Research on engineering technology in the full-scale demonstration of EBS and operation technology for HLW disposal; Research report in 2013 (Joint research)

Fujita, Tomoo; Tanai, Kenji; Nakayama, Masashi; Sawada, Sumiyuki*; Asano, Hidekazu*; Saito, Masahiko*; Yoshino, Osamu*; Kobayashi, Masato*

JAEA-Research 2014-031, 44 Pages, 2015/03

JAEA-Research-2014-031.pdf:16.11MB

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Radioactive Waste Management Funding and Research Center (RWMC) concluded the letter of cooperation agreement on the research and development of radioactive waste disposal in April, 2005, and have been carrying out the collaboration work based on the agreement. JAEA have been carrying out the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory (URL) Project which is intended for a sedimentary rock in the Horonobe town, Hokkaido, since 2001. In the project, geoscientific research and research and development on geological disposal technology are being promoted. Meanwhile, the government (the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) has been promoting construction of equipments for the full-scale demonstration of engineered barrier system (EBS) and operation technology for high-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal since 2008, to enhance public's understanding to the geological disposal of HLW, e.g. using underground facility. RWMC received an order of the project in fiscal year 2012 (2011/2012) continuing since fiscal year 2008 (2008/2009). Since topics in this project are included in the Horonobe URL Project, JAEA carried out this project as collaboration work continuing since fiscal year 2008. This report summarizes the results of engineering technology carried out in this collaboration work in fiscal year 2013. In fiscal year 2013, emplacement tests using buffer material block for the vertical emplacement concept were carried out and visualization tests for water penetration in buffer material were carried out.

Research on engineering technology in the full-scale demonstration of EBS and operation technology for HLW disposal; Research report in 2011 (Joint research)

Nakatsuka, Noboru; Sato, Haruo; Tanai, Kenji; Sugita, Yutaka; Nakayama, Masashi; Sawada, Sumiyuki*; Niinuma, Hiroaki*; Asano, Hidekazu*; Saito, Masahiko*; Yoshino, Osamu*; et al.

JAEA-Research 2013-027, 34 Pages, 2013/11

JAEA-Research-2013-027.pdf:5.84MB

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Radioactive Waste Management Funding and Research Center (RWMC) concluded the letter of cooperation agreement on the research and development of radioactive waste disposal in April, 2005, and have been carrying out the collaboration work based on the agreement. JAEA have been carrying out the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory (URL) Project which is intended for a sedimentary rock in the Horonobe town, Hokkaido, since 2001. In the project, geoscientific research and research and development on geological disposal technology are being promoted. Meanwhile, the government (the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) has been promoting construction of equipments for the full-scale demonstration of engineered barrier system and operation technology for high-level radioactive waste (HLW) disposal since 2008, to enhance public's understanding to the geological disposal of HLW, e.g. using underground facility. RWMC received an order of the project in fiscal year 2010 (2010/2011) continuing since fiscal year 2008 (2008/2009). Since topics in this project are included in the Horonobe URL Project, JAEA carried out this project as collaboration work continuing in fiscal year 2008. This report summarizes the results of engineering technology carried out in this collaboration work in fiscal year 2011. In fiscal year 2011, part of the equipments for emplacement of buffer material was produced and visualization test for water penetration in buffer material were carried out.

Fusion plasma performance and confinement studies on JT-60 and JT-60U

Kamada, Yutaka; Fujita, Takaaki; Ishida, Shinichi; Kikuchi, Mitsuru; Ide, Shunsuke; Takizuka, Tomonori; Shirai, Hiroshi; Koide, Yoshihiko; Fukuda, Takeshi; Hosogane, Nobuyuki; et al.

Fusion Science and Technology (JT-60 Special Issue), 42(2-3), p.185 - 254, 2002/09

https://doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A227

With the main aim of providing physics basis for ITER and the steady-state tokamak reactors, JT-60/JT-60U has been developing and optimizing the operational concepts, and extending the discharge regimes toward sustainment of high integrated performance in the reactor relevant parameter regime. In addition to achievement of the equivalent break-even condition (QDTeq up to 1.25) and a high fusion triple product = 1.5E21 m-3skeV, JT-60U has demonstrated the integrated performance of high confinement, high beta-N, full non-inductive current drive with a large fraction of bootstrap current in the reversed magnetic shear and in the high-beta-p ELMy H mode plasmas characterized by both internal and edge transport barriers. The key factors in optimizing these plasmas are profile and shape controls. As represented by discovery of various Internal Transport Barriers, JT-60/JT-60U has been emphasizing freedom and restriction of profiles in various confinement modes. JT-60U has demonstrated applicability of these high confinement modes to ITER and also clarified remaining issues.

Isolation of the improved core confinement from high recycling and radiative boundary in reversed magnetic shear plasmas of JT-60U

Itami, Kiyoshi; Yoshino, Ryuji; Asakura, Nobuyuki; Fujita, Takaaki; Hosogane, Nobuyuki; Naito, Osamu; Higashijima, Satoru; Konoshima, Shigeru

Physical Review Letters, 78(7), p.1267 - 1270, 1997/02

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1267

no abstracts in English

Steady state high performance in JT-60U

Kamada, Yutaka; Ushigusa, Kenkichi; Neyatani, Yuzuru; Naito, Osamu; Ozeki, Takahisa; Kawano, Yasunori; Yoshino, Ryuji; Kubo, Hirotaka; Fujita, Takaaki; Ishida, Shinichi; et al.

IAEA-CN-60/A5-5, 0, p.651 - 661, 1995/00

no abstracts in English

ELMy H-mode with high and high in JT-60U

Kamada, Yutaka; Ushigusa, Kenkichi; Naito, Osamu; Neyatani, Yuzuru; Ishida, Shinichi; Fujita, Takaaki; Yoshino, Ryuji; Kikuchi, Mitsuru; Mori, Masahiro; Ninomiya, Hiromasa

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 36, p.A123 - A128, 1994/00

https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/36/7A/015

no abstracts in English

Large m=3/n=1 locked mode its stabilization

Ninomiya, Hiromasa; Itami, Kiyoshi; Neyatani, Yuzuru; Naito, Osamu; Yoshino, Ryuji

Nuclear Fusion, 28(7), p.1275 - 1281, 1988/00

https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/28/7/010

no abstracts in English

In-situ measurement using of high resolution elastic wave velocity measurement system to understand a groundwater flow in rock mass

Matsui, Hiroya; Ishiyama, Koji*; Yoshino, Osamu*; Hikima, Ryoichi*; Sanoki, Satoru*; Hayashi, Kunihiko*; Takahashi, Masahiro*; Sato, Masaru*

no journal, , 

This paper is described about the results of collaboration study between Nishimatsu cop. and JAEA to estimate the applicability of high resolution elastic wave velocity measurement for understanding of a groundwater flow. The measurement was carried out in the vicinity of the groundwater recovery test drift in MIU and it continued for about three month from just after starting at the drainage of the test drift. The results suggested that the elastic wave velocity change were measured with groundwater flow due to drainage of the test drift and the high resolution elastic wave velocity measurement can be applicable for understanding of groundwater flow.