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Meigo, Shinichiro; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Sugihara, Kenta*; Hirano, Yukinori*; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi*; Saito, Shigeru; Maekawa, Fujio
JAEA-Technology 2024-026, 123 Pages, 2025/03
JAEA-Technology-2024-026.pdf:14.22MB
Based on the design of the ADS Target Test Facility (TEF-T) at the J-PARC Transmutation Experimental Facility, a conceptual study was conducted on the J-PARC proton beam irradiation facility. This research was carried out based on the recommendations of the Nuclear Transmutation Technology Evaluation Task Force of the MEXT. The recommendations state that it is desirable to consider facility specifications that can make the most of the benefits of using the existing J-PARC proton accelerator while also solving the engineering issues of the ADS. We considered facilities that could respond to a variety of needs while reducing the facilities that were not needed in the TEF-T design. In order to clarify these diverse needs, we investigated the usage status of representative accelerator facilities around the world. As a result, it became clear that the main purposes of these facilities were (1) Material irradiation, (2) Soft error testing of semiconductor devices using spallation neutrons, (3) Production of RI for medical use, and (4) Proton beam use, and we investigated the facilities necessary for these purposes. In considering the facility concept, we assumed a user community in 2022 and reflected user opinions in the facility design. This report summarizes the results of the conceptual study of the proton irradiation facility, various needs and responses to them, the roadmap for facility construction, and future issues.
Meigo, Shinichiro
Kasokuki, 21(4), p.333 - 344, 2025/01
For the study of material damage under the beam irradiation circumstance of accelerator-driven systems (ADS), the JAEA had planned to construct a TEF-T using J-PARC Linac 400-MeV proton beams and the LBE spallation target. The task force for evaluating partitioning and transmutation technology in the MEXT recommended that the facility be considered to maximize the advantages of using Linac to meet users' various needs. The proton irradiation facility, a successor of TEF-T, is planned to be constructed for 1) Material irradiation examinations, 2) Semiconductor soft-error examinations using spallation neutrons, 3) Medical RI production, and 4) Proton beam applications for space use. A user community was established in 2022 to incorporate user input as a more attractive facility. In this paper, the present design status of the facility is described.
Shimomura, Koichiro*; Koda, Akihiro*; Pant, A. D.*; Sunagawa, Hikaru*; Fujimori, Hiroshi*; Umegaki, Izumi*; Nakamura, Jumpei*; Fujihara, Masayoshi; Tampo, Motonobu*; Kawamura, Naritoshi*; et al.
Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.31_1 - 31_6, 2024/12
Teshigawara, Makoto; Lee, Y.*; Tatsumoto, Hideki*; Hartl, M.*; Aso, Tomokazu; Iverson, E. B.*; Ariyoshi, Gen; Ikeda, Yujiro*; Hasegawa, Takumi*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 557, p.165534_1 - 165534_10, 2024/12
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)At Japanese Spallation Neutron Source in J-PARC, the para-hydrogen fraction was measured by using Raman spectroscopy in-situ for an integrated beam power of 9.4 MW
h at 1 MW operation, to evaluate the functionality of the ferric oxyhydroxide catalyst. This result showed that full functionality of the catalyst was retained up to the 1 MW operation. We attempted to study the effect of neutron scattering driven para to ortho-hydrogen back-conversion rate in the absence of the catalyst effect with a bypass line without catalyst. The measured increase of ortho-hydrogen fraction was 0.44% for an integrated beam power of 2.4 MWh at 500 kW operation, however, which was considered to be due to not only to neutron collisions in cold moderators but also to the high ortho-hydrogen fraction of initially static liquid hydrogen in the bypass line and passive exudation of quasi-static hydrogen in the catalyst vessel to the main loop.
C and 500CTakagi, Honoka*; Yabutsuka, Takeshi*; Hayashida, Hirotoshi*; Song, F.; Kai, Tetsuya; Shinohara, Takenao; Kurita, Keisuke; Iikura, Hiroshi; Yamamoto, Norio*; Nakajima, Minoru*; et al.
Solid State Ionics, 417, p.116716_1 - 116716_7, 2024/12
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Chemistry, Physical)
meson mass through 
decaysSako, Hiroyuki; Ichikawa, Masaya; Naruki, Megumi; Sakaguchi, Takao; Sato, Susumu; 12 of others*
Journal of Subatomic Particles and Cosmology (Internet), 1-2, p.100012_1 - 100012_7, 2024/11
Yamamoto, Kazami; Nakano, Hideto; Matsumoto, Tetsuro*
Proceedings of 21st Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.741 - 745, 2024/10
To accumulate a high-intensity beam in the Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS), the H
beams from the linac converted into protons and injected into the RCS. In this process, a certain amount of the beam is not converted, and it leads to the injection dump. Since the secondary particles are constantly produced inside the dump due to this waste beam, we have studied if those secondary particles can be used as an irradiation test. In this report, we compare the results of calculations using PHITS/DCHAIN codes and measurements using a germanium-semiconductor detector after activating a bismuth-209 sample.
