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(GPS) scintillator-based alpha imaging detector for rapid plutonium detection in high-radon environmentsMorishita, Yuki; Izaki, Kenji; Kaneko, Junichi*; Yamamoto, Seiichi*; Higuchi, Mikio*; Torii, Tatsuo
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 67(10), p.2203 - 2208, 2020/10
Times Cited Count：9 Percentile：71.58(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)We developed a GdSiO (GPS) scintillator-based alpha imaging detector and demonstrated its effectiveness by evaluating actual Pu particle and 
Rn progeny. The GPS scintillator plate was prepared by a sintering method. The outer dimensions of the GPS scintillator plate were 5 
5 cm, and the scintillator layer was approximately 50 
m on a 3-mm-thick high-transparency glass. The plate was optically coupled to a position-sensitive photomultiplier tube with silicone grease. The developed imaging detector exhibited good uniformity. Pu particle activities were accurately evaluated at 14 different positions, and the difference in activity was within 6%. Radon-222 (Rn) progeny counts were reduced by 65.3% by applying an energy window. Although the Pu/Rn progeny activity ratio was 1/51, the Pu particle was successfully identified among Rn progeny within the 5 min-measurement time. The imaging detector has an excellent ability for detecting Pu among Rn progeny. Thus, this detector is useful for alpha contamination monitoring in high-radon-background environments.
Morishita, Yuki; Kaneko, Junichi*; Higuchi, Mikio*; Izaki, Kenji; Yajima, Tatsuo*; Matsuura, Mitsugu*; Tamura, Ken; Torii, Tatsuo
Radiation Measurements, 122, p.115 - 120, 2019/03
Times Cited Count：8 Percentile：61.94(Nuclear Science & Technology)Strasser, P.*; Abe, Mitsushi*; Aoki, Masaharu*; Choi, S.*; Fukao, Yoshinori*; Higashi, Yoshitaka*; Higuchi, Takashi*; Iinuma, Hiromi*; Ikedo, Yutaka*; Ishida, Katsuhiko*; et al.
EPJ Web of Conferences, 198, p.00003_1 - 00003_8, 2019/01
Times Cited Count：13 Percentile：99.06(Quantum Science & Technology)Ueno, Yasuhiro*; Aoki, Masaharu*; Fukao, Yoshinori*; Higashi, Yoshitaka*; Higuchi, Takashi*; Iinuma, Hiromi*; Ikedo, Yutaka*; Ishida, Katsuhiko*; Ito, Takashi; Iwasaki, Masahiko*; et al.
Hyperfine Interactions, 238(1), p.14_1 - 14_6, 2017/11
Times Cited Count：3 Percentile：86.59(Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical)Strasser, P.*; Aoki, Masaharu*; Fukao, Yoshinori*; Higashi, Yoshitaka*; Higuchi, Takashi*; Iinuma, Hiromi*; Ikedo, Yutaka*; Ishida, Katsuhiko*; Ito, Takashi; Iwasaki, Masahiko*; et al.
Hyperfine Interactions, 237(1), p.124_1 - 124_9, 2016/12
Times Cited Count：7 Percentile：90.97(Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical)Ishizawa, Akihiro*; Idomura, Yasuhiro; Imadera, Kenji*; Kasuya, Naohiro*; Kanno, Ryutaro*; Satake, Shinsuke*; Tatsuno, Tomoya*; Nakata, Motoki*; Nunami, Masanori*; Maeyama, Shinya*; et al.
Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 92(3), p.157 - 210, 2016/03
The high-performance computer system Helios which is located at The Computational Simulation Centre (CSC) in The International Fusion Energy Research Centre (IFERC) started its operation in January 2012 under the Broader Approach (BA) agreement between Japan and the EU. The Helios system has been used for magnetised fusion related simulation studies in the EU and Japan and has kept high average usage rate. As a result, the Helios system has contributed to many research products in a wide range of research areas from core plasma physics to reactor material and reactor engineering. This project review gives a short catalogue of domestic simulation research projects. First, we outline the IFERC-CSC project. After that, shown are objectives of the research projects, numerical schemes used in simulation codes, obtained results and necessary computations in future.
