Muon spin relaxation in mixed perovskite (LaAlO)(SrAlTaO) with

伊藤 孝; 髭本 亘; 幸田 章宏*; 中村 惇平*; 下村 浩一郎*

Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.25_1 - 25_7, 2024/12

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-024-01866-5

We report on muon spin relaxation (SR) measurements in a mixed perovskite compound, (LaAlO)(SrAlTaO) with (LSAT), which is widely used as a single-crystalline substrate for thin film deposition. In zero applied field (ZF), muon depolarization due to the distribution of nuclear dipole fields was observed in the temperature range from 4 K to 270 K. Interestingly, SR time spectra in ZF maintained a Gaussian-like feature over the entire range, while the depolarization rate exhibited a monotonic decrease with increasing temperature. This behavior may be attributed to the thermally activated diffusion of muons between a few adjacent sites within a confined space of the angstrom scale, where the motionally averaged local field that each muon experiences can remain non-zero and result in maintaining the Gaussian-like line shape. The spatial distribution of electrostatic potential at lattice interstices evaluated via density functional theory calculations suggests that such a restriction of muon diffusion paths can be caused by the random distribution of cations with different nominal valences in the mixed perovskite lattice.

Detailed visualization of radioactive hotspots inside the Unit 1 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station using an integrated Radiation Imaging System mounted on a Mecanum wheel robot

佐藤 優樹; 寺阪 祐太; 大浦 正利*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(7), p.856 - 870, 2024/07

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2023.2282551

In the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, understanding the distribution of radioactive substances and dose-equivalent rates is crucial to develop detailed decontamination plans and minimize worker exposure. In this study, we remotely visualized radioactive hotspots and dose-equivalent rate distribution in Unit 1 reactor building of the station using a Mecanum wheel robot equipped with a Compton camera, simultaneous localization and mapping device, and survey meter. We successfully visualized high-concentration radiation hotspots on the U-shaped piping of the drywell humidity control system and the atmospheric control piping in the ceiling in front of the transverse in-core probe room. Furthermore, the hotspot location was identified in three dimensions using the Compton camera used to analyze the atmospheric control piping. By simultaneously analyzing the dose-equivalent rate data acquired by the survey meter and the hotspot locations visualized by the Compton camera, it was confirmed that the hotspots caused elevated dose-equivalent rates in the surrounding area. Using this robot system in unexplored areas, such as the higher floors of reactor buildings, in future will enable us to obtain information on radiation hotspot locations and dose-equivalent rate distribution.

HTTR1次ヘリウム循環機フィルタの差圧上昇事象,2; フィルタ付着物の調査と再発防止対策

根本 隆弘; 藤原 佑輔; 荒川 了紀; 長山 侑矢; 長住 達; 長谷川 俊成; 横山 佳祐; 渡部 雅; 大西 貴士; 川本 大樹; et al.

JAEA-Technology 2024-003, 17 Pages, 2024/06

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RS-14サイクルに発生した1次ヘリウム循環機フィルタの差圧上昇の原因を調査するため、フィルタ付着物を調査した。調査の結果、フィルタエレメント表面にシリコンオイルに起因する付着物を確認した。この結果から、フィルタ差圧上昇の原因は、1次ヘリウム純化設備ガス循環機のチャコールフィルタの性能劣化により、1次系内にシリコンオイルが混入したためであることが明らかとなった。また、この再発防止対策として、従来の1次ヘリウム純化設備ガス循環機の運転時間による管理に加え、チャコールフィルタの交換頻度を3年毎とする定期交換計画を新たに策定した。

Development of a radioactive substance detection system integrating a Compton camera and a LiDAR camera with a hexapod robot

佐藤 優樹; 角藤 壮*; 田中 孝幸*; 嶋野 寛之*; 諸橋 裕子; 畠山 知圭*; 中島 準作; 石山 正弘

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1063, p.169300_1 - 169300_7, 2024/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2024.169300

A system for locating radioactive substances using a hexapod robot equipped with a Compton camera and light detection and ranging camera was developed, and its performance evaluation test was conducted at FUGEN, a nuclear facility owned by Japan Atomic Energy Agency. In the test, by projecting images of radioactive substances acquired with the Compton camera onto a three-dimensional model of the work environment acquired with a light detection and ranging camera, the locations where radioactive substances have accumulated and the dose rate is higher than the surrounding area were successfully visualized and identified.

Experimental investigation on local flow structures of upward cap-bubbly flows in a vertical large-size square channel

孫 昊旻; 功刀 資彰*; 横峯 健彦*; Shen, X.*; 日引 俊*

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 154, p.111171_1 - 111171_24, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2024.111171

Taking the importance of gas-liquid two-phase flows in large square channels for advanced nuclear reactors, such as ESBWR, we experimented with upward cap-bubbly flows in a large square channel. Local void fractions, axial gas velocities, and interfacial area concentrations for two bubble-size groups were measured at three axial locations. Based on the database, cap-bubbly flow characteristics in a large square channel were understood. The existing drift-flux and interfacial area concentration correlations were validated. The void fraction covariances were obtained and used to validate their existing correlations.

