Development of adjusted nuclear data library for fast reactor application

Yokoyama, Kenji

EPJ Web of Conferences, 281, p.00004_1 - 00004_10, 2023/03

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202328100004

In Japan, development of adjusted nuclear data library for fast rector application based on the cross-section adjustment method has been conducted since the early 1990s. The adjusted library is called the unified cross-section set. The first version was developed in 1991 and is called ADJ91. Recently, the integral experimental data were further expanded to improve the design prediction accuracy of the core loaded with minor actinoids and/or degraded Pu. Using the additional integral experimental data, development of ADJ2017 was started in 2017. In 2022, the latest unified cross-section set AJD2017R was developed based on JENDL-4.0 by using 619 integral experimental data. An overview of the latest version with a review of previous ones will be shown. On the other hand, JENDL-5 was released in 2021. In the development of JENDL-5, some of the integral experimental data used in ADJ2017R were explicitly utilized in the nuclear data evaluation. However, this is not reflected in the covariance data. This situation needs to be considered when developing a unified cross-section set based on JENDL-5. Preliminary adjustment calculation based on JENDL-5 is performed using C/E (calculation/experiment) values simply evaluated by a sensitivity analysis. The preliminary results will be also discussed.

Great achievements of M. Salvatores for nuclear data adjustment study with use of integral experiments

Yokoyama, Kenji; Ishikawa, Makoto*

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 154, p.108100_1 - 108100_11, 2021/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2020.108100

In the design of innovative nuclear reactors such as fast reactors, the improvement of the prediction accuracies for neutronics properties is an important task. The nuclear data adjustment is a promising methodology for this issue. The idea of the nuclear data adjustment was first proposed in 1964. Toward its practical application, however, a great deal of study has been conducted over a long time. While it took about 10 years to establish the theoretical formulation, the research and development for its practical application has been conducted for more than half a century. Researches in this field are still active, and the fact suggests that the improvement of the prediction accuracies is indispensable for the development of new types of nuclear reactors. Massimo Salvatores, who passed away in March 2020, was one of the first proposers to develop the nuclear data adjustment technique, as well as one of the great contributors to its practical application. Reviewing his long-time works in this area is almost the same as reviewing the history of the nuclear data adjustment methodology. The authors intend that this review would suggest what should be done in the future toward the next development in this area. The present review consists of two parts: a) the establishment of the nuclear data adjustment methodology and b) the achievements related to practical applications. Furthermore, the former is divided into two aspects: the study on the nuclear data adjustment theory and the numerical solution for sensitivity coefficient that is requisite for the nuclear data adjustment. The latter is separated to three categories: the use of integral experimental data, the uncertainty quantification and design target accuracy evaluation, and the promotion of nuclear data covariance development.

Electronic structure of Li@C; Photoelectron spectroscopy of the Li@C[PF] salt and STM of the single Li@C molecules on Cu(111)

Yamada, Yoichi*; Kuklin, A. V.*; Sato, Sho*; Esaka, Fumitaka; Sumi, Naoya*; Zhang, C.*; Sasaki, Masahiro*; Kwon, E.*; Kasama, Yasuhiko*; Avramov, P. V.*; et al.

Carbon, 133, p.23 - 30, 2018/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.02.106

We report first STM observation of the Li ion endohedral C, which is of a new class of endohedral fullerenes, prepared by means of evaporation of high-purity Li@C[PF] salt in ultra-high vacuum. Prior to the STM measurements, the electronic structure of Li@C in the Li@C[PF] salt was also precisely determined. In the salt, it is shown that Li and PF have nearly single positive and negative charge, respectively, and the C cage is nearly neutral, suggesting that Li@C in the salt retains its original electronic state.

Dimension-reduced cross-section adjustment method based on minimum variance unbiased estimation

Yokoyama, Kenji; Yamamoto, Akio*; Kitada, Takanori*

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 55(3), p.319 - 334, 2018/03

https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2017.1397563

A new formulation of the cross-section adjustment methodology with the dimensionality reduction technique has been derived. This new formulation is proposed as the dimension reduced cross-section adjustment method (DRCA). Since the derivation of DRCA is based on the minimum variance unbiased estimation (MVUE), an assumption of normal distribution is not required. The result of DRCA depends on a user-defined matrix that determines the dimension reduced feature subspace. We have examine three variations of DRCA, namely DRCA1, DRCA2, and DRCA3. Mathematical investigation and numerical verification have revealed that DRCA2 is equivalent to the currently widely used cross-section adjustment method. Moreover, DRCA3 is found to be identical to the cross-section adjustment method based on MVUE, which has been proposed in the previous study.

