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Iwamoto, Hiroki; Nakano, Keita; Meigo, Shinichiro; Satoh, Daiki; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Ishi, Yoshihiro*; Uesugi, Tomonori*; Kuriyama, Yasutoshi*; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Nishio, Katsuhisa; et al.
JAEA-Conf 2022-001, p.129 - 133, 2022/11
For accurate prediction of neutronic characteristics for accelerator-driven systems (ADS) and a source term of spallation neutrons for reactor physics experiments for the ADS at Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA), we have launched an experimental program to measure nuclear data on ADS using the Fixed Field Alternating Gradient (FFAG) accelerator at Kyoto University. As part of this program, the proton-induced double-differential thick-target neutron-yields (TTNYs) and cross-sections (DDXs) for iron have been measured with the time-of-flight (TOF) method. For each measurement, the target was installed in a vacuum chamber on the beamline and bombarded with 107-MeV proton beams accelerated from the FFAG accelerator. Neutrons produced from the targets were detected with stacked, small-sized neutron detectors composed of the NE213 liquid organic scintillators and photomultiplier tubes, which were connected to a multi-channel digitizer mounted with a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), for several angles from the incident beam direction. The TOF spectra were obtained from the detected signals and the FFAG kicker magnet's logic signals, where gamma-ray events were eliminated by pulse shape discrimination applying the gate integration method to the FPGA. Finally, the TTNYs and DDXs were obtained from the TOF spectra by relativistic kinematics.
for a mercury target induced by 3-GeV protonsMatsuda, Hiroki; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Meigo, Shinichiro; Takeshita, Hayato*; Maekawa, Fujio
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 483, p.33 - 40, 2020/11
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：36.4(Instruments & Instrumentation)A thick target neutron yield for a mercury target at an angle of 180 from the incident beam direction is measured with the time-of-flight method using a 3-GeV proton beam at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). Comparing the experimental result with a Monte Carlo particle transport simulation by the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS) shows that there are apparent discrepancies. We find that this trend is consistent with an experimental result of neutron-induced re- action rates obtained using indium and niobium activation foils. Comparing proton-induced neutron-production double-differential cross-sections for a lead target at backward directions between the PHITS calculation and experimental data suggests that the dis- crepancies for our experiments would be linked to the neutron production calculation around 3 GeV by the PHITS spallation model and/or the calculation of nonelastic cross-sections around 3 GeV in the particle transport simulation.
Wang, Y.*; Tomota, Yo*; Omura, Takahito*; Gong, W.*; Harjo, S.; Tanaka, Masahiko*
Acta Materialia, 196, p.565 - 575, 2020/09
Times Cited Count：31 Percentile：90.48(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Tsai, P.-E.; Heilbronn, L. H.*; Lai, B.-L.*; Iwata, Yoshiyuki*; Murakami, Takeshi*; Sheu, R.-J.*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 449, p.62 - 70, 2019/06
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：32.64(Instruments & Instrumentation)The secondary neutrons produced from 100- and 230-MeV/nucleon He ions, respectively, stopping in the thick iron, PMMA and water targets are measured by the time of flight method combined with the pulse shape discrimination of liquid scintillators. The experimental data show that the secondary neutrons were contributed from breakup of projectiles, emission from overlap regions of projectile nuclei and target nuclei, and evaporation of projectiles and target nuclei. The measured double-differential thick target neutron yields, angular distributions, and total neutron yields per ion, were benchmarked by the PHITS, FLUKA, and MCNP model calculations. The default models in these codes agree the experimental data well at intermediate-to-large angles in the low-to-intermediate energy range. However, the physics models implemented in PHITS need further improvement for some particular nuclear interaction mechanisms, and this work can be an importance reference for future model development.
Kasahara, Shigeki; Kitsunai, Yuji*; Chimi, Yasuhiro; Chatani, Kazuhiro*; Koshiishi, Masato*; Nishiyama, Yutaka
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 480, p.386 - 392, 2016/11
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.01(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)This paper addresses influence of two different temperature profiles during startup periods in the Japan Materials Testing Reactor and a boiling water reactor upon microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steel irradiated with neutrons to about 1 dpa and 3 dpa. Tensile tests at 290C and Vickers hardness tests at room temperature were carried out, and their microstructures were observed by FEG-TEM. Influence of difference in the temperature profiles was observed obviously in interstitial cluster formation, in particular, growth of Frank loops. The influence was also found certainly in loss of strain hardening capacity and ductility, although the influence on the yield strength and the Vickers hardness was not clearly observed. As a result, Frank loops, which were observed in austenitic stainless steel irradiated at doses of 1 dpa or more, were considered to contribute to deformation of the austenitic stainless steel.
