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Kokubun, Yuji; Nakada, Akira; Seya, Natsumi; Koike, Yuko; Nemoto, Masashi; Tobita, Keiji; Yamada, Ryohei*; Uchiyama, Rei; Yamashita, Daichi; Nagai, Shinji; et al.
JAEA-Review 2023-046, 164 Pages, 2024/03
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The Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratories conducts environmental radiation monitoring around the reprocessing plant in accordance with the "Safety Regulations for Reprocessing Plant of JAEA, Part IV: Environmental Monitoring". This report summarizes the results of environmental radiation monitoring conducted during the period from April 2022 to March 2023 and the results of dose calculations for the surrounding public due to the release of radioactive materials into the atmosphere and ocean. In the results of the above environmental radiation monitoring, many items were affected by radioactive materials emitted from the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant of Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated (changed to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. on April 1, 2016), which occurred in March 2011. Also included as appendices are an overview of the environmental monitoring plan, an overview of measurement methods, measurement results and their changes over time, meteorological statistics results, radioactive waste release status, and an evaluation of the data which deviated of the normal range.
NaTiO
in high-temperature phasesYoneda, Yasuhiro; Noguchi, Yuji*
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 60(SF), p.SFFA08_1 - SFFA08_10, 2021/11
Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：36.85(Physics, Applied)BiNaTiO (abbreviated as BNT) is a lead-free material but exhibits relatively large piezoelectric properties, a lot of researches have been conducted. We performed local structural analysis using high-quality BNT with a stoichiometrically correct composition, and found a chemical order structure of Bi/Na in locally. BNT undergoes a phase transition to a cubic phase at 400
C. We estimated that a new disorder structure will appear in the high-temperature phase. In the high temperature phase, pair distribution function (PDF) analysis using synchrotron radiation high-energy X-rays was performed. As a result, we found that Bi shifts from 200C, and this shift becomes an order parameter for the phase transition.
Takeda, Tetsuaki*; Inagaki, Yoshiyuki; Aihara, Jun; Aoki, Takeshi; Fujiwara, Yusuke; Fukaya, Yuji; Goto, Minoru; Ho, H. Q.; Iigaki, Kazuhiko; Imai, Yoshiyuki; et al.
High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactors; JSME Series in Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation, Vol.5, 464 Pages, 2021/02
As a general overview of the research and development of a High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) in JAEA, this book describes the achievements by the High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) on the designs, key component technologies such as fuel, reactor internals, high temperature components, etc., and operational experience such as rise-to-power tests, high temperature operation at 950C, safety demonstration tests, etc. In addition, based on the knowledge of the HTTR, the development of designs and component technologies such as high performance fuel, helium gas turbine and hydrogen production by IS process for commercial HTGRs are described. These results are very useful for the future development of HTGRs. This book is published as one of a series of technical books on fossil fuel and nuclear energy systems by the Power Energy Systems Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Nb
)OYoneda, Yasuhiro; Taniguchi, Hiroki*; Noguchi, Yuji*
Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 33(3), p.035401_1 - 035401_8, 2021/01
Times Cited Count：4 Percentile：33.7(Physics, Condensed Matter)Nanoscale structural analysis of relaxor Pb(MgNb)O (PMN) was performed using synchrotron high-energy X-ray diffraction measurements. Although PMN is a well-known relaxor ferroelectric material, the average structure is a cubic structure, and various models have been proposed to explain the ferroelectric microstructure. We performed a wide-range local structure analysis up to 20 nm using the pair distribution function (PDF). As a result, it was found that the structure of PMN changed depending on the distance and it was a glass-like structure.
NaTiOYoneda, Yasuhiro; Noguchi, Yuji*
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 59(SP), p.SPPA01_1 - SPPA01_7, 2020/11
Times Cited Count：19 Percentile：77.9(Physics, Applied)We investigate A-site cation ordering in the ferroelectric perovskite BiNaTiO (BNT) by synchrotron X-ray total scattering. Although BNT has a problem of a low depolarization temperature, it is promising a lead-free piezoelectric material. Since the depolarization temperature is presumed to correspond to a relaxer like gradual order-disorder phase transition, local structure analysis is necessary to understand the structure of the diorder phase. Through this approach, the elusive connection between chemical heterogeneity and structural heterogeneity is revealed. Because of the large randomness, the Ti off-center shift is averaged out beyond the unit cell and the structure becomes very close to the average structure beyond the unit cell.
in high-temperature cubic phaseYoneda, Yasuhiro; Taniguchi, Hiroki*; Kitanaka, Yuki*; Noguchi, Yuji*
Ferroelectrics, 538(1), p.57 - 62, 2019/05
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：27.39(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)High-energy X-ray diffraction study was performed on lead titanate (PbTiO). Short-range order structure was revealed using atomic pair-distribution function (PDF) method. In the high-temperature cubic phase, there is a large deviation between local and average structure. Especially, Pb atoms deviated from the cubic lattice framework, but establish Pb-O-Pb random network.
