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Wada, Yuki; Shibamoto, Yasuteru; Hibiki, Takashi*
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 249, p.127219_1 - 127219_16, 2025/10
Satou, Akira; Wada, Yuki; Shibamoto, Yasuteru
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 437, p.114020_1 - 114020_14, 2025/06
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)Post-boiling transition (post-BT) heat transfer is essential for analyzing the duration of surface dryout and peak cladding temperature during abnormal transients and accidents in light water reactors. The rewetting phenomenon is very important for evaluating the dryout duration. However, due to the lack of an experimental database on rewetting velocities under high flow and heat flux conditions, sufficient data for model development and validation do not exist. Therefore, a database on rewetting velocities caused by stepwise boundary condition changes under a wide range and multiple combination of thermal-hydraulic conditions was obtained using a single-tube experimental apparatus. Based on this database and the characteristics of rewetting velocities obtained, an experimental correlation for rewetting velocity was proposed. This correlation predicts the rewetting velocity accurately by taking the change in the mass flux of the liquid or gas phase with stepwise transients as a parameter. This suggested that the change in the mass flux of the gas or liquid phase near the liquid film front has a strong influence on the rewetting under extremely high mass flux conditions compared to the reflooding process.
Wada, Yuki*; Morimoto, Takeshi*; Wu, T.*; Wang, D.*; Kikuchi, Hiroshi*; Nakamura, Yoshitaka*; Yoshikawa, Eiichi*; Ushio, Tomoo*; Tsuchiya, Harufumi
Science Advances (Internet), 11(21), p.eads6906_1 - eads6906_10, 2025/05
Times Cited Count:0Wada, Yuki; Shibamoto, Yasuteru; Hibiki, Takashi*
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 239, p.126598_1 - 126598_18, 2025/04
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:27.01(Thermodynamics)Abe, Yukiko; Nakayama, Masataka*; Atarashi-Andoh, Mariko; Tange, Takeshi*; Sawada, Haruo*; Liang, N.*; Koarashi, Jun
Geoderma, 455, p.117221_1 - 117221_11, 2025/03
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.00(Soil Science)Subsoils (typically below a depth of 30 cm) contain more than half of global soil carbon (C) as soil organic C (SOC). However, the extent to which subsoil SOC contributes to the global C cycle and the factors that control it are unclear because quantitative evaluation of carbon dioxide (CO) emission from subsoils through direct observations is limited. This study aimed to quantify CO
emission from subsoils and determine factors that control CO
emission, focusing on the decomposability of soil organic matter (SOM) and the characteristics of the mineral-SOM association in soils. Therefore, a laboratory incubation experiment was conducted using surface soils (0-10 cm and 10-25 cm depth) and subsoils (30-45 cm and 45-60 cm depth) collected from four Japanese forest sites with two different soil types (volcanic ash and non-volcanic ash soils). The CO
emission from the subsoils was found to be responsible for 6%-23% of total CO
emission from the upper 60-cm mineral soil across all sites. Radiocarbon signatures of CO
released from the subsoils indicated the decomposition of decades-old SOM in the subsoils. The correlations between CO
emission rate and soil factors across both soil types suggested that the CO
emission from the subsoils is mainly controlled by the amounts of SOC easily available to soil microbes and microbial biomass C, not by the amounts of reactive minerals. Given the potential active participation of subsoils in terrestrial C cycling, most of the current soil C models that ignore subsoil C cycling are likely to underestimate the response of soil C to future climate change. The quantitative and mechanistic understanding of C cycling through a huge subsoil C pool is critical to accurately evaluating the role of soil C in the global C balance.
Nakayama, Masataka; Abe, Yukiko; Atarashi-Andoh, Mariko; Tange, Takeshi*; Sawada, Haruo*; Liang, N.*; Koarashi, Jun
Applied Soil Ecology, 201, p.105485_1 - 105485_12, 2024/09
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:64.86(Soil Science)Nitrogen often limits plant growth in forest ecosystems. Plants, including trees, change vertical root distribution when nutrient competition is strong within surface soil layer and take up nitrogen even from subsurface soil layers in addition to the surface soil. However, there is still limited knowledge about nitrogen cycles within deeper soil layers. In this study, we investigated the vertical profiles (0-60 cm) of the net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates at four Japanese forest sites with two different soil types (Andosols and Cambisols). The partial least square path modeling (PLS-PM) was used to determine factors affecting nitrogen-cycling processes. The net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates per unit soil weight were considerably higher in surface soil layer than in deeper soil layers in Andosols but not in Cambisols. PLS-PM analysis showed that microbial biomass and soil organic matter quantities were the main factors influencing the net nitrogen mineralization and nitrification rates, indicating that a similar mechanism creating the spatial variations of nitrogen-cycling processes in surface soil layer predominantly regulates the processes in subsoil layers. Moreover, it was estimated that the net nitrogen mineralization rate could be comparable at all soil types and depths when the rate was expressed per unit soil volume. Therefore, our results suggest that subsoil layers are a quantitatively important nitrogen source for plant nutrients in Andosols and Cambisols, supporting high forest productivity.
