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Journal Articles

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

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.

Journal Articles

Introduction to Neutron Radiography Facilities at the Japan Research Reactor-3

Kurita, Keisuke; Iikura, Hiroshi; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Kai, Tetsuya; Shinohara, Takenao; Odaira, Naoya*; Ito, Daisuke*; Saito, Yasushi*; Matsubayashi, Masahito

Journal of Physics; Conference Series, 2605, p.012005_1 - 012005_6, 2023/10

The Japan Research Ractor-3 (JRR-3) is operation resumed on February 26, 2021, and the shared use was also restarted in July, 2021. With the resumption of JRR-3 operation, two imaging facilities called TNRF and CNRF have also resumed their utilization. In this presentation, we report the details of these two neutron facilities.

Journal Articles

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

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0.01

Journal Articles

First measurement of differential cross sections and photon beam asymmetries for photoproduction of the $$f_0$$ (980) meson decaying into $$pi^0 pi^0$$ at $$E_gamma <$$ 2.4 GeV

Muramatsu, Norihito*; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; LEPS2 BGOegg Collaboration*; 61 of others*

Physical Review C, 107(4), p.L042201_1 - L042201_5, 2023/04

Journal Articles

Differential cross sections and photon beam asymmetries of $$eta$$ photoproduction on the proton at $$E_gamma$$ = 1.3-2.4 GeV

Hashimoto, Toshikazu*; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; LEPS BGOegg Collaboration*; 58 of others*

Physical Review C, 106(3), p.035201_1 - 035201_15, 2022/09

 Times Cited Count:2 Percentile:68.81(Physics, Nuclear)

Journal Articles

Visualization of the boron distribution in core material melting and relocation specimen by neutron energy resolving method

Abe, Yuta; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Kai, Tetsuya; Matsumoto, Yoshihiro*; Parker, J. D.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Oishi, Yuji*; Kamiyama, Takashi*; Nagae, Yuji; Sato, Ikken

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 33, p.011075_1 - 011075_6, 2021/03

Journal Articles

Feasibility study of PGAA for boride identification in simulated melted core materials

Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Abe, Yuta; Oishi, Yuji*; Kai, Tetsuya; Toh, Yosuke; Segawa, Mariko; Maeda, Makoto; Kimura, Atsushi; Nakamura, Shoji; Harada, Masahide; et al.

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 33, p.011074_1 - 011074_6, 2021/03

In the decommissioning of the Fukushima-Daiichi (1F) Nuclear Power Plant, it is essential to understand characteristics of the melted core materials. The estimation of boride in the real debris is of great importance to develop safe debris removal plans. Hence, it is required to investigate the amount of boron in the melted core materials with nondestructive methods. Prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (PGAA) is one of the useful techniques to determine the amount of borides by means of the 478 keV prompt gamma-ray from neutron absorption reaction of boron. Moreover, it is well known that the width of the 478 keV gamma-ray peak is typically broadened due to the Doppler effect. The degree of the broadening is affected by coexisting materials, and can be recognized by the width of the prompt gamma-ray peak. As a feasibility study, the prompt gamma-ray from boride samples were measured using the ANNRI, NOBORU, and RADEN beamlines at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of Japan Proton Accelerator Complex (J-PARC).

Journal Articles

Measurement of Doppler broadening of prompt gamma-rays from various zirconium- and ferro-borons

Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Kai, Tetsuya; Abe, Yuta; Oishi, Yuji*; Sun, Y.*; Oikawa, Kenichi; Nakatani, Takeshi; Sato, Ikken

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 991, p.164964_1 - 164964_5, 2021/03

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:19.67(Instruments & Instrumentation)

Peak shape analysis was performed for the energy spectra of Doppler-broadened prompt $$gamma$$-rays generated by neutron capture reactions with various boride or boron samples. Significant differences were observed between nonmetallic and metallic borides. Minor differences between the peak shapes of prompt $$gamma$$-rays from zirconium- and ferro-borons were evaluated by a peak fitting method. The identification of zirconium- and ferro-borons and other types of borides was estimated.

