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Horie, Hiroki*; Yukumatsu, Kazuki*; Mishima, Fumihito*; Akiyama, Yoko*; Nishijima, Shigehiro*; Sekiyama, Tomio*; Mitsui, Seiichiro; Kato, Mitsugu
Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 871, p.012102_1 - 012102_7, 2017/07
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：49.36(Physics, Applied)Kogure, Toshihiro*; Yamaguchi, Noriko*; Segawa, Hiroyo*; Mukai, Hiroki*; Motai, Satoko*; Akiyama, Kotone*; Mitome, Masanori*; Hara, Toru*; Yaita, Tsuyoshi
Microscopy, 65(5), p.451 - 459, 2016/10
Times Cited Count：54 Percentile：96.98(Microscopy)
As by 320 MeV Au irradiation in single crystals and by high-pressure sintering in powder-in-tube wiresPyon, S.*; Taen, Toshihiro*; Otake, Fumiaki*; Tsuchiya, Yuji*; Inoue, Hiroshi*; Akiyama, Hiroki*; Kajitani, Hideki; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Okayasu, Satoru; Tamegai, Tsuyoshi*
Applied Physics Express, 6(12), p.123101_1 - 123101_4, 2013/12
Times Cited Count：21 Percentile：64.7(Physics, Applied)We demonstrate a large enhancement of critical current density (
) up to 1.0 
10
A/cm
at 5 K under self-field in (Ba,K)FeAs single crystals by irradiating 320 MeV Au ions. With the very promising potential of this material in mind, we have fabricated a (Ba,K)FeAs superconducting wire through a powder-in-tube method combined with the hot isostatic pressing technique, whose effectiveness has been proven in industrial Bi2223 tapes. The Jc in the wire at 4.2 K has reached 37 kA/cm under self-field and 3.0 kA/cm at 90 kOe. Magneto-optical imaging of the wire confirmed the large intergranular Jc in the wire core.
Koarashi, Jun; Mikami, Satoshi; Nakada, Akira; Akiyama, Kiyomitsu; Kobayashi, Hirohide; Fujita, Hiroki; Takeishi, Minoru
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 45(Suppl.5), p.462 - 465, 2008/06
Times Cited Count：7 Percentile：44.46(Nuclear Science & Technology)Tokai reprocessing plant (TRP) has released radionuclides such as 
H, 
C, 
Kr and 
I into the atmosphere since the start of operation in 1977. We have established the monitoring methodologies for these nuclides, to realize an appropriate and continuous radioactive discharge control. The methodologies having various special technical considerations for matching the monitoring of reprocessing off-gas, were summarized in this paper. Briefly, H was collected by a cold-trap technique and the concentration was evaluated being independent of the water collection efficiency; C was collected by a monoethanolamine bubbler and then measured by liquid scintillation counting without any interferences from H and Kr; Kr was continuously measured by combination of two kinds of detectors to cover very wide range of the concentration; and I was collected by a charcoal filter and a charcoal cartridge in series with a relatively high collecting performance.
Yoshikawa, Hiroshi; Sakaki, Hironao; Sako, Hiroyuki; Takahashi, Hiroki; Shen, G.; Kato, Yuko; Ito, Yuichi; Ikeda, Hiroshi*; Ishiyama, Tatsuya*; Tsuchiya, Hitoshi*; et al.
Proceedings of International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS '07) (CD-ROM), p.62 - 64, 2007/10
J-PARC is a large scale facility of the proton accelerators for the multi-purpose of scientific researches in Japan. This facility consists of three accelerators and three experimental stations. Now, J-PARC is under construction, and LINAC is operated for one year, 3GeV synchrotron has just started the commissioning in this October the 1st. The completion of this facility will be next summer. The control system of accelerators established fundamental performance for the initial commissioning. The most important requirement to the control system of this facility is to minimize the activation of accelerator devices. In this paper, we show that the performances of each layer of this control system have been achieved in the initial stage.
C discharged from Tokai reprocessing plant into rice plant; Monitoring data and a simple modeling approachKoarashi, Jun; Fujita, Hiroki; Onuma, Toshimitsu*; Mikami, Satoshi; Akiyama, Kiyomitsu; Takeishi, Minoru
JAEA-Technology 2007-042, 32 Pages, 2007/07
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Carbon-14 is one of the most important radionuclides from the perspective of dose estimation due to the nuclear fuel cycle. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has conducted the careful monitoring of C in airborne release from Tokai reprocessing plant (TRP), atmospheric CO and rice grains around TRP. This report reviewed the C monitoring data obtained over ten years from 1991 to 2001. A simple mathematical model for transfer of TRP-derived C into rice plant was tested using the data set. The model-calculated C concentrations in atmospheric CO and rice grain agreed well with the observations, suggesting an applicability of the simple modeling approach to environmental assessment for atmospheric C discharge under steady-state conditions.
