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A study on induced activity in the low-activationized concrete for J-PARC

Abstract

In high power proton accelerator facilities, concrete shield can be highly activated, which makes maintenance work of accelerators quite difficult. So, a low-activationized concrete is planned to be partially adopted as a concrete shield at the accelerator facilities of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) aiming at reducing γ-ray exposure dose during maintenance period. The low-activationized concrete is the one using limestone as an aggregate. A new quantity, {sup 24}Na-equivalent, was introduced as a criterion to assure effectiveness of the low-activationized concrete. In order to verify its effectiveness, test samples of both the low-activationized concrete and the ordinary concrete were irradiated using FNS at JAERI. The measurements were analyzed by using a shielding design calculation code system being used for J-PARC, showing that the measurements and the calculations of induced activity are in good agreement within a factor of two. Furthermore, by using the same code system, γ-ray exposure dose was calculated for modeled configuration of J-PARC to find out that γ-ray exposure dose due to the low-activationized concrete was about 10 times lower than that due to the ordinary concrete in a period of less than a few days after operation. (author)
Authors:
Matsuda, Norihiro; Nakashima, Hiroshi; Kasugai, Yoshimi; Sasamoto, Nobuo; Kitami, Toshiyuki; Ichimura, Takahito; Ochiai, Kentaro; Nishitani, Takeo; [1]  Kinno, Masaru; [2]  Hori, Junichi [3] 
  1. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan). Tokai Research Establishment
  2. Fujita Corp., Tokyo (Japan)
  3. Kyoto Univ., Research Reactor Institute, Kumatori, Osaka (Japan)
Publication Date:
Mar 15, 2004
Product Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: ISORD-2: 2. ITRS international symposium on radiation safety and detection technology, Sendai, Miyagi (Japan), 24-25 Jul 2003; Other Information: 8 refs., 6 figs., 2 tabs.; This record replaces 36063964; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the 2nd ITRS international symposium on radiation safety and detection technology (ISORD-2)| by Nakamura, Takashi; Baba, Mamoru (eds.) [Tohoku Univ., Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center, Sendai, Miyagi (Japan)]| 545 p.
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ACCELERATOR EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; CONCRETES; DECOMMISSIONING; DESIGN; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; GEV RANGE 01-10; GEV RANGE 10-100; JAERI; LIMESTONE; MAINTENANCE; MATERIALS TESTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SODIUM 24; SYNCHROTRONS
OSTI ID:
20620314
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: JP0502489063964
Availability:
Available from the Internet at URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00223131.2004.10875648
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 74-77
Announcement Date:
Aug 28, 2005

Citation Formats

Matsuda, Norihiro, Nakashima, Hiroshi, Kasugai, Yoshimi, Sasamoto, Nobuo, Kitami, Toshiyuki, Ichimura, Takahito, Ochiai, Kentaro, Nishitani, Takeo, Kinno, Masaru, and Hori, Junichi. A study on induced activity in the low-activationized concrete for J-PARC. Japan: N. p., 2004. Web.
Matsuda, Norihiro, Nakashima, Hiroshi, Kasugai, Yoshimi, Sasamoto, Nobuo, Kitami, Toshiyuki, Ichimura, Takahito, Ochiai, Kentaro, Nishitani, Takeo, Kinno, Masaru, & Hori, Junichi. A study on induced activity in the low-activationized concrete for J-PARC. Japan.
Matsuda, Norihiro, Nakashima, Hiroshi, Kasugai, Yoshimi, Sasamoto, Nobuo, Kitami, Toshiyuki, Ichimura, Takahito, Ochiai, Kentaro, Nishitani, Takeo, Kinno, Masaru, and Hori, Junichi. 2004. "A study on induced activity in the low-activationized concrete for J-PARC." Japan.
@misc{etde_20620314,
title = {A study on induced activity in the low-activationized concrete for J-PARC}
author = {Matsuda, Norihiro, Nakashima, Hiroshi, Kasugai, Yoshimi, Sasamoto, Nobuo, Kitami, Toshiyuki, Ichimura, Takahito, Ochiai, Kentaro, Nishitani, Takeo, Kinno, Masaru, and Hori, Junichi}
abstractNote = {In high power proton accelerator facilities, concrete shield can be highly activated, which makes maintenance work of accelerators quite difficult. So, a low-activationized concrete is planned to be partially adopted as a concrete shield at the accelerator facilities of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) aiming at reducing γ-ray exposure dose during maintenance period. The low-activationized concrete is the one using limestone as an aggregate. A new quantity, {sup 24}Na-equivalent, was introduced as a criterion to assure effectiveness of the low-activationized concrete. In order to verify its effectiveness, test samples of both the low-activationized concrete and the ordinary concrete were irradiated using FNS at JAERI. The measurements were analyzed by using a shielding design calculation code system being used for J-PARC, showing that the measurements and the calculations of induced activity are in good agreement within a factor of two. Furthermore, by using the same code system, γ-ray exposure dose was calculated for modeled configuration of J-PARC to find out that γ-ray exposure dose due to the low-activationized concrete was about 10 times lower than that due to the ordinary concrete in a period of less than a few days after operation. (author)}
place = {Japan}
year = {2004}
month = {Mar}
}