Quantitative measurement of figure of merit for transverse thermoelectric conversion in Fe/Pt metallic multilayers

Yamazaki, Takumi*; Hirai, Takamasa*; Yagi, Takashi*; Yamashita, Yuichiro*; Uchida, Kenichi*; Seki, Takeshi*; Takanashi, Koki

Physical Review Applied (Internet), 21(2), p.024039_1 - 024039_11, 2024/02

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.024039

Design and actual performance of J-PARC 3 GeV rapid cycling synchrotron for high-intensity operation

Yamamoto, Kazami; Kinsho, Michikazu; Hayashi, Naoki; Saha, P. K.; Tamura, Fumihiko; Yamamoto, Masanobu; Tani, Norio; Takayanagi, Tomohiro; Kamiya, Junichiro; Shobuda, Yoshihiro; et al.

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 59(9), p.1174 - 1205, 2022/09

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2022.2038301

In the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, the purpose of the 3 GeV rapid cycling synchrotron (RCS) is to accelerate a 1 MW, high-intensity proton beam. To achieve beam operation at a repetition rate of 25 Hz at high intensities, the RCS was elaborately designed. After starting the RCS operation, we carefully verified the validity of its design and made certain improvements to establish a reliable operation at higher power as possible. Consequently, we demonstrated beam operation at a high power, namely, 1 MW. We then summarized the design, actual performance, and improvements of the RCS to achieve a 1 MW beam.

Uniaxial strain dependence of the critical current of DI-BSCCO tapes

Osamura, Kozo*; Machiya, Shutaro*; Hampshire, D. P.*; Tsuchiya, Yoshinori*; Shobu, Takahisa; Kajiwara, Kentaro*; Osabe, Goro*; Yamazaki, Kohei*; Yamada, Yuichi*; Fujikami, Jun*

Superconductor Science and Technology, 27(8), p.085005_1 - 085005_11, 2014/08

https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/27/8/085005

Ultra fine particle generation and induced radioactivity in electron linear accelerator

Yamasaki, Keizo*; Oki, Yuichi*; Osada, Naoyuki*; Yokoyama, Sumi; Yamada, Yuji*; Tokonami, Shinji*; Fukutsu, Kumiko*; Iida, Takao*; Rahman, N. M.*; Shimo, Michikuni*

no journal, , 

no abstracts in English

Generation of natural and artificial radioactive aerosol in electron linear accelerator

Yamasaki, Keizo*; Oki, Yuichi*; Osada, Naoyuki*; Iida, Takao*; Shimo, Michikuni*; Yamada, Yuji*; Tokonami, Shinji*; Fukutsu, Kumiko*; Yokoyama, Sumi

no journal, , 

The physicochemical properties of radioactive aerosols are important factors to assess internal dose at high energy accelerator facilities. In Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute, a generation of radioactive aerosols in ADSR (Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Reactor) facilities was studied as part of the research project of ADSR. The generation of radioactive aerosols in high intensity irradiation fields of ADSR was simulated by irradiation of the target room air at LINAC. We measured the particle size of radioactive aerosols in the target room during the acceleration period. Natural radon aerosols in the target room grew to the larger size because of an attachment of radon daughters to non-radioactive aerosols. The particle size of the produced radioactive aerosols was also larger with time. This would mean that a formation mechanism of the radioactive aerosols produced at high energy accelerator facilities is the same as radon one.

Possibility of direct energy conversion from radiation to electricity using SiC Schottky system

Yoshii, Kenji; Fukuda, Tatsuo; Tanida, Hajime; Shiwaku, Hideaki; Kamiya, Junichiro; Makino, Takahiro*; Yamazaki, Yuichi*; Oshima, Takeshi*; Yaita, Tsuyoshi

no journal, , 

We have carried out direct energy conversion from gamma rays to electricity using SiC free of toxic elements. The experiments were done using synchrotron radiation at the BL22XU beamline. To utilize radioactive wastes as an energy source, the gamma ray energies were 30 and 60 keV, corresponding to the energies from Np and Am, respectively. Also, CuK X-rays were used to show a possibility of micro batteries using radioisotopes. The samples were Ni/SiC Schottky barrier junctions. From dark current experiments, it was found that the samples were regarded as ideal diodes on the basis of the so-called ideality factors. The electric powers under gamma rays and X-rays were found to be about 0.1W, corresponding to efficiencies less than 0.1%. We will also show the results of energy depositions on the basis of Monte Carlo methods.

Geochemical behavior of Ra in a uranium mill tailings pond of the Ningyo-toge mine area

Tanaka, Kazuya; Kurihara, Yuichi*; Tomita, Jumpei; Maamoun, I.; Yamasaki, Shinya*; Tokunaga, Kohei; Fukuyama, Kenjin*; Kozai, Naofumi

no journal, , 

We collected surface sediment and water samples at a U mill tailings pond in the Ningyo-toge center. Radioactivity concentrations of Ra in sediments were 12,000 - 29,000 Bq/kg while those in water ranged from 60 to 580 mBq/L. As a result, apparent distribution coefficients of Ra between ferric sediment and water were estimated to be 3.1 10 - 3.8 10 mL/g, which were higher than reported ones for ferrihydrite and goethite. This suggests that another host on which Ra is strongly fixed would be present in sediment if we assume equilibrium between sediment and water. It is possible that Mn(IV) oxide as a minor component contributed to an increase in the apparent distribution coefficients. Another possibility is upward flow of pore water containing Ra or diffusion of Ra released from lower sediment layers. Either scenario provides additional input of Ra to surface sediment. In this case, surface sediment and water did not reach equilibrium with each other, but Ra concentrations in surface sediments were governed by dynamics through input of Ra from porewater as well as groundwater in sediment-water interaction.