Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Initialising ...
Sagisaka, Akito; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Mori, Michiaki; Yogo, Akifumi; Ogura, Koichi; Orimo, Satoshi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Ma, J.*; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Kanazawa, Shuhei; et al.
NIFS-PROC-85, p.30 - 33, 2011/02
The experiment of proton generation is performed for developing the laser-driven ion source. We observe proton signals in the laser-plasma interaction by using a thin-foil target. To get higher energy protons the size of the preformed plasma is reduced by changing the laser contrast level. In the high-contrast laser pulse case the maximum energy of the protons generated at rear side of the target increases.
Sagisaka, Akito; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Mori, Michiaki; Yogo, Akifumi; Ogura, Koichi; Orimo, Satoshi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Ma, J.*; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Kanazawa, Shuhei; et al.
Reza Kenkyu, 38(9), p.702 - 705, 2010/09
High-intensity laser and thin-foil interactions produce high-energy particles, hard X-ray, high-order harmonics, and terahertz (THz) radiation. A proton beam driven by a high-intensity laser has received attention as a compact ion source for medical applications. In this study we have tested simultaneous generation of protons and THz radiation from a thin-foil target. We use a Ti:sapphire laser system (J-KAREN) at JAEA. A laser beam is focused by an off-axis parabolic mirror at the thin-foil target. We observed the high-energy proton in the rear side of the target and THz radiation in the reflected direction. Next, high energy protons are observed by reducing the size of preformed plasma.
Yogo, Akifumi; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Mori, Michiaki; Esirkepov, T. Z.; Ogura, Koichi; Sagisaka, Akito; Orimo, Satoshi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Nagatomo, Hideo*; et al.
European Physical Journal D, 55(2), p.421 - 425, 2009/11
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：20.28(Optics)We demonstrate the laser-ion acceleration from a near-critical density plasma, when amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) was used to convert a solid foil target into the lower-density target. In this work, a direct comparison is made by changing the ASE intensity by factor 3 in order to investigate the target density-dependency of the laser-ion acceleration. The beam direction of high-energy component is successfully controlled by modifying the target density. The near-critical density plasma can be a favorable target to control the beam direction to be dependent on its energy.
Sagisaka, Akito; Daido, Hiroyuki; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Mori, Michiaki; Yogo, Akifumi; Ogura, Koichi; Orimo, Satoshi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Ma, J.-L.; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; et al.
Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China, 2(3), p.299 - 303, 2009/09
High-intensity laser and thin-foil interactions produce high-energy ion, electron, hard X-ray, high-order harmonics, and terahertz (THz) radiation. We have performed the laser and thin-foil interaction experiments using a high-intensity Ti:sapphire laser. We have observed simultaneous generation of proton beam and THz radiation from a thin-foil target. Simultaneous generation of proton beam and UV harmonics is also observed.
Sagisaka, Akito; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Ma, J.-L.; Mori, Michiaki; Yogo, Akifumi; Ogura, Koichi; Orimo, Satoshi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Kanazawa, Shuhei; et al.
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES, Vol.8, p.464 - 467, 2009/09
We measure the UV harmonics from a thin-foil target by changing the laser pulse duration in the high-energy proton generation. The maximum proton energies are around 1 MeV. In the case of the 
500 fs, the peaks of UV harmonics up to fourth-order clearly appear. The spectra are broadened and shifted at the pulse durations of 100 fs and 30 fs.
Yogo, Akifumi; Daido, Hiroyuki; Mori, Michiaki; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Bulanov, S. V.; Bolton, P. R.; Esirkepov, T. Z.; Ogura, Koichi; Sagisaka, Akito; Orimo, Satoshi; et al.
Reza Kenkyu, 37(6), p.449 - 454, 2009/06
The acceleration of protons driven by a high-intensity laser is comprehensively investigated via control of the target density by using ASE just before the time of the main-laser interaction. Two cases were investigated for which the ASE intensity differed by three orders of magnitude: In the low contrast case the beam centre for higher energy protons is shifted closer to the laser-propagation direction of 45
, while the center of lower-energy beam remains near the target normal direction. Particle-in-cell simulations reveal that the characteristic proton acceleration is due to the quasistatic magnetic field on the target rear side with the magnetic pressure sustaining a charge separation electrostatic field.