Wada, Yuki; Hirose, Yoshiyasu; Shibamoto, Yasuteru
Ultrasonics, 141, p.107346_1 - 107346_16, 2024/07
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:53.22(Acoustics)Nakanishi, Yohei*; Shibata, Motoki*; Sawada, Satoshi*; Kondo, Hiroaki*; Motokawa, Ryuhei; Kumada, Takayuki; Yamamoto, Katsuhiro*; Mita, Kazuki*; Miyazaki, Tsukasa*; Takenaka, Mikihito*
Polymer, 306, p.127209_1 - 127209_7, 2024/06
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:56.40(Polymer Science)Iwata, Takuma*; Kosa, Towa*; Nishioka, Yukimi*; Owada, Kiyotaka*; Sumida, Kazuki; Annese, E.*; Kakoki, Masaaki*; Kuroda, Kenta*; Iwasawa, Hideaki*; Arita, Masashi*; et al.
Scientific Reports (Internet), 14, p.127_1 - 127_8, 2024/01
Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:89.50(Multidisciplinary Sciences)Wada, Yuki*; Kamogawa, Masashi*; Kubo, Mamoru*; Enoto, Teruaki*; Hayashi, Shugo*; Sawano, Tatsuya*; Yonetoku, Daisuke*; Tsuchiya, Harufumi
Journal of Geophysical Research; Atmospheres, 128(21), p.e2023JD039354_1 - e2023JD039354_20, 2023/11
Times Cited Count:1 Percentile:13.75(Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences)Katsumura, Kosuke*; Takagi, Junichi*; Hosomi, Kenji*; Miyahara, Naoya*; Koma, Yoshikazu; Imoto, Jumpei; Karasawa, Hidetoshi; Miwa, Shuhei; Shiotsu, Hiroyuki; Hidaka, Akihide*; et al.
Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi ATOMO, 65(11), p.674 - 679, 2023/11
no abstracts in English
Wada, Yuki*; Wu, T.*; Wang, D.*; Enoto, Teruaki*; Nakazawa, Kazuhiro*; Morimoto, Takeshi*; Nakamura, Yoshitaka*; Shinoda, Taro*; Tsuchiya, Harufumi
Journal of Geophysical Research; Atmospheres, 128(15), p.e2023JD038606_1 - e2023JD038606_9, 2023/08
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:40.74(Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences)Okagaki, Yuria; Shibamoto, Yasuteru; Wada, Yuki; Abe, Satoshi; Hibiki, Takashi*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(8), p.955 - 968, 2023/08
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:25.62(Nuclear Science & Technology)Osawa, Takahito; Nagasawa, Shunsaku*; Ninomiya, Kazuhiko*; Takahashi, Tadayuki*; Nakamura, Tomoki*; Wada, Taiga*; Taniguchi, Akihiro*; Umegaki, Izumi*; Kubo, Kenya*; Terada, Kentaro*; et al.
ACS Earth and Space Chemistry (Internet), 7(4), p.699 - 711, 2023/04
Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:72.47(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)The concentrations of carbon and other major elements in asteroid samples provide very important information on the birth of life on the Earth and the solar-system evolution. Elemental analysis using muonic X-rays is one of the best analytical methods to determine the elemental composition of solid materials, and notably, is the only method to determine the concentration of light elements in bulk samples in a non-destructive manner. We developed a new analysis system using muonic X-rays to measure the concentrations of carbon and other major elements in precious and expectedly tiny samples recovered from the asteroid Ryugu by spacecraft Hayabusa2. Here we report the development process of the system in 4 stages and their system configurations, The analysis system is composed of a stainless-steel analysis chamber, an acrylic glove box for manipulating asteroid samples in a clean environment, and Ge semiconductor detectors arranged to surround the analysis chamber. The performance of the analysis system, including the background level, which is crucial for the measurement, was greatly improved from the first stage to the later ones. Our feasibility study showed that the latest model of our muonic X-ray analysis system is capable of determining the carbon concentration in Hayabusa2's sample model with an uncertainty of less than 10 percent in a 6-day measurement.
