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Ueta, Shohei; Mizuta, Naoki; Fukaya, Yuji; Goto, Minoru; Tachibana, Yukio; Honda, Masaki*; Saiki, Yohei*; Takahashi, Masashi*; Ohira, Koichi*; Nakano, Masaaki*; et al.
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 357, p.110419_1 - 110419_10, 2020/02
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：12.16(Nuclear Science & Technology)The concept of a plutonium (Pu) burner HTGR is proposed to incarnate highly-effective Pu utilization by its inherent safety features. The security and safety fuel (3S-TRISO fuel) employs the coated fuel particle with a fuel kernel made of plutonium dioxide (PuO
) and yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) as an inert matrix. This paper presents feasibility study of Pu burner HTGR and R&D on the 3S-TRISO fuel.
Nagai, Takayuki; Kobayashi, Hidekazu; Shimamura, Keisuke; Oyama, Koichi; Sasage, Kenichi; Okamoto, Yoshihiro; Shiwaku, Hideaki; Yamanaka, Keisuke*; Ota, Toshiaki*
JAEA-Research 2018-005, 72 Pages, 2018/09
JAEA-Research-2018-005.pdf:28.2MB
Addition of radioactive waste to a borosilicate glass frit affects the local structures of glass-forming elements and waste elements in a waste glass produced in a vitrification process. In this study, simulated waste glass samples were prepared from borosilicate glass frit including phosphorus pentaoxide, and we investigated local structures of sodium (Na), boron (B), and waste elements in these glass samples by using synchrotron XAFS measurements in soft and hard X ray region.
Hojo, Kiminobu*; Hayashi, Shotaro*; Nishi, Wataru*; Kamaya, Masayuki*; Katsuyama, Jinya; Masaki, Koichi*; Nagai, Masaki*; Okamoto, Toshiki*; Takada, Yasukazu*; Yoshimura, Shinobu*
Mechanical Engineering Journal (Internet), 3(4), p.16-00083_1 - 16-00083_16, 2016/08
Performance demonstration certification of non-destructive inspection for cast stainless steel (CASS) has been planned but the target flaw depth to be detected has not been determined yet in Japan. The target flaw size is closely connected to the allowable flaw size which is determined by flaw evaluation of the rules on fitness-for-service. For rational mitigation of the acceptable flaw size, application of probabilistic fracture mechanics (PFM) is one of the useful countermeasures compared with deterministic approach. In this paper, benchmark problems for a CASS pipe were proposed with intention applying and verifying PFM codes. As the fracture modes, fatigue crack extension, plastic collapse and ductile crack initiation were assumed. Six organizations participated in the benchmark analysis and failure probabilities from them were compared. As a result the failure probability of each problem showed good agreement and the code for application of CASS issue has been verified.
Noda, Akira*; Nakao, Masao*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Yuri, Yosuke; Soda, Hikaru*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Jimbo, Koichi*; Grieser, M.*; He, Z.*; et al.
Proceedings of 5th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '14) (Internet), p.28 - 33, 2014/07
Noda, Akira*; Nakao, Masao*; Soda, Hikaru*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Yuri, Yosuke; Jimbo, Koichi*; Grieser, M.*; He, Z.*
Proceedings of 10th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.143 - 145, 2014/06
Sato, Takeshi; Muto, Shigeo; Okuno, Hiroshi; Katagiri, Hiromi; Akiyama, Kiyomitsu; Okamoto, Akiko; Koie, Masahiro; Ikeda, Takeshi; Nemotochi, Toshimasa; Saito, Toru; et al.
