Spallation and fragmentation cross sections for 168 MeV/nucleon Xe ions on proton, deuteron, and carbon targets

Sun, X. H.*; Wang, H.*; Otsu, Hideaki*; Sakurai, Hiroyoshi*; Ahn, D. S.*; Aikawa, Masayuki*; Fukuda, Naoki*; Isobe, Tadaaki*; Kawakami, Shunsuke*; Koyama, Shumpei*; et al.

Physical Review C, 101(6), p.064623_1 - 064623_12, 2020/06

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.101.064623

The spallation and fragmentation reactions of Xe induced by proton, deuteron and carbon at 168 MeV/nucleon were studied at RIKEN Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory via the inverse kinematics technique. The cross sections of the lighter products are larger in the carbon-induced reactions due to the higher total kinetic energy of carbon. The energy dependence was investigated by comparing the newly obtained data with previous results obtained at higher reaction energies. The experimental data were compared with the results of SPACS, EPAX, PHITS and DEURACS calculations. These data serve as benchmarks for the model calculations.

Conceptual study on parasitic low-energy RI beam production with in-flight separator BigRIPS and the first stopping examination for high-energy RI beams in the parasitic gas cell

Sonoda, Tetsu*; Katayama, Ichiro*; Wada, Michiharu*; Iimura, Hideki; Sonnenschein, V.*; Iimura, Shun*; Takamine, Aiko*; Rosenbusch, M.*; Kojima, Takao*; Ahn, D. S.*; et al.

Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Internet), 2019(11), p.113D02_1 - 113D02_12, 2019/11

AA2019-0315.pdf:1.37MB

https://doi.org/10.1093/ptep/ptz120

An in-flight separator, BigRIPS, at RIBF in RIKEN provides each experiment with specific nuclides separated from many nuclides produced by projectile fragmentation or in-flight fission. In this process, nuclides other than separated ones are discarded on the slits in BigRIPS, although they include many nuclides interested from the view point of nuclear structure. In order to extract these nuclides for parasitic experiments, we are developing a method using laser ion-source (PALIS). A test experiment with Se beam from RIBF has been performed by using a gas cell set in BigRIPS. Unstable nuclides around Se were stopped in the gas cell in accordance with a calculation using LISE code. The stopping efficiency has been estimated to be about 30%. As a next step, we will establish the technique for extracting reaction products from the gas cell.

Study on heterogeneous minor actinide loading fast reactor core concepts with improved safety

Ohgama, Kazuya; Oki, Shigeo; Kitada, Takanori*; Takeda, Toshikazu*

Proceedings of 21st Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC 2018) (USB Flash Drive), p.942 - 947, 2018/09

Core concept of minor actinides transmutation fast reactor with improved safety

Fujimura, Koji*; Itooka, Satoshi*; Oki, Shigeo; Takeda, Toshikazu*

Proceedings of 2017 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2017) (CD-ROM), 6 Pages, 2017/04

Development of a fast reactor for minor actinides transmutation, 1; Overview and method development

Takeda, Toshikazu*; Usami, Shin; Fujimura, Koji*; Takakuwa, Masayuki*

Proceedings of 21st International Conference & Exhibition; Nuclear Fuel Cycle for a Low-Carbon Future (GLOBAL 2015) (USB Flash Drive), p.560 - 566, 2015/09

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan has launched a national project entitled "technology development for the environmental burden reduction" in 2013. The present study is one of the studies adopted as the national project. The objective of the study is the efficient and safe transmutation and volume reduction of minor actinides with long-lived radioactivity and high decay heat contained in high level radioactive wastes by using sodium cooled fast reactors. We are developing MA transmutation core concepts which harmonize efficient MA transmutation with core safety. To accurately design the core concepts we have improved calculation methods for estimating the transmutation rate of individual MA nuclides, and estimating and reducing uncertainty of MA transmutation. The overview of the present project is first described. The method improvement is presented with numerical results for a minor-actinide transmutation fast reactor.