Ogura, Koichi; Shizuma, Toshiyuki; Hayakawa, Takehito; Yogo, Akifumi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Orimo, Satoshi; Sagisaka, Akito; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Mori, Michiaki; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; et al.
Applied Physics Express, 2(6), p.066001_1 - 066001_3, 2009/05
Times Cited Count：14 Percentile：49.68(Physics, Applied)Protons with energies up to 3.5 MeV have been generated by a 10 Hz compact laser with an intensity of about 10
W/cm
, focused on a 7.5 mm thick polyimide target. These protons were used to induce a nuclear reaction of 
B(p,n)C. A total activity of 11.1 Bq was created after 60-shot laser irradiation. The possibility of thin layer activation (TLA) using a high-intensity ultra-short pulsed laser is discussed.
Mori, Michiaki; Yogo, Akifumi; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Ogura, Koichi; Orimo, Satoshi; Ma, J.*; Sagisaka, Akito; Kanazawa, Shuhei; Kondo, Shuji; et al.
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 36(4), p.1872 - 1877, 2008/08
Times Cited Count：7 Percentile：28.39(Physics, Fluids & Plasmas)A dependence of cut-off proton kinetic energy on laser prepulse duration has been observed. ASE pedestal duration is controlled by a fast electro-optic pulse slicer where the risetime is estimated to be 130 ps. We demonstrate a new correlated spectral technique for determining this risetime using a stretched, frequency chirped pulse.
Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Mori, Michiaki; Nakai, Yoshiki; Shimomura, Takuya*; Tanoue, Manabu*; Akutsu, Atsushi; Okada, Hajime; Motomura, Tomohiro*; Kondo, Shuji; Kanazawa, Shuhei; et al.
JAEA-Conf 2008-007, p.13 - 16, 2008/08
One of the main bottlenecks for the applications of ultrashort and ultrahigh-peak power lasers in high-field physics is a temporal contrast of the pulses. In ultrahigh-peak power lasers, a nanosecond background of the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) is generated at the same time as the femtosecond pulse. This background is mostly generated in the preamplifier (regenerative, multipass amplifier). Even though the contrast level is usually in the range from 10
to 10
, this level is not sufficiently low at relativistic intensities greater than 10
W/cm to avoid unwanted pre-plasmas generation. We demonstrated a high-contrast, high-peak power laser with optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification (OPCPA). With the use of OPCPA, contrast is enhanced to better than 7
10
in a few picoseconds before the main pulse, which corresponds to an improvement of three to four orders in magnitude compared with conventional systems.
Orimo, Satoshi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Daido, Hiroyuki; Yogo, Akifumi; Ogura, Koichi; Sagisaka, Akito; Li, Z.*; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Mori, Michiaki; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; et al.
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1, 46(9A), p.5853 - 5858, 2007/09
Times Cited Count：17 Percentile：54.91(Physics, Applied)A laser-driven proton beam with a maximum energy of a few MeV is stably obtained using an ultra-short and high-intensity Titanium Sapphire laser. At the same time, keV X-ray is also generated at almost the same place where protons are emitted. Here, we show the successful demonstration of simultaneous proton and X-ray projection images of a test sample placed close to the source with a resolution of 10
m, which is determined from the source sizes. Although the experimental configuration is very simple, the simultaneity is better than a few hundreds of ps. A CR-39 track detector and imaging plate, which are placed as close as possible to the CR-39, are used as detectors of protons and X-ray. The technique is applicable to the precise observation of microstructures.
Daido, Hiroyuki; Sagisaka, Akito; Ogura, Koichi; Orimo, Satoshi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Mori, Michiaki; Ma, J.-L.; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Kanazawa, Shuhei; et al.
Proceedings of 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO-PR 2007) (CD-ROM), p.77 - 79, 2007/00
We are developing a proton accelerator using an intense lasers with a focused intensity of 
10
W/cm. To monitor proton energy spectra as well as plasma parameters at each laser shot, we are using real time detectors. The proton energy of MeV is stably obtained for applications.
Daido, Hiroyuki; Sagisaka, Akito; Ogura, Koichi; Orimo, Satoshi; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Yogo, Akifumi; Mori, Michiaki; Li, Z.*; Kiriyama, Hiromitsu; Kanazawa, Shuhei; et al.