Journal Articles

Pulsed neutron imaging for differentiation of ice and liquid water towards fuel cell vehicle applications

Higuchi, Yuki*; Setoyama, Daigo*; Isegawa, Kazuhisa; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Matsumoto, Yoshihiro*; Parker, J. D.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Nagai, Yasutaka*

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23(2), p.1062 - 1071, 2021/01

 Times Cited Count:5 Percentile:54.2(Chemistry, Physical)

This study is the first report on liquid water and ice imaging conducted at a pulsed spallation neutron source facility. Neutron imaging can be utilised to visualise the water distribution inside polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). Particularly, energy-resolved neutron imaging is a methodology capable of distinguishing between liquid water and ice, and is effective for investigating ice formation in PEFCs operating in a subfreezing environment. The distinction principle is based on the fact that the cross sections of liquid water and ice differ from each other at low neutron energies. In order to quantitatively observe transient freezing and thawing phenomena in a multiphase mixture (gas/liquid/solid) within real PEFCs with high spatial resolution, a pulsed neutron beam with both high intensity and wide energy range is most appropriate. In the validation study of the present work, we used water sealed in narrow capillary tubes to simulate the flow channels of a PEFC, and a pulsed neutron beam was applied to distinguish ice, liquid water and super-cooled water, and to clarify freezing and thawing phenomena of the water within the capillary tubes. Moreover, we have enabled the observation of liquid water/ice distributions in a large field of view (300 mm $$times$$ 300 mm) by manufacturing a sub-zero environment chamber that can be cooled down to -30$$^{circ}$$C, as a step towards ${it in situ}$ visualisation of full-size fuel cells.

Journal Articles

Differential cross sections, photon beam asymmetries, and spin density matrix elements of $$omega$$ photoproduction off the proton at $$E_gamma$$ = 1.3-2.4 GeV

Muramatsu, Norihito*; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; LEPS2/BGOegg Collaboration*; 59 of others*

Physical Review C, 102(2), p.025201_1 - 025201_10, 2020/08

 Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:70.75(Physics, Nuclear)

Journal Articles

Development of three-dimensional distribution visualization technology for boron using energy resolved neutron-imaging system (RADEN)

Abe, Yuta; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Kai, Tetsuya; Matsumoto, Yoshihiro*; Parker, J. D.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Oishi, Yuji*; Kamiyama, Takashi*; Nagae, Yuji; Sato, Ikken

Proceedings of 2020 International Conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE 2020) (Internet), 6 Pages, 2020/08

Journal Articles

$$omega N$$ scattering length from $$omega$$ photoproduction on the proton near the reaction threshold

Ishikawa, Takatsugu*; Fujimura, Hisako*; Fukasawa, Hiroshi*; Hashimoto, Ryo*; He, Q.*; Honda, Yuki*; Hosaka, Atsushi; Iwata, Takahiro*; Kaida, Shun*; Kasagi, Jirota*; et al.

Physical Review C, 101(5), p.052201_1 - 052201_6, 2020/05

Journal Articles

Search for $$eta$$' bound nuclei in the $$^{12}$$C($$gamma,p$$) reaction with simultaneous detection of decay products

Tomida, Natsuki*; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; LEPS2/BGOegg Collaboration*; 61 of others*

Physical Review Letters, 124(20), p.202501_1 - 202501_7, 2020/05

 Times Cited Count:7 Percentile:62.96(Physics, Multidisciplinary)

Journal Articles

$$eta N$$ scattering parameters and possible $$eta^prime d$$ bound state from $$eta$$ photoproduction on the deuteron

Ishikawa, Takatsugu*; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; FOREST Collaboration*; 48 of others*

Acta Physica Polonica B, 51(1), p.27 - 32, 2020/00

 Times Cited Count:0 Percentile:0(Physics, Multidisciplinary)

Journal Articles

Measurement of neutron scattering cross section of nano-diamond with particle diameter of approximately 5 nm in energy range of 0.2 meV to 100 meV

Teshigawara, Makoto; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke*; Ichikawa, Go*; Takata, Shinichi; Mishima, Kenji*; Harada, Masahide; Oi, Motoki; Kawamura, Yukihiko*; Kai, Tetsuya; Kawamura, Seiko; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 929, p.113 - 120, 2019/06

 Times Cited Count:15 Percentile:86.52(Instruments & Instrumentation)

