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Sm synchrotron-radiation-based M
ssbauer and 
SR studies of Sm
Ru
Ge
筒井 智嗣; 伊藤 孝; 中村 仁*; 吉田 実生*; 小林 義男*; 依田 芳卓*; 中村 惇平*; 幸田 章宏*; 東中 隆二*; 青木 大*; et al.
Interactions (Internet), 245(1), p.55_1 - 55_9, 2024/12
Sm SR-based Mssbauer and muon spin relaxation (SR) spectroscopies have been applied to SmRuGe. The temperature dependence of the Sm SR-based Mssbauer spectra in the paramagnetic state implies the presence of dynamical nuclear Zeeman and/or quadrupole interactions. The time differential SR spectra also exhibit a marked temperature dependence in the paramagnetic state, indicating the presence of magnetic fluctuation in SmRuGe at least. These results in the present work infer that the dynamical hyperfine interactions observed using the mutually complementary spectroscopic methods are connected with the mechanism of the heavy fermion behavior in SmRuGe.
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
被引用回数：3 パーセンタイル：75.12(Nuclear Science & Technology)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.
関 剛斎*; 内田 健一*; 高梨 弘毅
Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 36(33), p.333001_1 - 333001_11, 2024/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Physics, Condensed Matter)Spin caloritronics, a research field studying on the interconversion between a charge current (J
) and a heat current (J
) mediated by a spin current (J
) and/or magnetization (M), has attracted much attention not only for academic interest but also for practical applications. Newly discovered spin-caloritronic phenomena such as the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) have stimulated the renewed interest in the thermoelectric phenomena of a magnet, which have been known for a long time, e.g. the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE). These spin-caloritronic phenomena involving the SSE and the ANE have provided with a new direction for thermoelectric conversion exploiting J and/or M. Importantly, the symmetry of ANE allows the thermoelectric conversion in the transverse configuration between J and J. Although the transverse configuration is totally different from the conventional longitudinal configuration based on the Seebeck effect and has many advantages, we are still facing several issues that need to be solved before developing practical applications. The primal issue is the improvement of conversion efficiency. In the case of ANE-based applications, a material with a large anomalous Nernst coefficient (S
) is the key for solving the issue. This review article introduces the increase of S can be achieved by forming superlattice structures, which has been demonstrated for several kinds of materials combinations. The overall picture of studies on spin caloritronics is first surveyed. Then, we mention the pioneering work on the transverse thermoelectric conversion in superlattice structures, which was performed using Fe-based metallic superlattices, and show the recent studies for the Ni-based metallic superlattices and the ordered alloy-based metallic superlattices.
吉川 龍志; 今井 康友*; 菊地 紀宏; 田中 正暁; 大島 宏之
Nuclear Technology, 210(5), p.814 - 835, 2024/05
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Nuclear Science & Technology)ナトリウム冷却高速炉安全性強化研究では、燃料ピンの構造健全性を評価するために各種運転条件下におけるワイヤスペーサ型燃料集合体内熱流動特性の解明が重要である。そこで有限要素法による集合体詳細熱流動解析コードSPIRALが開発されている。本研究では、SPIRALにおける壁近傍低Re数効果を考慮したハイブリッド型乱流モデルの妥当性を確認するために、層流-乱流遷移条件及び乱流条件を含む異なるRe数条件下の37本ピンバンドルナトリウム実験の再現解析を実施した。SPIRALによる予測された温度分布はナトリウム実験で測定され温度と一致した。以上によって、SPIRALにおけるハイブリッド型乱流モデルの広範囲Re数条件下ナトリウム冷却集合体熱流動評価への適用性を確認した。
石田 真也; 田上 浩孝; 岡野 靖; 山野 秀将; 久保 重信; 飛田 吉春
Proceedings of 11th European Review Meeting on Severe Accident Research Conference (ERMSAR 2024) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2024/05
The new detailed fuel pin model has been developed in the SIMMER-V code to simulate thermal and mechanical behavior of the fuel pin from accident initiation to fuel pin failure. The SIMMER code has mainly been developed to simulate the event progression in Transition Phase (TP), and the Initiating Phase (IP) was simulated by the SAS4A code and the results of the SAS4A code were taken over as the initial conditions of the SIMMER code. The transfer of data between codes causes discontinuities due to differences in geometric models and analysis models. There is an additional issue that SIMMER has no analytical model applicable to reactor cores with complex geometry. To solve these issues, the improved SIMMER code, SIMMER-V, is being developed by introducing a detailed and flexible model to simulate fuel pin failure in the IP. This paper describes the development of the new detailed fuel pin model, the construction of the verification matrix, and the results of the verification.
