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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
We report on muon spin relaxation (SR) measurements in a mixed perovskite compound, (LaAlO
)
(SrAl
Ta
O
)
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.
丸山 修平; 山本 章夫*; 遠藤 知弘*
Annals of Nuclear Energy, 205, p.110591_1 - 110591_13, 2024/09
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)This study developed a new method for evaluating the uncertainty in reactor core/shielding characteristics attributable to the scattering angle distribution, employing a random sampling (RS) technique integrated with continuous energy Monte Carlo (CEMC) calculations. The impact of neutron scattering angle is not negligible in the analysis of fast reactor cores and shielding. Recent advancements have enabled the high-accuracy assessment of nuclear data-induced uncertainty by merging CEMC calculations and the RS technique. Nonetheless, a method to quantify uncertainty due to scattering angle distribution remains unestablished. This study introduces a new approach for uncertainty quantification related to scattering angle distribution in CEMC-RS, utilizing the maximum entropy method. The effectiveness of this method was verified through comparison with results from the classical deterministic uncertainty quantification approach based on generalized perturbation theory. Overall, this method offers a more accurate tool for nuclear engineers and researchers in evaluating and managing uncertainties in reactor design and safety analysis.
石塚 悦男; 長住 達; 長谷川 俊成; 川井 大海*; 脇坂 真司*; 長瀬 颯太*; 中村 建斗*; 矢口 陽樹*; 石井 俊晃; 中野 優美*; et al.
JAEA-Technology 2024-008, 23 Pages, 2024/07
「HTTRに関する技術開発」をテーマとした2023年度夏期休暇実習において、3つの大学から5名が参加した。参加者は、HTTR炉心の解析、強制冷却機能喪失時の挙動解析、一次冷却系統のヨウ素沈着挙動解析、高温ガス炉用エネルギー貯蔵システムの概念検討について実習した。実習後のアンケートでは、就業体験として有益であったこと、一部の学生においては自身の研究に役立ったこと等の感想があり、本実習は概ね良好な評価を得た。
志風 義明
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(7), p.894 - 910, 2024/07
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:46.61(Nuclear Science & Technology)福島第一原子力発電所事故により原子炉建屋内で放出された放射性核種のうち、Srや
Y等の高エネルギー
線源は、壁、床、壁や内部構造などの建屋の物質中で制動放射光子を発生させる。したがって、原子炉建屋の作業員に対する制動放射の放射線量を評価することは、放射線防護にとって極めて重要である。制動放射線量の評価計算の精度を、粒子重イオン輸送コードシステム(PHITS)とGEometry AND Tracking(GEANT4)シミュレーションコードの結果を比較することにより調査した。計算では、様々な遮蔽板(鉛、銅、アルミニウム、ガラス、ポリエチレン、厚さは1.0
40mm)の背後にある水円筒を評価材料として設定し、制動放射光子による吸収線量及び付与エネルギースペクトルを得て、両シミュレーションコードの特性と差異を調査した。付与エネルギースペクトルの比較結果では、スペクトル形状には矛盾しない同様の傾向がある。数十keV以下のエネルギー範囲では、鉛遮蔽物質のPHITSのスペクトルにピークが見られる。制動放射光子を発生させるための遮蔽板の様々な条件下での吸収線量を比較すると、両コードのほとんどの結果は、2.280MeV
線源については約10%差以内、0.5459MeV
線源については20mm厚の鉛の場合の約30%を除いて約20%差以内で相関している。場合によっては差異はあるが、2つのシミュレーションコードの評価結果は上記の精度で良く相関していると結論付けられた。
伊藤 史哲*; Lee, J.; 弘中 浩太; 高橋 時音; 鈴木 敏*; 持丸 貴則*; 堀 順一*; 寺田 和司*; 小泉 光生
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1064, p.169465_1 - 169465_9, 2024/07
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)The response of a gamma-ray spectrometer is generally determined by analyzing full-energy peaks. However, full-energy peaks cannot be measured easily in the case of scintillation detectors that consist of light elements, such as glass scintillators. Only a strong Compton plateau appears in the spectrum of such detectors. Therefore, Compton edgers were used to evaluate the response of these detectors. The response of a low-resolution Li-glass detector to gamma rays was measured for the first time by a coincidence method with a high-resolution LaBr
:Ce detector using cascade gamma rays (2.75 and 1.37 MeV) from a
Na source. Coincidence gates were applied at the peaks of the spectrum of the LaBr
:Ce detector at the 0.51 MeV annihilation peak, and the sum peaks of a gamma ray and a backscattered gamma ray. By analyzing the gated spectra of the
Li-glass detector, the energy-dependent detector response (i.e., the output strength and its dispersion) was determined.