Teshigawara, Makoto; Ikeda, Yujiro; Oi, Motoki; Harada, Masahide; Takada, Hiroshi; Kakishiro, Masanori*; Noguchi, Gaku*; Shimada, Tsubasa*; Seita, Kyoichi*; Murashima, Daisuke*; et al.
Nuclear Materials and Energy (Internet), 14, p.14 - 21, 2018/01
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0.01(Nuclear Science & Technology)We developed an Au-In-Cd (AuIC) decoupler material to reduce induced radioactivity instead of Ag-In-Cd one, which has a cut off energy of 1eV. In order to implement it into an actual moderator-reflector assembly, a number of critical engineering issues need to be resolved with regard to large-sized bonding between AuIC and A5083 alloys by the hot isostatic pressing process. We investigated this process in terms of the surface conditions, sizes, and heat capacities of large AuIC alloys. We also show a successful implementation of an AuIC decoupler into a reflector assembly, resulting in a remarkable reduction of radioactivity by AuIC compared to AIC without sacrificing neutronic performance.
Mannan, M. A.*; Baba, Yuji; Kida, Tetsuya*; Nagano, Masamitsu*; Noguchi, Hideyuki*
Materials Sciences and Applications, 6(5), p.353 - 359, 2015/05
The synthesis and structure of hexagonal boron carbonitride (h-BCN) film on polycrystalline diamond surface were reported. Polycrystalline diamond and/or diamond-like carbon were first fabricated on Si (100) and then it was used as substrate. The deposition was performed by radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. In order to reduce the content of nitrogen void defects, the deposition was performed at the high temperature of 950C under the working pressure of 2.6 Pa. The typical sample with atomic composition of B
C
N
O
in the h-BCN lattice was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The fine structure of the film was studied by near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) measurements. The B K-edge and N K-edge of NEXAFS spectra revealed that the synthesized h-BCN film has the ideal honeycomb-like BN
configuration without nitrogen void defects.
modulated by Mn substitutionYoneda, Yasuhiro; Kohara, Shinji*; Noguchi, Yuji*; Miyayama, Masaru*
Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, 40(1), p.29 - 32, 2015/03
Barium titanate (BaTiO) with a high dielectric constant is widely used in the production of ceramic capacitors. However, during sintering large numbers of ionized oxygen vacancies and conduction electrons are created. Doping with manganese is one of several ways to confine the electrons to a small region. In Mn-doped BaTiO there exist three valence states for the manganese ions, Mn
, Mn
, and Mn
. The Mn is nearly exactly incorporated into Ti sites and participates in the collective motion in the lattice. We performed local structure analysis by using atomic pair-distribution function (PDF) and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS). Figure 1 shows the obtained PDFs for pure BaTiO and 0.5%-Mn-doped BaTiO. All data collected at room temperature. Two obtained PDF patterns are well in agreement. Mn doping has hardly affected local structure.
Ohashi, Hirofumi; Sato, Hiroyuki; Yan, X.; Sumita, Junya; Nomoto, Yasunobu; Tazawa, Yujiro; Noguchi, Hiroki; Imai, Yoshiyuki; Tachibana, Yukio
JAEA-Technology 2013-016, 176 Pages, 2013/09
JAEA-Technology-2013-016.pdf:8.62MB
JAEA has started a conceptual design of a 50MWt small-sized high temperature gas cooled reactor for steam supply and electricity generation (HTR50S), which is a first-of-kind of the commercial plant or a demonstration plant of a small-sized HTGR system for steam supply to the industries and district heating and electricity generation by a steam turbine. The plant design of HTR50S for the steam supply and electricity generation was performed based on the plant specification and the requirements for each system taking into account for the increase of the reactor outlet coolant temperature from 750C to 900C and the installation of IHX. The technical feasibility of HTR50S was confirmed because the designed systems satisfies the design requirements. The conceptual plant layout was also determined. This paper provides the summary of the plan design and technical feasibility of HTR50S.
Mannan, M. A.*; Baba, Yuji; Hirao, Norie; Kida, Tetsuya*; Nagano, Masamitsu*; Noguchi, Hideyuki*
Materials Sciences and Applications, 4(5A), p.11 - 19, 2013/05
Hexagonal nano-crystalline boron carbonitride (h-BCN) films grown on Si (100) substrate have been investigated. The films were synthesized by radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition using tris-dimethylamino borane as a precursor. Formation of the nano-crystalline h-BCN compound has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. The films composed of B, C, and N atoms with different B-N, B-C, C-N chemical bonds in forming the sp2-BCN atomic configuration studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Orientation and local structures of the h-BCN hybrid were studied by near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) measurements. The dominant presence of 
and 
resonance peaks of the sp2-hybrid orbitals in the B K-edge NEXAFS spectra revealed the formation of the flat sp2-BCN configuration around B atoms which are bound with three nitrogen atoms.
