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HRLSawada, Atsushi; Sakamoto, Kazuhiko*; Watahiki, Takanori*; Imai, Hisashi*
SKB P-17-06, 154 Pages, 2023/08
P, NiP, and PdSiOnuki, Yoshichika*; Nakamura, Ai*; Aoki, Dai*; Matsuda, Tatsuma*; Haga, Yoshinori; Harima, Hisatomo*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Kaneko, Yoshio*
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 91(6), p.064712_1 - 064712_10, 2022/06
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：26.42(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Arai, Yosuke*; Kuroda, Kenta*; Nomoto, Takuya*; Tin, Z. H.*; Sakuragi, Shunsuke*; Bareille, C.*; Akebi, Shuntaro*; Kurokawa, Kifu*; Kinoshita, Yuto*; Zhang, W.-L.*; et al.
Nature Materials, 21(4), p.410 - 415, 2022/04
Times Cited Count：8 Percentile：75.56(Chemistry, Physical)Li, C.-Y.; Uchibori, Akihiro; Takata, Takashi; Pellegrini, M.*; Erkan, N.*; Okamoto, Koji*
Dai-25-Kai Doryoku, Enerugi Gijutsu Shimpojiumu Koen Rombunshu (Internet), 4 Pages, 2021/07
The capability of stable cooling and avoiding re-criticality on the debris bed are the main issues for achieving IVR (In-Vessel Retention). In the actual situation, the debris bed is composed of mixed-density debris particles. Hence, when these mixed-density debris particles were launched to re-distribute, the debris bed would possibly form a density-stratified distribution. For the proper evaluation of this scenario, the multi-physics model of CFD-DEM-Monte-Carlo based neutronics is established to investigate the coolability and re-criticality on the heterogeneous density-stratified debris bed with considering the particle relocation. The CFD-DEM model has been verified by utilizing water injection experiments on the mixed-density particle bed in the first portion of this research. In the second portion, the coupled system of the CFD-DEM-Monte-Carlo based neutronics model is applied to reactor cases. Afterward, the debris particles' movement, debris particles' and coolant's temperature, and the k-eff eigenvalue are successfully tracked. Ultimately, the relocation and stratification effects on debris bed's coolability and re-criticality had been quantitatively confirmed.
-electron states of heavy-fermion superconductor NpPd
Al and rare-earth- and actinide-based isostructural compoundsMetoki, Naoto
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 89(2), p.025001_1 - 025001_2, 2020/02
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：11.81(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Good correspondence of the 
and 
- coupling scheme can be realized in the -electron states of the heavy-fermion superconductor NpPdAl and the isostructural family. The rare-earth and actinide elements are under a common strong uniaxial point charge potential with tetragonal point symmetry 
. The systematic development of the -electron states can be understood in the coupling scheme of 
configuration (the number of electrons 
). We can find the corresponding states in - coupling scheme with three -orbitals 
, and 
determined from CePdAl with 
configuration.
Doda, Norihiro; Hiyama, Tomoyuki; Tanaka, Masaaki; Ohshima, Hiroyuki; Thomas, J.*; Vilim, R. B.*
Proceedings of International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles; Next Generation Nuclear Systems for Sustainable Development (FR-17) (USB Flash Drive), 10 Pages, 2017/06
In sodium-cooled fast reactors, a natural circulation is expected to remove the core decay heat when the plant gets into a station blackout. From a perspective of reactor safety, the core hot spot temperature arising in the natural circulation should be evaluated accurately. To this end, Japan Atomic Energy Agency is trying to couple a 1-D plant dynamics analysis code Super-COPD and a 3-D CFD code AQUA to solve the thermal-hydraulic field in the whole plant under natural circulation condition. As a validation study, the coupled code was applied to an analysis of EBR-II shutdown heat removal test. The obtained numerical results reasonably agreed with the measured data, which demonstrated the validity of the coupled code.
-electron systemsKubo, Katsunori; Hotta, Takashi
Physica B; Condensed Matter, 378-380, p.1081 - 1082, 2006/05
Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：22.72(Physics, Condensed Matter)In order to investigate multipole ordering in -electron systems from a microscopic viewpoint, we study the so-called 
models on three kinds of lattices, simple cubic (sc), bcc, and fcc, based on a - coupling scheme with -electron hopping integrals through 
bonding. From the model, we derive an effective model for each lattice structure by using the second-order perturbation theory with respect to . By further applying mean-field theory to the effective model, we find a 
antiferro-quadrupole transition for the sc lattice, a 
antiferro-octupole transition for the bcc lattice, and a longitudinal triple-
octupole transition for the fcc lattice.
Nagashima, Yoshihiko*; Ito, Kimitaka*; Ito, Sanae*; Fujisawa, Akihide*; Hoshino, Katsumichi; Takase, Yuichi*; Yagi, Masatoshi*; Ejiri, Akira*; Ida, Katsumi*; Shinohara, Koji; et al.
