Basic Information

Affiliated programs (koza)

• Graduate School of Energy Science, エネルギー基礎科学専攻 核エネルギー学講座, 助教

Professional Memberships

• 日本原子力学会

Academic Degree

• 修士（工学）(九州大学)
• 博士（エネルギー科学）(京都大学)

Research History

• Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School Engineering,School of Engineering Materials Physics and Energy Eng, Assistant Professor

Language of Instruction

• English
• Japanese

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  200901059377228424

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/read0069166

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  臨界集合体を用いた原子炉物理実験手法の高度化に関する研究

• Overview of the research

  臨界集合体を用い、原子炉物理実験手法の高度化を目指す。その応用として、加速器駆動未臨界炉における未臨界度監視技術の開発等を行うとともに、より高品質なベンチマークデータの提供を行い、核データおよび核計算手法の改良に資する。

Research Areas

• Energy, Nuclear engineering

Papers

• Development of on-site detection system for concealed nuclear materials

  Kosuke Tanabe; Masao Komeda; Yosuke Toh; Yasunori Kitamura; Tsuyoshi Misawa

  Journal of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, 2025

  
• Treatment of staggered mesh in BWR pin-by-pin fine mesh core analysis

  Kenichi Tada; Akio Yamamoto; Masato Watanabe; Hiroshi Noda; Yasunori Kitamura; Yoshihiro Yamane

  Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 2007

  
• Joint moments of neutron number and medium state in a time-varying multiplying medium

  Yasunori Kitamura; Imre Pázsit; Akio Yamamoto; Yoshihiro Yamane

  Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computations and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications, M and C + SNA 2007, 2007

  
• Application of pin-by-pin fine mesh calculation method to BWR core analysis

  Kenichi Tada; Akio Yamamoto; Yasunori Kitamura; Yoshihiro Yamane

  PHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics, 2006

  
• Cost evaluation of power uprate due to reduction of in-core power peaking factor

  Masafumi Adachi; Akio Yamamoto; Yoshihiro Yamane; Yasunori Kitamura

  Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 2005

  
• Compact and transportable system for detecting lead-shielded highly enriched uranium using 252Cf rotation method with a water Cherenkov neutron detector

  Kosuke Tanabe; Masao Komeda; Yosuke Toh; Yasunori Kitamura; Tsuyoshi Misawa; Ken’ichi Tsuchiya; Hiroshi Sagara

  Scientific Reports, 13 Aug. 2024

  
• Development of Portable SNMs Detection System with D-D Neutron Source based on Combination of Noise Analysis and Threshold Energy Neutron Analysis Method

  Tsuyoshi Misawa; Yasunori Kitamura; Yoshiyuki Takahashi; Kai Masuda; Bakr A. Mahmoud

  2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2018 - Proceedings, 01 Nov. 2018

  
• Verification of the Applicability of Water Cherenkov Detector to Active Neutron Method and Development of a Prototype Detector

  Kosuke Tanabe; Masao Komeda; Yosuke Toh; Yasunori Kitamura; Tsuyoshi Misawa; Hiroshi Sagara

  2021 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 16 Oct. 2021

  
• Development of a water Cherenkov neutron detector for the active rotation method and demonstration of nuclear material detection

  Kosuke Tanabe; Masao Komeda; Yosuke Toh; Yasunori Kitamura; Tsuyoshi Misawa; Ken’ichi Tsuchiya; Norimitsu Akiba; Hidetoshi Kakuda; Kazunari Shibasaki; Hiroshi Sagara

  Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 26 Nov. 2022, Peer-reviewed

  
• First demonstration experiment of the neutron rotation method for detecting nuclear material

  M. Komeda; Y. Toh; K. Tanabe; Y. Kitamura; T. Misawa

  Annals of Nuclear Energy, Sep. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• New variants of Bennett variance method with correlation indices for reducing delayed-neutron contribution

  Yasunori Kitamura; Tsuyoshi Misawa

  Annals of Nuclear Energy, Dec. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Detection of subcriticality changes by Simmons-King and Sjöstrand methods

  Yasunori Kitamura; Tsuyoshi Misawa

  Annals of Nuclear Energy, Apr. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Count-loss effect in determination of prompt neutron decay constant by neutron correlation methods that employ two sets of neutron counting systems