Iimura, Shun*; Rosenbusch, M.*; Takamine, Aiko*; Tsunoda, Yusuke*; Wada, Michiharu*; Chen, S.*; Hou, D. S.*; Xian, W.*; Ishiyama, Hironobu*; Yan, S.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 130(1), p.012501_1 - 012501_6, 2023/01
Times Cited Count:13 Percentile:88.25(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Yamamoto, Kazami; Kinsho, Michikazu; Hayashi, Naoki; Saha, P. K.; Tamura, Fumihiko; Yamamoto, Masanobu; Tani, Norio; Takayanagi, Tomohiro; Kamiya, Junichiro; Shobuda, Yoshihiro; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 59(9), p.1174 - 1205, 2022/09
Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:74.40(Nuclear Science & Technology)In the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, the purpose of the 3 GeV rapid cycling synchrotron (RCS) is to accelerate a 1 MW, high-intensity proton beam. To achieve beam operation at a repetition rate of 25 Hz at high intensities, the RCS was elaborately designed. After starting the RCS operation, we carefully verified the validity of its design and made certain improvements to establish a reliable operation at higher power as possible. Consequently, we demonstrated beam operation at a high power, namely, 1 MW. We then summarized the design, actual performance, and improvements of the RCS to achieve a 1 MW beam.
Wada, Yoriko*; Akagi, Hiroshi*; Kumada, Takayuki; Itakura, Ryuji*; Wakabayashi, Tomonari*
Photochem (Internet), 2(3), p.798 - 809, 2022/09
Coulomb explosion experiments using 60 fs laser pulses were conducted for structural characterization of three dichloroethylene isomers. Under laser intensity at 1.8 10
W/cm
, mass-resolved momentum imaging (MRMI) for selected fragment ions of
Cl
and C
revealed different patterns for the three isomers. The C
ion fragmented from multiply charged trans-1,2-DCE was forced to leave perpendicularly to the direction of the laser polarization, due to recoil forces from adjacent cations. In contrast, the fast ions of C
from cis-1,2-DCE exhibited an isotropic distribution, whereas the fast ions of C
from 1,1-DCE recoiled along the laser polarization together with the slow C
ions, and thereby distinction of the three isomers was demonstrated. Coulomb explosion occurs predominantly at specific orientation, which is useful for potential applications of MRMI analysis to molecular structure assays.
Omori, Kazuki; Yamauchi, Sho; Yanagibashi, Futoshi; Sasaki, Shunichi; Wada, Takuya; Suzuki, Hisanori; Domura, Kazuyuki; Takeuchi, Kenji
Nihon Hozen Gakkai Dai-18-Kai Gakujutsu Koenkai Yoshishu, p.245 - 248, 2022/07
Tokai Reprocessing Plant (TRP), which is shifted to decommissioning stage, stores large amount of high-level radioactive liquid waste (HLLW). Although TRP is implementing vitrification of HLLW to reduce the risks related to HLLW storage, additional 20 years are required to complete vitrification of HLLW. Therefore, TRP is implementing safety countermeasure related to seismic resistance of HLLW storage facility as one of the top priorities. The results of the seismic evaluation indicate that although the facility itself is seismically resistant, there is a risk of insufficient binding force acting between the facility and the surrounding ground. Thus, replacement of the surrounding ground with concrete is performed. Since the countermeasures, to protect existing buries structure and coordinate with the other construction projects around the site, are required, the dedicated team was setup to handle the process and safety management of the concrete replacement construction.
Suzuki, Shotaro*; Amano, Yosuke*; Enomoto, Masahiro*; Matsumoto, Akira*; Morioka, Yoshiaki*; Sakuma, Kazuyuki; Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Kaeriyama, Hideki*; Miura, Hikaru*; Tsumune, Daisuke*; et al.
Science of the Total Environment, 831, p.154670_1 - 154670_15, 2022/07
Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:12.53(Environmental Sciences)Ishii, Yumiko*; Miura, Hikaru*; Jo, J.*; Tsuji, Hideki*; Saito, Rie; Koarai, Kazuma; Hagiwara, Hiroki; Urushidate, Tadayuki*; Nishikiori, Tatsuhiro*; Wada, Toshihiro*; et al.
PLOS ONE (Internet), 17(5), p.e0268629_1 - e0268629_17, 2022/05
Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:41.40(Multidisciplinary Sciences)We investigated the variability in Cs activity concentration in individual aquatic insects in detritivorous caddisfly (
) and carnivorous dobsonfly (
) larvae from the Ota River, Fukushima. Caddisfly larvae showed sporadically higher radioactivity, whereas no such outliers were observed in dobsonfly larvae. Autoradiography and scanning electron microscopy analyses confirmed that these caddisfly larvae samples contained radiocesium-bearing microparticles (CsMPs), which are insoluble Cs-bearing silicate glass particles. CsMPs were also found in potential food sources of caddisfly larvae, such as periphyton and drifting particulate organic matter, indicating that larvae may ingest CsMPs along with food particles of similar size. Although CsMPs distribution and uptake by organisms in freshwater ecosystems is relatively unknown, our study demonstrates that CsMPs can be taken up by aquatic insects.