In situ neutron imaging of lithium-ion batteries during heating to thermal runaway

Nozaki, Hiroshi*; Kondo, Hiroki*; Shinohara, Takenao; Setoyama, Daigo*; Matsumoto, Yoshihiro*; Sasaki, Tsuyoshi*; Isegawa, Kazuhisa*; Hayashida, Hirotoshi*

Scientific Reports (Internet), 13, p.22082_1 - 22082_8, 2023/12

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49399-1

Corrigendum to "Visualization of the working fluid in a flat-plate pulsating heat pipe by neutron radiography" [International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 185 (2022) 122336]

Yasuda, Yosuke*; Matsumoto, Yoshihiro*; Shinohara, Takenao; Nabeshima, Fumika*; Horiuchi, Keisuke*; Nagai, Hiroki*

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 213, p.124291_1 - 124291_2, 2023/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.124291

Development of an areal density imaging for boron and other elements

Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Kai, Tetsuya; Abe, Yuta; Oikawa, Kenichi; Parker, J. D.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Sato, Ikken

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 2605, p.012022_1 - 012022_6, 2023/10

https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2605/1/012022

We developed a method to obtain the areal density distribution of boron, which has a large neutron cross section, by means of an energy resolved neutron imaging. Commonly in a measurement of elements with very high neutron sensitivity, the quantitative measurement becomes more difficult with the amount of element due to the neutron self-shielding effect. To avoid this effect, an energy-resolved method using known cross section data was attempted, and a quantitative imaging of such elements was demonstrated at the MLF of J-PARC. This presentation introduces a measurement of melted simulated-fuel assemblies obtained in the research of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the severe accident. Energy-dependent neutron transmission rates of the samples were measured by a neutron imaging detector, and were analyzed to obtained the areal density of boron at each position.

Residual stress relaxation by bending fatigue in induction-hardened gear studied by neutron Bragg edge transmission imaging and X-ray diffraction

Su, Y. H.; Oikawa, Kenichi; Shinohara, Takenao; Kai, Tetsuya; Horino, Takashi*; Idohara, Osamu*; Misaka, Yoshitaka*; Tomota, Yo*

International Journal of Fatigue, 174, p.107729_1 - 107729_12, 2023/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2023.107729

Neutron resonance absorption imaging of simulated high-level radioactive waste in borosilicate glass

Oba, Yojiro; Motokawa, Ryuhei; Kaneko, Koji; Nagai, Takayuki; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Shinohara, Takenao; Parker, J. D.*; Okamoto, Yoshihiro

Scientific Reports (Internet), 13, p.10071_1 - 10071_8, 2023/06

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37157-2

Spatial distribution and preferred orientation of crystalline microstructure of lead-bismuth eutectic

Ito, Daisuke*; Sato, Hirotaka*; Odaira, Naoya*; Saito, Yasushi*; Parker, J. D.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Kai, Tetsuya; Oikawa, Kenichi

Journal of Nuclear Materials, 569, p.153921_1 - 153921_6, 2022/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153921

Neutron imaging of generated water inside polymer electrolyte fuel cell using newly-developed gas diffusion layer with gas flow channels during power generation

Nasu, Mitsunori*; Yanai, Hiroshi*; Hirayama, Naoki*; Adachi, Hironori*; Kakizawa, Yu*; Shirase, Yuto*; Nishiyama, Hiromichi*; Kawamoto, Teppei*; Inukai, Junji*; Shinohara, Takenao; et al.

Journal of Power Sources, 530, p.231251_1 - 231251_11, 2022/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231251

Non-destructive characterization of the spatial variation of / lattice misfit in a single-crystal Ni-based superalloy by energy-resolved neutron imaging

Malamud, F.*; Santisteban, J. R.*; Gao, Y.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Oikawa, Kenichi; Tremsin, A.*

Journal of Applied Crystallography, 55(2), p.228 - 239, 2022/04

https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576722000164

Strain distribution visualization of punched electrical steel sheets using neutron Bragg-edge transmission imaging

Sasada, Seiji*; Takahashi, Yoshihito*; Takeuchi, Keisuke*; Hiroi, Kosuke; Su, Y. H.; Shinohara, Takenao; Watanabe, Kenichi*; Uritani, Akira*

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 61(4), p.046004_1 - 046004_8, 2022/03

https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ac5153

The First application of a GdAlGaO:Ce single-crystal scintillator to neutron radiography

Isegawa, Kazuhisa; Setoyama, Daigo*; Kimura, Hidehiko*; Shinohara, Takenao

Journal of Imaging (Internet), 7(11), p.232_1 - 232_9, 2021/11

https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging7110232

Neutron radiography is regarded as complementary to X-ray radiography in terms of transmittance through materials, but its spatial resolution is still insufficient. In order to achieve higher resolution in neutron imaging, several approaches have been adopted such as optical magnification and event centroiding, and the authors focused on modification of the scintillator in this paper. A GdAlGaO:Ce single-crystal scintillator was applied to neutron radiography for the first time and was achieved a spatial resolution of 10.5 micrometers. The results indicate that this material can be a powerful candidate for a new neutron scintillator providing a resolution in micrometer order by optimizing the optical system and increasing the scintillator luminosity.