  Kitamura, Y; Fukushima, M

  Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Delayed neutron effect in time-domain fluctuation analyses of neutron detector current signals

  Kitamura, Y; Misawa, T

  Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Determination of prompt neutron decay constant by time-domain fluctuation analyses of detector current signals

  Kitamura, Y; Pazsit, I; Misawa, T

  Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Theory of Feynman-alpha technique with masking window for accelerator-driven systems

  Yasunori Kitamura; Tsuyoshi Misawa

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, May 2017, Peer-reviewed

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• A Simple and Practical Correction Technique for Reactivity Worth of Short-Sized Samples Measured by Critical-Water-Level Method

  Yasunori Kitamura; Masahiro Fukushima

  NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, May 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Effective delayed neutron fraction by Rossi-α method in accelerator-driven system experiments with 100 MeV protons at kyoto university critical assembly

  Masao Yamanaka; Cheol Ho Pyeon; Song Hyun Kim; Hiroshi Shiga; Yasunori Kitamura; Tsuyoshi Misawa

  Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 04 Mar. 2017, Peer-reviewed

  
• Benchmark tests of newly-evaluated data of $^{235}$U for CIELO project using integral experiments of uranium-fueled FCA assemblies

  Fukushima, Masahiro; Kitamura, Yasunori; Yokoyama, Kenji; Iwamoto, Osamu; Nagaya, Yasunobu; Leal, L. C

  Proceedings of International Conference on the Physics of Reactors; Unifying Theory and Experiments in the 21st Century (PHYSOR 2016) (USB Flash Drive), May 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Benchmark models for criticalities of FCA-IX assemblies with systematically changed neutron spectra

  Masahiro Fukushima; Yasunori Kitamura; Teruhiko Kugo; Shigeaki Okajima

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Count-loss effect in subcriticality measurement by pulsed neutron source method, (II) proposal for utilization of neutron detection system operated in current mode

  Yasunori Kitamura; Masahiro Fukushima

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Jun. 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Uncertainty Analysis of Temperature Effect on Reactivity in Very High Temperature Reactor Critical Assembly and Establishment of Biases for Benchmark Models

  Yasunori Kitamura; Yuta Eguchi

  NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Nov. 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Correction of count-loss effect in neutron correlation methods that employ single neutron counting system for subcriticality measurement

  Yasunori Kitamura; Masahiro Fukushima

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Jun. 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Count-loss effect in subcriticality measurement by pulsed neutron source method, (I) investigation on count-loss effect in determination of neutron decay constant

  Yasunori Kitamura; Masahiro Fukushima

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Jun. 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Measurement and analysis of reflector reactivity worth by replacing stainless steel with zirconium at the fast critical assembly (FCA)

  Masahiro Fukushima; Yasunori Kitamura; Masaki Andoh; Teruhiko Kugo

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Oct. 2012, Peer-reviewed

  
• Benchmark calculations of sodium-void experiments with uranium fuels at the fast critical assembly FCA

  Fukushima, M; Kitamura, Y; Kugo, T; Yamane, T; Andoh, M; Chiba, G; Ishikawa, M; Okajima, S

  Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology, 2011, Peer-reviewed

  
• Applicability of the Diffusion and Simplified P3 Theories for Pin-by-Pin Geometry of BWR

  Kenichi Tada; Akio Yamamoto; Yoshihiro Yamane; Yasunori Kitamura

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Oct. 2008, Peer-reviewed

  
• Some properties of zero power neutron noise in a time-varying medium with delayed neutrons

  Y. Kitamura; L. Pal; I. Pazsit; A. Yamamoto; Y. Yamane

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, Sep. 2008, Peer-reviewed

  
• Simplified treatments of anisotropic scattering in LWR core calculations

  Akio Yamamoto; Yasunori Kitamura; Yoshihiro Yamane

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Mar. 2008, Peer-reviewed

  
• Calculation of higher moments of the neutron multiplication process in a time-varying medium

  Y. Kitamura; I. Pazsit; A. Yamamoto; Y. Yamane

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, May 2007, Peer-reviewed

  
• Reduction in workload of BWR in-core fuel shuffling by new optimization methods

