Experiences in dismantlement of gloveboxes for wet recovery and other use that are contaminated with nuclear fuel materials

Kitamura, Akihiro; Hirano, Hiroshi*; Yoshida, Masato; Takeuchi, Kentaro

Hoken Butsuri (Internet), 58(2), p.76 - 90, 2023/08

https://doi.org/10.5453/jhps.58.76

The alpha contaminated gloveboxes have been dismantled for over 20 years in Plutonium Fuel Fabrication Facility. The so called wet recovery equipment gloveboxes, which recover plutonium and uranium from scrap fuel by dissolving and extracting processes, were chosen as the priority gloveboxes to be dismantled. These gloveboxes and other gloveboxes in the same room were size reduced and removed up until 2022. Also, non-radioactive ancillary facility and non-radioactive giant glovebox were removed from 2007 to 2010 for ease of glovebox dismantling activities that follows and for making waste storage spaces. Several incidents were occurred and recidivism prevention measures were implemented on each occasion. In this report, glovebox dismantling activities we conducted in the past 20 years are reviewed and lessons we have learned are summarized.

Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors

Ohshima, Hiroyuki; Morishita, Masaki*; Aizawa, Kosuke; Ando, Masanori; Ashida, Takashi; Chikazawa, Yoshitaka; Doda, Norihiro; Enuma, Yasuhiro; Ezure, Toshiki; Fukano, Yoshitaka; et al.

Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors; JSME Series in Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation, Vol.3, 631 Pages, 2022/07

https://shop.elsevier.com/books/sodium-cooled-fast-reactors/morishita/978-0-12-824076-2

This book is a collection of the past experience of design, construction, and operation of two reactors, the latest knowledge and technology for SFR designs, and the future prospects of SFR development in Japan. It is intended to provide the perspective and the relevant knowledge to enable readers to become more familiar with SFR technology.

Quasi-one-dimensional magnetic interactions and conduction electrons in EuCu and EuAu with the characteristic hexagonal structure

Matsuda, Shinya*; Ota, Joji*; Nakaima, Kenri*; Iha, Wataru*; Gochi, Jun*; Uwatoko, Yoshiya*; Nakashima, Miho*; Amako, Yasushi*; Honda, Fuminori*; Aoki, Dai*; et al.

Philosophical Magazine, 100(10), p.1244 - 1257, 2020/04

https://doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2019.1708498

Single crystal growth and unique electronic states of cubic chiral EuPtSi and related compounds

Onuki, Yoshichika*; Kakihana, Masashi*; Iha, Wataru*; Nakaima, Kenri*; Aoki, Dai*; Nakamura, Ai*; Honda, Fuminori*; Nakashima, Miho*; Amako, Yasushi*; Gochi, Jun*; et al.

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 29, p.012001_1 - 012001_9, 2020/02

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.29.012001

Fermi surface properties of semimetals YSb, LuSb, YBi, and LuBi studied by the de Haas-van Alphen effect

Kakihana, Masashi*; Nishimura, Kengo*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Haga, Yoshinori; Harima, Hisatomo*; Hedo, Masato*; Nakama, Takao*; Onuki, Yoshichika*

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 88(4), p.044712_1 - 044712_11, 2019/04

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.88.044712

Effects of magnetic field and pressure on the valence-fluctuating antiferromagnetic compound EuPtSi

Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Yara, Tomoyuki*; Ashitomi, Yosuke*; Iha, Wataru*; Kakihana, Masashi*; Nakashima, Miho*; Amako, Yasushi*; Honda, Fuminori*; Homma, Yoshiya*; Aoki, Dai*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 87(7), p.074709_1 - 074709_14, 2018/07

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.87.074709

Design loads and structural member modelling to shock-resistant design of buildings

Ikawa, Nozomu*; Mukai, Yoichi*; Nishida, Akemi; Hamamoto, Takuji*; Kano, Toshiya*; Ota, Toshiro*; Nakamura, Naohiro*; Komuro, Masato*; Takeuchi, Masato*

Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Shock and Impact Loads on Structures (SI 2017) (USB Flash Drive), p.259 - 268, 2017/06

Accidental actions on building structures involve impact and explosion loads. The design loads due to impact are determined by experiment data, impact simulation and energetics approach. These loads are presented in the form of load-time (F-t) curves caused by collision and explosion. It is assumed that the structure is rigid and immovable and that impacting body absorbs all the energy (i.e., hard impact condition is supposed), because this assumption gives conservative results in general. Responses of individual structural members directly-subjected to an impulsive load are evaluated. These responses are classified into three types; impulsive response, dynamic response, and quasi-static response. The maximum responses are basically estimated by direct integration method with a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) model. The procedure of the SDOF modelling based on the classification of types of members and failure modes is proposed in AIJ guideline.

Superconducting and Fermi surface properties of single crystal ZrCo

Teruya, Atsushi*; Kakihana, Masashi*; Takeuchi, Tetsuya*; Aoki, Dai*; Honda, Fuminori*; Nakamura, Ai*; Haga, Yoshinori; Matsubayashi, Kazuyuki*; Uwatoko, Yoshiya*; Harima, Hisatomo*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 85(3), p.034706_1 - 034706_10, 2016/03

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSJ.85.034706

Design examples

Nishida, Akemi; Ohashi, Yasuhiro*; Obi, Hirotoshi*; Takeuchi, Yoshitaka*; Kano, Toshiya*; Ryuzaki, Hibiki*; Ota, Toshiro*; Kishi, Tokumitsu*; Komuro, Masato*; Nakamura, Naohiro*

Kenchikubutsu No Taishogeki Sekkei No Kangaekata, p.161 - 202, 2015/01

Though design guidelines for earthquake and wind loads are specified for buildings, the guideline for impulsive load as explosion and impact is not specified yet in architectural field. This document corresponds to Chapter 8 of the book titled "Introduction to Shock-Resistant Design of Buildings" which made towards the impact design guideline. Some design examples are presented to illustrate the applicability of the tentative guideline for impulsive loads. Two buildings - a steel frame and a reinforced concrete frame building structures - located at the corner of a crossroads are selected. Dynamic responses and the corresponding damage states are illustrated for the cases of two buildings subjected to impact loads due to road vehicle crashes, internal and external explosions. The idea has been shown in this document are those that can be applied to nuclear facilities.

Unique Fermi surface and emergence of charge density wave in EuGa and EuAl

Nakamura, Ai*; Hiranaka, Yuichi*; Hedo, Masato*; Nakama, Takao*; Miura, Yasunao*; Tsutsumi, Hiroki*; Mori, Akinobu*; Ishida, Kazuhiro*; Mitamura, Katsuya*; Hirose, Yusuke*; et al.

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 3, p.011012_1 - 011012_6, 2014/06

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.3.011012