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Komeda, Masao; Toh, Yosuke
Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 188, p.110391_1 - 110391_6, 2022/10
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)Maeda, Makoto; Furutaka, Kazuyoshi; Kureta, Masatoshi; Ozu, Akira; Komeda, Masao; Toh, Yosuke
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 56(7), p.617 - 628, 2019/07
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:31.89(Nuclear Science & Technology)Komeda, Masao; Maeda, Makoto; Ozu, Akira; Kureta, Masatoshi; Toh, Yosuke
Proceedings of International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference (GLOBAL 2017) (USB Flash Drive), 3 Pages, 2017/09
We have developed a special Nuclear Material Accountancy (NMA) technique using the Fast Neutron Direct Interrogation (FNDI) method which is one of active neutron techniques. A measurement system, for fuel debris at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, implemented in the simulation was designed as follows. This system has a neutron generator, which can produce neutron yield of 110 per pulse in 1 kHz repetition rate. The length of the system is 140 cm, and the outer diameter is 80cm. Sixteen He-3 detectors, 100 cm in length and 2.5 cm in diameter, are installed. Simulations were carried out using the Monte Carlo code MVP developed at JAEA. This work provides simulation results and the applicable range of the FNDI method for fuel debris, using various debris model parameters for example, burn-up composition and heterogeneous materials.
Komeda, Masao; Maeda, Makoto; Furutaka, Kazuyoshi; Tobita, Hiroshi; Hattori, Kentaro; Shimofusa, Taichi; Ozu, Akira; Kureta, Masatoshi
Proceedings of INMM 57th Annual Meeting (Internet), 10 Pages, 2016/07
We are working on the development of a non-destructive assay (NDA) measurement system using the Fast Neutron Direct Interrogation (FNDI) method. The FNDI method is a kind of active neutron technique and can measure the total amounts of fissile materials (U-235, Pu-239, Pu-241). We have already carried out design analyses of an NDA measurement system for measuring the debris assuming use of the Three Mile Island (TMI) canister model. The result was presented at the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) 56th Annual Meeting. Since then, we have modified the design of the NDA measurement system for the fuel debris and canister models at 1F. In this paper, we provide the calculation and evaluation results using the modified NDA measurement system. Moreover, we provide analytical investigations of the influence of fuel debris including high fissile material content on measurements.
Komeda, Masao; Ozu, Akira; Haruyama, Mitsuo; Takase, Misao*; Kureta, Masatoshi; Nakatsuka, Yoshiaki; Zaima, Naoki; Nakashima, Shinichi; Otsuka, Yoshimasa
Proceedings of INMM 55th Annual Meeting (Internet), 9 Pages, 2014/07
We have researched and developed the FNDI method for a long time through experiments in NUCEF in JAEA Tokai. Referred from the pilot machine, we designed a demonstrator, called as JAWAS-N, for applying to non-destructive assay tools for uranium waste drums in JAEA Ningyo. In this paper, we present the modeling and the simulations concerning JAWAS-N's characteristics, and discuss for practical use compared analytical results with obtained some experimental data.
Zaima, Naoki; Nakatsuka, Yoshiaki; Nakashima, Shinichi; Ozu, Akira; Komeda, Masao; Kureta, Masatoshi
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JAEA developed NDA systems which applied to the actual scrapped nuclear materials and uranium bearing waste drums heavily generated from URCP and NEP in Ningyo-site. In order to improve the methodology of determination uranium mass the active assay neutron NDA measurement system (JAEA Waste Assay System-Ningyo=JAWAS-N) used by the Fast Neutron Direct Interrogation (FNDI) method have been configurated. The validation tests have been achieved successfully, also the trials for measuring the actual nuclear materials or waste drums just started and accumulated over 550 data with quick and high accuracy measuring. The die-away time, which means neutron decay time in phenomenon, may be used for analyzing uranium mass, at the same time, the neutron behavior simulations over time spectrum have been carried out and verified our measurement system.