X-Ray Lasers 2006; Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol.115, p.595 - 605, 2007/00
At present, using ultra-short high intensity lasers at APRC, JAEA Kansai photon research institute, we are developing laser driven multiple quantum beams such as protons, X-rays, electrons and THz waves. These beams are perfectly synchronized with each other. The pulse duration of each beam is lass than a pico-second. They have sharp directionality with high brightness. If we properly combined these, we have new pump-probe techniques for various applications.
Nishizawa, Hidetoshi; Fukaya, Hiroyuki; Sonoda, Takashi; Sakazume, Yoshinori; Shimizu, Kaori; Haga, Takahisa; Sakai, Yutaka*; Akutsu, Hideyuki*; Niitsuma, Yasushi; Inoue, Takeshi; et al.
JAEA-Technology 2006-007, 24 Pages, 2006/03
JAEA-Technology-2006-007.pdf:1.81MB
Analysis of the uranyl nitrate solution fuel is carried out at the analytical laboratory of NUCEF(Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Research Facility), which provides essential data for operation of STACY(Static Experiment Critical Facility), TRACY(Transient Experiment Critical Facility)and the fuel treatment system. Analyzed in FY 2004 were uranyl nitrate solution fuel samples taker before and after experiments of STACY and TRACY, samples for the preparation of uranyl nitrate solution fuel, and samples for nuclear material accountancy purpose. Also analyzed were the samples from raffinate treatment and its preliminary tests. The raffinate was generated, since FY 2000, during preliminary experiments on U/Pu extraction-pulification to fix the operation condition to prepare plutonium solution fuel to be used for criticality experiments at STACY. The total number of the samples analyzed in FY 2004 was 160. This report summarizes works related to the analysis and management of the analytical laboratory in the FY 2004.
Shimizu, Kaori; Gunji, Kazuhiko*; Haga, Takahisa*; Fukaya, Hiroyuki; Sonoda, Takashi; Sakazume, Yoshinori; Sakai, Yutaka*; Akutsu, Hideyuki; Niitsuma, Yasushi*; Inoue, Takeshi; et al.
JAERI-Tech 2004-078, 27 Pages, 2005/02
JAERI-Tech-2004-078.pdf:1.84MB
Analysis of the uranyl nitrate solution fuel are carried out at the analytical laboratory, NUCEF (the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Research Facility), which provide essential data for the operations of STACY (the Static Experiment Critical Facility), TRACY (the Transient Experiment Critical Facility) and the fuel treatment system.In the FY 2003, analysis of the uranyl nitrate solution fuel from STACY/TRACY on its pre- and post-operations, analysis of the uranyl nitrate solution under preparation stage for the fuel and analysis for nuclear material accountancy purpose, have been conducted. In addition, analysis on the third U/Pu extraction/separation tests among the preliminary tests to confirm adjustment condition of plutonium solution fuel for its further use at STACY from 2000, and analysis on the experiments to treat extraction waste, were conducted. A total number of analytical samples in the FY 2003 were 156.This report summarizes works related to the analysis and management of the analytical laboratory in the FY 2003.
Sakai, Yutaka; Gunji, Kazuhiko; Haga, Takahisa*; Fukaya, Hiroyuki; Sonoda, Takashi; Sakazume, Yoshinori; Akutsu, Hideyuki; Niitsuma, Yasushi; Shirahashi, Koichi; Sato, Takeshi
JAERI-Tech 2004-006, 25 Pages, 2004/02
JAERI-Tech-2004-006.pdf:1.72MB
Analyses of the uranyl nitrate solution fuel are carried out at the analytical laboratory, NUCEF (the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Research Facility), which provide essential data for the operations of STACY (the Static Experiment Critical Facility), TRACY (the Transient Experiment Critical Facility) and the fuel treatment system. In the FY 2002, analyses of the uranyl nitrate solution fuel from STACY/TRACY on its pre- and post-operations, analyses of the uranyl nitrate solution under preparation stage for the fuel and analyses for nuclear material accountancy purpose, have been conducted. In addition, analyses on the preliminary tests to confirm adjustment condition of plutonium solution fuel for its further use at STACY, and analyses on the americium extraction/separation tests to provide americium for the research on high temperature chemistry of TRU, were conducted. A total number of analytical samples in the FY 2002 were 275. This report summarizes works related to the analyses and management of the analytical laboratory in the FY 2002.