Morishita, Yuki; Yamamoto, Seiichi*; Izaki, Kenji; Kaneko, Junichi*; Toi, Kohei*; Tsubota, Yoichi*; Higuchi, Mikio*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 764, p.383 - 386, 2014/11
Times Cited Count：36 Percentile：93.56(Instruments & Instrumentation)Yano, Kimihiko; Kitagaki, Toru; Ikeuchi, Hirotomo; Wakui, Ryohei; Higuchi, Hidetoshi; Kaji, Naoya; Koizumi, Kenji; Washiya, Tadahiro
Proceedings of International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference; Nuclear Energy at a Crossroads (GLOBAL 2013) (CD-ROM), p.1554 - 1559, 2013/09
Wakui, Ryohei; Kitagaki, Toru; Higuchi, Hidetoshi; Takeuchi, Masayuki; Koizumi, Kenji; Washiya, Tadahiro
Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering and the ASME 2012 Power Conference (ICONE-20 & POWER 2012) (DVD-ROM), 7 Pages, 2012/07
Higuchi, Kenji; Hiratsuka, Atsushi*; Endo, Tatsuro; Ota, Yukihiro; Machida, Masahiko
JAEA-Data/Code 2010-025, 84 Pages, 2011/02
JAEA-Data-Code-2010-025.pdf:1.94MB
We describe the parallelization and performance evaluation of the simulation program for emission of terahertz electromagnetic wave from high-Tc cuprate superconductors, where high performance was achieved as a result of tuning on multi-core system. Firstly the simulation space was divided for parallel processing, where MPI communication was implemented. The divided simulation space was further assigned to processes on multi-processors. Secondly parallel performance on each processor was accelerated by multi-threads implemented by OpenMP with a ratio at the number of core's. We have evaluated the parallelized program on HA8000 cluster system at Information Technology Center of the University of Tokyo, and, thus, achieved high performance in the analysis of terahertz electromagnetic wave emission from superconductors.
Higuchi, Hidetoshi; Koizumi, Kenji; Hirano, Hiroyasu; Tasaka, Masayuki*; Washiya, Tadahiro; Kobayashi, Tsuguyuki*
Journal of Power and Energy Systems (Internet), 4(1), p.244 - 251, 2010/04
no abstracts in English
Kitagaki, Toru; Tasaka, Masayuki; Higuchi, Hidetoshi; Koizumi, Kenji; Hirano, Hiroyasu; Washiya, Tadahiro; Kobayashi, Tsuguyuki*
Proceedings of 17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE-17) (CD-ROM), 5 Pages, 2009/06
JAEA has been developing a reliable disassembly system for FBR fuel reprocessing as a part of Fast Reactor Cycle Technology Development (FaCT). We fabricated the disassembly system testing machine. In this paper, we described design of it.
Higuchi, Hidekazu; Osugi, Takeshi; Nakashio, Nobuyuki; Momma, Toshiyuki; Tohei, Toshio; Ishikawa, Joji; Iseda, Hirokatsu; Mitsuda, Motoyuki; Ishihara, Keisuke; Sudo, Tomoyuki; et al.
JAEA-Technology 2007-038, 189 Pages, 2007/07
JAEA-Technology-2007-038-01.pdf:15.13MBJAEA-Technology-2007-038-02.pdf:38.95MBJAEA-Technology-2007-038-03.pdf:48.42MBJAEA-Technology-2007-038-04.pdf:20.53MBJAEA-Technology-2007-038-05.pdf:10.44MB
The Advanced Volume Reduction Facilities (AVRF) is constructed to manufacture the waste packages of radioactive waste for disposal in the Nuclear Science Research Institute of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. The AVRF is constituted from two facilities. The one is the Waste Size Reduction and Storage Facility (WSRSF) which is for reducing waste size, sorting into each material and storing the waste package. The other is the Waste Volume Reduction Facility (WVRF) which is for manufacturing the waste package by volume reducing treatment and stabilizing treatment. WVRF has an induction melting furnace, a plasma melting furnace, an incinerator, and a super compactor for treatment. In this report, we summarized about the basic concept of constructing AVRF, the constitution of facilities, the specifications of machineries and the state of trial operation until March of 2006.
Shimada, Kenya*; Higashiguchi, Mitsuharu*; Arita, Masashi*; Namatame, Hirofumi*; Taniguchi, Masaki*; Fujimori, Shinichi; Saito, Yuji; Fujimori, Atsushi; Takata, Yasutaka*; Shin, S.*; et al.
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 310(2, Part1), p.e57 - e58, 2007/03
We have examined the electronic states of the Kondo semiconductor CeRhAs and the semimetal CeRhSb by means of high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy using tunable photon energies from 40 up to 5948 eV. On the basis of the photon-energy dependence ofthe photoionization cross-section, we have elucidated the p-d-f hybridized states in these compounds.