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 48(4), p.S1 - S15, 2006/04
Times Cited Count：36 Percentile：74.41(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)This paper presents the results of bispectral analysis of floating potential fluctuations in the edge region of ohmically heated plasmas in the JFT-2M tokamak. Inside of the outermost magnetic surface,coherent modes were observed around the frequency of geodesic acoustic mode which is a kind of the zonal flow. The squared bicoherence shows significant nonlinear couplings between the coherent fluctuations and the background fluctuations (which are likely to contain drift wave turbulent fluctuations). The experimental results that the total bicoherence is proportional to the squared amplitude of the coherent fluctuation, and that the biphase of the coherent modes localizes around a constant value 
, are consistent with the theoretical prediction on the drift wave - zonal flow systems based on the Hasegawa-Mima model.
ions with excited H atomsShimakura, Noriyuki*; Homma, Mayumi*; Kubo, Hirotaka
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES, Vol.7, p.199 - 202, 2006/00
no abstracts in English
Seki, Masami; Moriyama, Shinichi; Shinozaki, Shinichi; Hasegawa, Koichi; Hiranai, Shinichi; Yokokura, Kenji; Shimono, Mitsugu; Terakado, Masayuki; Fujii, Tsuneyuki
Fusion Engineering and Design, 74(1-4), p.273 - 277, 2005/11
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：24.17(Nuclear Science & Technology)no abstracts in English
-electron systems on the basis of a - coupling schemeKubo, Katsunori; Hotta, Takashi
Physical Review B, 72(14), p.144401_1 - 144401_12, 2005/10
Times Cited Count：30 Percentile：72.75(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)We investigate microscopic aspects of multipole ordering in -electron systems with emphasis on the effect of lattice structure. For the purpose, we construct -electron models on three kinds of lattices, simple cubic (sc), bcc, and fcc, in a tight-binding approximation on the basis of a - coupling scheme. Then, an effective model is derived in the strong-coupling limit for each lattice with the use of second-order perturbation theory with respect to . By applying mean-field theory to such effective models, we find multipole ordered states depending on the lattice structure. For the sc lattice, a antiferro-quadrupole transition occurs at a finite temperature and at further lowering temperature, we find another transition to a ferromagnetic state. For the bcc lattice, a antiferro-octupole ordering occurs first, and then, a ferromagnetic phase transition follows it. Finally, for the fcc lattice, we find a single phase transition to the longitudinal triple- octupole ordering.
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model for octupole ordering in NpOKubo, Katsunori; Hotta, Takashi
Physical Review B, 72(13), p.132411_1 - 132411_4, 2005/10
Times Cited Count：37 Percentile：77.53(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)In order to examine the origin of octupole ordering in NpO, we propose a microscopic model constituted of neptunium 
and oxygen 
orbitals. To study multipole ordering, we derive effective multipole interactions from the - model by using the fourth-order perturbation theory in terms of - hopping integrals. Analyzing the effective model numerically, we find a tendency toward antiferro-octupole ordering.
Kubo, Katsunori; Hotta, Takashi
Physical Review B, 71(14), p.140404_1 - 140404_4, 2005/04
Times Cited Count：62 Percentile：87.22(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)In order to examine the mysterious ordered phase of NpO from a microscopic viewpoint, we investigate an -electron model on an fcc lattice constructed based on a - coupling scheme. First, an effective model with multipole interactions is derived in the strong-coupling limit. Numerical analysis of the model clearly indicates that the interactions for 
and moments are relevant to the ground state. Then, by applying mean-field theory to the simplified model including only such interactions, we conclude that longitudinal triple- octupole order is realized in NpO through the combined effects of multipole interactions and anisotropy of the moment.
exchange processes; SOLVEG2Nagai, Haruyasu
RIST News, (39), p.10 - 22, 2005/03
A new atmosphere-soil-vegetation model named SOLVEG2 (SOLVEG version 2) was developed to study the heat, water, and CO exchanges between the atmosphere and land-surface. The model consists of one-dimensional multilayer sub-models for the atmosphere, soil, and vegetation. It also includes sophisticated processes for solar and long-wave radiation transmission in vegetation canopy and CO exchanges among the atmosphere, soil, and vegetation. Although the model usually simulates only vertical variation of variables in the surface-layer atmosphere, soil, and vegetation canopy by using meteorological data as top boundary conditions, it can be used by coupling with a three-dimensional atmosphere model.
Harada, Masahide; Watanabe, Noboru; Teshigawara, Makoto; Kai, Tetsuya; Ikeda, Yujiro
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 539(1-2), p.345 - 362, 2005/02
Times Cited Count：21 Percentile：78.97(Instruments & Instrumentation)Neutronic studies of decoupled hydrogen moderators were performed by calculations taking into account para hydrogen content, decoupling energy, moderator dimensions/shapes and reflector material. Low-energy parts of calculated spectral intensities with different para hydrogen contents were analyzed by a modified Maxwell function to characterize neutron spectra. The result shows that a 100% para hydrogen moderator gives the highest pulse peak intensity together with the narrowest pulse width and the shortest decay times. Pulse broadening with a reflector was explained by time distributions of source neutrons entering into the moderator through a decoupler. Material dependence of time distribution was studied. A decoupling energy higher than 1 eV does not bring about a large improvement in pulse widths and decay times, even at a large penalty in the peak intensity. The optimal moderator thickness was also discussed for a rectangular parallelepiped shape and a canteen shape moderators.
