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Fueda, Kazuki*; Komiya, Tatsuki*; Minomo, Kenta*; Horie, Kenji*; Takehara, Mami*; Yamasaki, Shinya*; Shiotsu, Hiroyuki; Onuki, Toshihiko*; Grambow, B.*; Law, G. T. W.*; et al.
Chemosphere, 328, p.138566_1 - 138566_12, 2023/07
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：46.42(Environmental Sciences)Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Tohoku University*
JAEA-Review 2022-065, 111 Pages, 2023/03
JAEA-Review-2022-065.pdf:6.8MB
The Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), had been conducting the Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2021. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in the nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO). For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. The sponsor of the Project was moved from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to JAEA since the newly adopted proposals in FY2018. On this occasion, JAEA constructed a new research system where JAEA-academia collaboration is reinforced and medium-to-long term research/development and human resource development contributing to the decommissioning are stably and consecutively implemented. Among the adopted proposals in FY2018, this report summarizes the research results of the "Development of high-resolution imaging camera for alpha dust" conducted from FY2018 to FY2021. Since the final year of this proposal was FY2021, the results for four fiscal years were summarized. The present study aims to develop a novel alpha-ray camera consisting of imaging and an energy spectrometer to find the alpha dust to reduce the risk of health damage in decommissioning. We have developed the camera with a position resolution of less than 10 
m, and the measurement test for the energy spectra was operated using several alpha-ray sources with an unfolding method.
Falyouna, O.*; Maamoun, I.; Ghosh, S.*; Malloum, A.*; Othmani, A.*; Eljamal, O.*; Amen, T. W. M.*; Oroke, A.*; Bornman, C.*; Ahmadi, S.*; et al.
Journal of Molecular Liquids, 368, Part B, p.120726_1 - 120726_25, 2022/12
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：42.74(Chemistry, Physical)Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Tohoku University*
JAEA-Review 2021-044, 58 Pages, 2022/01
JAEA-Review-2021-044.pdf:3.53MB
The Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), had been conducting the Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2020. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in the nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO). For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. The sponsor of the Project was moved from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to JAEA since the newly adopted proposals in FY2018. On this occasion, JAEA constructed a new research system where JAEA-academia collaboration is reinforced and medium-to-long term research/development and human resource development contributing to the decommissioning are stably and consecutively implemented. Among the adopted proposals in FY2018, this report summarizes the research results of the "Development of high-resolution imaging camera for alpha dust" conducted in FY2020. The present study aims to develop a novel alpha-ray camera consisting of imaging and an energy spectrometer to find the alpha dust to reduce the risk of health damage in Decommissioning. We have developed the camera in FY2020, and the measurement test for the energy spectra. Moreover, the imaging test has been operated. In addition, we have also developed a high-dose-rate monitor system using novel scintillators with red/infra-red emission.
Noguchi, Hiroki; Kamiji, Yu; Tanaka, Nobuyuki; Takegami, Hiroaki; Iwatsuki, Jin; Kasahara, Seiji; Myagmarjav, O.; Imai, Yoshiyuki; Kubo, Shinji
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46(43), p.22328 - 22343, 2021/06
Times Cited Count：12 Percentile：58.36(Chemistry, Physical)An iodine-sulfur process offers the potential for mass producing hydrogen with high-efficiency, and it uses high-temperature heat sources, including HTGR, solar heat, and waste heat of industries. R&D tasks are essential to confirm the integrity of the components that are made of industrial materials and the stability of hydrogen production in harsh working conditions. A test facility for producing hydrogen was constructed from corrosion-resistant components made of industrial materials. For stable hydrogen production, technical issues for instrumental improvements (i.e., stable pumping of the HIx solution, improving the quality control of glass-lined steel, prevention of I
precipitation using a water removal technique in a Bunsen reactor) were solved. The entire process was successfully operated for 150 h at the rate of 30 L/h. The integrity of components and the operational stability of the hydrogen production facility in harsh working conditions were demonstrated.
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Tohoku University*
JAEA-Review 2020-039, 59 Pages, 2021/01
JAEA-Review-2020-039.pdf:4.18MB
The Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), had been conducting the Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2019. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in the nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO). For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. The sponsor of the Project was moved from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to JAEA since the newly adopted proposals in FY2018. On this occasion, JAEA constructed a new research system where JAEA-academia collaboration is reinforced and medium-to-long term research/development and human resource development contributing to the decommissioning are stably and consecutively implemented. Among the adopted proposals in FY2018, this report summarizes the research results of the "Development of high-resolution imaging camera for alpha dust" conducted in FY2019. We have developed an imaging camera with a position resolution of less than approximately 10 m to monitor alpha dust in the nuclear plant during the decommissioning process, because the operators avoid to drawing in such dusts. Moreover, we have developed real-time monitor system with optical fiber and scintillator under high dose-rate condition.