Nakajima, Norihiro; Kimura, Hideo; Higuchi, Kenji; Aoyagi, Tetsuo; Suzuki, Yoshio; Hirayama, Toshio; Yagawa, Genki
Dai-23-Kai Nihon Shimyureshon Gakkai Taikai Happyo Rombunshu, p.117 - 120, 2004/06
The pablic acceptance of nuclear power plants operations requests information of status for the safety and ease. Previous technology in computational scinece is generarlly carried out the analysis as an uniform structure, although the plants are assembled by thousand of parts. The proposed approach is to develope assembled structural analysis and fluid/heat analyis in assembled structures under the natural and actual environmnet such as daily operation, small quakeing which does not induce shut down procedure, and so on.
Shimizu, Futoshi; Kadoyoshi, Tomoko; Kaburaki, Hideo; Yamagishi, Nobuhiro*; Hasegawa, Yukihiro*; Higuchi, Kenji
Keisan Kogaku Koenkai Rombunshu, 8(2), p.801 - 804, 2003/05
no abstracts in English
Higuchi, Kenji; Otani, Takayuki; Hasegawa, Yukihiro*; Suzuki, Yoshio; Yamagishi, Nobuhiro*; Kimura, Kazuyuki*; Maesako, Hiroshi*; Fukuda, Masahiro; Yagawa, Genki
Keisan Kogaku Koenkai Rombunshu, 8(2), p.797 - 800, 2003/05
no abstracts in English
Suzuki, Yoshio; Matsumoto, Nobuko*; Yamagishi, Nobuhiro*; Higuchi, Kenji; Otani, Takayuki; Nagai, Haruyasu; Terada, Hiroaki; Furuno, Akiko; Chino, Masamichi; Kobayashi, Takuya
Computational Science - ICCS 2003, International Conference Saint Petersburg Russian Federation, Melbourne Australia, June 2-4, 2003 Proceedings, p.120 - 129, 2003/00
Information-Technology Based Laboratory (ITBL) project has been propelled as one of e-Japan priority policy programs. The purposes of the project are to share intellectual resources such as remote computers, programs and data in universities and institutes and to support cooperative studies among researchers, building a virtual research environment, ITBL. Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) has been working on installation and management of hardware and development of infrastructure software and applications. As application software, researches on quantum bioinformatics and environmental sciences are carried out. This paper presents utilization of ITBL system infra-structure software for 'Numerical Environment System' which is developed for environmental studies. More effective job executions and visualization are ex-pected by using Task Mapping Editor (TME) and AVS/ITBL, which are tools developed as infrastructure software.
study of hydrogen hydrate clathrates for hydrogen storage within the ITBL environmentSluiter, M. H. F.*; Belosludov, R. V.*; Jain, A.*; Belosludov, V. R.*; Adachi, Hitoshi*; Kawazoe, Yoshiyuki*; Higuchi, Kenji; Otani, Takayuki
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2858, p.330 - 341, 2003/00
Recently, for the first time a hydrate clathrate was discovered with hydrogen. Aside from the great technological promise that is inherent in storing hydorogen at high density at modest pressures, there is great scientefic interest as this would constitute the first hydrate clathrate with multiple guest molecules per cage. The multiple cage occupancy is controversial, and reproducibility of the experiments has been questioned. Therefore in this study we try to illucidate the remarkable stability of the hydrogen hydrate clathrate, and determine the thermodynamically most favored cage occpancy using highly accrate 
computer simulations in a parameter survey. To carry out these extraordinary demanding computations a distributed code has been developed using the SuperSINET with the ITBL software as the top-layer.
Higuchi, Kenji; Imamura, Toshiyuki*; Suzuki, Yoshio; Shimizu, Futoshi; Machida, Masahiko; Otani, Takayuki; Hasegawa, Yukihiro*; Yamagishi, Nobuhiro*; Kimura, Kazuyuki*; Aoyagi, Tetsuo; et al.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2858, p.245 - 257, 2003/00
Prototype of the middleware for Grid project promoted by national institutes in Japan has been developed. Key technologies that are indispensable for construction of virtual organization were already implemented onto the prototype of middleware and examined in practical computer/network system from a view point of availability. In addition several kinds of scientific applications are being executed on the prototype system. It seems that successful result in the implementation of those technologies such as security infrastructure, component programming and collaborative visualization in practical computer/network systems means significant progress in Science Grid in Japan.