Wright, T.*; 原田 秀郎; 木村 敦; 他121名*
European Physical Journal A, 60(3), p.70_1 - 70_11, 2024/03
被引用回数:0 パーセンタイル:0.00(Physics, Nuclear)The average energy and multiplicity of prompt -rays from slow neutron-induced fission of
U have been measured using the STEFF spectrometer at the neutron time-of-flight facility n_TOF. The individual responses from 11 NaI scintillators were corrected for multiple
-ray interactions, prompt fission neutrons and background counts before being deconvolved to estimate the emitted spectrum of prompt fission
-rays. The results give an average
-ray energy
of 1.71(5) MeV and multiplicity
of 2.66(18) considering
-rays emitted within the energy range from 0.8 to 6.8 MeV. The n_TOF data has a slightly larger
and smaller
than other recent measurements, however the product of the two is in agreement within the quoted uncertainties.
今野 力
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(1), p.121 - 126, 2024/01
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:25.62(Nuclear Science & Technology)JENDL-4.0/HEの中性子と陽子ACEファイルは2017年に作られ、そのうちの22核種の中性子ACEファイルと25核種の陽子ACEファイルがPHITSコードと一緒に公開されている。最近、JENDL-4.0/HEの中性子と陽子ACEファイルに入っている以下の5つのデータに問題があることが見つかった; Nと
OのACEファイル、発熱数、損傷エネルギー生成断面積、2次中性子多重度、核分裂断面積。そこで、これらの問題を修正したJENDL-4.0/HEの新しい中性子と陽子ACEファイルを作成した。この論文では問題点及び新しい中性子と陽子ACEファイルをどのように作成したかについて詳述する。
伊藤 孝; 髭本 亘; 下村 浩一郎*
Physical Review B, 108(22), p.224301_1 - 224301_11, 2023/12
被引用回数:6 パーセンタイル:58.52(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)In positive muon spin rotation and relaxation (SR) spectroscopy, positive muons (
) implanted into solid oxides are conventionally treated as immobile spin-probes at interstitial sites below room temperature. This is because each
is thought to be tightly bound to an oxygen atom in the host lattice to form a muonic analogue of the hydroxy group. On the basis of this concept, anomalies in
SR spectra observed in oxides have been attributed in most cases to the intrinsic properties of host materials. On the other hand, global
diffusion with an activation energy of
0.1~eV has been reported in some chemically-substituted perovskite oxides at cryogenic temperatures, although the reason for the small activation energy despite the formation of the strong O
bond has not yet been quantitatively understood. In this study, we investigated interstitial
diffusion in the perovskite oxide lattice using KTaO
cubic perovskite as a model system. We used the
SR method and density functional theory calculations along with the harmonic transition state theory to study this phenomenon both experimentally and theoretically. Experimental activation energies for global
diffusion obtained below room temperature were less than a quarter of the calculated classical potential barrier height for a bottleneck
transfer path. The reduction in the effective barrier height could be explained by the harmonic transition state theory with a zero-point energy correction; a significant difference in zero-point energies for
at the positions in the O
bonding equilibrium state and a bond-breaking transition state was the primary cause of the reduction. This suggests that the assumption of immobile
in solid oxides is not always satisfied since such a significant decrease in diffusion barrier height can also occur in other oxides.