Nirei, Masami; Kofu, Maiko; Nakajima, Kenji; Kikuchi, Tatsuya*; Kawamura, Seiko; Murai, Naoki; Harada, Masahide; Inamura, Yasuhiro
Journal of Neutron Research, 26(2-3), p.75 - 82, 2024/09
Hasemi, Hiroyuki; Kai, Tetsuya
JAEA-Testing 2024-001, 39 Pages, 2024/08
JAEA-Testing-2024-001.pdf:1.4MB
RAIM is an analysis code that analyzes resonance absorption spectra measured at pulsed neutron sources such as the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) to obtain information on nuclear densities and temperatures. By calculating the convolution of the pulse functions of neutron beam and the resonance capture function that is based on the nuclear cross section data, RAIM reproduces the resonance absorption spectrum measured by a pulsed neutron source. Then, RAIM determines the density and temperature of specific nuclides in a sample by performing spectral fitting on the resonance absorption spectrum data. In addition, RAIM is developed to facilitate the analysis of resonance imaging data by minimizing the number of parameters for calculation setup and by providing scripts for processing many resonance absorption spectra measured by a two-dimensional detector at once. This manual explains how to install RAIM on a computer and how to simulate resonance absorption spectra and fit them to measured data.
Endo, Shunsuke; Abe, Ryota*; Fujioka, Hiroyuki*; Ino, Takashi*; Iwamoto, Osamu; Iwamoto, Nobuyuki; Kawamura, Shiori*; Kimura, Atsushi; Kitaguchi, Masaaki*; Kobayashi, Ryuju*; et al.
European Physical Journal A, 60(8), p.166_1 - 166_10, 2024/08
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：0.00(Physics, Nuclear)Takei, Hayanori
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 61(8), p.1075 - 1088, 2024/08
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)In the proton linear accelerator (linac), the proton beam is unexpectedly interrupted due to the electrical discharge originating from the radio frequency, failure of the device/equipment, or other factors. Do these beam trips occur randomly? Conventionally, it has been implicitly assumed that beam trips occur randomly. In this study, we investigated whether beam trips in the linac of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) occur randomly to estimate the beam trip frequency in a superconducting proton linac for an accelerator-driven nuclear transmutation system. First, the J-PARC linac was classified into five subsystems. Then, the reliability function for the operation time in each subsystem was obtained using the Kaplan-Meier estimation, a reliability engineering methods. Using this reliability function, the randomness of beam trips was examined. Analysis of five-year operational data for five subsystems of the J-PARC linac showed that beam trips occurred randomly in some subsystems. However, beam trips did not occur randomly in many subsystems of the proton linac, including the ion source and the acceleration cavity, the primary subsystems of the proton linac.
Kobayashi, Fuminori; Kamiya, Junichiro; Takahashi, Hiroki; Suzuki, Yasuo*; Tasaki, Ryuta*
JAEA-Technology 2024-007, 28 Pages, 2024/07
JAEA-Technology-2024-007.pdf:2.52MB
In J-PARC LINAC, the vacuum system is in place to maintain an ultra-high vacuum in the beam transport line (LINAC to 3GeV RCS beam transportation line: L3BT) between the LINAC to the 3GeV synchrotron. The vacuum system is installed in the LINAC and L3BT buildings and consists of vacuum pumps, vacuum gauges, beam line gate valves (BLGVs), and other vacuum. In existing vacuum systems, vacuum equipment is controlled independently for each area, and vacuum equipment can be operated regardless of the status of adjacent areas. This makes it impossible to eliminate erroneous operation due to human error. In addition, when a vacuum deterioration occurs in the beam transport line, the vacuum deterioration ILK signal is transmitted to the BLGV relay unit via the MPS transmission signal, which causes the BLGVs to be forcibly closed. Because the ILK signal transmission range extends to all BLGVs in the L3BT, however, BLGVs in areas unaffected by vacuum deterioration are also forced to close. This could cause problems such as unnecessary open/close operations leading to more frequent maintenance cycles of the BLGVs. In addition, since the BLGV is operated using the MPS signal path, maintenance of the vacuum control system requires work involving the MPS signal path, making it difficult to maintain the vacuum control system alone and making the work complicated. To solve these problems, it is necessary to improve maintainability by separating the signal paths and automatically controlling BLGV separately. Therefore, the vacuum control system was modified and constructed with the aim of realizing a control system that takes into account the safety and efficient maintenance and operation of the L3BT vacuum system. This report summarizes the development and use of the L3BT vacuum system control system.