伊藤 孝; 門野 良典*
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 93(4), p.044602_1 - 044602_7, 2024/04
被引用回数：1 パーセンタイル：67.56(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We propose a model to describe the fluctuations in the internal magnetic field due to ion dynamics observed in muon spin relaxation (
SR) by an Edwards-Anderson-type autocorrelation function that separates the quasi-static and dynamic components of the correlation by the parameter 
(where 
). Our Monte Carlo simulations for this model showed that the time evolution of muon spin polarization deviates significantly from the Kubo-Toyabe function. To further validate the model, the results of simulations were compared with the SR spectra observed in a hybrid organic-inorganic perovskite FAPbI [with FA referring to HC(NH
)], where local field fluctuations associated with the rotational motion of FA molecules and quasi-static fields from the PbI lattice are presumed to coexist. The least-squares curve fitting showed reasonable agreement with the model with 
, and the fluctuation frequency of the dynamical component was obtained. This result opens the door to the possibility of experimentally distinguishing fluctuations due to the dynamics of ions around muons from those due to the self-diffusion of muons. On the other hand, it suggests the need to carefully consider the spin relaxation function when applying SR to the issue of ion dynamics.
Cs contamination of Japanese mustard spinach by resuspended particles in areas with different contamination conditions辰野 宇大*; 吉村 和也; 二瓶 直登*
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 333(3), p.1089 - 1096, 2024/03
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Chemistry, Analytical)Resuspended matters occur the secondary radioactive contamination of the crops in Fukushima Prefecture. We investigated the Cs-137 contamination derived from the resuspended matters to Japanese mustard spinaches in the multiple sites. In the less contaminated site, because Cs-137 of the surface ground soil was low, contamination of crops by the soil particles might be small. In the highly contaminated area, Cs-137 deposition of the soil particles might increase. However, the soil particles had no significant effect on Cs-137 contamination to crops. This was because the grown crop might cover the soil and reduce the Cs-137 deposition on the soil.
CoSi山内 宏樹; Sari, D. P.*; 安井 幸夫*; 坂倉 輝俊*; 木村 宏之*; 中尾 朗子*; 大原 高志; 本田 孝志*; 樹神 克明; 井川 直樹; et al.
Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(1), p.013144_1 - 013144_9, 2024/02
-Mn-type family alloys Mn
have three-dimensional antiferromagnetic (AFM) corner-shared triangular network. The antiferromagnet MnRhSi shows magnetic short-range order (SRO) over a wide temperature range of approximately 500 K above the N
el temperature 
= 190 K. MnCoSi has the smallest lattice parameter and the lowest in the family compounds. The quantum critical point (QCP) from AFM to the quantum paramagnetic state is expected near a cubic lattice parameter of 6.15 
of MnCoSi is only 140 K, quantum critical behavior is observed in MnCoSi as the enhancement of the electronic specific heat coefficient 
. We study how the magnetic SRO appears in MnCoSi by using neutron scattering, SR, and physical property measurements. The experimental results show that the neutron scattering intensity of the magnetic SRO does not change much regardless of the suppressed magnetic moment in the long-range magnetic ordered state compared to those of MnRhSi. The initial asymmetry drop ratio of SR above becomes small, and the magnetic SRO temperature 
is suppressed to 240 K. The results suggest that the MnCoSi is close to the QCP in the Mn system.
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：3 パーセンタイル：52.62(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.
