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古高 和禎; 大図 章; 藤 暢輔
Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 55(11), p.4002 - 4018, 2023/11
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)An integrated neutron interrogation system has been developed for non-destructive assay of highly radioactive special nuclear materials, to accumulate knowledge of the method through developing and using it. The system combines a differential die-away (DDA) measurement system for the quantification of nuclear materials and a prompt gamma-ray analysis (PGA) system for the detection of neutron poisons which disturb the DDA measurements; a common D-T neutron generator is used. A special care has been taken for the selection of materials to reduce the background gamma rays produced by the interrogation neutrons. A series of measurements were performed to test the basic performance of the system. The results show that the DDA system can quantify plutonium of as small as 20~mg and it is not affected by intense neutron background up to 4.2~TBq and gamma ray of 2.2~TBq. As a result of the designing of the combined system as a whole, the gamma-ray background counting rate at the PGA detector was reduced down to 
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even with the use of the D-T neutron generator. The test measurements show that the PGA system is capable of detecting less than 1~g of boron compound and about 100~g of gadolinium compound in~30 min. This research was implemented under the subsidy for nuclear security promotion of MEXT.
Rodriguez, D.; Bogucarska, T.*; 小泉 光生; Lee, H.-J.; Pedersen, B.*; Rossi, F.; 高橋 時音; Varasano, G.*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 997, p.165146_1 - 165146_13, 2021/05
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：18.91(Instruments & Instrumentation)Under the MEXT subsidy to strengthen nuclear security related research, the ISCN is developing delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy (DGS) for nuclear safeguards. Here we present results from experiments using the PUNITA instrument in collaboration with JRC-Ispra to evaluate the gamma-ray spectral dependence on interrogation time patterns and number of cycles. Specifically, we investigated the observable gamma rays useful to quantify the 
Pu and 
U contributions. Of the time patterns tested in this study, we determined that irradiating the sample for 60-
followed by a gamma-ray measurement of 60- was the best for a comparable one-hour total interrogation time.
Rodriguez, D.; 小泉 光生; Rossi, F.; 瀬谷 道夫; 高橋 時音; Bogucarska, T.*; Crochemore, J.-M.*; Pedersen, B.*; 高峰 潤
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 57(8), p.975 - 988, 2020/08
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：35.51(Nuclear Science & Technology)Present safeguards verification methods of high-radioactivity nuclear material use destructive analysis techniques since passive nondestructive techniques are incapable of determining the nuclear material content. To improve this verification process, the JAEA and EC-JRC Ispra, Italy have been collaborating to develop delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy for composition analysis of the fissile nuclides as an aspect of the MEXT subsidy for improving nuclear security and the like. Multiple experiments were performed over three years using PUNITA to interrogate U and Pu samples to determine the signature from the short-lived fission products. We observed many gamma rays useful to determine the composition of a mixed nuclear material sample. Presented here are the results of these measurements with correlations to the interrogation, mass, volume, and sample homogeneity.
小泉 光生
Proceedings of 41st ESARDA Annual Meeting (Internet), p.260 - 267, 2019/05
The Japan atomic energy agency (JAEA) is developing active non-destructive analysis (NDA) technologies for nuclear nonproliferation and security under the support of the subsidiary of for "promotion of strengthening nuclear security or the like" of the Japanese government MEXT. One of the programs is "development of active neutron NDA techniques", in which four techniques are developed: i.e., Differential Die Away Analysis (DDA), Delayed Gamma-ray Analysis (DGA), Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA), and Prompt Gamma-ray Analysis (PGA). These techniques are used to complement each other. They would be useful for nuclear material accountancy, applicable to both low- and high-level radioactive nuclear materials (NMs), and for nuclear security purposes such as detection of NM and explosive materials. Another program is development of nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) technique for detection of NM hidden in a shield. This technique utilizes quasi monochromatic gamma-rays produced by laser Compton scattering (LCS) to irradiate a suspicious sample and observe NRF gamma-rays from that. Demonstration experiment of this technique will be performed soon. In this paper, the development projects are overviewed.
米田 政夫; 大図 章; 森 貴正; 中塚 嘉明; 前田 亮; 呉田 昌俊; 藤 暢輔
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 54(11), p.1233 - 1239, 2017/11
被引用回数：8 パーセンタイル：61.27(Nuclear Science & Technology)アクティブ中性子法における中性子増倍効果に関して、解析及び実験による研究を実施した。アクティブ中性子法を用いた核物質の測定では、第2世代以降の中性子による中性子増倍の影響を受ける。しかしながら、そのような中性子増倍効果による影響について、これまで十分に調べられてこなかった。本研究では、第3世代中性子による中性子増倍が無視できる場合において、測定データから第2世代中性子による中性子増倍効果の影響を補正する手法について調べ、測定データから中性子増倍の影響を除外する補正方法を提案した。更に、本手法を利用した深い未臨界度の評価手法についても示した。
春山 満夫; 高瀬 操*; 飛田 浩; 森 貴正
日本原子力学会和文論文誌, 3(2), p.185 - 192, 2004/06
核燃料濃縮施設や核燃料加工施設から発生する廃棄物のほか、このような施設のデコミッショニング計画によって、今後、膨大な量のコンクリート瓦礫や金属系のウラン廃棄物が発生すると予想される。そして、これらの廃棄物のほとんどの部分はクリアランスレベル濃度以下と推測され、このようなウラン廃棄物のクリアランス弁別と高精度な濃度決定に有用な測定技術の開発が待たれている。そこで著者らは、前に提案した14MeV中性子直接問かけ法をウラン廃棄物の測定に用いることを考え、その場合の検出性能について検討した。著者らの考案した14MeV中性子直接問かけ法は悪影響を及ぼす中性子減速・吸収効果を巧みに利用して逆に有効な効果に変えた方法であり、廃棄体マトリックスがコンクリートである場合、従来法に比べて位置感度差がほとんど無く、高感度検出を実現でき、他に比類の無い優れた手法であることを報告した。今回、各種廃棄物のうちドラム缶に金属のみが入れられているようなウラン廃棄物に対し、本検出法が効果的に適用できるか否かの検討をMVP計算コードを用いた計算機実験によって行った。その結果、本検出法は金属系ウラン廃棄物のクリアランス濃度を十分に検認できるものであった。
