Changes in electronic structure of carbon supports for Pt catalysts induced by vacancy formation due to Ar irradiation

Okazaki, Hiroyuki*; Kakitani, Kenta*; Kimata, Tetsuya*; Idesaki, Akira*; Koshikawa, Hiroshi*; Matsumura, Daiju; Yamamoto, Shunya*; Yamaki, Tetsuya*

Journal of Chemical Physics, 152(12), p.124708_1 - 124708_5, 2020/03

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5144568

Swelling of radiation-cured polymer precursor powder for silicon carbide by pyrolysis

Takeyama, Akinori; Idesaki, Akira; Sugimoto, Masaki; Yoshikawa, Masahito

Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies (Internet), 3(4), p.402 - 406, 2015/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jascer.2015.08.003

Model magnet development of D1 beam separation dipole for the HL-LHC upgrade

Nakamoto, Tatsushi*; Sugano, Michinaka*; Xu, Q.*; Kawamata, Hiroshi*; Enomoto, Shun*; Higashi, Norio*; Idesaki, Akira; Iio, Masami*; Ikemoto, Yukio*; Iwasaki, Ruri*; et al.

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 25(3), p.4000505_1 - 4000505_5, 2015/06

https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2014.2361404

Recently, development of superconducting magnet system with high radiation resistance has been demanded for application in accelerator facilities such as CERN LHC. In order to realize superconducting magnet system with high radiation resistance, it is necessary to develop electrical insulator with high radiation resistance because the electrical insulator is made of organic materials whose radiation resistance is inferior to that of inorganic materials. We developed a glass fiber reinforced plastic with bismaleimide-triazine resin. The developed material showed excellent radiation resistance; the material evolved gases of 510 mol/g and maintained flexural strength of 640MPa (90% of initial value).

Effects of -ray irradiation on a cyanate ester/epoxy resin

Idesaki, Akira; Uechi, Hiroki*; Hakura, Yoshihiko*; Kishi, Hajime*

Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 98, p.1 - 6, 2014/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2013.12.032

Effects of -ray irradiation on a cyanate ester/epoxy resin composed of dicyanate ester of bisphenol A (DCBA) and diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) was investigated by changes in physicochemical and mechanical properties after the -ray irradiation with dose of 100 MGy as maximum at ambient temperature under vacuum. After the irradiation, gases of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide were evolved, glass transition temperature decreased, and flexural strength also decreased. It was concluded that ether linkages bonded to cyanurate, isocyanurate and oxazolidinone structures are mainly decomposed by the irradiation. After 100 MGy irradiation, the flexural strength of DCBA/DGEBA was maintained more than 170 MPa which is 90% of initial value of 195 MPa.

Synthesis of a porous SiC material from polycarbosilane by direct foaming and radiation curing

Idesaki, Akira; Sugimoto, Masaki; Yoshikawa, Masahito

Innovative Processing and Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics and Composites II; Ceramic Transactions, Vol.243, p.61 - 69, 2014/01

A macroporous SiC material was synthesized from polycarbosilane (PCS) by direct foaming and radiation curing. A mixture of PCS and biurea, a blowing agent, was heat-treated in Ar to obtain foamed PCS body, irradiated by -rays to fix the shaped body and finally pyrolyzed at 1000C in Ar. In this work, effects of foaming temperature (280-320C) and biurea content (0-1wt%) on the properties of obtained porous SiC material such as average cell size, porosity, compressive strength were investigated. It was found that the average cell size increased as foaming temperature and/or biurea content increased. Corresponding to increasing in average cell size, total porosity and open porosity increased and bulk density, closed porosity and compressive strength decreased. In case of the foaming at 280C with biurea content of 1wt%, obtained porous SiC material showed average cell size of 0.5 mm, total porosity of 74% and compressive strength of 3.2 MPa.

Study of cable ageing mechanism for nuclear power plant (Contract research)

Seguchi, Tadao*; Tamura, Kiyotoshi*; Watashi, Katsumi; Suzuki, Masahide; Shimada, Akihiko; Sugimoto, Masaki; Idesaki, Akira; Yoshikawa, Masahito; Oshima, Takeshi; Kudo, Hisaaki*

JAEA-Research 2012-029, 158 Pages, 2012/12

JAEA-Research-2012-029.pdf:9.4MB

The degradation mechanisms of ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR), crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE), polyvinylchloride (PVC), and silicone rubber (SiR) as the cable insulation materials were investigated for the cable ageing research of the nuclear power plant. The materials as same insulations for the practical cable (practical formulation) and as the model formulation containing specific additive were selected. They were exposed to the accelerated radiation and thermal environments. The mechanical properties, the crosslinking and chain scission, and the distribution of antioxidant and of oxidative products were measured and analyzed.