廣畑 貴文*; Lloyd, D. C.*; 窪田 崇秀*; 関 剛斎*; 高梨 弘毅; 介川 裕章*; Wen, Z.*; 三谷 誠司*; 小泉 洸生*
IEEE Access, 11, p.117443 - 117459, 2023/10
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：13.47(Computer Science, Information Systems)Spintronic devices are expected to replace the recent nanoelectronic memories and sensors due to their efficiency in energy consumption and functionality with scalability. To date, spintronic devices, namely magnetoresistive junctions, employ ferromagnetic materials by storing information bits as their magnetization directions. However, in order to achieve further miniaturization with maintaining and/or improving their efficiency and functionality, new materials development is required: 1) increase in spin polarization of a ferromagnet or 2) replacement of a ferromagnet by an antiferromagnet. Antiferromagnetic materials have been used to induce an exchange bias to the neighboring ferromagnet but they have recently been found to demonstrate a 100% spin-polarized electrical current, up to THz oscillation and topological effects. In this review, the recent development of three types of antiferromagnets is summarized with offering their future perspectives towards device applications.
山崎 匠*; 関 剛斎*; 窪田 崇秀*; 高梨 弘毅
Applied Physics Express, 16(8), p.083003_1 - 083003_4, 2023/08
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Physics, Applied)We report the effect of the epitaxial growth of NiO films on its spin current transmission. Two sample series of Pt/NiO/CoFeB, including epitaxial and polycrystalline NiO, were prepared using different deposition conditions. The spin current transmission of NiO is evaluated using the thermo-spin effects in the trilayers. Epitaxial NiO exhibits a non-monotonic behavior in the NiO thickness dependence of spin current transmission, while this behavior is smeared out in polycrystalline NiO. The non-monotonic behavior implies the presence of multiple spin transport mechanisms, which becomes apparent with epitaxial growth.
佐藤 優樹; 寺阪 祐太
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 60(8), p.1013 - 1026, 2023/08
被引用回数：11 パーセンタイル：98.41(Nuclear Science & Technology)The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) suffered a meltdown in the aftermath of the large tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on 11 March 2011. A massive amount of radioactive substance was spread over a wide area both inside and outside the FDNPS site. In this study, we present an approach for visualizing a radioactive hotspot on a standby gas-treatment system filter train, a highly contaminated piece of equipment in the air-conditioning room of the Unit 2 reactor building of FDNPS, using radiation imaging based on a Compton camera. In addition to fixed-point measurements using only the Compton camera, data acquisition while moving using an integrated Radiation Imaging System (iRIS), which combines a Compton camera with a simultaneous localization and mapping device and a survey meter, enabled the three-dimensional visualization of the hotspot location on the filter train. In addition, we visualized the hotspot and quantitatively evaluated its radioactivity. Notably, the visualized hotspot location and estimated radioactivity value are consistent with the accident investigation report of the FDNPS. Finally, the extent to which the radioactivity increased the ambient dose equivalent rate in the surrounding environment was explored.
上羽 智之; 伊藤 昌弘*; 石谷 行生*
JAEA-Technology 2023-006, 36 Pages, 2023/05
JAEA-Technology-2023-006.pdf:3.45MB
日本原子力研究開発機構で開発しているBAMBOOコードは、高速炉用のワイヤスペーサ型炉心燃料集合体における燃料ピンバンドルの変形を解析するコードである。本研究では、燃料ピンとダクトとの相互作用により生じた隣接する燃料ピン同士や最外周の燃料ピンとダクトとの接触部に対して摩擦を考慮するモデルを開発した。これは、BAMBOOの接触・分離解析の中で摩擦力を考慮するモデルであり、摩擦が生じた場合に解析が数値的に不安定になる状況を避けるため、収束計算によって摩擦力を徐々に変化させていき確定するようにした。モデルの解析機能確認の結果、現実的な摩擦係数を適用した場合、ピン-ダクト接触時期やピンバンドル内の変位の方向について摩擦の影響が僅かに認められた。
沖田 将一朗; 水田 直紀; 高松 邦吉; 後藤 実; 吉田 克己*; 西村 洋亮*; 岡本 孝司*
Proceedings of 30th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE30) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2023/05
Adoption of SiC-matrix fuel elements in future pin-in-block type HTGR designs will enhance oxidation resistance of the fuel element in the event of the air ingress accident, one of the most worrisome accidents in HTGRs. This would eliminate the need for the graphite sleeves used in the current pin-in-block type HTGR designs and enable high power density core designs with sleeveless and direct coolable fuel structure. Such a concept itself has been suggested by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) in the past. However, JAEA has not yet demonstrated the feasibility for a core design with the SiC-matrix fuel elements. The present work is intended to demonstrate the feasibility for a new core design upgraded from an existing conceptual core design, called HTR50S, with 50 MW thermal power and reactor outlet temperature of 750
C. The new core design uses SiC-matrix fuel elements and increases the reactor power density to 1.2 times higher than the original HTR50S design. The feasibility is determined by whether the core satisfies the target values in nuclear and thermal-hydraulic designs by performing burn-up calculation with the whole core model and fuel temperature calculations. The calculation results showed that the new core design satisfied these target values on the reactor shutdown margin, the temperature coefficient of reactivity, and the maximum fuel temperature during normal operation.
