Linking combustion-derived magnetite and black carbon; Insights from magnetic characterization of PM in downwind East Asia

土屋 望*; 池盛 文数*; 川崎 一雄*; 山田 怜奈*; 畑 光彦*; 古内 正美*; 岩本 洋子*; 兼保 直樹*; 定永 靖宗*; 渡邊 隆広; et al.

Environmental Science & Technology, 59(21), p.10400 - 10410, 2025/05

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c14187

本研究では、能登地方で採取したPM2.5の磁気、安定炭素同位体比、放射性炭素、バイオマスバーニングの有機マーカー等を調査した。特に、磁気と炭素性物質の情報をもとにPM2.5発生源に関する新たな環境指標を提唱した。

New filter concept for removal of fine particle generated in high level radioactive solution

高畠 容子; 渡部 創; 渡部 雅之; 佐野 雄一; 竹内 正行

Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 7, p.195 - 198, 2025/05

https://doi.org/10.15669/pnst.7.195

高レベル放射性廃液からの抽出クロマトグラフィ法によるマイナーアクチノイドの回収に係る研究開発を実施している。高レベル放射性廃液中では微粒子が発生する。抽出クロマトグラフィのカラムの閉塞を防ぐため、それを取り除く技術の開発が必要である。シリカビーズ充填カラムにおける微粒子の除去性能を実験的に評価した。シリカビーズ充填カラムにて、アルミナ粉末を回収したところ、0.12から15mの微粒子がカラム閉塞の原因であることが分かり、またシリカビーズを充填したカラムによる微粒子除去は実現可能であることが示された。

Effect of Am addition on oxygen potential in (UPuAm)O

横山 佳祐; 渡部 雅; 薄井 茜; 関 崇行*; 大西 貴士; 加藤 正人

Nuclear Materials and Energy (Internet), 42, p.101908_1 - 101908_6, 2025/03

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2025.101908

本研究では熱重量法を用いて1273、1473、1573及び1623Kにおける(UPuAm)Oの新たな酸素ポテンシャルデータを取得した。Pu富化度及びO/M比が同じ低Am含有MOX燃料と比較した場合、酸素ポテンシャルはAm含有率に応じて高くなることがわかった。また、化学量論組成におけるカチオン価数は(UUPuAm)Oであり、Amが増加するに応じてUがUに増加していることが予測された。実験データを欠陥化学モデルを用いて解析し、O/M比を温度と酸素分圧の関数として表すことができた。本研究成果の一部は、文部科学省の原子力システム研究開発事業による委託業務(JPMXD0219214921)としての研究開発を含む。

Spontaneous magnetic field and disorder effects in BaPtAsSb with a honeycomb network

足立 匡*; Ogawa, Taiki*; 小宮山 陽太*; 須村 拓也*; Saito-Tsuboi, Yuki*; Takeuchi, Takaaki*; Mano, Kohei*; Manabe, Kaoru*; 川端 幸樹*; 今津 毅士*; et al.

Physical Review B, 111(10), p.L100508_1 - L100508_6, 2025/03

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.L100508

Chiral superconductivity exhibits the formation of novel electron pairs that breaks the time-reversal symmetry and has been actively studied in various quantum materials in recent years. However, despite its potential to provide definitive information, effects of disorder in the crystal structure on the chiral superconductivity has not yet been clarified, and therefore the investigation using a solid-solution system is desirable. We report muon-spin-relaxation (SR) results of layered pnictide BaPtAsSb with a honeycomb network composed of Pt and (As, Sb). We observed an increase of the zero-field SR rate in the superconducting (SC) state at the Sb end of , suggesting the occurrence of a spontaneous magnetic field due to the time-reversal symmetry breaking in the SC state. On the other hand, a spontaneous magnetic field was almost and completely suppressed for the As-Sb mixed samples of and 0.2, respectively, suggesting that the time-reversal symmetry-breaking SC state in is sensitive to disorder. The magnetic penetration depth estimated from transverse-field SR measurements at and 0.2 behaved like weak-coupling -wave superconductivity. These seemingly incompatible zero-field and transverse-field SR results of BaPtAsSb with could be understood in terms of chiral -wave superconductivity with point nodes on the three-dimensional Fermi surface.

Effect of neutron beam properties on dose distributions in a water phantom for boron neutron capture therapy

石川 諒尚; 田中 浩基*; 中村 哲志*; 熊田 博明*; 櫻井 良憲*; 渡辺 賢一*; 吉橋 幸子*; 棚上 裕生*; 瓜谷 章*; 鬼柳 善明*

Journal of Radiation Research (Internet), 65(6), p.765 - 775, 2024/11

https://doi.org/10.1093/jrr/rrae076

From the viewpoints of the advantage depths (ADs), peak tumor dose, and skin dose, we evaluated the effect of neutron beam properties, namely, the ratio between thermal and epithermal neutron fluxes (thermal/epithermal ratio), fast neutron component, and -ray component on the dose distribution. Several parameter surveys were conducted with respect to the beam properties of neutron sources for boron neutron capture therapy assuming boronophenylalanine as the boron agent using our dose calculation tool, called SiDE. The ADs decreased by 3% at a thermal/epithermal ratio of 20% - 30% compared with the current recommendation of . The skin dose increased with the increasing thermal/epithermal ratio, reaching a restricted value of 14 Gy-eq at a thermal/epithermal ratio of . The fast neutron component was modified using two different models, namely, the "linear model," in which the fast neutron intensity decreases log-linearly with the increasing neutron energy, and the "moderator thickness (MT) model," in which the fast neutron component is varied by adjusting the moderator thickness in a virtual beam shaping assembly. Although a higher fast neutron component indicated a higher skin dose, the increment was at a fast neutron component of Gy cm for both models. Furthermore, in the MT model, the epithermal neutron intensity was higher at a fast neutron component of Gy cm compared with the current recommendation of Gy cm. The -ray component also caused no significant disadvantages up to several times larger compared with the current recommendation.

