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Ogawa, Tatsuhiko; Morev, M.*; Iimoto, Takeshi*; Kosako, Toshiso*
Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology (Internet), 4, p.574 - 577, 2014/04
Depth distributions of radioactive fragments in a thick lead target exposed to 400 MeV/u carbon ions were measured to obtain isotopic production cross-sections of 
Pb(C,x) X reactions as excitation functions. The procedure of this experiment was validated by comparing the obtained data with the available thin target experimental data. Energy and mass dependences of the obtained cross-sections give insight into the reaction mechanism and will be useful for radiation transport code benchmarking.
Ogawa, Tatsuhiko; Morev, M. N.*; Kosako, Toshiso*
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 109(2, Part 2), p.1253 - 1255, 2013/11
Depth distributions of radioactive fragments in a thick lead target exposed to 400 MeV/u carbon ions were measured to obtain isotopic production cross-sections of Pb(
C,x)X (X=
Sc, 
V, 
Mn, 
Co, 
Co, 
Fe, 
Se, 
Rb, 
Sr, 
Sn, 
Te, 
Xe, 
Ba, 
Ce, 
Pm, 
Pm, 
Gd, 
Eu, 
Gd, 
Hf and 
Hf) reactions as excitation functions. The obtained fragment distributions were converted to excitation functions of fragmentation cross-sections by the modified stacked-foil method. This conversion procedure was validated by comparing the obtained data with the available thin target experimental data. The obtained cross-sections were in good agreement with the previously published results. Comparison of the obtained cross-sections and the simulation by PHITS showed that PHITS underestimates fragments lighter than 90 amu by factor of about 10 whereas the fragments heavier than 110 amu were predicted within a factor of 3. Energy and mass dependences of the obtained cross-sections give insight into the reaction mechanism and will be useful for radiation transport code benchmarking. Furthermore, this study clarified that excitation functions of fragmentation reactions induced by heavy ions can be obtained by applying the method adopted in this study.
Yasuda, Hiroshi*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Yonehara, Hidenori*; Kosako, Toshiso*; Fujitaka, Kazunobu*; Sasaki, Yasuhito*
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 146(1-3), p.123 - 125, 2011/07
Times Cited Count：14 Percentile：71.64(Environmental Sciences)The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) has helped the airlines companies to follow the guideline, particularly for the calculation of aviation route doses. The presentation will show the annual individual doses of aircraft crew calculated for the 2007 fiscal year.
Hashimoto, Makoto; Iimoto, Takeshi*; Kosako, Toshiso*
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 146(1-3), p.65 - 68, 2011/07
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.01(Environmental Sciences)A dose evaluation using multiple radiation detector outputs can be improved by the convex optimisation. It enables flexible dose evaluation corresponding to the radiation field. The neutron ambient dose equivalent is evaluated using a mixed-gas proportional counter. The reliability of evaluated dose values are comparable with current dosimeter. An application to neutron individual dose equivalent measurement is also investigated. The combination of dosimeters with high orthogonality of response characteristics tends to show good suitability for dose evaluation.
Hashimoto, Makoto; Iimoto, Takeshi*; Kosako, Toshiso*
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 136(1), p.1 - 10, 2009/07
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：10.21(Environmental Sciences)A novel neutron dose measurement method which flexibly responds to variations of neutron field is being developed in JAEA. This is an implementation of the multi-detector method (first introduced in early 1970s) for neutron dose evaluation using convex hull in the response space defined for multiple detectors. The convex hull provides range of possible neutron dose corresponding to the incident neutron spectrum. Feasibility of the method was studied using simulated response of mixed-gas proportional counter. Monochromatic neutrons are shown to be fundamentally suitable for mapping the convex hull. The convex hull can be further reduced taking into consideration 
information about physically possible incident neutron spectra, for example, theoretically derived moderated neutron spectra originated from a fission neutron source.
Hashimoto, Makoto; Iimoto, Takeshi*; Kosako, Toshiso*
Proceedings of International Symposium commemorating the First Anniversary of the Foundation of GoNERI "Key to the Future; Energy Security and Nuclear Education & Research", p.247 - 252, 2008/10
Neutron dose evaluation method which flexibly respond to an alteration of neutron field is developing. The mulitidetector method is introduced. The method uses a convex hull in a topological vector space composed of the ratio of multi detector outputs and objective quantities. The convex hull provides range of possible conversion factor to obtain objective quantity based on the circumstance condition. The convex hull is sophisticated with elemental neutron spectra group of respective neutron field. Mixed gas proportional counter is applied to validate the effectively of the dose evaluation method with a convex hull.
Ishikawa, Masayori*; Kumada, Hiroaki; Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi; Kaneko, Junichi*; Bengua, G.*; Unesaki, Hironobu*; Sakurai, Yoshinori*; Tanaka, Kenichi*; Kosako, Toshiso*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 551(2-3), p.448 - 457, 2005/10
Times Cited Count：12 Percentile：63.83(Instruments & Instrumentation)A wide range thermal neutron detector was developed based on the Scintillator with Optical Fiber (SOF) detector which has been previously used for thermal neutron monitoring during boron neutron capture therapy irradiation. With this new detector system we intended to address the issues of real-time thermal neutron flux measurement and the simultaneous measurement of a wide range of thermal neutron flux in a BNCT irradiation field which were difficult to implement with the gold wire activation method. A good agreement between the thermal neutron flux measured by the gold wire activation method and the paired SOF detector system was observed. However, measurements which would normally take a few days to perform with the gold wire activation method were obtained in just about 15 min using the SOF detector system. We also confirmed the dynamic range of linearity for the SOF detector system to be in the order of magnitude of 1e-4.