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Osaka University*
JAEA-Review 2020-030, 55 Pages, 2020/12
JAEA-Review-2020-030.pdf:2.76MB
The Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), had been conducting the Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2019. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in the nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO). For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. The sponsor of the Project was moved from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to JAEA since the newly adopted proposals in FY2018. On this occasion, JAEA constructed a new research system where JAEA-academia collaboration is reinforced and medium-to-long term research/development and human resource development contributing to the decommissioning are stably and consecutively implemented. Among the adopted proposals in FY2018, this report summarizes the research results of the "Development of hydrogels for prevention of radioactive dust dispersion during fuel debris retrieval" conducted in FY2019. In this study, we propose coating fuel debris with thixotropic gel materials to suppress dust dispersion during debris retrieval. Hectorite clay mineral - borax composite gel was selected based on the viscosity, the transparency and the radiation resistance. Simulated cutting tests confirm that the gel coating effectively suppress the dust dispersion.
Abe, Tomohisa; Ogiya, Takashi*; Shibata, Katsuya*; Hanawa, Tatsuaki*; Sanada, Yukihisa
JAEA-Data/Code 2020-004, 280 Pages, 2020/08
JAEA-Data-Code-2020-004.pdf:3.91MB
After the accidents at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency has carried on survey for distribution situation of radiation materials under the direction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (later the Nuclear Regulatory Agency) from June 2011 to FY2019. This report is mainly summarized as data-base of air dose rate, integrated dose and radionuclide concentration of some types of environmental sample (airborne dust, soil, pine needles) in the radiation monitoring in Fukushima Prefecture (20 km far from FDNPS). The results of radiation monitoring were analyzed for temporal change at each measurement site under the unification format. Furthermore, the effective half-life and the dispersion at each location and sample were evaluated based on these big data.
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Tohoku University*
JAEA-Review 2019-038, 57 Pages, 2020/03
JAEA-Review-2019-038.pdf:4.6MB
JAEA/CLADS, had been conducting the Center of World Intelligence Project for Nuclear Science/Technology and Human Resource Development (hereafter referred to "the Project") in FY2018. The Project aims to contribute to solving problems in nuclear energy field represented by the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. For this purpose, intelligence was collected from all over the world, and basic research and human resource development were promoted by closely integrating/collaborating knowledge and experiences in various fields beyond the barrier of conventional organizations and research fields. Among the adopted proposals in FY2018, this report summarizes the research results of the "Development of Imaging System with Ultra-high Spatial Resolution Aiming to Detect Alpha-dust". In the present study, we have developed a prototype of a system aiming to elucidate the behavior of alpha-dust generated at the time of debris retrieval. In this system, alpha-ray is first converted to visible light by novel scintillator. Then, imaging with ultra-high resolution will be possible using a lens and an Si-semiconductor camera (CMOS camera). Also, it will be possible to identify the species of alpha-ray emitting nuclides by unfolding of the spectra. The demonstration tests of the system will be conducted for dust samplers at the Plutonium Fuel Development Center, JAEA. In the development of the present system, it is important to use scintillator whose emission wavelength is sensitive to the CMOS camera as well as high emission scintillator. Considering these conditions, the key technology will be the improvement of the purity of crystals and optimization of the shapes of the materials including powers.
Fujii, Yasuhiko
Genshiryoku eye, 51(9), p.18 - 19, 2005/09
no abstracts in English
Fujii, Yasuhiko
Hoshasen To Sangyo, (107), p.2 - 3, 2005/09
no abstracts in English
Morii, Yukio; Imase, Hajime*
Hoshasen To Sangyo, (107), p.52 - 55, 2005/09
no abstracts in English
Suzuki, Takayoshi*
JAERI-Review 2005-007, 60 Pages, 2005/03
JAERI-Review-2005-007.pdf:4.5MB
Energy consumption in the industry sector, which is larger than that of the residential/commercial or transportation sector, occupies nearly 50% of final energy consumption in Japan. The industry sector has made an effort for energy conservation from an economical point of view. Now further effort is required also to cope with a global warning problem. This report summarizes the results of investigation on energy consumption, changes in energy intensity and development of energy conservation technologies including those common to the industries and recycling of wastes, focusing on energy intensive industries such as iron & steel and chemicals. Advanced energy conservation technologies or systems are being developed with a large and continuous effort in all industris, and recycling of wastes, e.g. waste plastics, has started in industry scale.
