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Journal Articles

Nuclear technology and potential ripple effect of superconducting magnets for fusion power plant

Nishimura, Arata*; Muroga, Takeo*; Takeuchi, Takao*; Nishitani, Takeo; Morioka, Atsuhiko

Fusion Engineering and Design, 81(8-14), p.1675 - 1681, 2006/02

 Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:24.11(Nuclear Science & Technology)

In a fusion reactor plant, a neutral beam injector (NBI) will be operated for a long time, and it will allow neutron streaming from NBI ports to outside of the plasma vacuum vessel. It requires the superconducting magnet to develop nuclear technology to produce stable magnetic field and to reduce activation of the magnet components. In this report, the back ground of the necessity and the contents of the nuclear technology of the superconducting magnets for fusion application are discussed and some typical investigation results are presented, which are the neutron irradiation effect on Nb$$_{3}$$Sn wire, the development of low activation superconducting wire, and the design concept to reduce nuclear heating and nuclear transformation by streaming. In addition, recent activities in high energy particle physics are introduced and potential ripple effect of the technology of the superconducting magnets is described briefly.

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Development of a high-performance microstrip gas chamber with a capability of track discrimination for neutron detection

Nakamura, Tatsuya; Yamagishi, Hideshi; Masaoka, Sei; Soyama, Kazuhiko; Aizawa, Kazuya

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 529(1-3), p.336 - 341, 2004/08

 Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:40.89(Instruments & Instrumentation)

A microstrip gas chamber (MSGC) with a capability of track discrimination for neutron detection was developed whilst ensuring the stability of the MSGC and fulfilling the specifications required for detectors using in high-flux reactors and high-intensity pulsed-neutron sources. The developed two-dimensional detector system comprises a MSGC with individual signal channel read-outs and a new instrument system with a capability of secondary-particle discrimination (InSPaD). The InSPaD identifies the particles -proton and triton- created in the nuclear reaction $$^{3}He + n rightarrow p + T$$ by a simple, fast and cost-effective method using the difference in the track length, and it enables a small amount of heavy gas such as $$C_{2}H_{6}$$ with helium-3 to be used as the filling gas whilst achieving a high spatial resolution.

Journal Articles

Induced-radioactivity in J-PARC spallation neutron source

Kai, Tetsuya; Harada, Masahide; Maekawa, Fujio; Teshigawara, Makoto; Konno, Chikara; Ikeda, Yujiro

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 41(Suppl.4), p.172 - 175, 2004/03

In J-PARC neutron source, intense protons (3 GeV,1 MW) pass through a proton-beam window and bombard a Hg target in a target-moderator-reflector-assembly (TMRA). The SS316 target chamber is the most highly activated. Decouplers (Ag-In-Cd (AIC) alloy) are also highly activated. Some neutron extraction holes of Be and AL-coated iron reflector are lined with AIC alloy. A SS316 shield is located outer the TMRA. All these components are cooled by H$$_2$$O or D$$_2$$O. We estimated the induced-radioactivity of the TMRA components and the cooling water using NMTC/JAM, MCNP4 and DCHAIN-SP. As results, the remote maintenance and massive shields were indispensable. For example, a 30 cm thick Fe cask for the reflector assembly was necessary to attenuate the radiation less than 1 mSv/h. The cask required a 130-ton crane. The AL-coated Fe of the reflector was adopted instead of SS316 resulting in eliminating the high activity of Ni in SS316 and reduction of the cask weight. Based on these results, shielding wall designs and maintenance scenarios of the highly activated components are developed.