Electron transfer capability in atomic hydrogen reactions for imidazole groups bound to the insulating alkanethiolate layer on Au(111)

加藤 浩之*; 室山 瑞穂*; 小早川 なの*; 棟安 陸*; 津田 泰孝; 村瀬 菜摘*; 渡部 誠也*; 山田 剛司*; 兼松 佑典*; 立川 仁典*; et al.

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (Internet), 15(43), p.10769 - 10776, 2024/10

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c02306

The charge transfer capability associated with chemical reactions at metal-organic interfaces was studied via the atomic H addition reaction for an imidazole-terminated alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayer (Im-SAM) film on Au(111) using near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy, infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRAS), work function measurements, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The imidazolium cation is a stable species in liquids, therefore, it is pertinent to determine whether the hydrogenation reactions of the imidazole groups produce imidazolium cations accompanied by electron transfer to the Au substrate, even in the absence of solvate and/or counterions on the insulating alkanethiolate layer. The analyses indicated that the imidazolium moieties in Im-SAM formed during atomic H irradiation, and some of the imidazolium radicals became cations. Theoretical model calculations also revealed that the total energies and molecular orbital levels satisfied the imidazolium cation formation associated with electron transfer.

Adsorption mechanism of Eu onto newly synthesized fluorous-compound-impregnating adsorbent

荒井 陽一; 渡部 創; 渡部 雅之; 新井 剛*; 勝木 健太*; 吾郷 友宏*; 藤川 寿治*; 武田 啓佑*; 福元 博基*; 保科 宏行*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 554, p.165448_1 - 165448_10, 2024/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2024.165448

Radioactive aqueous and organic liquid wastes contaminated by U and radioactive materials have been generated through solvent extraction experiments on nuclear fuel materials. Although incineration and denitrification / conversion processes are promising for treatment of such liquid wastes, installation of large equipment is essential. Treatment of liquid wastes generated from the reprocessing experiments is one of important tasks of Systematic Treatments of RAdioactive liquid wastes for Decommissioning (STRAD) project, and the recovery technologies of nuclear materials from the spent solvent has been developed. However, recovery of trace amounts of nuclear fuel material from aqueous solutions with wide pH range is still a challenging task. In our previous study, the porous silica particles with a high specific surface area bearing the iminodiacetic acid (IDA) functional group were revealed to be applicable to recover cations. Although the IDA group introduced adsorbents showed an excellent adsorption reaction from the aqueous solution, further improvement related to the adsorption amount is indispensable for application to the radioactive liquid treatment. In this study, fluorous ligands with IDA group were newly synthesized, and its complexation behavior with cations was investigated in order to understand the adsorption mechanism.

Holocene paleolimnological changes in Rundvshetta lakes in the Soya Coast region and their paleoenvironmental significance with glacial isostatic adjustment in East Antarctica

井上 源喜*; 本田 英介*; 伊東 敬祐*; Kang, I.*; 瀬戸 浩二*; 谷 幸則*; 渡邊 隆広; 鹿島 薫*; 大谷 修司*; 山中 寿朗*; et al.

Quaternary Science Reviews, 338, p.108822_1 - 108822_18, 2024/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108822

本研究では、南極宗谷海岸のルンドボークスヘッタ湖沼(丸湾南池,丸湾大池)の湖底堆積物の地質学的解析、有機成分分析、藻類等の顕微鏡観察及び放射性炭素年代測定を行い、完新世における本地域の環境変動と古陸水学的変遷を推測した。

Structure of drifting snow simulated by Lagrangian particle dispersion model coupled with large-eddy simulation using the lattice Boltzmann method

渡辺 力*; 石川 修平*; 川島 正行*; 下山 宏*; 小野寺 直幸; 長谷川 雄太; 稲垣 厚至*

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 250, p.105783_1 - 105783_17, 2024/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2024.105783

ラグランジュ粒子分散モデルとラージ・エディ・シミュレーション(LES)コードを組み合わせた漂流雪のシミュレーションを実施した。このモデルは、質量輸送率の流速依存性や粒径分布の変動といった観測された特徴を正確に再現した。また、従来の推定に反して、跳躍層の高さは流速とともに単調に増加することを示した。さらに、推定された跳躍層の高さ付近で跳躍から浮遊への移行が確認され、密な雪の流れが表面近傍流の小規模な低速ストリークと関連していることがわかった。

HTTR1次ヘリウム循環機フィルタの差圧上昇事象,2; フィルタ付着物の調査と再発防止対策

根本 隆弘; 藤原 佑輔; 荒川 了紀; 長山 侑矢; 長住 達; 長谷川 俊成; 横山 佳祐; 渡部 雅; 大西 貴士; 川本 大樹; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2024-003, 17 Pages, 2024/06

JAEA-Technology-2024-003.pdf:1.91MB

RS-14サイクルに発生した1次ヘリウム循環機フィルタの差圧上昇の原因を調査するため、フィルタ付着物を調査した。調査の結果、フィルタエレメント表面にシリコンオイルに起因する付着物を確認した。この結果から、フィルタ差圧上昇の原因は、1次ヘリウム純化設備ガス循環機のチャコールフィルタの性能劣化により、1次系内にシリコンオイルが混入したためであることが明らかとなった。また、この再発防止対策として、従来の1次ヘリウム純化設備ガス循環機の運転時間による管理に加え、チャコールフィルタの交換頻度を3年毎とする定期交換計画を新たに策定した。