Minehara, Eisuke; Hajima, Ryoichi; Iijima, Hokuto; Kikuzawa, Nobuhiro; Nagai, Ryoji; Nishimori, Nobuyuki; Nishitani, Tomohiro; Sawamura, Masaru; Yamauchi, Toshihiko
Proceedings of 27th International Free Electron Laser Conference (FEL 2005) (CD-ROM), p.305 - 308, 2005/00
The JAERI high power ERL-FEL has been extended to the more powerful and efficient free-electron laser (FEL) than 10kW for nuclear energy industries, and other heavy industries like defense, shipbuilding, chemical industries, environmental sciences, space-debris, and power beaming and so on. In order to realize such a tunable, highly-efficient, high average power, high peak power and ultra-short pulse FEL, we need the efficient and powerful FEL driven by the JAERI compact, stand-alone and zero boil-off super-conducting RF linac with an energy-recovery geometry. Our discussions on the ERL-FEL will cover the current status of the 10kW upgrading and its applications of non-thermal peeling, cutting, and drilling to decommission the nuclear power plants, and to demonstrate successfully the proof of principle prevention of cold-worked stress-corrosion cracking failures in nuclear power reactors under routine operation using small cubic low-Carbon stainless steel samples.
Kasahara, Mikio*; Ma, C.-J.*; Okumura, Motonori*; Kojima, Takuji; Hakoda, Teruyuki; Taguchi, Mitsumasa; Sakai, Takuro; Ohara, Yoshihiro
JAERI-Review 2004-025, TIARA Annual Report 2003, p.256 - 258, 2004/11
As the source of Asian dust particles, the sands at four different desert areas in China were to be the target of bulk and single analyses by means of PIXE and micro-PIXE analyses, respectively. The physical properties of desert sands like morphology, color, and size were basically determined. Also the chemical characteristics of bulk sands of each desert were specified as the relative elemental mass. The elemental maps and spectra for individual sands allow us to understand the nature of individual sands. Consequently, the physicochemical properties of desert sands obtained from this study can be helpful to understand what kinds of man-made pollutants and sea-salts are incorporated into natural Asian dust particles.
Tomita, Yukihiro*; Smirnov, R.*; Chutov, Y.*; Takayama, Arimichi*; Takizuka, Tomonori
Contributions to Plasma Physics, 44(1-3), p.162 - 167, 2004/04
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：6.49(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)Electrostatic potential formation due to negatively charged dust particles near a divertor plate is studied by one-dimensional kinetic analysis. It is shown that the negatively charged dust particles reduce the ion-sheath potential drop in front of the plate. Dust particles with a large radius (100 micron) reduce the potential drop significantly despite the low dust-to-plasma density ratio (
10to-8). The plasma particle flux is reduced appreciably by the absorption by the dust particles.
Smirnov, R.*; Tomita, Yukihiro*; Takizuka, Tomonori; Takayama, Arimichi*; Chutov, Y.*
Contributions to Plasma Physics, 44(1-3), p.150 - 156, 2004/04
Times Cited Count：10 Percentile：31.99(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)Dynamics of dust particles in a divertor plasma is simulated using numerical solutions of dust momentum and charging equations in an electrostatic sheath and an ionizing presheath. Spatial distribution of plasma parameters in a divertor are obtained with particle simulations including ionization by electron-impact. We found that dust particles with a larger radius are incapable to come off a divertor plate. Middle-size dust particles come off the plate but come back to the plate. Smaller dust particles come off the plate and reach an equilibrium position in the divertor plasma.
Smirnov, R.*; Tomita, Yukihiro*; Takizuka, Tomonori; Takayama, Arimichi*; Chutov, Y.*
NIFS-784, 9 Pages, 2003/10
Dynamics of dust particles in a divertor plasma is simulated using numerical solutions of dust momentum and charging equations. Spatial distributions of plasma parameters in a divertor are obtained with particle simulations including electron-impact ionization. We find that the large-radius dust particles are not released from the divertor plate. The middle-size-radius particles are released but retuned to the plate. The small-radius particles can be released from the plate.
Miyamoto, Yutaka; Saito, Yoko; Magara, Masaaki; Usuda, Shigekazu
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 255(3), p.553 - 557, 2003/03
Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：31.59(Chemistry, Analytical)To investigate the effect of weather on the composition of the dust and the possible origin of the dust, the elemental composition airborne dust was determined by INAA. The analyzed elements could be classified into 3 groups by the variation of concentration in the samples. The difference in concentration pattern may reflect the effect of rainfalls.
Minehara, Eisuke
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 483(1-2), p.8 - 13, 2002/05
Times Cited Count：21 Percentile：77.32(Instruments & Instrumentation)In order to realize a tunable, highly-efficient, high average power, high peak power and ultra-short pulse free-electron laser(FEL) as a supertool [1]of the 21st for all , the JAERI FEL group and I have developed an industrial FEL driven by a compact, stand-alone and zero-boil-off super-conducting rf linac[2] with an energy-recovery geometry as a conceptual design. Our discussions on the supertool will cover market-requirements for the industrial FELs, some answers from the JAERI compact, stand-alone and zero-boil-off cryostat concept and operational experience over these 8 years, our discovery of the new, highly-efficient, high-power, and ultra-short pulse lasing mode[3], and the energy-recovery geometry.