  A Yamamoto; M Toujou; K Komori; Y Kitamura; Y Yamane

  NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Jun. 2006, Peer-reviewed

  
• Subcriticality measurement by using third-order neutron correlation method

  Y. Yamane; Y. Kitamura; T. Endo; Y. Goto; K. Tada; S. Tsubota; M. Shintani; T. Misawa; C. Pyeon

  KURRI Progress Report, 2006, Peer-reviewed

  
• Feynman-alpha experiment with stationary multiple emission sources

  Y. Kitamura; T. Misawa; A. Yamamoto; Y. Yamane; C. Ichihara; H. Nakamura

  PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, 2006, Peer-reviewed

  
• Application of variance-to-mean technique to subcriticality monitoring for accelerator-driven subcritical reactor

  Yasunori Kitamura; Koshi Taguchi; Akio Yamamoto; Yoshihiro Yamane; Tsuyoshi Misawa; Chihiro Ichihara; Hiroshi Nakamura; Hiroyuki Oigawa

  International Journal of Nuclear Energy Science and Technology, 2006, Peer-reviewed

  
• Calculation of the stochastic pulsed Rossi-alpha formula and its experimental verification

  Y Kitamura; K Taguchi; T Misawa; Pazsit, I; A Yamamoto; Y Yamane; C Ichihara; H Nakamura; H Oigawa

  PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, 2006, Peer-reviewed

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• Calculation of the pulsed Feynman-alpha formulae and their experimental verification

  Pazsit, I; Y Kitamura; J Wright; T Misawa

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, Jun. 2005, Peer-reviewed

  
• Calculation of the pulsed Feynman- and Rossi-alpha formulae with delayed neutrons

  Y Kitamura; Pazsit, I; J Wright; A Yamamoto; Y Yamane

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, May 2005, Peer-reviewed

  
• Improvement of the SPH method for pin-by-pin core calculations

  Yamamoto, A; Tatsumi, M; Kitamura, Y; Yamane, Y

  Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Dec. 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Simultaneous loading patterns optimization for two successive cycles of pressurized water reactors

  A Yamamoto; E Sugimura; Y Kitamura; Y Yamane

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Nov. 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Approximate treatment of thermal expansion effect in lattice transport calculations

  Yamamoto, A; Kitamura, Y; Yamane, Y

  Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Oct. 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Convergence improvement of coarse mesh rebalance method for neutron transport calculations

  A Yamamoto; Y Kitamura; T Ushio; N Sugimura

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Aug. 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Computational efficiencies of approximated exponential functions for transport calculations of the characteristics method

  A Yamamoto; Y Kitamura; Y Yamane

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, Jun. 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Cell homogenization methods for pin-by-pin core calculations tested in slab geometry

  A Yamamoto; Y Kitamura; Y Yamane

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, May 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Experimental investigation of variance-to-mean formula for periodic and pulsed neutron source

  Y Kitamura; H Yamauchi; Y Yamane; T Misawa; C Ichihara; H Nakamura

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, Jan. 2004, Peer-reviewed

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• Derivation of variance-to-mean formula for periodic and pulsed neutron source

  Y Kitamura; H Yamauchi; Y Yamane

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, May 2003, Peer-reviewed

  
• Subcriticality measurement for accelerator driven system

  Y. Yamane; Y. Kitamura; T. Endo; K. Sugiura; H. Hanasaka; K. Taguchi; A. Nakamura; N. Murashige; T. Misawa; C. Ichihara; H. Nakamura

  KURRI Progress Report, 2003, Peer-reviewed

  
• Measurement of diven factor by neutron correlation technique (II)

  Y. Kitamura; H. Hanasaka; Y. Yamane; A. Yamamoto; T. Endo; K. Sugiura; K. Taguchi; A. Nakamura; N. Murashige; T. Misawa

  KURRI Progress Report, 2003, Peer-reviewed

  
• Reduction of inter-event dead time in data acquisition system for simultaneous measurement of neutron pulse series in time and space

  Y Kitamura; T Misawa; H Unesaki; S Shiroya; K Ishitani; A Uritani; Y Yamane

  REACTOR DOSIMETRY: RADIATION METROLOGY AND ASSESSMENT, 2001, Peer-reviewed

  
• Experimental Study on Reactor Dynamics of Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Systems (II)

