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Ito, Chikara; Maeda, Shigetaka; Inoue, Toshihiko; Tomita, Hideki*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*
Radiation Protection, 40(6), p.491 - 495, 2020/11
A highly accurate and precise technique for measurement of the 
Nb(n,n')
Nb reaction rate was established for the material surveillance tests, etc. in fast reactors. The self-absorption effect on the measurement of the characteristic X-rays emitted by Nb was decreased by the solution and evaporation to dryness of niobium dosimeter. A highly precise count of the number of Nb atoms was obtained by measuring the niobium solution concentration using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. X-rays of Nb were measured accurately by means of comparing the X-ray intensity of irradiated niobium solution with that of the solution in which stable Nb was added. The difference between both intensities indicates the effect of 
Ta, which is generated from an impurity tantalum, and the intensity of X-rays from Nb was evaluated. Measurement error of the Nb(n,n')Nb reaction rate was reduced to be less than 4%, which was equivalent to the other reaction rate errors of dosimeters used for Joyo dosimetry. In addition, an advanced technique using Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry was proposed for the precise measurement of Nb yield, and Nb will be resonance-ionized selectively by discriminating the hyperfine splitting of the atomic energy levels between Nb and Nb at high resolution.
He
excimer cluster tracers in superfluid helium-4 via neutron-
He absorption reactionSonnenschein, V.*; Tsuji, Yoshiyuki*; Kokuryu, Shoma*; Kubo, Wataru*; Suzuki, So*; Tomita, Hideki*; Kiyanagi, Yoshiaki*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Matsushita, Taku*; Wada, Nobuo*; et al.
Review of Scientific Instruments, 91(3), p.033318_1 - 033318_12, 2020/03
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0(Instruments & Instrumentation)He
clusters via neutron-He absorption reaction toward visualization of full velocity field in quantum turbulenceMatsushita, Taku*; Sonnenschein, V.*; Guo, W.*; Hayashida, Hirotoshi*; Hiroi, Kosuke; Hirota, Katsuya*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Ito, Daisuke*; Kitaguchi, Masaaki*; Kiyanagi, Yoshiaki*; et al.
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 196(1-2), p.275 - 282, 2019/07
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：4.65(Physics, Applied)Saeki, Morihisa; Iwanade, Akio; Ito, Chikara; Wakaida, Ikuo; Thornton, B.*; Sakka, Tetsuo*; Oba, Hironori
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 51(7-8), p.930 - 938, 2014/07
Times Cited Count：70 Percentile：98.67(Nuclear Science & Technology)To inspect post-accident nuclear core reactor of the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, a transportable fiber-coupled LIBS instrument was developed. The developed LIBS instrument was designed to analyze the underwater sample in high-radiation field by single-pulse breakdown with gas flow or double-pulse breakdown. To check the feasibility of the assembled fiber-coupled LIBS instrument to the inspection inside Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, we investigated (1) influence of radiation dose on optical transmittance of the laser delivery fiber, (2) survey of the LIBS techniques to analyze the underwater sample and (3) candidates of emission lines for analysis of the debris. By employing the selected emission lines, we demonstrated that the developed LIBS instrument can analyze the simulated debris underwater by the single-pulse breakdown with the gas flow with high signal to noise ratio.
Iwata, Yoshihiro; Ito, Chikara; Harano, Hideki*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 51(4), p.465 - 475, 2014/04
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：36.8(Nuclear Science & Technology)To prevent a fuel failure event from becoming a serious radiation accident, sodium-cooled fast reactors are equipped with a system for failed fuel detection and location (FFDL). The FFDL instrument employed in the prototype fast breeder reactor Monju is based on the gas tagging method, in which precise and accurate measurements of krypton and xenon isotope ratios (
Kr/
Kr, 
Kr/Kr and 
Xe/
Xe) must be performed in a short time. Burnup measurements also contribute to accurate determination of Kr/Kr. We have developed a highly sensitive resonance ionization mass spectrometer for the isotopic analyses, which uses resonance ionization of Kr and Xe atoms by a pulsed laser at wavelengths of 216.7 nm and 249.6 nm, respectively. In evaluating the performance of our spectrometer, we find that systematic errors caused by isotope shifts can be reduced to negligible levels, and that statistical errors of 3% at a nuclide concentration of 7 ppt can be achieved with a single measurement time of about 40 minutes for each Kr and Xe isotope ratio. This means that, within one hour, about 200 fuel assemblies can be individually identified with a probability of 99%, verifying the applicability of our spectrometer to the FFDL system of fast reactors.