Kano, Shigeki; Nakayama, Koichi; Koakutsu, Toru; *; *; *
PNC TN941 81-183, 115 Pages, 1981/09
The wear mark was observed between fuel cladding tube and adjacent wrapping wire in the fuelassembly irradiated at the "JOYO" MK-I core. It is necessitated that the formation mechanism, formation condition in the core and the effect of wear mark on the integrity of fuel cladding tube are clarified. The out-of-core sodium test was conducted at the Sodium Tachnology Section, O-arai Engineering Center, PNC, to estimate the load condition in the core and grasp the growth of wear mark. The test conditions were as follows: sodium temperature of 550C, cold trap temparatures of 120C and 150C, contact loads of 59 - 885g, sliding frequency of 1 Hz and sliding cycles of 10
, 10
and 10
. The test results obtained are as follows. (1)The wear depth linearly increases with increasing load and logarithm of sliding cycle, respectively. The growth of wear mark changes from initial wear to steady state wear. (2)The contact load between fuel cladding tube and wrapping wire in "JOYO" MK-I core is estimated as lower than 250g by the analysis using the test results, wear depth values, obtained at the present test. (3)The higher the contact load, the smoother the morphology of wear mark surface was. The increase of hardness was observed on the sliding surface, but the compositional and crystalline structure change and the crack caused by fatigue were not observed. (4)The sliding resistance between fuel cladding tube and wrapping wire incrementally increases with sliding and, there after, it is apt to be constant at ca. 510 sliding cycles. (5)There is not significant difference in the wear depth and the sliding reststance, respectively, between at cold trap temperatures of 120C and 150C. (6)The estimation of the growth of wear mark until the JOYO MK-I No.6 cycle by the present test results shows that the growth of wear depth is slight even after No.6 cycle.
CHasegawa, Naruo; *; Kano, Shigeki; Nakayama, Koichi; Nakasuji, Takashi; Koakutsu, Toru
PNC TN941 80-127, 124 Pages, 1980/08
It is an important subject to clarify the tribological behaviors of structural materials applied for contacting and/or sliding parts of "MONJU" components and take a measure to meet the design condition. From this point of view, a series of parameter tests are conducted on stellite No.6, Colmonoy No.5, Inconel 718 and LC-1C selected by the screening tests, and SUS 316, SUS 304 and 2.25Cr-1Mo steel as main structural materials for "MONJU". Among parameters, the effect of oxygen content in sodium on tribological behaviors is one of disputed points. As the cold trap temperature of "MONJU" primary system is intended to decrease from 140C (or 145C) to 120C, the authors started the tests whose parameter is cold trap temperature. This report describes the test results obtained partially. The test items and test conditions are as follows: I. Corrosion Test Sodium temperature : 600C, Exposure time : 2,000 hr. Cold trap temperature : 120C II. Friction Test Sodium temperature : 600C, Exposure time : 2,000 hr., Contact stress : 0.3kg/mm. Cold trap temperature : 120C III. Self-Welding Test Sodium temperature : 450 700C, Dwell time : 200 hr., Contact stress : 4 kg/mm , cold trap temperature : 120 C Comparison of as-received material with pre-exposed material. Estimation of self-weldability by tension breakaway. Main results obtained are as follows: I. Corrosion Test (1)Corrosion behavior did not indicate apparent difference between cold trap temperature of 120C and 140C. (2)Stellite No.6 showed an increase in weight and other materials tested showed a reduction in weight. II. Friction Test (Stellite No.6/itself and LC-1C/itself) (1)Kinetic friction coefficients did not show apparent difference between cold trap temperature of 120C and 140C. (2)Kinetic friction coefficients did not depend on sodium exposure time. III. ...
