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Magara, Masaaki; Usuda, Shigekazu; Sakurai, Satoshi; Watanabe, Kazuo; Esaka, Fumitaka; Hirayama, Fumio; Lee, C. G.; Yasuda, Kenichiro; Kono, Nobuaki; Inagawa, Jun; et al.
Dai-26-Kai Kaku Busshitsu Kanri Gakkai (INMM) Nihon Shibu Nenji Taikai Rombunshu, p.157 - 164, 2005/00
JAERI has conducted the analysis of domestic and the IAEA samples. JAERI is developing the analytical techniques to improve the analytical ability for the safeguards environmental samples. For bulk analysis, study is focused on the improvement of reliability of isotope ratio measurements by ICP-MS. New chemical separation techniques are under development and a desolvation module is introduced to reduce the polyatomic interferences. In particle analysis, the sample preparation procedure for SIMS method is modified to measure the 
U/
U and 
U/U ratios for individual particles. We are also developing fission track-TIMS method to measure uranium isotope ratios in particles of sub-micrometer size. A screening instrument of X-ray fluorescent analysis is equipped to measure elemental distribution on a swipe surface.
Lee, C. G.; Iguchi, Kazunari; Inagawa, Jun; Suzuki, Daisuke; Esaka, Fumitaka; Magara, Masaaki; Sakurai, Satoshi; Watanabe, Kazuo; Usuda, Shigekazu
Dai-26-Kai Kaku Busshitsu Kanri Gakkai (INMM) Nihon Shibu Nenji Taikai Rombunshu, p.171 - 178, 2005/00
Particle analysis by FT-TIMS method is effective for safeguards environmental samples because the isotope ratios of sub-micrometer particles can be determined. The FT-TIMS method developed by the authors, in which the particles are confined in the detector, has merits such as high detection efficiency and the possibility as a screening method for uranium particles according to their enrichment by controlling the etching time. However, it was found that a part of uranium particles contained in a detector may dissolve during the etching process of the detector. In order to overcome the problem, we are developing a novel sample preparing method in which the FT detector and the particle layer are separated. In the conventional FT sample of separated type, the detection process of particles of interest is time-consuming and complicated due to the discrepancy in position between tracks and particles. In contrast, the discrepancy was solved by fixing a part of a detector and a particle layer in our method, which improved the detection efficiency of particles containing fissile materials.
Senzaki, Masao
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The Japan Atomic Eneryg Agency(JAEA) was established on October 1, 2005, from the merger of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute(JAERI) and Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC). JAEA is the only governmental nuclear research and development institute in Japan, including more than 4,000 staff members and 209 billion JPY(about 
1,900 million) annual budgets. The new organization will engage in research activities ranging from basic research to practical application in the nuclear field. As such an institute, "Nuclear Non-proliferation" should be one of the important missions, not only to ensure and demonstrate that Japan respects the international nuclear non-proliferation framework and domestic law, but also to promote strengthening of the nuclear non-proliferation regime. It will be important for this new organization to contribute to the research and development of nuclear non-proliferation concepts and technologies, especially in the Asian region. To fulfill these roles, Nuclear Nonproliferation Science & Technology Center, NPSTC was established in JAEA at the same time. This paper will summarize the overview of JAEA and NPSTC, and the organization, missions and research plans of NPSTC.