深堀 智生
INDC(JPN)-210 (Internet), 5 Pages, 2023/10
U(n,f)の断面積値がENDF形式に正しく編集されておらず、間違った値がJENDL/HE-2007ファイルに格納・配布されている。JENDL/HE-2007ライブラリの
U(n,f)断面積の高エネルギー部分は、FISCALコードの計算結果を使用して評価されている。このレポートでは、200MeV以上のJENDL/HE-2007ライブラリの正しい
U(n,f)断面積値が示されている。
山崎 泰広*; 篠宮 啓介*; 奥村 忠晴*; 鈴木 賢治*; 菖蒲 敬久; 中村 唯我*
Quantum Beam Science (Internet), 7(2), p.14_1 - 14_12, 2023/05
The suspension plasma spray (SPS) technique has attracted attention because of its various microstructures, which can be achieved by mixing submicron spray particles with a solvent to form a suspension. Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) with a columnar structure, which might achieve high strain tolerance, can be obtained using the SPS technique. In this study, the internal stress distribution of the SPS-TBC with different columnar structures was evaluated by hybrid measurement using high-energy synchrotron X-ray diffraction analysis and laboratory low-energy X-rays. The effect of microstructure on the internal stress distribution of the SPS-TBC was discussed on the basis of the experimental results. In addition, the in-plane internal stress was decreased by decreasing the column diameter. The thin columnar microstructure of the SPS-TBC has superior strain tolerance. The internal stresses in the column of the SPS-TBC are periodic decrements caused by stress relaxation in porous layers.
城戸 健太朗; 金子 政志
Journal of Computational Chemistry, 44(4), p.546 - 558, 2023/02
被引用回数:1 パーセンタイル:6.15(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Distribution of solvent molecules near transition-metal complex is key information to comprehend the functionality, reactivity and so on. However, polarizable continuum solvent models still are the standard and conventional partner of molecular-orbital (MO) calculations in the solution system including transition-metal complex. In this study, we investigate the conformation, hydration structure and ligand substitution reaction between NO and H
O in aqueous solution for [Ru(NO)(OH)(NO
)
]
(
), [Ru(NO)(OH)(NO
)
(ONO)]
(
) and [Ru(NO)(OH)(NO
)
(H
O)]
(
) using a combination method of MO theories and a state-of-the-art molecular solvation technique (NI-MC-MOZ-SCF). In the complexes, the treatment is essentially required because except for nitrosyl ligand, a strong hydrogen bond is formed between the ligand and solvent water. These results are complementary to the data previously obtained by
N NMR experiment. A dominant species is found in the complex
conformers and, as expected, different between the solvent models, which reveals that molecular solvation beyond continuum media treatment are required for a reliable description of solvation near transition-metal complex. In the stability constant evaluation of ligand substitution reaction, similar to the previous reports, an assumption that considers the direct association between the dissociated nitrite anion and complex
is useful to obtain a reliable stability constant.
勅使河原 誠; 池田 裕二郎*; Yan, M.*; 村松 一生*; 須谷 康一*; 福住 正文*; 能田 洋平*; 小泉 智*; 猿田 晃一; 大竹 淑恵*
Nanomaterials (Internet), 13(1), p.76_1 - 76_9, 2023/01
被引用回数:4 パーセンタイル:50.15(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)冷中性子以下の中性子強度を高めるため、ナノサイズグラフェンの集合体が、ナノダイヤモンドと同様に中性子のコヒーレント散乱を促進できることを提案した。さらには、グラフェンの強いsp2結合は、高い耐放射線性を有する可能性を秘める。理研の加速器駆動型小型中性子源やJ-PARCのiMATERIAを用いて、ナノサイズグラフェンの中性子全断面積測定,中性子小角散乱測定を行った。測定結果より、ナノサイズのグラフェン集合体は、コヒーレント散乱に起因すると考えられる冷中性子エネルギー領域での全断面積と小角散乱を増大させ、ナノダイヤモンドと同様に高い中性子強度をもたらすことを世界で初めて明らかにした。
松村 太伊知; 奥村 啓介; 藤田 学*; 坂本 雅洋; 寺島 顕一; Riyana, E. S.
Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 199, p.110298_1 - 110298_8, 2022/10
被引用回数:3 パーセンタイル:42.88(Chemistry, Physical)The characterization of bremsstrahlung and -rays from fuel debris differs from that of spent fuels evaluated to date, due to factors such as material composition and release of volatile fission products. In this work, in order to clarify the conditions under which the effect of bremsstrahlung compared to the total photons (bremsstrahlung and
-rays) in fuel debris is maximized, the average energies and dose rates from the energy spectra of bremsstrahlung and
-rays on the fuel debris surface were obtained using a Monte Carlo simulation. In the simulation, the average energies and dose rates were evaluated with consideration of the composition, size, fission product release, and retrieval time of the fuel debris. The simulation showed that the composition with the largest amount of change to the average total photons energy caused by bremsstrahlung was the molten fuel debris, and the composition with the maximum fraction of bremsstrahlung in the dose rate was the UO
. The maximum value of the fraction of bremsstrahlung in the dose rate was evaluated to be about 17%. This work is expected to contribute to the prediction of the radiation characteristics of the fuel debris that will be retrieved from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the near future.