Atomic-scale visualization of surface-assisted orbital order

Kim, H.*; Yoshida, Yasuo*; Lee, C.-C.*; Chang, T.-R.*; Jeng, H.-T.*; Lin, H.*; Haga, Yoshinori; Fisk, Z.*; Hasegawa, Yukio*

Science Advances (Internet), 3(9), p.eeao0362_1 - eeao0362_5, 2017/09

https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao0362

Methods and approaches to provide feedback from nuclear and covariance data adjustment for improvement of nuclear data files

Palmiotti, G.*; Salvatores, M.*; Yokoyama, Kenji; Ishikawa, Makoto

NEA/NSC/R(2016)6 (Internet), 42 Pages, 2017/05

Consumption kinetics of Si atoms during growth and decomposition of very thin oxide on Si(001) surfaces

Ogawa, Shuichi*; Yoshigoe, Akitaka; Ishizuka, Shinji*; Teraoka, Yuden; Takakuwa, Yuji*

Thin Solid Films, 508(1-2), p.169 - 174, 2006/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2005.07.321

The surface morphological change during growth and subsequent decomposition of very thin oxide on Si(001) surface was observed in real time by RHEED combined with AES and macroscopically by STM. The RHEED intensity ratio between half-order spots revealed that etching of the surface took place in a manner of nucleation and lateral growth of dimer vacancy on the terrace during two-dimensional (2D) oxide island growth at 690C, whereas the resultant oxide layer was decomposed at 709C with consumption of Si atom in a step flow mode. STM observation of the partially oxide decomposed surface, however, showed that a number of Si islands with 10-20 angstrom in diameter remained randomly over the rather atomically flat terraces within voids in spite of the step-flow etching. These results are considered in terms of the phase separation of Si-rich oxide grown by 2D oxide island growth mode between Si clusters and a stoichiometric SiO matrix and subsequent precipitation of Si islands on the terrace during decomposition.

Size of small Si and Ge clusters on Si(111) and Ge(111) surfaces

Asaoka, Hidehito; Cherepanov, V.*; Voigtlnder, B.*

Surface Science, 588(1-3), p.19 - 25, 2005/08

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2005.05.022

We determined the average size of small Si and Ge clusters conned to one half of a (77) or (55) unit cell of a Si or Ge(111) surface. The size of Si and Ge clusters conned to a Si(111)-(77) half unit cell was determined to be 8.31 atoms and 7.51 atoms, respectively for a growth temperature of 400 K. This is the same value within the error and shows, that the material of the clusters is less important for the cluster size. On the Ge surface it was found that the reconstruction unit cell is important for the cluster size. On the (55) reconstructed Ge(111) surface the Si clusters have a smaller size of 4.71 atoms compared to 8.21 atoms for Si clusters on the Ge(111)-(77) surface.

Growth mechanisms in Ge/Si(111) heteroepitaxy with and without Bi as a surfactant

Paul, N.*; Asaoka, Hidehito; Mysliveek, J.*; Voigtlnder, B.*

Physical Review B, 69(19), p.193402_1 - 193402_4, 2004/05

A2003-0489.pdf:0.64MB

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.69.193402

We compare the initial stages of growth of Ge on Si(111) with Bi as a surfactant and without surfactant. At the beginning of growth, 3D islands with a strain relieving dislocation network at their base are formed in both growth systems. These islands can be regarded as seeds of a flat relaxed Ge layer on Si(111). However, such Ge layer forms at later stages of growth only in the growth with Bi surfactant, while the growing Ge layer without surfactant remains rough. What makes the dierence and the success of Bi surfactant mediated epitaxy is the lateral growth and coalescence of the seed islands that cover the entire surface within first 15 bilayers of Ge deposition. This happens due to a kinetic limitation of the incorporation of Ge into the growing layer in the presence of surfactant.

A Consideration about major business control system for independent administrative institution

Abe, Shinya*; Nakata, Yutaka; Iitsuka, Tomoaki; Yamagishi, Kojiro*

JAERI-Tech 2003-077, 233 Pages, 2003/10

JAERI-Tech-2003-077.pdf:15.07MB

Japanese government is carrying out the administrative reform aiming to promote decentralization of authority, to magnify the field of private sectors, etc. in order to correspond appropriately to matured economy, internationalized market, etc. As one of the reforms, Japanese government decided that JAERI and JNC would unite into an independent administrative agency. The aims of the independent administrative agency institution include realization of effective and transparent system and management. The aim of the present investigation is to be useful for the new agency to develop a major business control system, which manages financial affairs and accounts not only efficiently but also in correspondence with open information to the public and promoting research activities effectively.