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土屋 晴文; 藤 暢輔; 大図 章; 古高 和禎; 北谷 文人; 前田 亮; 米田 政夫
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(11), p.1301 - 1312, 2023/11
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：72.91(Nuclear Science & Technology)An integrated active neutron non-destructive analysis (NDA) system, Active-N, was developed to gain knowledge of active neutron NDA techniques that are applicable to measurements of nuclear materials in highly radioactive nuclear fuels. Active-N, equipped with a D-T neutron generator, combines three complementary active neutron NDA techniques: Differential Die-away Analysis (DDA), Prompt Gamma-ray Analysis (PGA), and Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA). In this paper, we provide an overview of Active-N and then demonstrate that the compact NRTA system in Active-N can quantify nuclear materials. Monte Carlo simulations were conducted to determine the design of the compact NRTA system including a moderator, flight tubes, and a detector shield. To investigate how accurately the compact NRTA system determines areal densities in a sample, measurements were performed with a Pu pellet-type sample as well as metallic plate samples of In and Ag. The experimental areal densities of 
Pu, 
In and 
Ag were consistent with those calculated for the individual nuclei. These results show that it is feasible to develop a compact NRTA system capable of determining the contents of nuclear materials in nuclear fuels. This research was implemented under the subsidy for nuclear security promotion of MEXT.
米田 政夫; 藤 暢輔
Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 188, p.110391_1 - 110391_6, 2022/10
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)Active neutron methods using pulsed neutrons can measure nuclear materials with higher performance than passive methods. However, previous active neutron methods have not used the observed data effectively. In this study, we developed a new data processing method with higher performance than the conventional method by using time series data. This method is expected to improve the measurement performance through a significant reduction in measurement time and a sensitivity increase compared to the conventional method.
米田 政夫; 藤 暢輔; 田辺 鴻典*; 北村 康則*; 三澤 毅*
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 159, p.108300_1 - 108300_8, 2021/09
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：31.78(Nuclear Science & Technology)The rotation method is a novel method for detecting nuclear materials using a neutron source such as californium. In this method, while a neutron source is rotated rapidly nearby a measurement object, neutron measurement is carried out by synchronizing the rotation motion. If the object contains a nuclear material, as the rotation speed increases, the larger deformation of time distribution of neutron counts is observed, which in turn resulted to the detection of the nuclear material. In addition to its features of low cost and portability, this method is capable of detecting uranium that emits very few spontaneous fission neutrons. This study presents the fundamental principle of this method and its effectiveness for detecting nuclear materials through the experimental verifications.
米田 政夫; 藤 暢輔
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 135, p.106993_1 - 106993_6, 2020/01
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：24.28(Nuclear Science & Technology)本研究は全く新しいアクティブ中性子法として、中性子線源を測定対象物の周りで高速移動させ、その残存出力を調べることにより核物質の検知を行う手法について検討したものである。一般に中性子線源を用いて核物質を含む対象物に中性子を照射すると、核分裂中性子に加えて、線源からの中性子も同時に観測される。しかし、中性子線源を非常に高速に移動させて照射を行うと、それら中性子成分が時間的に分離して観測される。この効果を利用することにより核物質の検知が可能となる。本研究手法では、従来のアクティブ中性子法では不可欠であった高価なDT中性子発生管が不要となることから、装置の低コスト化及び簡素化にも貢献することが期待できる。
米田 政夫; 大図 章; 森 貴正; 中塚 嘉明; 前田 亮; 呉田 昌俊; 藤 暢輔
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 54(11), p.1233 - 1239, 2017/11
被引用回数：8 パーセンタイル：61.27(Nuclear Science & Technology)アクティブ中性子法における中性子増倍効果に関して、解析及び実験による研究を実施した。アクティブ中性子法を用いた核物質の測定では、第2世代以降の中性子による中性子増倍の影響を受ける。しかしながら、そのような中性子増倍効果による影響について、これまで十分に調べられてこなかった。本研究では、第3世代中性子による中性子増倍が無視できる場合において、測定データから第2世代中性子による中性子増倍効果の影響を補正する手法について調べ、測定データから中性子増倍の影響を除外する補正方法を提案した。更に、本手法を利用した深い未臨界度の評価手法についても示した。
米田 政夫; 田辺 鴻典*; 藤 暢輔
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For the social diffusion of low-cost and transportable devices for detecting nuclear materials, we have developed a novel approach called the active rotation method, which utilizes a rotating neutron source near the object being measured to detect nuclear materials. The device to rotate a neutron source can be produced at low-cost and it is compact. A neutron source is rotated with several thousand rpm at measuring, and it is possible to detect nuclear materials by confirming the deformation of the time-distribution spectrum obtained by a neutron detector. In addition to the rotation device, we have also developed a low-cost neutron detector utilizing water Cherenkov radiation. In the presentation, we will introduce this newly developed a rotation device and demonstrate its nuclear material detection capabilities. The measurement system consists of a rotation device and a water Cherenkov detector for a neutron detector. The measurement object is a polyethylene container containing 7 g of Pu-239. As a result of the experiment, we confirmed the successful detection of nuclear material using our device. The system is compact, transportable, and significantly less expensive than traditional methods, making it a promising solution for nuclear security applications.