中村 惇平*; 川北 至信; 岡部 博孝*; Li, B.*; 下村 浩一郎*; 末益 崇*
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 175, p.111199_1 - 111199_8, 2023/04
被引用回数：2 パーセンタイル：8.43(Chemistry, Multidisciplinary)Muon spin rotation (SR) experiments were performed to directly investigate the temperature dependence of the short-range order or correlations of chromium spins in the paramagnetic phase of AgCrSe. The detailed investigation of the SR spectra over a wide temperature range from low to high temperatures revealed that the short-range spin correlations developed below about 184 K. It also confirmed no short-range correlations at high temperatures, which had been controversial in previous quasi-elastic neutron scattering studies. In addition, the muon spin relaxation was qualitatively changed and showed large missing asymmetry below about 89 K, where the correlation clearly implied short-range spin order. There could be a preparative phenomenon of the phase transition or an anisotropic short-range spin correlation.
SR) methods伊藤 孝; 下村 浩一郎*
Hydrogenomics; The Science of Fully Utilizing Hydrogen (Internet), p.43 - 49, 2023/03
A brief introduction to the muon spin rotation, relaxation, and resonance (SR) methods is given for researchers and students involved in hydrogen science research. The text includes several examples of how the SR methods can be used to elucidate the behavior of hydrogen in materials.
廃炉環境国際共同研究センター; 東北大学*
JAEA-Review 2022-063, 86 Pages, 2023/02
JAEA-Review-2022-063.pdf:3.81MB
日本原子力研究開発機構(JAEA)廃炉環境国際共同研究センター(CLADS)では、令和3年度英知を結集した原子力科学技術・人材育成推進事業(以下、「本事業」という)を実施している。本事業は、東京電力ホールディングス株式会社福島第一原子力発電所(1F)の廃炉等を始めとした原子力分野の課題解決に貢献するため、国内外の英知を結集し、様々な分野の知見や経験を、従前の機関や分野の壁を越えて緊密に融合・連携させた基礎的・基盤的研究及び人材育成を推進することを目的としている。平成30年度の新規採択課題から実施主体を文部科学省からJAEAに移行することで、JAEAとアカデミアとの連携を強化し、廃炉に資する中長期的な研究開発・人材育成をより安定的かつ継続的に実施する体制を構築した。本研究は、研究課題のうち、令和元年度に採択された「低線量・低線量率放射線被ばくによる臓器別酸化ストレス状態の検討」の令和元年度から令和3年度の研究成果について取りまとめたものである。本課題は令和3年度が最終年度となるため3年度分の成果を取りまとめた。本研究は、廃炉作業を含めた原子力・放射線作業従事者の被ばくに該当するような低線量・低線量率放射線への長期被ばくのように、特に1F事故以降に社会的関心が高まっている放射線被ばく影響に関する知見を収集することを目的として実施した。本研究で解明を目指す被ばく線量域の影響解析試料は、1F事故後の旧警戒区域で被ばくした野生ニホンザルから収集した。また、野生動物試料解析結果を検証するために、放射性セシウムに曝露させて飼育した動物実験マウスから解析試料を作成した。放射線影響の指標として酸化ストレスマーカーを指標に体内の酸化ストレス状態とその防御機構の活性のバランスについて検討し、低線量放射線被ばくによる生体の応答反応について検討を行なった。野生ニホンザルの被ばく線量はモンテカルロシミュレーションおよび歯の電子スピン共鳴分析によって評価し、物理指標と生物指標の関連性から放射線影響について検討を行なった。酸化ストレス状態の変動と放射線影響との関連性を検討した学際共同研究である。
