Measurement methods for the radioactive source distribution inside reactor buildings using a one-dimensional optical fiber radiation sensor (Contract research); FY2021 Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project

Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Nagoya University*

JAEA-Review 2022-033, 80 Pages, 2022/12

JAEA-Review-2022-033.pdf:4.08MB

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 (1F), 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 FY2019, this report summarizes the research results of the "Measurement methods for the radioactive source distribution inside reactor buildings using a one-dimensional optical fiber radiation sensor" conducted from FY2019 to FY2021. Since the final year of this proposal was FY2021, the results for three fiscal years were summarized. The present study aims to develop an optical fiber type radiation sensor that can measure the radiation distribution one-dimensionally along the fiber under a high radiation field for the decommissioning of 1F. Based on the conventional time-of-flight method, we found several promising sensor candidates for the radiation distribution measurement under high dose rate and many scattered gamma-rays.

Measurement methods for the radioactive source distribution inside reactor buildings using a one-dimensional optical fiber radiation sensor (Contract research); FY2020 Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project

Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Nagoya University*

JAEA-Review 2021-033, 55 Pages, 2021/12

JAEA-Review-2021-033.pdf:2.9MB

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 FY2019, this report summarizes the research results of the "Measurement methods for the radioactive source distribution inside reactor buildings using a one-dimensional optical fiber radiation sensor" conducted in FY2020. We are developing a one-dimensional optical fiber radiation sensor that can estimate the radioactive source distribution "along lines" instead of "at points". To improve the conventional time-of-flight optical fiber radiation sensor for the application under high dose rate environment, basic evaluation tests were conducted using various optical fibers with different diameters and materials.

Measurement methods for the radioactive source distribution inside reactor buildings using a one-dimensional optical fiber radiation sensor (Contract research); FY2019 Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project

Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science; Nagoya University*

JAEA-Review 2020-063, 44 Pages, 2021/01

JAEA-Review-2020-063.pdf:2.55MB

JAEA/CLADS had been conducting the Nuclear Energy Science & Technology and Human Resource Development Project in FY2019. Among the adopted proposals in FY2019, this report summarizes the research results of the "Measurement methods for the radioactive source distribution inside reactor buildings using a one-dimensional optical fiber radiation sensor" conducted in FY2019.

Multiple-wavelength neutron holography with pulsed neutrons

Hayashi, Koichi*; Oyama, Kenji*; Happo, Naohisa*; Matsushita, Tomohiro*; Hosokawa, Shinya*; Harada, Masahide; Inamura, Yasuhiro; Nitani, Hiroaki*; Shishido, Toetsu*; Yubuta, Kunio*

Science Advances (Internet), 3(8), p.e1700294_1 - e1700294_7, 2017/08

http://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700294

JT-60U plasma current measurement by an optical current transformer

Arai, Takashi; Nishiyama, Tomokazu; Yagyu, Junichi; Kasai, Satoshi; Sone, Isamu*; Abe, Mitsushi*; Miya, Naoyuki

Fusion Science and Technology, 45(1), p.65 - 68, 2004/01

https://doi.org/10.13182/FST04-A428

In a nuclear fusion experiment device, a plasma discharge is to be sustained for a long time in steady state operation. In such a device an electromagnetic sensor that has a signal integrator to measure direct currents will cause a technical problem of zero point drift on signals. So, the detection device using new technology for direct current measurement, optical current transformer (optical CT), was developed. The device has an optical fiber specified for 1550nm (wavelength) was manufactured, and was applied to JT-60U experiments. A gamma ray irradiation examination was also done to the optical CT

Two-dimensional neutron imaging method using scintillators with wavelength shifting fibers

To, Kentaro; Katagiri, Masaki; Sakasai, Kaoru; Matsubayashi, Masahito; Birumachi, Atsushi; Takahashi, Hiroyuki*; Nakazawa, Masaharu*

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 485(3), p.571 - 575, 2002/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(01)02072-1

no abstracts in English

Spectral data for highly ionized atoms: Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Kr, and Mo

Shirai, Toshizo; Sugar, J.*; Musgrove, A.*; Wiese, W. L.*

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data Monograph No. 8, 632 Pages, 2000/00

no abstracts in English

Grotrian Diagrams for the Hydrogen I Isoelectronic Sequence, H I Through Kr XXXVI

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JAERI-M 87-053, 140 Pages, 1987/03

JAERI-M-87-053.pdf:1.24MB

no abstracts in English

Development of position-sensitive scintillation neutron detector using wavelength shifting fiber at J-PARC MLF

Nakamura, Tatsuya; To, Kentaro; Kawasaki, Takuro; Kiyanagi, Ryoji; Ohara, Takashi; Koizumi, Tomokatsu; Ebine, Masumi; Sakasai, Kaoru

no journal, , 

Position-sensitive scintillation neutron detectors developed using wavelength-shifting (WLS) fiber read out in the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of the Japanese Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC MLF) are briefly reviewed. Several tens of two-dimensional scintillator / WLS fiber detectors have been developed for the single crystal diffractometers. They are implemented to the beam lines of BL03 and BL18. The scintillator / WLS fiber read out technology has many advantages over conventional clear fiber coupled detectors, such as its simple detector structure, flexibility to a pixel size design, and manufacturing cost. In this paper, several examples of the WLS fiber detectors developed at J-PARC MLF are presented together with a recent detector development for the additional detector bank of the BL18. Moreover, a possibility to produce a larger area detector with this technology will be discussed.

Detector upgrade for SENJU neutron diffractometer at J-PARC MLF

Nakamura, Tatsuya; To, Kentaro; Kiyanagi, Ryoji; Ohara, Takashi; Hosoya, Takaaki; Tobe, Masahiro; Hishinuma, Yukio*; Ebine, Masumi; Sakasai, Kaoru

no journal, , 

New detector modules have been developed based on a Li:ZnS scintillator and wavelength-shifting fibers technology to upgrade the detectors for SENJU neuron diffractometer at J-PARC MLF. The detector upgrade plan includes (1) Thin-type add-in detectors, (2) High efficiency detectors to replace the original ones, (3) a large area detector for installation under the sample vacuum tank (Large area bottom detector), and (4) One detector-bank detectors. As for (1) and (2) the detector modules have been developed with a 1.5-fold improved detection efficiency with a 50-60% smaller detector depth. 4 add-in detectors and 6 replacement detectors have been manufactured and installed to the diffractometer. The large area bottom detector that has a four-fold larger neutron-sensitive area than the original detector, has also been developed. To increase the light collection efficiency a scintillation light is collected from the both ends of the wavelength-shifting fiber. The prototype detector exhibited an acceptable count uniformity 59% over the detector.