Na)TiOMatsuura, Masato*; Iida, Hiroyuki*; Hirota, Kazuma*; Owada, Kenji; Noguchi, Yuji*; Miyayama, Masaru*
Physical Review B, 87(6), p.064109_1 - 064109_10, 2013/02
Times Cited Count：30 Percentile：74.44(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Neutron-scattering studies of (BiNa)TiO (BNT) have been performed to elucidate the microscopic mechanism of the broad maximum in the temperature dependence of the dielectric constant at Tm 
600 K and the reduction in the piezoelectric properties above the depolarization temperature, 460 480 K. We observed diffuse scattering near the 
point below 700 K, which competes with the superlattice peak at the M point of the tetragonal phase but coexists with the superlattice peak at the R point of the rhombohedral phase. The diffuse scattering shows an anisotropic Q shape extending along the 
100
direction transverse to the scattering vector Q, which is explained by atomic shifts bridging the tetragonal and rhombohedral structures. We propose that the broad maximum in the dielectric constant is associated with a diffusive first-order transition between the competing tetragonal and rhombohedral phases. In addition, we found that the diffuse scattering is reduced for single crystals grown under high oxygen pressure, which suggests an analogy with the central peak in hydrogen-reduced SrTiO. Inelastic neutron scattering near the point reveals a heavily overdamped soft mode similar to those reported in lead-based relaxors, the "waterfall" feature. Moreover, a damped soft transverse acoustic mode is observed for the 100 direction as the anisotropic diffuse scattering, indicating phase instabilities with the same origin as that of the diffuse scattering. The recovery of the soft mode is observed near the depolarization temperature, which coincides with the disappearance of the superlattice peak at the M point. These results indicate that the depolarization and the waterfall feature originate in the dynamic nature of ferroelectric clusters in the coexisting tetragonal/rhombohedral phase.
Ohashi, Hirofumi; Sato, Hiroyuki; Goto, Minoru; Yan, X.; Sumita, Junya; Tazawa, Yujiro*; Nomoto, Yasunobu; Aihara, Jun; Inaba, Yoshitomo; Fukaya, Yuji; et al.
International Journal of Nuclear Energy, 2013, p.918567_1 - 918567_18, 2013/00
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has conducted a conceptual design of a 50 MWt small-sized high temperature gas cooled reactor (HTGR) for multiple heat applications, named HTR50S, with the reactor outlet coolant temperature of 750 C and 900 C. It is first-of-a-kind of the commercial plant or a demonstration plant of a small-sized HTGR system to deploy it in developing countries in the 2020s. The design concept of HTR50S is to satisfy the user requirements for multipurpose heat application, to upgrade its performance compared to that of HTTR without significant R&D utilizing the knowledge obtained by the HTTR design and operation, and to fulfill the high level of safety by utilizing the inherent features of HTGR and a passive decay heat removal system.
crystalsYoneda, Yasuhiro; Kitanaka, Yuki*; Noguchi, Yuji*; Miyayama, Masaru*
Physical Review B, 86(18), p.184112_1 - 184112_11, 2012/11
Times Cited Count：60 Percentile：89.17(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)The electronic structure of complex oxides is important for understanding their functional properties. Here we report the results of investigating multiferroic BiFeO using various X-ray spectroscopy techniques. Zn- and Mn-codoped and Mn-doped BiFeO samples were prepared with the aim of improving ferroelectric properties of BiFeO. The valences of the doped Mn and host Fe were investigated. When oxygen vacancies exist in the sample, Mn acts as a hole acceptor. Furthermore, Mn and Fe stabilize the perovskite unit by changing their ionic radius. As a result, Mn and Fe atoms exhibit various valence states in the BiFeO system. Evidence of the electronic structure for Fe 
-O 
-Bi 
hybridization is also presented.
Mannan, M. A.*; Baba, Yuji; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Shimoyama, Iwao; Hirao, Norie; Nagano, Masamitsu*; Noguchi, Hideyuki*
Journal of Nanomaterials, 2012, p.528256_1 - 528256_9, 2012/00
Times Cited Count：0 Percentile：0(Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)Molecular orientations for thin films of one-dimensional silicon polymers grown by vacuum evaporation have been assigned by X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) using linearly polarized synchrotron radiation. For XAFS spectra of polydimethlysilane (PDMS) films on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), the intensities of two peaks were found to be strongly polarization dependent. Quantitative evaluation of the polarization dependence of the XAFS spectra revealed that the polymers are oriented nearly parallel to the surface. The observed orientation is opposite to the previously observed results for PDMS on oxide (indium tin oxide) and metal (polycrystalline copper). The flat-lying feature of PDMS observed only on HOPG surface is attributed to the interaction between CH bonds in PDMS and orbitals in HOPG surface.
