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藤 暢輔; 大図 章; 土屋 晴文; 古高 和禎; 北谷 文人; 米田 政夫; 前田 亮; 小泉 光生
Proceedings of INMM & ESARDA Joint Virtual Annual Meeting (Internet), 8 Pages, 2021/08
Since neutrons have exceptional ability to penetrate high-density materials and can induce fission, they are used in non-destructive analysis such as, Differential Die-Away Analysis (DDA), Prompt Gamma-ray Analysis (PGA) and Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA). The different analytical methods give us complementary information, which are particularly useful for the quantification of Special Nuclear Materials in highly radioactive nuclear materials, including spent fuel. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission are collaborating to develop an active neutron NDA system for nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear security. In the second phase of the project, an integrated active neutron NDA system: Active-N which enables the simultaneous measurements of DDA, PGA and NRTA has been developed. The DDA detects fission neutrons, and it can determine small amounts of the fissile mass. PGA is utilized for the quantification of neutron absorber and particularly useful for the detection of explosives. NRTA can be used to quantify almost all medium and high-Z elements and considered as one of the most accurate NDA. In this presentation, we will provide an overview of Active-N and report the recent experimental results. This research was implemented under the subsidy for nuclear security promotion of MEXT: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
古高 和禎; 大図 章; 藤 暢輔
Proceedings of INMM & ESARDA Joint Virtual Annual Meeting (Internet), 9 Pages, 2021/08
We have been developing an integrated active neutron non-destructive analysis system for highly radioactive nuclear materials, "Active-N", using an intense D-T neutron source. The system is composed of the following mutually complementing different measurement systems: Differential Die-away Analysis (DDA), Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA), and Prompt Gamma-ray Analysis (PGA). The former two are for measurements of total amount of fissile material and of isotopic composition, respectively. The purpose of the last one, i.e. PGA measurement system is the detection of explosives contained in e.g., dirty bombs and of chemical warfare agents, as well as of neutron poisons which absorb neutrons and disturb DDA measurements. This report describes mainly the PGA measurement system. In the PGA measurement system, to resolve individual gamma-ray peaks, a Ge detector is utilized. It is well known that irradiation of fast neutrons (
keV) to Ge detectors cause damages to the detectors and gradually worsen their resolution, and finally make them unusable without a laborious treatment. Therefore, it is essential to shield the PGA detector against the neutrons from the D-T neutron generator. In addition, to reduce background gamma rays from the materials used for the DDA system, they should also be carefully chosen. In order to design an appropriate neutron shield for the PGA measurement system and diminish the sources of the background gamma rays, simulation study was done using a particle transport code system PHITS. Based on the results, a shielding for the PGA measurement system has been designed which reduces the number of damaging neutrons by an order of magnitude. The Active-N system which incorporates the PGA measurement system equipped with the neutron shielding, has been installed at NUCEF facility in JAEA Tokai. This research was implemented under the subsidy for nuclear security promotion from MEXT.
Rossi, F.; Bogucarska, T.*; 小泉 光生; Lee, H.-J.; Pedersen, B.*; Rodriguez, D.; 高橋 時音; Varasano, G.*
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 977, p.164306_1 - 164306_7, 2020/10
被引用回数：4 パーセンタイル：44.4(Instruments & Instrumentation)The Japan Atomic Energy Agency and the European Commission Joint Research Centre are collaborating to develop delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy (DGS) for nuclear materials for safeguards verification in reprocessing plants. In this paper, we describe DGS interrogation using the Pulsed Neutron Interrogation Test Assembly with standard samples of different 
U enrichments. By analyzing gamma-ray spectra, we reveal a linear correlation between the sample mass and both the total counts above 3.3 MeV and the peak counts of specific high-energy gamma-ray. We were able to observe, qualify and quantify specific gamma rays peak down to the depleted uranium (0.5 gU) mass sample. Based on this, we demonstrate that our technique is able to estimate the total fissile mass with a statistical uncertainty 
2% when taking into account self-shielding and gamma self-absorption corrections. Using integrated counts above 3.3 MeV we were able to reduce the mass-dependent bias for the higher enrichments (
3 to 4%) to 4%. This work is supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) under the subsidiary for the "promotion for strengthening nuclear security and the like". This work was done under the agreement between JAEA and EURATOM in the field of nuclear materials safeguards research and development.
小泉 光生; 原田 秀郎; Schillebeeckx, P.*
日本原子力学会誌ATOMO
, 58(9), p.563 - 567, 2016/09
東京電力福島第一原子力発電所における冷却材喪失過酷事故により、1-3号炉では炉心溶融が起きたと考えられている。溶融燃料(デブリ)は、一定の冷却期間をおいて取り出される計画となっている。通常の原子炉では、燃料集合体を単位とした核物質計量管理を行っているが、今回のように燃料集合体が溶融した場合、取り出した核物質量を何らかの測定を行った上で計量管理することが求められる可能性がある。そうした中、粒子状溶融燃料中の核物質量を定量可能とする非破壊測定技術として中性子共鳴濃度分析法を考案し、平成24年度より3年間、文部科学省による核不拡散・核セキュリティ分野における新規技術開発課題として技術開発を進めてきた。本解説では、開発した技術を概説するとともに、国際原子力機関等の専門家が集まるワークショップで行った技術実証試験について報告する。