Ageing research of cable insulation materials

Seguchi, Tadao*; Tamura, Kiyotoshi; Kudo, Hisaaki*; Shimada, Akihiko; Sugimoto, Masaki; Idesaki, Akira; Oshima, Takeshi; Yoshikawa, Masahito

JAEA-Review 2012-027, 46 Pages, 2012/08

JAEA-Review-2012-027.pdf:5.87MB

The research on cable degradation mechanisms was conducted for 5 years in 2006 - 2010 as the project research of plant life management for nuclear power plant by NISA (Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency) of METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry). At the finish of above research, the degradation mechanisms were reviewed on the analysis of many reports on cable degradation. The reports published after 1970 were mainly surveyed and the facts or data containing the experimental accuracy were selected. The verified facts, the reasonable interpretation of the facts, unresolved aspects were checked on the view points of recent techniques or analysis, and proposed the new model of degradation mechanisms was proposed.

Irradiation condition on accelerated ageing test of cable designed for nuclear power plants

Shimada, Akihiko; Kudo, Hisaaki*; Idesaki, Akira; Oshima, Takeshi; Tamura, Kiyotoshi; Seguchi, Tadao*

Proceedings of International Conference on Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis 2010 (CMD 2010), Vol.2, p.705 - 708, 2010/09

The lifetime evaluation of cable insulation used in nuclear power plants is very important for their safety running. In the present, the evaluation of cable lifetime is performed under the higher dose rate of radiation and elevated temperatures compared to actual conditions. In that case, we need to select the reasonable dose rate. One of the important points is the homogeneous oxidation throughout insulation polymer materials during irradiation for the equivalent oxidation with the real ageing condition. The oxidation depth of polymer material depends on the dose rate and oxygen diffusion coefficient into polymer material. Then, the dose rate could be increased if the diffusion coefficient was increased by increasing the irradiation temperature. The relations between dose rate and irradiation temperature were studied on XLPE, EPR, PVC and SiR for cable insulation. These materials are irradiated with cobalt 60 -rays at dose rates up to 1 kGy/h under elevated temperature. The irradiation effects were analyzed by tensile test, change of swelling ratio and gel fraction, SEM-EDS, and FT-IR.

Synthesis of ceramic nano fiber from precursor polymer by single particle nano-fabrication technique

Sugimoto, Masaki; Idesaki, Akira; Yoshikawa, Masahito; Watanabe, Shogo*; Seki, Shu*

Advances in Polymer Derived Ceramics and Composites; Ceramic Transactions, Vol.213, p.105 - 110, 2010/06

We have succeeded in synthesizing ceramic nano fibers from precursor polymers using Single Particle Nanofabrication Technique (SPNT). A thin film of the precursor polymer was cross-linked by MeV-order heavy-ion beam irradiation along ion tracks of nano-size in radius through the whole thickness of the thin film. Nano fibers were developed on the surface of the substrate by dissolution and washing away of un-crosslinked polymer. Subsequent pyrolysis converted polymeric into ceramic nano fibers. The radius, length and number density of nano fibers are controlled by liner energy transfer (LET) of ion beam, thickness of polymeric target and number of projected ions, respectively.

Interlaminar shear properties of composite insulation systems for fusion magnets at cryogenic temperatures

Shindo, Yasuhide*; Takeda, Tomo*; Narita, Fumio*; Miura, Masaya*; Watanabe, Shinya*; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Idesaki, Akira; Okuno, Kiyoshi

Cryogenics, 50(1), p.36 - 42, 2010/01

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2009.10.006

This paper reports the cryogenic interlaminar shear properties of composite insulation systems for the superconducting magnet coils in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Short beam shear tests were performed at room temperature, liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K) and liquid helium temperature (4 K) on three insulation systems consisting of woven glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) composites with different polymer resins and polyimide films, and the dependence of their apparent interlaminar shear strength on the temperature and the polymer resins was discussed. A detailed observation of failed specimens was made to verify the failure mechanisms. Insulation systems subjected to irradiation at room temperature were also considered, and the effect of irradiation on the cryogenic interlaminar shear properties was examined.