Journal Articles

Validation of radioactivity calculation code system DCHAIN-SP

Kai, Tetsuya; Maekawa, Fujio; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Niita, Koji*; Takada, Hiroshi; Meigo, Shinichiro; Ikeda, Yujiro

Proceedings of ICANS-XVI, Volume 3, p.1041 - 1049, 2003/07

A radioactivity calculation code system DCHAIN-SP was validated in view of the following points: (1) Activation cross section data library for the energy region below 20 MeV. (2) NMTC/JAM code for calculation of the nuclide yield induced by the high energy particles above 20 MeV. (3) DCHAIN-SP code system which treats overall nuclide yield by the high energy particles. 42 of activation cross sections and 22 tritium production cross sections were revised so that the DCHAIN-SP calculation could improve its accuracy within 30% for typical materials irradiated by 14-MeV neutrons. The NMTC/JAM code was improved to implement the GEM model for better estimation of light fragment production. Accuracy of the nuclide yield for proton induced reactions in 10 MeV - 10 GeV still remains in the level of a factor of 2 to 3. The DCHAIN-SP code system was employed for the analysis of time evolution of the radioactivity produced in the samples on a thick mercury target bombarded with 2.83 and 24 GeV protons. It is found that the code system agrees with the measured data by a factor of 2 to 3.

Journal Articles

Particle size analysis of radioactive aerosols formed by irradiation of argon using 65MeV quasi-monoenergetic neutrons

Endo, Akira; Noguchi, Hiroshi; Tanaka, Susumu; Kanda, Yukio*; Oki, Yuichi*; Iida, Takao*; Sato, Kaoru; Tsuda, Shuichi

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 56(4), p.615 - 620, 2002/04

 Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:23.41(Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear)

Formation mechanism and size distribution of radioactive aerosol particles generated in a high-energy neutron field were studied in order to evaluate a particle size parameter for internal dose evaluation in high-energy accelerator facilities. Argon gas containing DOP aerosols was irradiated by a 65MeV quasi-monoenergetic neutron beam of TIARA. The number size distribution of the DOP aerosols and the activity-weighted size distribution of $$^{38}$$Cl and $$^{39}$$Cl aerosols, formed from the (n, 2np) and (n, np) reactions of $$^{40}$$Ar, were measured using an electrical low-pressure impactor. The activity-weighted size distribution of the radioactive aerosols was well explained by the simple attachment model of the radioactive atoms to the DOP aerosols.

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Reliability assessment of high energy particle induced radioactivity calculation code DCHAIN-SP 2001 by analysis of integral activation experiments with 14MeV neutrons

Kai, Tetsuya; Maekawa, Fujio; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Kosako, Kazuaki*; Takada, Hiroshi; Ikeda, Yujiro

JAERI-Research 2002-005, 65 Pages, 2002/03

JAERI-Research-2002-005.pdf:2.75MB

Reliability assessment for the High Energy Particle Induced Radioactivity Calculation Code DCHAIN-SP 2001 was carried out through analysis of integral activation experiments with 14-MeV neutrons. The following three series of experiments conducted at the D-T neutron source facility, FNS, in JAERI were employed: (1) the decay gamma-ray measurement experiment for fusion reactor materials, (2) the decay heat measurement experiment for 32 fusion reactor materials, and (3) the integral activation experiment on mercury.As a result, it was found that the calculations with DCHAIN-SP 2001 predicted the experimental data for (1)$$sim$$(3) approximately within 30%, 20% and 20%, respectively. It was concluded that the activation cross section data below 20 MeV and the associated decay data as well as the calculation algorithm for solving the Beteman equation that was the master equation of DCHAIN-SP were adequate.

Journal Articles

High-energy particle transport code NMTC/JAM

Niita, Koji*; Takada, Hiroshi; Meigo, Shinichiro; Ikeda, Yujiro

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 184(3), p.406 - 420, 2001/11

 Times Cited Count:79 Percentile:97.72(Instruments & Instrumentation)

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Development of Monte Carlo code in JAERI

Mori, Takamasa; Okumura, Keisuke; Nagaya, Yasunobu

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 84, p.45 - 46, 2001/06

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Present status of nucleon-meson transport code NMTC/JAERI

Takada, Hiroshi; Meigo, Shinichiro; Niita, Koji*

Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics, Particle Transport Simulation and Applications, p.949 - 954, 2001/00

no abstracts in English

Journal Articles

Dissolution of ThO$$_{2}$$-based oxides in nitric acid solutions at elevated temperatures

Akabori, Mitsuo; Shiratori, Tetsuo

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 31(6), p.539 - 545, 1994/06

 Times Cited Count:16 Percentile:78.48(Nuclear Science & Technology)

no abstracts in English

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