小林 順; 相澤 康介; 江連 俊樹; 長澤 一嘉*; 栗原 成計; 田中 正暁
JAEA-Research 2022-009, 125 Pages, 2023/01
JAEA-Research-2022-009.pdf:29.22MB
先進ループ型ナトリウム冷却高速炉の設計研究が日本原子力研究開発機構で実施されてきた。炉心出口部では、燃料集合体からの高温ナトリウムが制御棒チャンネルや径ブランケット集合体からの低温ナトリウムと混合するために温度変動が生じる。この温度変動によって、炉心上部に位置する炉内構造物の底部周辺に高サイクルの熱疲労が引き起こされる可能性がある。このため、先進ループ型ナトリウム冷却炉の上部プレナムを1/3スケール60度セクタで模擬した試験体を使用した水実験を実施し、炉内構造物の下部で発生する大きな温度変動への対策を検討した。本報告では、炉内構造物下部で発生する温度変動を緩和させる対策構造の効果について確認するとともに、対策構造のRe数依存性や制御棒表面における温度変動の特徴など、得られた知見についてまとめた。
高塚 大地*; 守田 幸路*; Liu, W.*; Zhang, T.*; 中村 武志*; 神山 健司
Proceedings of 12th Japan-Korea Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS12) (Internet), 10 Pages, 2022/10
A 3D particle-based simulation code was developed to analyze jet impingement behavior, and the physical models for thermal-hydraulic interactions between molten jets and solid plates used in the code was validated by simulating existing jet impingement experiments. In addition, particle-based simulations were conducted to understand the impingement characteristics of molten MOX fuel jets on SS plates, and the erosion rate of the SS plate was evaluated. The results showed that fuel crusts formed on the plate potentially provide thermal protection and confirmed the effect of the plate erosion rate on the jet diameter under conditions where crust formation is dominant.
堀口 直樹; 吉田 啓之; 金子 暁子*; 阿部 豊*
Proceedings of 12th Japan-Korea Symposium on Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Safety (NTHAS12) (Internet), 6 Pages, 2022/10
シビアアクシデント時の軽水炉の安全性評価において、プール中を落下しブレイクアップする溶融燃料ジェットから発生する微粒化物の物理量の推定が重要である。このため、燃料と冷却材間の相互作用(FCI)に含まれる流体力学的相互作用を伴う液体ジェットとしての挙動の評価手法が開発されている。炉外で想定される浅いプールの場合、溶融燃料は液状の壁面衝突噴流として振る舞い、微粒化物を伴うあるいは伴わない液膜流として拡がることが想定される。我々の研究では、流体力学的相互作用と過渡的かつ三次元的に床面を拡がる点に着目し、詳細二相流解析コードTPFITを用いた数値シミュレーションによる評価手法と、この妥当性確認のために液液系において3D-LIF法を用いた実験手法を開発している。過去の研究で、微粒化を伴う壁面衝突噴流が特徴的な構造を過渡的に有することを観察しており、その各部に依存した微粒化物の物理量の変化、ひいては安全評価への影響が考えられることから、各部におけるこの物理量の計測が重要と考える。本報は、数値シミュレーションの妥当性確認に資するべく実施した、浅水プール中の壁面衝突噴流における微粒化物の物理量の計測について説明する。3D-LIF法による実験を行い、分散相追跡法によって液膜流上の微粒化位置に基づいて実験データを各部に区分した。この区分したデータから微粒化物の径および総量を計測し、これらの変化傾向を検討した結果について述べる。