Holm-Janas, S.*; Akaki, Mitsuru*; Fogh, E.*; Kihara, Takumi*; Le, M. D.*; Forino, P. C.*; Nikitin, S. E.*; Fennell, T.*; Painganoor, A.*; Vaknin, D.*; et al.
Physical Review B, 109(17), p.174413_1 - 174413_11, 2024/05
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：0.00(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)
Mg, Si, Fe, Cu, and ZnSugihara, Kenta*; Meigo, Shinichiro; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Maekawa, Fujio
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 549, p.165299_1 - 165299_12, 2024/04
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.00(Instruments & Instrumentation)
TaEndo, Shunsuke; Kimura, Atsushi; Nakamura, Shoji; Iwamoto, Osamu; Iwamoto, Nobuyuki; Rovira Leveroni, G.; Toh, Yosuke; Segawa, Mariko; Maeda, Makoto
Nuclear Science and Engineering, 198(4), p.786 - 803, 2024/04
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：27.70(Nuclear Science & Technology)Saito, Shigeru; Meigo, Shinichiro; Makimura, Shunsuke*; Hirano, Yukinori*; Tsutsumi, Kazuyoshi*; Maekawa, Fujio
JAEA-Technology 2023-025, 48 Pages, 2024/03
JAEA-Technology-2023-025.pdf:3.11MB
JAEA has been developing Accelerator-Driven Systems (ADS) for research and development of nuclear transmutation using accelerators in order to reduce the volume and hazardousness of high-level radioactive waste generated by nuclear power plants. In order to prepare the material irradiation database necessary for the design of ADS and to study the irradiation effects in Lead-Bismuth Eutectic (LBE) alloys, a proton irradiation facility is under consideration at J-PARC. In this proton irradiation facility, 250 kW proton beams will be injected into the LBE spallation target, and irradiation tests under LBE flow will be performed for candidate structural materials for ADS. Furthermore, semiconductor soft-error tests, medical RI production, and proton beam applications will be performed. Among these, Post Irradiation Examination (PIE) of irradiated samples and RI separation and purification will be carried out in the PIE facility to be constructed near the proton irradiation facility. In this PIE facility, PIE of the equipment and samples irradiated in other facilities in J-PARC will also be performed. This report describes the conceptual study of the PIE facility, including the items to be tested, the test flow, the facilities, the test equipment, etc., and the proposed layout of the facility.
Yamamoto, Kazami; Moriya, Katsuhiro; Okita, Hidefumi; Yamada, Ippei; Chimura, Motoki; Saha, P. K.; Shobuda, Yoshihiro; Tamura, Fumihiko; Yamamoto, Masanobu; Morishita, Takatoshi; et al.
Journal of Neutron Research, 26(2-3), p.59 - 67, 2024/01
The linac and 3 GeV rapid cycling synchrotron at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex was designed to provide 1-MW proton beams to the following facilities. Thanks to the improvement works of the accelerator system, we successfully accelerate 1-MW beam with quite small beam loss. Currently, the beam power of RCS is limited by the lack of anode current in the RF cavity system rather than the beam loss. Recently we developed a new acceleration cavity that can accelerate a beam with less anode current. This new cavity enables us not only to reduce requirement of the anode power supply but also to accelerate more than 1-MW beam. We have started to consider the way to achieve beyond 1-MW beam acceleration. So far, it is expected that up to 1.5-MW beam can be accelerated after replacement of the RF cavity. We have also been continuing study to achieve up to 2 MW beam in J-PARC RCS.
La and evaluation of resonance parametersEndo, Shunsuke; Kawamura, Shiori*; Okudaira, Takuya*; Yoshikawa, Hiromoto*; Rovira Leveroni, G.; Kimura, Atsushi; Nakamura, Shoji; Iwamoto, Osamu; Iwamoto, Nobuyuki
European Physical Journal A, 59(12), p.288_1 - 288_12, 2023/12
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：28.72(Physics, Nuclear)no abstracts in English
Ti and 
Nb at 0.8 and 3.0 GeVSugihara, Kenta*; Meigo, Shinichiro; Iwamoto, Hiroki; Maekawa, Fujio
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 545, p.165153_1 - 165153_9, 2023/12
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：49.11(Instruments & Instrumentation)