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Origin of Cs-bearing silicate glass microparticles observed during Fukushima accident and recommendations on nuclear safety

Hidaka, Akihide

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 332(6), p.1607 - 1623, 2023/03

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08846-z

Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Chemistry, Analytical)

no abstracts in English

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Identification of carbon in glassy cesium-bearing microparticles using electron microscopy and formation mechanisms of the microparticles

Hidaka, Akihide

Nuclear Technology, 208(2), p.318 - 334, 2022/02

https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2021.1929767

Times Cited Count：6 Percentile：51.11(Nuclear Science & Technology)

The author previously proposed that the Cs bearing microparticle (Type A) may have been formed by melting and atomization of glass fibers (GF) of the HEPA filter in the SGTS due to flame and blast during the hydrogen explosion in Unit 3. If this hypothesis is correct, the Type A could contain or accompany carbon (C), that ignites spontaneously above 623 K, because of the limited time to be heated up, inclusion of C in the binder applied on the GF surface and closely located charcoal filter. As the previous studies did not focus on C, the present analyses were performed with EPMA whether the Type A contains C. The results showed that the Type A contained C originating from the binder, and non-spherical particles accompanied by the Type A and the film surrounding the Type A contained more C, which is thought to originate from the charcoal filter. These results cannot be explained by the other mechanisms proposed so far, and can be explained consistently by the author proposed hypothesis.

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Formation mechanisms of insoluble Cs particles observed in Kanto district four days after Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident

Hidaka, Akihide

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 56(9-10), p.831 - 841, 2019/09

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2019.1583611

Times Cited Count：13 Percentile：73.23(Nuclear Science & Technology)

The insoluble Cs particles (Type A) were firstly observed in Tsukuba-city on the morning of March 15. The particles have been considered to be generated in RPV of Unit 2 by evaporation/condensation based on the measured $^{134}$ Cs/ $^{137}$ Cs ratio and the core temperatures of each unit. However, the Type A particles with smaller diameter than the Type B particles of Unit 1 origin, are covered by almost pure silicate glass and have a trace of the quenching. This indicates that the particles could have been generated due to the melting of the HEPA filter in SGTS by the fire of H $_{2}$ detonation at Unit 3, and atomization followed by quenching of the molten materials by air blast of the explosion. Although the particles were mostly dispersed to the sea because of the wind direction, some of them deposited onto the lower elevation of R/B at Unit 3, could have been subsequently re-suspended and released into the environment, by the steam flow in the R/B caused by restart of the Unit 3 core cooling water injection at 2:30 of March 15.

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Atomic and molecular data activities for fusion research at JAERI

Kubo, Hirotaka; Sataka, Masao; Shirai, Toshizo

Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES, Vol.7, p.352 - 355, 2006/00

no abstracts in English

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A Neutron crystallographic analysis of a rubredoxin mutant at 1.6 resolution

Chatake, Toshiyuki*; Kurihara, Kazuo; Tanaka, Ichiro*; Tsyba, I.*; Bau, R.*; Jenney, F. E. Jr.*; Adams, M. W. W.*; Niimura, Nobuo

Acta Crystallographica Section D, 60(8), p.1364 - 1373, 2004/08

https://doi.org/10.1107/S090744490401176X

Times Cited Count：34 Percentile：88.30(Biochemical Research Methods)

A neutron diffraction study has been carried out at 1.6 resolution on a mutant rubredoxin from using the BIX-3 single-crystal diffractometer at the JRR-3 reactor of JAERI. In order to study the unusual thermostability of rubredoxin from , the hydrogen-bonding patterns were compared between the native and a 'triple-mutant' variant where three residues were changed so that they are identical to those in a mesophilic rubredoxin. In the present study, some minor changes were found between the wild-type and mutant proteins in the hydrogen-bonding patterns of the Trp3/Tyr3 region. The H/D-exchange ratios in the protein were also studied. The results suggest that the backbone amide bonds near the four Cys residues of the FeS $_{4}$ redox center are most resistant to H/D exchange. In addition, the 1.6 resolution of the present neutron structure determination has revealed a more detailed picture than previously available of some portions of the water structure, including ordered and disordered O-D bonds.

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Neutron crystallographic study on rubredoxin from by BIX-3, a single-crystal diffractometer for biomacromolecules

Kurihara, Kazuo; Tanaka, Ichiro*; Chatake, Toshiyuki*; Adams, M. W. W.*; Jenney, F. E. Jr.*; Moiseeva, N.*; Bau, R.*; Niimura, Nobuo

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(31), p.11215 - 11220, 2004/08

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0403807101

Times Cited Count：48 Percentile：59.75(Multidisciplinary Sciences)

The structure of a rubredoxin (Rd) from , an organism that grows optimally at 100 $^{circ}$ C, was determined using the neutron single-crystal diffractometer for biological macromolecules (BIX-3) at the JRR-3 reactor of JAERI. Data were collected at room temperature up to a resolution of 1.5 , and the completeness of the data set was 81.9 %. The model contains 306 H atoms and 50 D atoms. A total of 37 hydration water molecules were identified. The model has been refined to final agreement factors of = 18.6 % and $_{free}$ = 21.7 %. Several orientations of the O-D bonds of side chains, whose assignments from X-ray data were previously ambiguous, were clearly visible in the neutron structure. While most backbone N-H bonds had undergone some degree of H/D exchange throughout the molecule, five H atom positions still had distinctly negative (H) peaks. The neutron Fourier maps clearly showed the details of an extensive set of H bonds involving the ND $_{3}$ $^{+}$ terminus that may contribute to the unusual thermostability of this molecule.

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High performance neutron diffractometer for biomacromolecules

Niimura, Nobuo; Kurihara, Kazuo; Tanaka, Ichiro

Kagaku, 59(2), p.46 - 47, 2004/02

no abstracts in English

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Influence of superfluidity on recombination reactions of H+THT and T+TT $_{2}$ in $^{3}$ He- $^{4}$ He quantum media under saturated vapor pressure at 1.6 K

Aratono, Yasuyuki; Iguchi, Kazunari; Okuno, Kenji*; Kumada, Takayuki

Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 107(19), p.3741 - 3746, 2003/05

https://doi.org/10.1021/jp021765r

Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：11.28(Chemistry, Physical)

An influence of superfluidity on recombination reactions of H+THT, T+TT $_{2}$ in $^{3}$ He- $^{4}$ He quantum media was studied under saturated vapor pressure at 1.6 K. A change of reaction mechanism was observed at transition point from normalfluid to superfluid phase. Tunneling reaction mechanism by H and T bubble atoms was proposed on the basis of large isotope effect.

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