JAEA-Review 2013-046, 65 Pages, 2014/02
JAEA-Review-2013-046.pdf:11.18MB
When a nuclear emergency occurs in Japan, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has the responsibility of providing technical support to the National government, local governments, police, fire stations and nuclear operators etc., because the JAEA has been designated as the Designated Public Institution under the Basic Act on Disaster Control Measures and the Act on Response to Armed Attack Situations, etc.. The Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center (NEAT) of JAEA provides a comprehensive range of technical support activities to an Off-Site Center in case of a nuclear emergency. Specifically, NEAT gives technical advice and information, dispatches specialists as required, and supplies the National Government and local governments with emergency equipments and materials. NEAT provides various exercise and training courses concerning nuclear disaster prevention to those personnel taking an active part in emergency response organizations at normal times. The tasks of NEAT, with its past experiences as a designated public institution including the responses to TEPCO's Fukushima Accident, have been shifted to technical supports to the national government for strengthening its abilities to emergency responses; the NEAT therefore focused on maintenance and operation of its functions, and strengthening its response abilities in cooperation with the national government. This annual report summarized these activities of JAEA/NEAT in the fiscal year 2012.
Sakaki, Hironao; Nishiuchi, Mamiko; Maeda, Shota; Sagisaka, Akito; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Pikuz, T.; Faenov, A.*; Ogura, Koichi; Fukami, Tomoyo; Matsukawa, Kenya*; et al.
Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(2), p.02A705_1 - 02A705_4, 2014/02
Times Cited Count：2 Percentile：11.24(Instruments & Instrumentation)High intensity laser-plasma interaction has attracted considerable interest for a number of years. The laser-plasma interaction is accompanied by generation of various charged particle beams. Results of simultaneous novel measurements of electron-induced photonuclear neutrons (photoneutron), which are a diagnostic of the laser-plasma interaction, are proposed to use for optimization of the laser-plasma ion generation. The proposed method is demonstrated by the laser irradiation with the intensity os 1
10
W/cm
on the metal foil target. The photoneutrons are measured by using NE213 liquid scintillation detectors. Heavy-ion signal is registered with the CR39 track detector simultaneously. The measured signals of the electron-induced photoneutrons are well reproduced by using the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS). The results obtained provide useful approach for analyzing the various laser based ion beams.
Yuri, Yosuke; Osaki, Kazuya*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; He, Z.*; Soda, Hikaru*; Noda, Akira*; Nakao, Masao*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Jimbo, Koichi*
Proceedings of Workshop on Beam Cooling and Related Topics (COOL '13) (Internet), p.162 - 165, 2013/11
Noda, Akira*; Nakao, Masao*; Soda, Hikaru*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Yuri, Yosuke; Jimbo, Koichi*; Grieser, M.*; He, Z.*
Proceedings of Workshop on Beam Cooling and Related Topics (COOL '13) (Internet), p.157 - 161, 2013/11
He, Z.*; Wei, J.*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Noda, Akira*; Nakao, Masao*; Soda, Hikaru*; Yuri, Yosuke; Jimbo, Koichi*
Proceedings of 25th North American Particle Accelerator Conference (NA-PAC '13) (Internet), p.1298 - 1300, 2013/09
Soda, Hikaru*; Nakao, Masao*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Jimbo, Koichi*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Yuri, Yosuke; He, Z.*; Grieser, M.*; Noda, Akira*
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 52(3), p.030202_1 - 030202_4, 2013/03
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：22.83(Physics, Applied)Noda, Akira*; Nakao, Masao*; Soda, Hikaru*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Jimbo, Koichi*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Yuri, Yosuke; Meshkov, I.*; Smirnov, A.*; et al.
Proceedings of 23rd Russian Particle Accelerator Conference (RuPAC 2012) (Internet), p.48 - 52, 2012/09
Soda, Hikaru*; Nakao, Masao*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Noda, Akira*; Jimbo, Koichi*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Yuri, Yosuke; Grieser, M.*; He, Z.*
Proceedings of 9th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.388 - 390, 2012/08
no abstracts in English
Noda, Akira*; Nakao, Masao*; Soda, Hikaru*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Jimbo, Koichi*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Yuri, Yosuke; Grieser, M.*; He, Z.*
Proceedings of 9th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (Internet), p.72 - 74, 2012/08
Soda, Hikaru*; Nakao, Masao*; Noda, Akira*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Ito, Kiyokazu*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Yuri, Yosuke; Jimbo, Koichi*; Grieser, M.*; He, Z.*
Proceedings of 3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '12) (Internet), p.397 - 399, 2012/05
Noda, Akira*; Nakao, Masao*; Soda, Hikaru*; Tongu, Hiromu*; Ito, Kiyokazu*; Okamoto, Hiromi*; Osaki, Kazuya*; Yuri, Yosuke; Jimbo, Koichi*; Grieser, M.*; et al.