Mannan, M. A.*; Baba, Yuji; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Shimoyama, Iwao; Hirao, Norie; Nagano, Masamitsu*; Noguchi, Hideyuki*
Photon Factory Activity Report 2011, Part B, P. 159, 2012/00
no abstracts in English
Nagao, Keisuke*; Okazaki, Ryuji*; Nakamura, Tomoki*; Miura, Yayoi*; Osawa, Takahito; Bajo, Kenichi*; Matsuda, Shintaro*; Ebihara, Mitsuru*; Ireland, T.*; Kitajima, Fumio*; et al.
Science, 333(6046), p.1128 - 1131, 2011/08
Times Cited Count：130 Percentile：95.22(Multidisciplinary Sciences)A steroid surface materials record regolith processes and a history of cosmic-ray irradiation. Noble gas isotopes in three rocky grains from Itokawa have been determined. High concentrations of solar He, Ne, and Ar, as high as those in lunar soils, are released at variable temperatures from each sample. The isotopic compositions are essentially identical to those of solar wind but distinguishable in He relative abundance. These noble gas characteristics can be explained by repeated implantation and preferential loss of solar He by removal of weathered He-rich rim on the grain surface through friction among regolith grains on Itokawa. Residence time of regolith materials on Itokawa is alculated to be shorter than 10 Myr, suggesting that regolith materials of small asteroids would escape easily to space.
Mannan, M. A.; Baba, Yuji; Kida, Tetsuya*; Nagano, Masamitsu*; Shimoyama, Iwao; Hirao, Norie; Noguchi, Hideyuki*
Thin Solid Films, 519(6), p.1780 - 1786, 2011/01
Times Cited Count：19 Percentile：61.3(Materials Science, Multidisciplinary)Orientation of BCN hybrid films synthesized on Ni (111) and Ti substrates by radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition has been investigated. Formation of the 
-BCN hybrids was confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Raman spectra also suggested the presence of graphite-like -BCN hybrid bonds. Orientation and local structures of the films were studied by the near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) measurements using synchrotron radiation. The B K-edge NEXAFS spectra revealed the preferred formation of the -BCN hybrid configuration around the B atoms like-BN on Ni (111). It was revealed that the BCN film is parallel to the surface on Ni(111). On the other hand, the film is randomly oriented on Ti surface. It was suggested that the chemical reactivity of the metal surface affects the orientation of the BCN hybrid film.
Mannan, M. A.*; Baba, Yuji; Sekiguchi, Tetsuhiro; Shimoyama, Iwao; Hirao, Norie; Narita, Ayumi; Nagano, Masamitsu*; Noguchi, Hideyuki*
Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 181(2-3), p.242 - 248, 2010/08
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：31.14(Spectroscopy)The ordering and molecular orientation of polydimethylsilane (PDMS) films grown on indium tin oxide (ITO) surface has been assigned. The orientation of the samples as well as that of the annealed sample was studied by Si K-edge near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using linearly polarized synchrotron radiation. The Si K-edge NEXAFS spectra for the thick film have at least four resonance peaks of which two peaks are found to be strongly polarization dependent. On the basis of the polarization dependences of the peak intensities, it is revealed that the backbones of the PDMS films are perpendicularly oriented on the ITO surface. The angle between surface and the Si-Si bonds for multilayered film calculated from the helical structure of PDMS molecule was found to be 41.5 which was almost coincided with the experimentally obtained angle of 40 . It was concluded that PDMS molecules are highly self-ordered on ITO surface.
Sakanaka, Shogo*; Akemoto, Mitsuo*; Aoto, Tomohiro*; Arakawa, Dai*; Asaoka, Seiji*; Enomoto, Atsushi*; Fukuda, Shigeki*; Furukawa, Kazuro*; Furuya, Takaaki*; Haga, Kaiichi*; et al.
Proceedings of 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '10) (Internet), p.2338 - 2340, 2010/05
Future synchrotron light source using a 5-GeV energy recovery linac (ERL) is under proposal by our Japanese collaboration team, and we are conducting R&D efforts for that. We are developing high-brightness DC photocathode guns, two types of cryomodules for both injector and main superconducting (SC) linacs, and 1.3 GHz high CW-power RF sources. We are also constructing the Compact ERL (cERL) for demonstrating the recirculation of low-emittance, high-current beams using above-mentioned critical technologies.