Kano, Shigeki; Hasegawa, Naruo; Nakayama, Koichi; Koakutsu, Toru; *; Nakasuji, Takashi
PNC TN941 79-144, 47 Pages, 1979/08
It is requested to obtain the self-welding characteristics in sodium on the contacting materials of "MONJU" components. By tension breakaway method, the tests were up to date conducted on many kinds of materials in sodium which was not cold-trapped
and was purified by the cold trap temperature of 190C
or 145C
. These results were used for material screening. The present study relates to the dwell temperature dependence of 200 hrs. self-welding characteristics on the selected hard facing materials and main structural materials of "MONJU" in 450 700C sodium purified by the cold trap temperature of 140C or 145C. The main results obtained are as follows. (1)The breakaway stress shows the apparent dwell temperature dependence. (2)The combinations of SUS 304/itself and SUS 316/itself self-weld above 500C and the breakaway stress increases linearly with the dwell temperature. (3)Ferritic steels exhibit the higher breakaway stress than austenitic stainless steels. (4)The combination of LC-1C/itself does not easily self-weld even at 700C. The combinations of Stellite No.6/itself, Colmonoy No.5/itself and Inconel 718/itself self-weld at 700C and do not self-weld at 600C. Only Colmonov No.5 breakaways at the inside as well as the self-welded interface. (5)Only Colmonoy No.5 shows the apparent corroded surface among the test materials after exposure to 700C sodium for 200 hrs. LC-1C exhibits flaking partially from the substratum. It is because the coating layer (0.2 mm thick) was too thick and there were the problems of the grid blast method on substratum surface and the manufacturing method on coating edge.
Koakutsu, Toru; Kano, Shigeki; Hasegawa, Naruo; *; Nakayama, Koichi; Nakasuji, Takashi
PNC TN941 79-105, 39 Pages, 1979/07
In view of anti-self-welding and low friction, hard facing materials are applied to the sliding parts of "MONJU" components. But it is thought that the self-welding and friction behavior of these materials is affected by sodium corrosion during long-term application at high temperature. At present report, a friction test was conducted in sodium to investigate the effect of the exposure time in flowing sodium on friction coefficient. This report describes the friction test results for Stellite No.6, Colmonoy No.5, Inconel 718, LC-1C (chromium carbide/nichrome binder) and SUS 316 under the following test conditions : the test temperature of 600C, the cold trap temperature of 140C, the test duration of 2000 hrs., the sodium velocity of 0.7 m/sec, the contact stress of 0.3 Kg/mm, the sliding stroke of 
5 mm and the sliding velocity of O 0.63 mm/sec, The results obtained are as follows. (1)All of test materials except for Colmonoy No.5 did not show the exposure time dependency of kinetic friction coefficient (
), (2)Degraded layer was appatently observed on the surface of Colmonoy No.5. (3)The coating method must be improved for LC-1C, because the LC-1C of 0.2 mm thick showed edge chipping. (4)The values were as follows. [Stellite No.6/self : 0.15 0.35] [Colmonoy No.5/self : 0.15 1.5] [Inconel 718/self : 0.65 1.15] [LC-1C/self : 0.35 0.55] [SUS 316/self : 1.0 1.2]
Hasegawa, Naruo; Kano, Shigeki; Nakayama, Koichi; Koakutsu, Toru; *; Nakasuji, Takashi
PNC TN941 79-26, 44 Pages, 1979/04
Friction, wear and self-welding resistant materials are applied for many contact and/or sliding parts in FBR components. The pad material of a fuel assembly wrapper tube is a ypical example. Wrapper tube pads of "MONJU" size were trially manufactured with four kinds of hard facing material selected by up to date R&D tests ((1)Stellite No.6 (2)Colmonoy No.6, (3)LC-1C (Chromium Carbide), (4)Inconel 718). In this study, these pads were exposed to 600C sodium for 2,000 hrs.. The following results were obtained. (1)The dimension between the inside of wrapper tube and the pad surface partially changed max. 200m due to the heating during sodium exposure. (2)Stellite No.6: After exposure, the surface showed general corrosion and selective corrosion at the grain boundary. The hardness slightly decreased to Hv 600 and surface roughness slightly increased. (3)Colmonoy No.6: After exposure, the surface showed severe general corrosion, then the depletion of boron and silicon and the degraded layer were observed in the vicinity of the exposed surface. The hardness of this layer significantly decreased to Hv 300 and the surface roughness slightly in creased. (4)LC-1C: After exposure, the surface showed slight general corrosion but cross-sectional micrograph was stable. The hardness increased to Hv 1,100 and the surface roughness slightly increased. (5)Inconel 718 : After exposure, the surface corrosion was slight, but titanium, niobium and molybdenum were depleted in the vicinity of the expoded surface. The hardness and surface roughness did not change before and after exposure.