Imaizumi, Tomomi; Miyauchi, Masaru; Ito, Masayasu; Watahiki, Shunsuke; Nagata, Hiroshi; Hanakawa, Hiroki; Naka, Michihiro; Kawamata, Kazuo; Yamaura, Takayuki; Ide, Hiroshi; et al.
JAEA-Technology 2011-031, 123 Pages, 2012/01
JAEA-Technology-2011-031.pdf:16.08MB
The number of research reactors in the world is decreasing because of their aging. However, the planning to introduce the nuclear power plants is increasing in Asian countries. In these Asian countries, the key issue is the human resource development for operation and management of nuclear power plants after constructed them, and also the necessity of research reactor, which is used for lifetime extension of LWRs, progress of the science and technology, expansion of industry use, human resources training and so on, is increasing. From above backgrounds, the Neutron Irradiation and Testing Reactor Center began to discuss basic concept of a multipurpose low-power research reactor for education and training, etc. This design study is expected to contribute not only to design tool improvement and human resources development in the Neutron Irradiation and Testing Reactor Center but also to maintain and upgrade the technology on research reactors in nuclear power-related companies. This report treats the activities of the working group from July 2010 to June 2011 on the multipurpose low-power research reactor in the Neutron Irradiation and Testing Reactor Center and nuclear power-related companies.
Ito, Chikara; Iwata, Yoshihiro; Harano, Hideki*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Aoyama, Takafumi
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 102(1), p.416 - 417, 2010/06
no abstracts in English
Sakanaka, Shogo*; Akemoto, Mitsuo*; Aoto, Tomohiro*; Arakawa, Dai*; Asaoka, Seiji*; Enomoto, Atsushi*; Fukuda, Shigeki*; Furukawa, Kazuro*; Furuya, Takaaki*; Haga, Kaiichi*; et al.
Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.2338 - 2340, 2010/05
Future synchrotron light source using a 5-GeV energy recovery linac (ERL) is under proposal by our Japanese collaboration team, and we are conducting R&D efforts for that. We are developing high-brightness DC photocathode guns, two types of cryomodules for both injector and main superconducting (SC) linacs, and 1.3 GHz high CW-power RF sources. We are also constructing the Compact ERL (cERL) for demonstrating the recirculation of low-emittance, high-current beams using above-mentioned critical technologies.
Aoyama, Takafumi; Ito, Chikara; Okazaki, Koki*; Harano, Hideki*; Watanabe, Kenichi*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*
Nihon Kikai Gakkai Rombunshu, B, 75(751), p.468 - 470, 2009/03
no abstracts in English
Notomi, Akihiro*; Sugiura, Nobuyuki*; Ito, Tetsuo*; Imamichi, Shoji*; Torii, Tatsuo; Noma, Hiroshi*
KEK Proceedings 2008-14, p.11 - 19, 2009/01
A 15 m-long plastic scintillation fiber (PSF) detector has been applied to the on-line evaluation of spatial dose-distribution inside the room of a low power research-reactor. It was found that the present PSF detector has enough performance as the real-time measurement system which is not only quick and simple but also reliable for monitoring use in that situation. Such application may be also useful at the medical fields which routinely use radio isotopes for diagnosis purposes (such as PET facility). From the present observation, it seems that the practically-acceptable maximum limit of PSF length is at most 15 m. More than this, the severe signal reduction brings unavoidable difficulties for the following signal processing.
Aoyama, Takafumi; Ito, Chikara; Okazaki, Koki; Harano, Hideki; Watanabe, Kenichi*; Iguchi, Tetsuo*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 45(Suppl.6), p.43 - 50, 2008/09
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：16.95(Nuclear Science & Technology)no abstracts in English
Yamasaki, Chisato*; Murakami, Katsuhiko*; Fujii, Yasuyuki*; Sato, Yoshiharu*; Harada, Erimi*; Takeda, Junichi*; Taniya, Takayuki*; Sakate, Ryuichi*; Kikugawa, Shingo*; Shimada, Makoto*; et al.