Iwamoto, Hiroki; Nishihara, Kenji; Iwamoto, Yosuke; Hashimoto, Shintaro; Matsuda, Norihiro; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Harada, Masahide; Maekawa, Fujio
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 53(10), p.1585 - 1594, 2016/10
Times Cited Count：18 Percentile：85.7(Nuclear Science & Technology)Iwamoto, Yosuke; Taniguchi, Shingo*; Nakao, Noriaki*; Itoga, Toshio*; Nakamura, Takashi*; Nakane, Yoshihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Satoh, Daiki; Yashima, Hiroshi*; Yamakawa, Hiroshi*; et al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 562(2), p.789 - 792, 2006/06
Times Cited Count：6 Percentile：43.85(Instruments & Instrumentation)Neutron energy spectra produced from thick targets play an important role in validation of calculation codes that are employed in the design of spallation neutron sources and the shielding design of accelerator facilities. However, appropriate experimental data were scarce in the forward direction for the incident energy higher than 100 MeV. In this study, neutron spectra at 0 degree from thick targets bombarded with 350 MeV protons were measured by the time-of-flight technique using an NE213. The targets used were graphite, Al, Fe and Pb and their thicknesses were chosen to be a little thicker than the stopping lengths. The experiment was carried out at the TOF course of the RCNP (Research Center of Nuclear Physics) ring cyclotron, Osaka University. The flight path length between center of the target and of an NE213 were 11.4 m for the measurement of low energy neutrons and 95 m for high energy neutrons. The experimental data are compared with the calculated results by using the Monte Carlo transport codes, such as MCNPX and PHITS codes.
Nd method of evaluation of burnup for the PIE samples from Mihama-3 and Genkai-1 reactorsSuyama, Kenya; Mochizuki, Hiroki*
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 33(4), p.335 - 342, 2006/03
Times Cited Count：8 Percentile：49.58(Nuclear Science & Technology)The value of the burnup is one of the most important parameters of samples taken by post irradiation examination (PIE). In this study, concerning the PIE data from Mihama-3 and Genkai-1 PWRs, which were taken at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, the burnup values of the PIE samples were re-evaluated and the PIE data are re-analyzed using SWAT and SWAT2 code systems with JENDL-3.3 library. This analysis concludes that the burnup values of samples from Mihama-3 and Genkai-1 PWRs should be corrected of 2-3%. The effect of re-evaluation of the burnup value on the neutron multiplication factor is approximately 1% for PIE samples having the burnup of larger than 30 GWd/t. Comparison between calculation results using a single pin cell model and an assembly model is carried out. Because the both results agreed within a few percents, we concluded that the single pin cell model is suitable for the analysis of PIE samples and the underestimation of plutonium isotopes does not result from the geometry model.
Nishitani, Takeo; Osakabe, Masaki*; Shinohara, Koji; Ishikawa, Masao
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 80(10), p.860 - 869, 2004/10
no abstracts in English
Nakashima, Hiroshi; Sakamoto, Yukio*; Tanaka, Shunichi; Tanaka, Susumu; Baba, Mamoru*; Nakamura, Takashi*; Hirayama, Hideo*; Shin, Kazuo*; JAERI-Universities Collaboration Working Group for Accelerator Shielding Study
Proceedings of 6th International Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerator Technology (AccApp '03), p.959 - 968, 2003/00
In order to validate shielding design methods on proton accelerator facilities, a series of shielding experiments in several tens of MeV energy region were carried out at the Takasaki Ion Accelerators for Advanced Radiation Application (TIARA) of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI). The experiments include thick target neutron yield (TTY) measurements by charged particles, deep penetration experiments on concrete, steel and polyethylene shields using p-Li monoenergetic neutron source and radiation streaming experiment at a labyrinth of TIARA using p-Cu white neutron source. These experimental results are compared with calculation results with some high-energy particle transport codes such as MCNPX and NMTC/JAERI. The TTY measurements were analyzed by a code developed by Shin with a moving source model, and the streaming experiment was also analyzed by the DUCT-III code based on Shin's equation. This paper reviews the experimental results and the analyses on the results.
