous/Paleogene boudary, the Late Triassic impact events have been considered a factor in biotic extinction events in the Late Triassic (e.g., the Triassic/Jurassic boundary). However, the causal link between these impact events and a mass extinction event in the Late Triassic remains controversial because of a lack of stratigraphic records of their ejecta deposits. Here we report evidence for an impact event (platinum group elements anomaly, nickel-rich magnetite and microspherules) deposited within a Paleo-Pacific basin in the middle Norian (Upper Triassic) deep-sea sediment in Japan. This includes anomalously high abundances of iridium, up to 41.5 parts per billion (ppb), in the ejecta deposit, which suggests that the iridium anomaly may be found on a global scale. The middle Norian age of the ejecta deposit suggests that the impact event that produced the 100-km-wide Manicouagan crater in Canada8 is most likely related to its deposition. Our analysis of siliceous microfossils shows no evidence of a mass extinction event across the impact event horizon, and no contemporaneous faunal turnover is seen in other marine fossils. However, such an event has been reported among terrestrial tetrapods and floras in North America. We therefore hypothesize that the Manicouagan impact caused the catastrophic collapse of terrestrial ecosystems near the impact site, but not within the marine realm.

Effect of spin dilution on the magnetic state of delafossite CuCrO with an = 3/2 antiferromagnetic triangular sublattice

Okuda, Tetsuji*; Uto, Kazuma*; Seki, Shinichiro*; Onose, Yoshinori*; Tokura, Yoshinori*; Kajimoto, Ryoichi; Matsuda, Masaaki*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 80(1), p.014711_1 - 014711_7, 2011/04

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.80.014711

Removal of fission products in the spent electrolyte using iron phosphate glass as a sorbent

Amamoto, Ippei; Mitamura, Naoki*; Tsuzuki, Tatsuya*; Takasaki, Yasushi*; Shibayama, Atsushi*; Yano, Tetsuji*; Nakada, Masami; Okamoto, Yoshihiro

Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management (ICEM 2010) (CD-ROM), p.503 - 508, 2010/10

https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2010-40272

The main objective of this development is to recycle the purified eutectic medium of the pyroreprocessing, delaying its disposal for as long as possible. We have introduced the simple filtration method to remove the rare earth element (REE) particles which were formed due to the conversion of REE chlorides to phosphates. Here, the iron phosphate glass is used as a filtration medium for the removal of FP particles. However, some soluble FP such as compounds of alkali-metals, alkaline-earth metals, etc. still remain in the eutectic medium. This time around, on an experimental basis, the iron phosphate glass has been used as a sorbent instead, to remove the soluble FP. We have obtained some positive results and have intention to incorporate it into the spent electrolyte recycle process as a part of the FP separation and immobilization system.