呉田 昌俊; 山形 洋司*; 宮腰 賢*; 増井 達也*; 三浦 義明*; 高橋 一憲*
JAEA-Research 2022-007, 28 Pages, 2022/09
ボルテックスチューブにおけるエネルギー分離を促進するために、新たに設計した中空螺旋状フィンを管内に挿入した。本報では、3種類の管を用いて、フィンがエネルギー分離に及ぼす影響を実験的に調べ、次に、数値流体力学(CFD)シミュレーションを行い、実験結果と中空螺旋状フィン付き管内の流動構造との関係を研究した。実験データから、フィンがエネルギー分離を促進し、管長を短くできることがわかった。入口空気圧が0.5MPaのとき、入口から出口までの最大温度差は62.2Cであった。レイノルズ応力モデル(RSM)乱流モデルを組み込んだCFDコードを用いて流体解析をした結果、フィン無とフィン有の場合とで淀み点の位置が大きく変わり、流動構造が全く異なることを確認した。中空螺旋状フィンによって、低温側フィン端と淀み点との間に小さな循環渦構造を持つ強い反転渦流が形成され、乱流運動エネルギーが大きな領域が生成されることによってエネルギー分離が促進されたと考えられる。
小川 文男*; 中山 雄太*; 旭吉 雅健*; 橋立 竜太; 若井 隆純; 伊藤 隆基*
Transactions of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (Internet), 7(2), p.549 - 564, 2022/06
改良9Cr-1Mo鋼の非比例多軸クリープ疲労負荷におけるひずみエネルギーベースの寿命評価法を提案する。非弾性ひずみエネルギー密度は、ヒステリシスループ内の面積として算出した。また平均応力の影響を実験的に検討し、非弾性ひずみエネルギー密度とクリープ疲労寿命の関係を調べた。ヒステリシスループの調査から、最大応力の低下は破損寿命の延長につながるが、ひずみ保持中の応力緩和は強度低下を引き起こすことがわかった。そこで、ヒステリシスループの最大応力とひずみ保持中の最小応力の影響を考慮した非弾性ひずみエネルギー密度の補正法を提案し、単軸および非比例多軸荷重のひずみエネルギー密度を求めた。これらの結果をもとに、非比例多軸荷重下でのクリープ疲労寿命を支配するメカニズムについて考察した。
城戸 健太朗
International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 121(21), p.e26781_1 - e26781_15, 2021/11
被引用回数:2 パーセンタイル:11.68(Chemistry, Physical)Ruthenium tetroxide (RuO) is one of chemical species of fission products assumed to be released to the environment during a severe accident of nuclear facilities and a target compound to assess the amount produced, reactivity, mobility and release timing. In this article, the NO
(X = 1, 2) adduct formation of RuO
has been investigated, based on the potential energy curve (PEC) evaluated by UM06, UTPSSh, CASSCF, and CASPT2 methods. At several stationary points, CCSD and LR-CCSD(T) energies are also computed for a comparison. The PEC shows that there is an activation barrier to form the NO
adduct and that the process is endothermic in terms of free energy. In the system, the electron transfer occurs from NO
to RuO
when the bond between the nitrogen and oxo ligand is formed. It has been discussed in detail using active orbitals, weight of electron configurations and spin population obtained by CASSCF.