Villard, L.*; Angelino, P.*; Bottino, A.*; Allfrey, S. J.*; Hatzky, R.*; Idomura, Yasuhiro; Sauter, O.*; Tran, T. M.*
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 46(12B), p.B51 - B62, 2004/12
Times Cited Count：29 Percentile：66.92(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)This paper reviews the present status of recent first principles based plasma turbulence simulations, and gives quantitative discussions on influences of the v// nonlinearlity and the geometry effects in the gyrokinetic Poisson equaiton, which are ignored in the conventional approximations, on simulations results. Careful treatments of these effects enable turbulence simulations satisfying the conservation of the energy and the particle number. The new simulation disclosed new phenomena, and it is found that (1) turbulence spreading is induced by avalanche like phnemena consisting of bursty heat transport and local flattening of pressure profiles, and (2) nonlinearly driven E
B flows become global shear flows with scale lengths of about 30 ion gyro radii.
Hamada, Kazuya; Takahashi, Yoshikazu; Matsui, Kunihiro; Kato, Takashi; Okuno, Kiyoshi
Cryogenics, 44(1), p.45 - 52, 2004/01
Times Cited Count：21 Percentile：61.01(Thermodynamics)In the ITER Central Solenoid Model Coil (CSMC) and a CS Insert Coil (CSIC) experiment, a pressure drop of the CSIC decreased by about 12% at 40 kA, 10 T and coupling losses indicated an transport current dependence. As a result of pressure drop analysis, an electromagnetic force causes a compressive deformation of cable in a jacket and a new flow passage was generated as a gap between cable and jacket. The cable deformation causes a decrease of a contact electrical resistance between strands and an increase of coupling losses. Taking account of the electromagnetic force dependency of a coupling time constant, calculated coupling losses show a good agreement with measured coupling losses at a pulsed operation of CSMC and CSIC.
Nagai, Haruyasu
JAERI-Data/Code 2003-021, 36 Pages, 2003/12
JAERI-Data-Code-2003-021.pdf:1.73MB
A new method to couple atmosphere and land-surface models using the massage passing interface (MPI) was proposed to develop a atmosphere-land model for studies on heat, water, and material exchanges at around the land surface. A non-hydrostatic atmospheric dynamic model of Pennsylvania State University and National Center for Atmospheric Research (PUS/NCAR-MM5) and a detailed land surface model (SOLVEG) including the surface-layer atmosphere, soil, and vegetation developed at Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) are used as the atmosphere and land-surface models, respectively. Concerning the MPI, a message passing library named Stampi developed at JAERI that can be used between different parallel computers is used. The models are coupled by exchanging calculation results by using MPI on their independent parallel calculations.
Iguchi, Tadashi; Shibamoto, Yasuteru; Asaka, Hideaki; Nakamura, Hideo
Proceedings of 10th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-10), 16 Pages, 2003/10
Thermal-hydraulic and neutronic dynamics are always interrelated in BWR core. This is called thermal-hydraulic and neutronic (T/N) coupling. Channel stability experiments with T/N coupling under non-nuclear condition are very limited. This is mainly due to the difficulties in the real-time simulation of neutron dynamics and in the fast-response void fraction measurement under high-pressure and temperature conditions. Authors have developed techniques to solve the above difficulties, and have succeeded in experimentally simulating T/N coupling under non-nuclear conditions with the THYNC facility. Using THYNC facility, T/N coupling effect on channel stability was investigated. Experiments were performed under Pressure=2-7MPa, Subcooling=10-40K, and Mass flux=270-660kg/m
s. THYNC results indicated T/N coupling lowered the channel stability threshold. The reduction of channel stability threshold due to T/N coupling was small within 10% at 7MPa in the present THYNC experiment, although the experimental condition was set to be more severe than that supposed in a reactor.
and UNiGaKato, Harukazu; Sakai, Hironori; Tokunaga, Yo; Tokiwa, Yoshifumi; Ikeda, Shugo; Onuki, Yoshichika; Kambe, Shinsaku; Walstedt, R. E.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 72(9), p.2357 - 2363, 2003/09
Times Cited Count：17 Percentile：66.94(Physics, Multidisciplinary)Ga and Pt NMR measurements have been carried out for two isomorphs compounds, UPtGa and UNiGa, which indicate different magnetic structures below T
. Knight shift K measurements in the paramagnetic region are reported here. Transferred hyperfine coupling constants at Ga and Pt sites are determined. The temperature independent part K
of K, which probes the conduction electron polarization at the ligand site, has successfully evaluated. An nearly identical conduction electron structure in the paramagnetic region is suggested for the both compounds. The origin of the different magnetic structure is discussed.