U, 
U and 
Pu by using results of in-pile measurements of effective delayed neutron fractionSakurai, Takeshi; Okajima, Shigeaki
Proceedings of International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology; Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing (PHYSOR 2002) (CD-ROM), 12 Pages, 2002/10
The cross section adjustment method was applied to total delayed neutron yields of U, U and Pu of the JENDL-3.2 file by using experimental results of effective delayed neutron fraction 
at six cores built in two fast critical facilities of the MASURCA and FCA and a thermal critical facility of the TCA to improve these yields. The adjustment was carried out on the yields given at several incident neutron energy points in the file. Furthermore, to validate these adjusted delayed neutron yields, analyses were performed for the experiments at ZPR fast critical facility. These adjusted yields brought a reduction of uncertainty of calculated and an improvement in agreement of between experiment and calculation.
Yoshida, Tadashi*; Okajima, Shigeaki; Sakurai, Takeshi; Nakajima, Ken; Yamane, Tsuyoshi; Katakura, Junichi; Tahara, Yoshihisa*; Zukeran, Atsushi*; Oyamatsu, Kazuhiro*; Osawa, Takaaki*; et al.
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(Suppl.2), p.136 - 139, 2002/08
no abstracts in English
Nishitani, Takeo; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Ebisawa, Katsuyuki*; Yamauchi, Michinori*; Walker, C.*; Kasai, Satoshi
JAERI-Tech 2002-062, 39 Pages, 2002/07
JAERI-Tech-2002-062.pdf:1.65MB
no abstracts in English
U, U and Pu in JENDL-3.2 using benchmark experiments on effective delayed neutron fraction Sakurai, Takeshi; Okajima, Shigeaki
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 39(1), p.19 - 30, 2002/01
Times Cited Count：6 Percentile：39.54(Nuclear Science & Technology)The cross section adjustment method was applied to total delayed neutron yields of U, U and Pu of the JENDL-3.2 file by using experimental results of effective delayed neutron fraction at six cores built in two fast critical facilities of the MASURCA and FCA and a thermal critical facility of the TCA to improve these yields. The adjustment was carried out on the yields given at several incident neutron energy points in the file. After the adjustment, the yield of U was almost uniformly decreased by about 3% below 7 MeV. The yield of Pu was increased by 2.6% and that of U was decreased by 0.9% at the thermal energy point, while the change of yield was less than 0.3% at the other energy points for these nuclides. By using these adjusted yields, the uncertainty of calculated was reduced and the agreement of between experiment and calculation was improved.
Uno, Yoshitomo; Kaneko, Junichi; Nishitani, Takeo; Maekawa, Fujio; Tanaka, Teruya; Ikeda, Yujiro; Takeuchi, Hiroshi
JAERI-Research 2001-007, 42 Pages, 2001/03
JAERI-Research-2001-007.pdf:8.74MB
no abstracts in English
Onizawa, Kunio; Suzuki, Masahide
ISIJ International, 37(8), p.821 - 828, 1997/08
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：35.47(Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering)no abstracts in English
Nishitani, Takeo; Ebisawa, Katsuyuki*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Matoba, Toru
Fusion Engineering and Design, 34-35, p.567 - 571, 1997/00
Times Cited Count：13 Percentile：67.93(Nuclear Science & Technology)no abstracts in English
Yoshino, Ryuji; JT-60 Team
Proc. of 36th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, 4, p.3709 - 3714, 1997/00
no abstracts in English
Nakao, Noriaki*; Nakamura, Takashi*; *; *; *; ; Tanaka, Shunichi
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 362, p.454 - 465, 1995/00
Times Cited Count：68 Percentile：97.81(Instruments & Instrumentation)no abstracts in English
Cf neutron sourceNishitani, Takeo; Takeuchi, Hiroshi; Kondoh, Takashi; Ito, Takao*; Kuriyama, Masaaki; Ikeda, Yujiro; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Barnes, C. W.*
Review of Scientific Instruments, 63(11), p.5270 - 5278, 1992/11
Times Cited Count：75 Percentile：97.14(Instruments & Instrumentation)no abstracts in English