Archie's cementation factors for natural rocks; Measurements and insights from diagenetic perspectives

Yuan, X.*; Hu, Q. H.*; Fang, X.*; Wang, Q. M.*; Ma, Y.*; 舘 幸男

Sedimentary Geology, 465, p.106633_1 - 106633_14, 2024/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2024.106633

Archie's cementation factor, m, is a critical parameter for petrophysical studies, and the value is influenced by several factors such as the shape, type, and size of grains, degrees of diagenesis, and associated pore structure. Using integrated experimental and theoretical approaches, the goal of this study is to obtain the cementation factor of rocks (both reservoir rock and caprock) and assess the impact of diagenesis processes on the values of the cementation factor. Thirteen samples of geologically diverse rocks (six mudstones, four fossiliferous limestones, two marbles, and one sandstone) were selected to achieve these research objectives. Two approaches, the diffusion of gas tracers and the Bosanquet formula calculation using pore-throat sizes from mercury intrusion porosimetry analyses, were used to derive the cementation factors of these rock samples. These rocks were categorized into two groups based on the correlation between average pore-throat diameter and diffusivity, and an exponential-law relationship between the cementation factor and porosity was determined for these sample groups. In addition, thin-section petrography and field emission-scanning electron microscopy observations were utilized to investigate diagenetic processes, with four diagenetic patterns being established: (1) strong compaction, strong cementation, and weak dissolution-diagenesis pattern; (2) weak compaction, medium cementation, and weak dissolution-diagenesis pattern; (3) weak compaction, medium cementation, and strong dissolution-diagenesis pattern; and (4) fracture-matrix pattern. The results indicated that diagenetic processes and microfractures contribute to the variability in the cementation factors in these rock samples.

Estimating the corrosion rate of stainless steel R-SUS304ULC in nitric acid media under concentrating operation

入澤 恵理子; 加藤 千明

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 591, p.154914_1 - 154914_10, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.154914

核燃料再処理施設における濃縮運転時の溶液組成及び沸騰の変化を考慮して、オーステナイト系ステンレス鋼R-SUS304ULCの腐食量を評価した。オーステナイト系ステンレス鋼R-SUS304ULCは、日本の使用済燃料再処理施設の高放射性廃液濃縮装置の構造材料であり、濃縮運転時に腐食性の高い硝酸溶液を処理する。本研究の結果、カソード反応活性化によるステンレス鋼の腐食速度を加速する要因として、硝酸濃度、酸化性金属イオン濃度、減圧沸騰に着目する必要があることがわかった。

Spin dependence in the -wave resonance of +

奥平 琢也*; 中部 倫太郎*; Auton, C. J.*; 遠藤 駿典; 藤岡 宏之*; Gudkov, V.*; 井出 郁央*; 猪野 隆*; 石角 元志*; 神原 理*; et al.

Physical Review C, 109(4), p.044606_1 - 044606_9, 2024/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.109.044606

We measured the spin dependence in a neutron-induced p-wave resonance by using a polarized epithermal neutron beam and a polarized nuclear target. Our study focuses on the 0.75 eV -wave resonance state of La+n, where largely enhanced parity violation has been observed. We determined the partial neutron width of the -wave resonance by measuring the spin dependence of the neutron absorption cross section between polarized La and polarized neutrons. Our findings serve as a foundation for the quantitative study of the enhancement effect of the discrete symmetry violations caused by mixing between partial amplitudes in the compound nuclei.

令和4年度東京電力株式会社福島第一原子力発電所事故に伴う放射性物質の分布データの集約(受託研究)

福島マップ事業対応部門横断グループ

JAEA-Technology 2023-024, 176 Pages, 2024/03

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東京電力(株)福島第一原子力発電所(福島第一原発)事故による放射性物質の分布状況を平成23年6月より調査してきた。本報告書は、令和4年度の調査において得られた結果をまとめたものである。空間線量率については、走行サーベイ、平坦地上でのサーベイメータによる定点サーベイ、歩行サーベイ及び無人ヘリコプターサーベイを実施し、測定結果から空間線量率分布マップを作成するとともにその経時変化を分析した。放射性セシウムの土壌沈着量に関しては、in-situ測定及び土壌中深度分布調査をそれぞれ実施した。さらに、これまで蓄積した測定結果を基に空間線量率及び沈着量の実効半減期を評価した。モニタリングの重要度を相対的に評価するスコアマップを福島県及び福島第一原発から80km圏内について作成するとともに、多年度のモニタリングデータを使用した場合のスコアの変化要因について考察した。過去の海水中トリチウムの濃度データの変動幅を把握しその要因について考察した。総合モニタリング計画に基づき実施された海域モニタリングについて令和4年度の測定結果を集約するとともに、過去からの変動などに関して解析評価を行った。階層ベイズ統計手法を用いて、走行サーベイや歩行サーベイ等の調査により取得した空間線量率分布データを統合し、80km圏内を対象とした統合マップ及び解析対象を福島県全域に広げた統合マップを作成した。これらの他、「放射性物質モニタリングデータの情報公開サイト」への令和4年度の測定結果の公開、総合モニタリング計画に基づく放射線モニタリング及び環境試料分析測定データのCSV化を実施した。

原子力防災を中心とした専門用語に関する和英対訳の調査と提案

外川 織彦; 奥野 浩

JAEA-Review 2023-043, 94 Pages, 2024/03

JAEA-Review-2023-043.pdf:1.53MB

日本語で記載された原子力防災分野の文書を英語に翻訳するために、災害対策基本法、原子力災害対策特別措置法及び原子力の安全に関する条約について、日本語と英語の対訳を調査した。調査結果を統合し、統一的な英対訳を選択した。この結果として、原子力防災分野における専門 用語の和英対訳表を作成し、提案した。