Report on the Status and Future Upgrades of the Facilities and Instruments in the JRR-3

Subcommittee for Neutron Beam Utilization; Status and Future Upgrades of the Facilities and Instruments

JAERI-Review 2003-037, 88 Pages, 2004/02

JAERI-Review-2003-037.pdf:6.98MB

The refurbished JRR-3 reached critical in March 1990, and the facilities were opened to the general user program in June 1991. Since then the improved specification and the increase of the beam flux of JRR-3 made it recognized as one of the top four research reactors in the world. Despite the ten fruitful years of achievements in research activities performed at JRR-3, it is indispensable to continuously upgrade and improve research facilities in order to maintain our standard of excellence in the research activities. It is also important that the high intensity proton accelerator project (J-PARC project) is progressing in the same JAERI site. Under these circumstances surrounding the JRR-3 facility, a task force under the neutron beam utilization committee was formed in 2001 and assigned to recommend the necessary upgrade and improvements of reactor facilities as well as neutron scattering instruments in JRR-3. This report summarizes analysis and discussions carried out in the task force during these two years, and describes recommendations from the task force.

Proceedings of plenary session international workshop on recearch & development of geological disposal

Yamato, Aiji; Sasaki, Noriaki; ; Miyahara, Kaname

PNC TN1100 94-002, 85 Pages, 1993/11

PNC-TN1100-94-002.pdf:4.88MB

Nuclear energy is the second largest source of electric power in the United States. Tdate, nuclear power plants produced over twenty percent of the nation's electricity. Aof August 1991, there were 112 nuclear power reactors in the United States, and two mo were being built. By the year 2000, approximately 40,000 metric tons of nuclear wasteill be in temporary storage at reactor sites throughout the coutry. That amount is twi the amount that currently exists. In order to handle such waste, as well as the addedolume to be produced after the year 2000, the U. S. Department of Energt (DOE) is in t process of developing the waste management system that was authorized by the U. S Coness in 1987. The authorized system is illustrated in Figure 1. To summarize, spent nucar fuel from commercial power reactors will be accepted by the DOE at the reactor siteand transported to a monitored retrievable storage (MRS) facility for temporary storagand preparation for permanent disposal in a gelogic rep

Current status and future prospects of neutron sciences at JRR-3

Takeda, Masayasu

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