Nucleic Acids Research, 36(Database), p.D793 - D799, 2008/01
Times Cited Count：52 Percentile：71.15(Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)Here we report the new features and improvements in our latest release of the H-Invitational Database, a comprehensive annotation resource for human genes and transcripts. H-InvDB, originally developed as an integrated database of the human transcriptome based on extensive annotation of large sets of fulllength cDNA (FLcDNA) clones, now provides annotation for 120 558 human mRNAs extracted from the International Nucleotide Sequence Databases (INSD), in addition to 54 978 human FLcDNAs, in the latest release H-InvDB. We mapped those human transcripts onto the human genome sequences (NCBI build 36.1) and determined 34 699 human gene clusters, which could define 34 057 protein-coding and 642 non-protein-coding loci; 858 transcribed loci overlapped with predicted pseudogenes.
O(
) reaction at forward angles and structure of the spin-dipole resonancesKawabata, Takahiro*; Ishikawa, Takatsugu*; Ito, M.*; Nakamura, M.*; Sakaguchi, Harutaka*; Takeda, H.*; Taki, T.*; Uchida, Makoto*; Yasuda, Yusuke*; Yosoi, Masaru*; et al.
Physical Review C, 65(6), p.064316_1 - 064316_12, 2002/06
Times Cited Count：20 Percentile：70.04(Physics, Nuclear)no abstracts in English
Ni via the (
, ') reaction at 0
Ishikawa, Takatsugu*; Akimune, Hidetoshi*; Daito, Izuru*; Fujimura, Hisako*; Fujita, Yoshitaka*; Fujiwara, Mamoru; Hatanaka, Kichiji*; Hosono, K.*; Ihara, F.*; Ito, M.*; et al.
Nuclear Physics A, 187(1-2), p.58c - 63c, 2001/04
no abstracts in English
Ito, M.*; Sakaguchi, Harutaka*; Ishikawa, Takatsugu*; Kawabata, Takahiro*; Murakami, Tetsuya*; Takeda, H.*; Taki, T.*; Tsukahara, N.*; Uchida, Makoto*; Yasuda, Yusuke*; et al.
Nuclear Physics A, 687(1-2), p.52c - 57c, 2001/04
no abstracts in English
O (p,p') experimentKawabata, Takahiro*; Akimune, Hidetoshi*; Fujimura, Hisako*; Fujita, Hirohiko*; Fujita, Yoshitaka*; Fujiwara, Mamoru; Hara, Keigo*; Hatanaka, Kichiji*; Hosono, K.*; Ishikawa, Takatsugu*; et al.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 459(1-2), p.171 - 176, 2001/02
Times Cited Count：17 Percentile：74.75(Instruments & Instrumentation)no abstracts in English
ions in the region of the 1
2
autoionizing resonanceOura, Masaki*; Yamaoka, Hitoshi*; Kawatsura, Kiyoshi*; Kimata, Junichi*; Hayaishi, T.*; Takahashi, Takehisa*; Koizumi, Tetsuo*; Sekioka, T.*; Terasawa, Michitaka*; Ito, Yo*; et al.
Physical Review A, 63(1), p.014704_1 - 014704_4, 2001/01
Times Cited Count：15 Percentile：59.77(Optics)no abstracts in English
Iguchi, Tetsuo; Watanabe, Kenichi*; Ogita, Toshiyuki*; Nose, Shoichi; Harano, Hideki; Ito, Kazuhiro
Saikuru Kiko Giho, (9), p.79 - 88, 2000/12
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Iguchi, Tetsuo; Watanabe, Kenichi*; *; Nose, Shoichi; Harano, Hideki;
JNC TY9400 2000-019, 34 Pages, 2000/05
JNC-TY9400-2000-019.pdf:0.79MB
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Cf neutron sourceNishitani, Takeo; Takeuchi, Hiroshi; Kondoh, Takashi; Ito, Takao*; Kuriyama, Masaaki; Ikeda, Yujiro; Iguchi, Tetsuo*; Barnes, C. W.*
Review of Scientific Instruments, 63(11), p.5270 - 5278, 1992/11
Times Cited Count：76 Percentile：97.13(Instruments & Instrumentation)no abstracts in English