Kosako, Toshiso*; Sugiura, Nobuyuki*; Kudo, Kazuhiko*; Mori, Chizuo*; Iimoto, Takeshi*; Shikama, Tatsuo*; Katagiri, Masaki; Hayashi, Kimio; Aihara, Jun; Shibata, Taiju; et al.
JAERI-Review 2000-017, 78 Pages, 2000/10
JAERI-Review-2000-017.pdf:4.62MB
no abstracts in English
Abe, Fumitoshi*; Ota, Shizuko*; Kosako, Toshiso*; Tanaka, Ryuichi; Tominaga, Hiroshi*; Yamamoto, Masago*; Ujihira, Yusuke*
Isotope News, (501), p.16 - 26, 1996/02
no abstracts in English
Kosako, Toshiso*; ; ;
Kenkyu Bunya-niokeru housyasei Haikibutu No Toriatukai, 0, p.27 - 31, 1994/03
no abstracts in English
Seki, Yasushi; Kosako, Toshiso*
Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi, 32(1), p.33 - 36, 1990/01
no abstracts in English
Tanaka, Shunichi; ; Hirayama, Hideo*; Ban, Shuichi*; Nakamura, Takashi*; Kosako, Toshiso*; ; ; ; Kawai, Masayoshi*; et al.
Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 39(2), p.241 - 252, 1988/00
no abstracts in English
Tanaka, Shunichi; Sakamoto, Yukio; Tanaka, Susumu; ; Hirayama, Hideo*; Ban, Shuichi*; Kosako, Toshiso*; ; ; Nakamura, Takashi*; et al.
Nihon Genshiryoku Gakkai-Shi, 30(5), p.385 - 393, 1988/00
no abstracts in English
Kosako, Toshiso*; ; ; Kawata, Tomio*; ; ; ; Yamaki, J.;
Genshiro Igai No Genshiryoku Shisetsu No Kijun To Shishin (Beikoku), 404 Pages, 1986/00
no abstracts in English
Kosako, Toshiso*; ; ; ; ; ; Yamaki, J.;
Genshiryoku Kagaku Puranto Ni Taisuru Anzen Shinsa Shishin (Eikoku), 75 Pages, 1986/00
no abstracts in English
Kosako, Toshiso*; Nakazawa, Masaharu*; Wakabayashi, Hiroaki*; Sekiguchi, Akira*
PNC TJ260 78-06, 97 Pages, 1976/11
He proportional counter was employed to determine the fast and intermediateneutron spectra of wide energy region. The mixed gas (He, Kr) type counterresponse and the spectrum unfolding code were prepared and applied to some neutronfields. The counter response calculation was performed by using the Monte Carlocode,paying regards to dealing of the particle range calculation of the mixed gas.An experiment was carried out by using the van de Graaff accelerator to check theresponse function. The spectrum unfolding code was prepared so that it mayhave the function of automatic evaluation of the higher energy spectum's effectto the pulse hight distribution of the lower energy region. The neutron spectraof the various neutron fields were measured and compared with the calculations suchas the discrete ordinate Sn calculations. It became clear that the techniquedeveloped here can be applied to the practical use in the neutron energy rangefrom about 150 KeV to 5 MeV.
Hashimoto, Makoto; Sohn, S.-K.*; Iimoto, Takeshi*; Kosako, Toshiso*
no journal, ,
While unfolding calculation is widely applied for the neutron spectrum evaluation with multi moderator method, such experiments can configure neural network for neutron spectrum evaluation and it makes quick to evaluate the neutron spectrum. Conformation of the neural network and effects of some condition to the network will be discussed.
Ogawa, Tatsuhiko; Morev, M.*; Kosako, Toshiso*; Sato, Tatsuhiko; Hashimoto, Shintaro; Niita, Koji*
no journal, ,
Excitation functions of Pb(C,x) fragmentation reactions are measured in 10-400 MeV/u energy range and compared with simulation by PHITS (JQMD+GEM). Fragments within mass range 20-60 and those within 110-130 are underestimated by a factor of 10. This suggests reaction model not considered in conventional Monte-Carlo radiation transport simulation codes (e.g. percolation model) are necessary to reproduce production of fragments lighter or heavier than fission fragments.
Kosako, Toshiso*; Tani, Kotaro*; Ogino, Haruyuki*; Iida, Takao*; Hattori, Takatoshi*; Oda, Keiji*; Omi, Tadashi*; Furuta, Sadaaki*; Murakami, Hironori*; Kasai, Atsushi*; et al.
no journal, ,
Two proposal notes were written by the Japan Health Physics Society in terms of the issues on radiation protection considering the arguments in many academic symposiums after the accident in TEPCO Fukushima-Daiichi NPP resulting from the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. These proposal notes were referred in some symposiums, and the follow-up activities are needed for collecting the chronological information after the Fukushima accident and for considering these proposal matter in detail. After the proposal notes were published, quite many activities for radiation protection were performed. In this professional workshop, the chronological information was collected and easily evaluated concerning with the proposal. In this presentation, the outcome was introduced.
Hashimoto, Makoto; Morev, M. N.*; Iimoto, Takeshi*; Kosako, Toshiso*
no journal, ,
Convex hull data treatment dosimetry using multiple dosimeters is studied. It makes available to make reliable dosimetry with feedback of data about the radiation field derived from the relationship between multiple detector outputs. It holds that the combination of even simple detectors can evaluate the neutron personal dose equivalent or ambient dose equivalent in sufficient accuracy. The relation between the combination of detectors and the capability of dose evaluation is also discussed.