A nano-diamond is an attractive neutron reflection material below cold neutron energy. The total neutron cross section of a nano-diamond was derived from a neutron transmission measurement over the neutron energy range of 0.2 meV to 100 meV because total neutron cross section data were not available. The total cross section of a nano-diamond with particle size of approximately 5 nm increased with a decrease in neutron energy to 0.2 meV. It was approximately two orders of magnitude larger than that of graphite at 0.2 meV. The contribution of inelastic scattering to the total cross section was to be shown negligible small at neutron energies of 1.2, 1.5, 1.9, 2.6, and 5.9 meV in the inelastic neutron scattering measurement. Moreover, small-angle neutron scattering measurements of the nano-diamond showed a large scattering cross section in the forward direction for low neutron energies.

Oral presentation

Fast neutron imaging capability at NOBORU and RADEN of J-PARC

Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Kai, Tetsuya; Shinohara, Takenao; Parker, J. D.*; Oikawa, Kenichi

no journal, , 

The characteristics of NOBORU and RADEN are discussed from a viewpoint of neutron imaging with higher energy neutrons. Then some results of imaging with neutrons between 0.5 eV and $$sim$$MeV are presented. The authors also introduce an activity of developing a neutron imaging detector based on a lithium glass scintillator and a multi-anode photomultiplier tube to obtain a high efficiency at higher energies.

Oral presentation

Activities of neutron resonance absorption imaging in J-PARC

Kai, Tetsuya; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Hiroi, Kosuke; Su, Y. H.; Segawa, Mariko; Parker, J. D.*; Matsumoto, Yoshihiro*; Hayashida, Hirotoshi*; Shinohara, Takenao; Oikawa, Kenichi

no journal, , 

Oral presentation

Development of energy-resolved neutron imaging at RADEN in J-PARC MLF

Shinohara, Takenao; Kai, Tetsuya; Oikawa, Kenichi; Hiroi, Kosuke; Su, Y. H.; Nakatani, Takeshi; Seki, Yoshichika; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Hayashida, Hirotoshi*; Parker, J. D.*; et al.

no journal, , 

The Energy-Resolved Neutron Imaging System, RADEN, in the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of J-PARC, has been constructed as the world's first dedicated instrument to the pulsed neutron imaging. RADEN is designed to conduct energy-resolved neutron imaging experiments like Bragg edge, resonance absorption and pulsed polarized neutron imaging by fully utilizing the short-pulsed neutron's nature, together with the conventional neutron radiography and tomography. The construction of RADEN was completed in 2014, and user operation was started from April 2015 after commissioning studies using the neutron beam. In addition to the user programs, the instrument group continues further technical developments for advanced energy-resolved neutron imaging and improving the performance of devices, especially the counting type imaging detectors.

Oral presentation

Boron imaging with prompt gamma-ray activation analysis

Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Abe, Yuta; Oishi, Yuji*; Kai, Tetsuya; Harada, Masahide; Oikawa, Kenichi; Matsumoto, Yoshihiro*; Parker, J. D.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Nagae, Yuji; et al.

no journal, , 

In the decommissioning of the Fukushima-Daiichi (1F) Nuclear Power Plant, it is essential to understand characteristics of the melted core materials. The estimation of boride in the real debris is of great importance to develop safe debris removal plans. Hence, it is required to investigate the amount of boron in the melted core materials with nondestructive methods. Prompt gamma-ray activation analysis (PGAA) is one of the useful techniques to determine the amount of borides by means of the 478 keV prompt gamma-ray from neutron absorption reaction of boron. Moreover, it is well known that the width of the 478 keV gamma-ray peak is typically broadened due to the Doppler effect. The degree of the broadening is affected by coexisting materials, and can be recognized by the width of the prompt gamma-ray peak. As a feasibility study, the prompt gamma-ray from boride samples were measured using the NOBORU, and RADEN beamlines at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of Japan Proton Accelerator Complex (J-PARC).

Oral presentation

Development of visualization technology for boron using energy resolved neutron imaging

Abe, Yuta; Kai, Tetsuya; Tsuchikawa, Yusuke; Matsumoto, Yoshihiro*; Parker, J. D.*; Shinohara, Takenao; Oishi, Yuji*; Kamiyama, Takashi*; Nagae, Yuji; Sato, Ikken

no journal, , 

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