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Zr, Mo, 
Pd and 
Sn analytical methods for radioactive waste from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power StationAono, Ryuji; Sato, Yoshiyuki; Shimada, Asako; Tanaka, Kiwamu; Ueno, Takashi; Ishimori, Kenichiro; Kameo, Yutaka
JAEA-Technology 2017-025, 32 Pages, 2017/11
JAEA-Technology-2017-025.pdf:1.45MB
We have developed analytical methods for Zr, Mo, Pd and Sn, which are considered important in terms of the safety assessment of radioactive waste disposal. The methods are specialized for the wastes left after Fukushima accident. As the main analytical sample, we assumed accumulated water / treated water collected at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. As for Zr, Mo, Pd and Sn contained in this accumulated water / treated water, we have worked on the development of separation and purification method of target nuclide and improvement of recovery, and summarized these results in this report.
Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center
JAEA-Review 2017-020, 45 Pages, 2017/11
JAEA-Review-2017-020.pdf:15.31MB
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has the responsibility of providing technical assistance to the national and local governments in case of a nuclear or radiological emergency based on these Acts. In order to fulfill the tasks as the designated public institution, the Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center, NEAT, is the window center of the technical assistance in case of emergency, and dispatches experts of JAEA, supplies equipment and materials, and gives them technical advice and information, to the national and local governments with emergency. In normal time, the NEAT provides the technical assistance such as the exercises and training courses concerning nuclear preparedness and response to emergency responders including the national and local government officers in addition to JAEA staff members. This report introduces the results of activities in FY2016, conducted by NEAT in accordance with the third medium and long-term plan.
Waste Technical Standards Working Group
JAEA-Review 2017-017, 112 Pages, 2017/11
JAEA-Review-2017-017.pdf:2.87MB
In Japan Atomic Energy Agency, JAEA, a Waste Technical Standards Working Group has established since FY2015. The Working Group is composed of the members from waste management sections in each site in JAEA and from Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal Project Department. In this Working Group, we discussed quality management on conditioning waste packages, methodologies to evaluate the radioactivity concentration and measures for dismantling waste. This annual report summarizes the results of discussion in FY2016.
Fukui, Katsunori*; Hashiba, Kimihiro*; Matsui, Hiroya
JAEA-Research 2017-010, 61 Pages, 2017/11
JAEA-Research-2017-010.pdf:16.86MB
JAEA has started this study as a collaboration study with Tokyo University from 2016. In the fiscal year of 2016, creep testing on Tage tuff was continuously conducted. Existing theory of rate process and stochastic process was modified to be applied to evaluate effects of water, and then the modified theory was validated based on the results of strength and creep tests performed under dry and wet conditions. Furthermore, effects of water contents on stress-strain curves were examined by uniaxial compression testing under various water content conditions.
Kimoto, Kazushi*; Ichikawa, Yasuaki*; Matsui, Hiroya
JAEA-Research 2017-009, 18 Pages, 2017/11
JAEA-Research-2017-009.pdf:6.5MB
JAEA has started this study as joint research with Okayama University from 2016. In fiscal year 2016, several kinds of elastic wave velocity were measured using ultra sonic sensors and laser Doppler vibrometer to evaluate the anisotropy of different elastic wave in granite. The velocity measurements were carried out focused on transmitted wave and surface wave. The results showed that strong anisotropy was observed in transmitted P- wave velocity while weak anisotropy was observed in transmitted S-wave and group velocity estimated by surface velocity measurement. In addition, data obtained from surface velocity measurement was partitioned into transmitted and reflected waves and analyzed them in detail. It resulted that elastic wave due to mineral particles consist of granite was dispersed; however, significant dispersion was only observed at specific location.
Tsuruta, Tadahiko; Niizato, Tadafumi; Nakanishi, Takahiro; Dohi, Terumi; Nakama, Shigeo; Funaki, Hironori; Misono, Toshiharu; Oyama, Takuya; Kurikami, Hiroshi; Hayashi, Seiji*; et al.
JAEA-Review 2017-018, 86 Pages, 2017/10
JAEA-Review-2017-018.pdf:17.58MB
Since the accidents at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake on March 11th, 2011, Fukushima Environmental Safety Center has carried out research on natural mobilization of radionuclide (especially radiocesium) and future forecast from forest to water system and surrounding residential areas. The report summarizes the latest results that have been accumulated from each study field, of our agency together with the other related research organizations. The contents of the report is to be used as evidence-based information for the QA-styled pages in the website of JAEA Sector of Fukushima Research and Development at the time of next renewal.
Sugawara, Takanori; Tsujimoto, Kazufumi
JAEA-Research 2017-011, 35 Pages, 2017/10
JAEA-Research-2017-011.pdf:4.88MB
The construction of Transmutation Physics Experimental Facility (TEF-P) is planned in the J-PARC project. TEF-P is a critical assembly and it will treat minor actinide (MA) fuel in the experiment. The temperature when the air cooling for the TEF-P core would stop was estimated but there were no data to evaluate the soundness of the MA fuel pin. To set a tentative limit temperature for the TEF-P core, cladding tube burst experiment was performed. As the result, the cladding tube burst occurred at 660
C as the severest case. Through these results and the estimation of creep rupture time, the tentative limit temperature for the TEF-P core was set to 600C.
Miyakawa, Kazuya; Mezawa, Tetsuya; Mochizuki, Akihito; Sasamoto, Hiroshi
JAEA-Data/Code 2017-012, 60 Pages, 2017/10
JAEA-Data-Code-2017-012.pdf:7.94MB
JAEA-Data-Code-2017-012-appendix(CD-ROM).zip:0.09MB
Development of technologies to investigate properties of deep geological environment and model development of geological environment have been pursued in "Geoscientific Research" in the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory (Horonobe URL) project. A geochemical model which is a part of geological environment model requires the data of groundwater chemistry around the Horonobe URL for the development. This report summarizes the data obtained for 3 years from the fiscal year 2014 to 2016, especially for the results for measurement of physico-chemical parameters and analysis of groundwater chemistry, in the Horonobe URL project.