Development of a fast reactor for minor actinides transmutation, 2; Study on the MA transmutation core concepts

Fujimura, Koji*; Oki, Shigeo; Takeda, Toshikazu*

Proceedings of 21st International Conference & Exhibition; Nuclear Fuel Cycle for a Low-Carbon Future (GLOBAL 2015) (USB Flash Drive), p.592 - 598, 2015/09

Method development and reactor physics data evaluation for improving prediction accuracy of fast reactors' minor actinides transmutation performance

Takeda, Toshikazu*; Hazama, Taira; Fujimura, Koji*; Sawada, Shusaku*

Proceedings of International Conference on the Physics of Reactors; The Role of Reactor Physics toward a Sustainable Future (PHYSOR 2014) (CD-ROM), 15 Pages, 2014/09

A national project started in 2013 in Japan entitled "technology development for the environmental burden reduction". The present study is one of the studies adopted as the national project. We are aiming to develop MA transmutation core concepts harmonizing MA transmutation performance with core safety and to improve design accuracy related to MA transmutation performance. To validate and improve design accuracy of the high safety and high MA transmutation performance of SFR cores, we develop methods for calculating the transmutation rate of individual MA nuclides and estimating uncertainty of MA transmutation by using burnup sensitivity. Also we develop reliable reactor physics database to reduce the uncertainty of MA transmutation calculations. The overall consistency of the measured data is investigated by evaluating the usefulness of conventional static data as well as those related to MA transmutation obtained from various facilities like Monju, Joyo, FCA, BFS and PFR.

Deformation-driven -wave halos at the drip-line; Ne

Nakamura, Takashi*; Kobayashi, Nobuyuki*; Kondo, Yosuke*; Sato, Yoshiteru*; Tostevin, J. A.*; Utsuno, Yutaka; Aoi, Nori*; Baba, Hidetada*; Fukuda, Naoki*; Gibelin, J.*; et al.

Physical Review Letters, 112(14), p.142501_1 - 142501_5, 2014/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.142501

no abstracts in English

Electronic structure of aluminium trihydride studied using soft X-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy

Takeda, Yukiharu; Saito, Yuji; Saito, Hiroyuki; Machida, Akihiko; Aoki, Katsutoshi; Yamagami, Hiroshi; Muro, Takayuki*; Kato, Yukako*; Kinoshita, Toyohiko*

Physical Review B, 84(15), p.153102_1 - 153102_4, 2011/10

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.153102

We have performed soft X-ray emission spectroscopy (SXES) and soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (SXAS) experiments on aluminum hydride -AlH. The occupied and unoccupied electronic states of the Al 3 partial density of states are obtained experimentally. By comparing the data from Al metal and -AlH, a band gap with a few eV is found for -AlH. In addition, the occupied states of -AlH have a larger spectral intensity than that of Al metal, indicating an increase in the number of electrons with the Al 3 character through Al-H bond formations. The results of a band-structure calculation account for the formation of the energy gap and the increase of the Al 3 electrons qualitatively. This suggests that a covalent-like nature is important to the Al-H bond in -AlH.

Trends of fast reactor cycle technology development in the world, 1; Accelerating fast reactor development; Start of operation of commercial reactors in 2020

Takeda, Toshikazu*; Sagayama, Yutaka; Tsutsumi, Yoshitaka*

Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi ATOMO, 52(8), p.462 - 467, 2010/08

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/10026552685

The development of the fast reactor where the fuel is efficiently produced while consuming the fuel has accelerated in each country. The startup target of a commercial reactors is provided in Russia and India in 2020, in China in around 2030, and Japan, France and Republic of Korea are aiming at the practical use of 2040-2050. It is especially recognized that India and China will actively introduce more than 200 GWe power from fast reactors by middle of this century on the basis of their own national strategy where the fast reactors should be the main current of nuclear power generation. In this article, the trend of the latest development plan of the major countries (Russia, India, China, France, South Korea, and Japan) and international organizations is introduced, centering on the discussion at "International Conference on Fast Reactors and Related Fuel Cycles" by IAEA on December last year in Kyoto City and Tsuruga City.