Proceedings of 3rd International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '12) (Internet), p.394 - 396, 2012/05
Okamoto, Kiyomi*; Sato, Masahiro*; Okunishi, Koichi*; Sakai, Toru; Itoi, Chigaku*
Physica E, 43(3), p.769 - 772, 2011/01
Times Cited Count：5 Percentile：25.35(Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)The magnetization process of the 3-leg quantum spin nanotube is investigated by the numerical diagonalization of finite-size clusters and the density matrix renormalization group method. It is found that the magnetization plateau appears at 1/3 of the saturation magnetization for sufficiently large interchain coupling. In addition we find that in the presence of asymmetric lattice distortion, there are two different mechanisms of the magnetization plateau formation. We also successfully present a phase diagram of the magnetization plateau.
Sakai, Toru; Sato, Masahiro*; Okamoto, Kiyomi*; Okunishi, Koichi*; Itoi, Chigaku*
Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 22(40), p.403201_1 - 403201_13, 2010/10
Times Cited Count：35 Percentile：39.2(Physics, Condensed Matter)Recent developments of theoretical studies on spin nanotubes are reviewed, especially focusing on the S=1/2 three-leg spin tube. In contrast to the three-leg spin ladder, the tube has a spin gap in case of the regular-triangle unit cell when the rung interaction is sufficiently large. The effective theory based on the Hubbard Hamiltonian indicates a quantum phase transition to the gapless spin liquid due to the lattice distortion to an isosceles triangle. This is also supported by the numerical diagonalization and the density matrix renormalization group analyses. Furthermore, combining analytical and numerical approaches, we reveal several novel magnetic-field-induced phenomena: N
el, dimer, chiral and/or inhomogeneous orders, new mechanism for the magnetization plateau formation, and others. The recently synthesized spin tube materials are also briefly introduced.
Sakai, Toru; Okunishi, Koichi*; Okamoto, Kiyomi*; Itoi, Chigaku*; Sato, Masahiro*
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 159(1-2), p.55 - 59, 2010/04
Times Cited Count：8 Percentile：37.46(Physics, Applied)The numerical study on the S=1/2 three-leg spin nanotube using the exact diagonalization and the density matrix renormalization group method indicated that the 1/3 magnetization plateau appears for sufficently large rung interaction caused by two different mechanisms, depending on the asymmetry.
Okada, Koichi*; Kondo, Keitaro; Ochiai, Kentaro; Sato, Satoshi; Konno, Chikara; Okamoto, Atsushi*; Kobuchi, Takashi*; Kitajima, Sumio*; Sasao, Mamiko*
Journal of Plasma and Fusion Research SERIES, Vol.8, p.666 - 669, 2009/09
Measurement of fuel ion density ratio, 
/
, is required for burning control on ITER. The measured / ratio must be fed back in real time. A neutron measurement system to measure / should be operable at high counting rate. It is estimated that the number of emitted DT neutrons is 200 times higher than that of DD neutrons under the condition of ITER standard operation. A neutron measurement system was developed using a DT/DD generator, where DT neutrons are dominant and DD neutrons are contaminated slightly in the neutron beam. The measurement instrument was a TOF spectrometer. Signals originating from each neutron must be distinguished in order to measure the fuel ratio. We developed a circuit system with discrimination windows to distinguish each signal pulse, and DT and DD neutrons were measured separately and simultaneously with this system. The experimental result indicates a possibility that this system is suitable for measurement of fuel ion density ratio on ITER.
