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Shibahara, Yuji*; Nakamura, Shoji; Uehara, Akihiro*; Fujii, Toshiyuki*; Fukutani, Satoshi*; Kimura, Atsushi; Iwamoto, Osamu
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 325(1), p.155 - 165, 2020/07
Times Cited Count:6 Percentile:67.23(Chemistry, Analytical)The measurements of isotopic ratios of Cs samples by thermal ionization mass spectrometry were performed for the analysis of their samples used to evaluate nuclear data obtained for Cs. To obtain a high intensity and stable ion beam, the effects of additive agents on the ionization of Cs were examined. The effect of silicotungstic acid on the ionization of Cs was the largest among the additive agents studied in the present study, while the silicotungstic acid also showed the largest isobaric interference of polyatomic ions. It was demonstrated that as small as 2
10
g of a Cs sample was sufficient to achieve the analytical precision required to measure the
Cs/
Cs ratio in the case where an additive agent of TaO/glucose was employed. After examining of the analytical conditions, such as the interference effect due to Ba, the measurements of the isotopic ratios of two Cs samples used in our study using TIMS were conducted, and it was discussed how much the ratios contributed to evaluation of the neutron capture cross-section of
Cs.
Nakamura, Shoji; Shibahara, Yuji*; Kimura, Atsushi; Iwamoto, Osamu; Uehara, Akihiro*; Fujii, Toshiyuki*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 57(4), p.388 - 400, 2020/04
Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)The thermal-neutron capture cross-section () and resonance integral(I
) were measured for the
Cs(n,
)
Cs reaction by an activation method and mass spectrometry. We used
Cs contained as an impurity in a normally available
Cs standard solution. An isotope ratio of
Cs and
Cs in a standard
Cs solution was measured by mass spectrometry to quantify
Cs. The analyzed
Cs samples were irradiated at the hydraulic conveyer of the research reactor in Institute for Integral Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University. Wires of Co/Al and Au/Al alloys were used as neutron monitors to measure thermal-neutron fluxes and epi-thermal Westcott's indices at an irradiation position. A gadolinium filter was used to measure the
, and a value of 0.133 eV was taken as the cut-off energy. Gamma-ray spectroscopy was used to measure induced activities of
Cs,
Cs and monitor wires. On the basis of Westcott's convention, the
and I
values were derived as 8.57
0.25 barn, and 45.3
3.2 barn, respectively. The
obtained in the present study agreed within the limits of uncertainties with the past reported value of 8.3
0.3 barn.
Nakamura, Shoji; Kimura, Atsushi; Iwamoto, Osamu; Shibahara, Yuji*; Uehara, Akihiro*; Fujii, Toshiyuki*
KURNS Progress Report 2018, P. 106, 2019/08
Under the ImPACT project, the neutron capture cross-section measurements of Cesium-135 (Cs) among the long-lived fission products have been performed at Kyoto University. This paper reports measurements of the thermal-neutron capture cross-section of
Cs at the Kyoto University Research Reactor (KUR).
Shibahara, Yuji*; Uehara, Akihiro*; Fujii, Toshiyuki*; Nakamura, Shoji; Kimura, Atsushi; Hales, B. P.; Iwamoto, Osamu
JAEA-Conf 2018-001, p.205 - 210, 2018/12
In the ImPACT project, high-precision mass analysis was performed on a Cs standard solution for using
Cs included in the standard solution as an impurity to measure the
Cs cross-sections. A
Cs standard solution of only 10Bq (pg order) was analyzed, and the isotope ratio of
Cs and
Cs was obtained with an accuracy of 0.5%.
Nakamura, Shoji; Shibahara, Yuji*; Uehara, Akihiro*; Fujii, Toshiyuki*; Kimura, Atsushi; Hales, B. P.; Iwamoto, Osamu
KURRI Progress Report 2016, P. 66, 2017/07
In the ImPACT project, high-precision mass analysis was performed on a Cs standard solution for using
Cs included in the standard solution as an impurity to measure the
Cs cross-sections. A
Cs standard solution of only 10Bq (pg order) was analyzed, and the isotope ratio of
Cs and
Cs was obtained with an accuracy of 0.5%.
Nakamura, Shoji; Kimura, Atsushi; Hales, B. P.; Iwamoto, Osamu; Shibahara, Yuji*; Uehara, Akihiro*; Fujii, Toshiyuki*
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This presentation gives some progress about neutron capture cross section measurements of long-lived fission products, especially Cecium-135 under the ImPACT Project.