菖蒲 敬久; 城 鮎美*; 村松 壽晴*
SPring-8/SACLA利用研究成果集(インターネット), 9(5), p.318 - 323, 2021/08
レーザー溶接は、照射領域が非常に小さく、制御も簡便であることから様々な金属材料に対してすでに実用化されている。本研究では実用化が期待されている異種材料レーザー溶接の課題の1つである、加工影響部付近のひずみ・応力・変形等について高エネルギー放射光X線回折法により評価した。銅と鉄の異材接合に関して内部変形測定を行った結果、線膨張係数が高い銅側はほとんど変形しておらず、鉄側に強い引張ひずみと熱影響部に塑性変形領域が確認された。加えて、鉄の塑性変形領域には銅が混ざったことが原因と思われる残留オーステナイト相が観測され、混在する金属材料中の材料強度評価にさらなる課題が明らかなとなった。
Myagmarjav, O.; 田中 伸幸; 野村 幹弘*; 野口 弘喜; 今井 良行; 上地 優; 久保 真治; 竹上 弘彰
Progress in Nuclear Energy, 137, p.103772_1 - 103772_7, 2021/07
被引用回数:8 パーセンタイル:67.14(Nuclear Science & Technology)Hydrogen production from nuclear energy has attracted considerable interest as a clean energy solution to address the challenges of climate change and environmental sustainability. With respect to the large-scale and economical production of hydrogen using nuclear energy, the thermochemical water-splitting iodine-sulfur (IS) process is a promising method. The IS process uses sulfur and iodine compounds to decompose water into its elemental constituents, hydrogen and oxygen, by using three coupled chemical reactions: the Bunsen reaction; sulfuric acid decomposition; and hydrogen iodide (HI) decomposition. The decomposition of HI is the efficiency-determining step of the process. In this work, a membrane reactor with a silica membrane closed on one end was designed, and its potential for hydrogen production from HI decomposition was explored. In the reactor-module design, only one end of the membrane tube was fixed, while the closed-end of the tube was freely suspended to avoid thermal expansion effects. The closed-end silica membranes were prepared for the first time by a counter-diffusion chemical vapor deposition of hexyltrimethoxysilane. In application, HI conversion of greater than 0.60 was achieved at a decomposition temperature of 400C. Thus, the membrane reactor with closed-end silica membrane was shown to produce a successful equilibrium shift in the production of hydrogen via HI decomposition in the thermochemical IS process.
原田 正英; 勅使河原 誠; 大井 元貴; 及川 健一; 高田 弘; 池田 裕二郎
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1000, p.165252_1 - 165252_8, 2021/06
被引用回数:4 パーセンタイル:44.13(Instruments & Instrumentation)本研究では、箔放射化法を用いて、J-PARC核破砕中性子源からのパルス中性子ビームの高エネルギー成分を測定した。箔は、0.3MeVから79.4MeVまでのしきいエネルギーを持つAl, Au, Bi, Nb, Tmを用いた。実験はNOBORUで行われ、箔は減速材から13.4mの位置で照射された。照射実験への応用のために、高エネルギーの中性子スペクトルを変化させるBCスリット, Pbフィルター、それらがない場合の3ケースでも反応率を測定した。JENDL-3.2評価済みファイルとJENDLドシメトリーファイルを用いたPHITSコードによる計算データと比較をした。計算値と実験値の比(C/E)を比較したところ、エネルギー依存性がみられ、しきいエネルギーが100MeVまで増えるにつれ、C/Eは減少することが分かった。すべてのC/Eは1.0
0.2の範囲にあることを確認した。このことから、高エネルギーの中性子計算データは、NOBORUユーザーの実験データの分析に適切であることを示した。
阿部 雄太; 土川 雄介; 甲斐 哲也; 松本 吉弘*; Parker, J. D.*; 篠原 武尚; 大石 佑治*; 加美山 隆*; 永江 勇二; 佐藤 一憲
JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 33, p.011075_1 - 011075_6, 2021/03
Since the hardness of fuel debris containing boride from BC pellet in control rod is estimated to be two times higher as that of oxide, such as UO
and ZrO
, distribution of such boride in the fuel debris formed in the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants may affect the process of debris cutting and removal. The high neutron absorption of boron may affect the possibility of re-criticality during the process of debris removal. Therefore, boride distribution in fuel debris is regarded as an important issue to be addressed. However, boron tends to have difficult in quantification with conventionally applied methods like EPMA and XPS. In this study, accelerator-driven neutron-imaging system was applied. Since boron is the material for neutron absorption, its sensitivity in terms of neutron penetration through specimens is concerned. To adjust neutron attenuation of a specimen to suit a particular measurement by selecting the neutron energy range, we focused on the energy resolved neutron imaging system RADEN, which utilizes wide energy range from meV to keV. Development of a method to visualize boron distribution using energy-resolved neutrons has been started. In this presentation the authors show the status of the development of a method utilizing energy-resolved neutrons and provide some outcome from its application to the Core Material Melting and Relocation (CMMR)-0 and -2 specimens.