Okuno, Hiroshi; Akiyama, Hideo*; Mochizuki, Hiroki*
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 40(1), p.57 - 60, 2003/01
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：10.87(Nuclear Science & Technology)Low-level waste (LLW) drums are required to transport as fissile material if the current IAEA's Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material are rigorously applied. This problem is a consequence that water contents of concrete in LLW drums contained deuterium (D) in quantities more than 0.1% of fissile material mass, therefore they are not excepted from packages containing fissile material. Consideration of differences in the absorption cross sections of light hydrogen and D shows that the relative increase in the neutron multiplication factor by a presence of D in natural water for hydrogen (H)-moderated systems is not larger than 0.015%. A numerical calculation confirms that the infinite multiplication factor of a mixture of 
U-metal and water in a U/H mass ratio of 5% increases proportionally to the D/H atomic ratio, and that its relative increase is less than 0.03% for the D/H atomic ratio of 0.015%. The limiting fissile-to-H mass ratio of 5% in the exception rule is concluded to be applicable to H-moderated systems including D in natural water.
Akiyama, Yoko*; Yukumatsu, Kazuki*; Horie, Hiroki*; Mishima, Fumihito*; Sekiyama, Tomio; Mitsui, Seiichiro; Kato, Mitsugu; Nishijima, Shigehiro*
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A large amount of the contaminated soil has been removed in the process of off-site decontamination works in Fukushima prefecture and will be stored intensively at the interim storage facilities (ISF). According to the amended JESCO Law, the National Government shall take necessary measures for the final disposal outside Fukushima within 30 years from the start of the ISF. In order to optimize final disposal of the contaminated soil outside Fukushima, development of effective treatment techniques is indispensable. In this study, we have been investigating selective separation of paramagnetic 2:1 type clay minerals, which strongly absorb and fix Cs ions, by superconducting magnetic separation on silt/clay suspension as a separation technique. We conducted magnetic separation experiments of contaminated soil in Fukushima utilizing a superconducting magnet based on results of particle trajectory simulation for various particle size.
Nishijima, Shigehiro*; Yukumatsu, Kazuki*; Horie, Hiroki*; Nomura, Naoki*; Akiyama, Yoko*; Mishima, Fumihito*; Sekiyama, Tomio; Mitsui, Seiichiro; Kato, Mitsugu
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The amount of Cs contaminated soil originating from decontamination work after the accident of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant is estimated as large as 20 million m
in maximum, and its volume reduction is required to optimize final disposal of the contaminated soil outside Fukushima pref. We have proposed a new method to reduce the volume of the contaminated soil by the combination of wet classification and high gradient magnetic separation (HGMS). In this study, we have been investigating selective separation of paramagnetic 2:1 type clay minerals and mica, which strongly absorb and fix Cs ions, by superconducting magnetic separation on silt/clay suspension as a volume reduction technique. We conducted magnetic separation experiments of contaminated soil in Fukushima utilizing a superconducting magnet based on results of particle trajectory simulation for various particle size.
Nishijima, Shigehiro*; Akiyama, Yoko*; Yukumatsu, Kazuki*; Horie, Hiroki*; Mishima, Fumihito*; Sekiyama, Tomio*; Mitsui, Seiichiro; Kato, Mitsugu
no journal, ,
By the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, a large amount of soil was contaminated by radioactive Cs, and effective volume reduction techniques have been required to optimize final disposal of the contaminated soil outside Fukushima pref. We focused on the phenomenon that Cs ions are strongly adsorbed on paramagnetic 2:1 type clay minerals, and tried to separate 2:1 type clay minerals selectively by the combination of classification and magnetic separation. In this study, we conducted magnetic separation experiments of actual contaminated soil in Fukushima utilizing a superconducting magnet, based on the simulated results of 2:1 type clay minerals with each particle size. Based on the result, we proposed a new method for volume reduction of Cs contaminated soil.
Horie, Hiroki*; Akiyama, Yoko*; Mishima, Fumihito*; Nishijima, Shigehiro*; Mitsui, Seiichiro; Umezawa, Katsuhiro; Kato, Mitsugu; Okada, Takashi; Sekiyama, Tomio*
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A technique for volume reduction and recycle of cesium contaminated soil in combination with wet classification and high gradient magnetic separation was investigated. The magnetic separation can fractionate the fine soil particles (silt and clay) into high-dose and low-dose soil. This method utilizes the phenomenon that paramagnetic 2:1 clay strongly adsorbs cesium whereas diamagnetic 1:1 clay has low adsorption ability of cesium. One of the main issues in this technique is that the soil components are aggregated by organic matters, which prevents 2:1 type clay minerals from selective separation. In this study, pretreatment of the soil by KCO
solution was conducted, prior to the magnetic separation, in order to disperse aggregates. As a result, further selective separation for 2:1 type clay minerals by the pretreatment was confirmed.
Nishimoto, Yuki*; Horie, Hiroki*; Akiyama, Yoko*; Nishijima, Shigehiro*; Mitsui, Seiichiro; Umezawa, Katsuhiro; Kato, Mitsugu; Okada, Takashi; Sekiyama, Tomio*
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By the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, a large amount of soil was contaminated by radioactive cesium. We developed a new physical treatment method using magnetic separation that can separate high-dose 2:1 type clay minerals from contaminated soil selectively. However, there is an issue that it is difficult to capture 2:1 type clay minerals efficiently, because clay minerals form aggregations with soil organic matter. Our previous study indicated that aggregates can be dispersed effectively by treatment of organic matter with KCO solution. The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of the organic matter treatment on efficiency improvement of magnetic separation for 2:1 type clay minerals. The result showed that the possibility of effective treatment method for the soil rich in organic matter like agricultural soil by combination of the pretreatment with KCO solution and magnetic separation.