  Y. Yamane; A. Uritani; A. Kataoka; H. Yamauchi; Y. Kitamura; S. Shiroya; T. Misawa; H. Unesaki; H. Nakamura

  KURRI Prog. Rep., 2001

  
• General formulae for the Feynman-alpha method with the bunching technique

  Y Kitamura; T Misawa; H Unesaki; S Shiroya

  ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, Sep. 2000, Peer-reviewed

  
• Reactor noise experiments by using acquisition system for time series data of pulse train

  Y Kitamura; M Matoba; T Misawa; H Unesaki; S Shiroya

  JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Aug. 1999, Peer-reviewed

  
• Time-spatial neutron measurement by using position-sensitive He-3 proportional counter

  Y Kitamura; T Misawa; H Unesaki; S Shiroya; A Uritani; K Ishitani

  NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, Feb. 1999, Peer-reviewed

  

Misc.

• Application of Direct Time-Sequence Data Acquisition to Real-Time Subcriticality Monitor

  NIKI Naoto; KITAMURA Yasunori; SAKAE Takeji

  Technology reports of Kyushu University, Jul. 1997

  
• パルス中性子源が検出時間間隔分布に及ぼす影響

  田口鋼志; 山根義宏; 北村康則; 山本章夫; 三沢毅; 市原千博; 中村博; 大井川宏之

  日本原子力学会春の年会要旨集, 2005

  
• 従来の動特性測定法のADS未臨界度モニタへの応用

  田口鋼志; 北村康則; 山根義宏; 山本章夫; 三沢毅; 市原千博; 中村博; 大井川宏之

  日本原子力学会春の年会要旨集, 2004

  
• 加速器駆動核変換システムの技術開発 II(9)未臨界度測定技術

  田口鋼志; 山根義宏; 北村康則; 山本章夫; 三沢毅; 市原千博; 中村博; 大井川宏之

  日本原子力学会秋の大会予稿集, 2004

  
• 加速器駆動核変換システムの技術開発 I (8)未臨界度測定技術

  北村康則; 山根義宏; 三沢毅; 大井川宏之

  日本原子力学会秋の大会予稿集, 2003

  
• ADS模擬体系の中性子インポータンス (原子炉の高度化に関する研究)

  山根 義宏; 北村 康則; 福井 大輔

  原研施設利用共同研究成果報告書, 2003

  
• ICONE15-10518 FUEL LOADING PATTERN OPTIMIZATION BASED ON CASE-BASED REASONING (CBR)

  Adachi Masafumi; Yamamoto Akio; Yamane Yoshihiro; Kitamura Yasunori

  Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. Book of abstracts : ICONE, 22 Apr. 2007

  
• KUCA未臨界炉心の反応度評価(1)パルス中性子法を用いた動特性パラメータβ_eff/lの評価

  荒木祥平; 山根祐一; 外池幸太郎; 北村康則; 三澤毅

  日本原子力学会春の年会予稿集(CD-ROM), 04 Mar. 2019

  
• KUCA未臨界炉心の反応度評価(2)準静的状態の出力挙動に基づく評価

  山根祐一; 荒木祥平; 北村康則; 三澤毅

  日本原子力学会春の年会予稿集(CD-ROM), 04 Mar. 2019

  
• ポータブル特定核物質検知システムの開発(II)(3)高濃縮ウランを用いた実験と解析

  三澤毅; 高橋佳之; 北村康則; 増田開; BAKR Mahmoud A

  日本原子力学会春の年会予稿集(CD-ROM), 09 Mar. 2017

  
• Portable SNMs Detection System utilizing a D-D IEC Neutron Source and Tensioned Metastable Fluied Detectors

  K. Masuda; T. Misawa; Y. Takahashi; Y. Kitamura; S. Fujimoto; B. C. Archambault; R. Taleyarkhan

  17th US-Japan Workshop on Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion/東京工業大学, Oct. 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Establishment of benchmark problems for TRU fission rate ratios of FCA-IX assemblies

  福島昌宏; 大泉昭人; 岩元大樹; 北村康則

  JAEA-Data/Code 2014-030, Mar. 2015

  
• Verification of Real-time Subcriticality Measurement based on Rossi-alpha Method Using Detection-time Acquisition System

  S. Tsubota; Y. Yamane; A. Yamamoto; Y. Kitamura

  Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Nov. 2007, Peer-reviewed

  
• Applicability of the SP3 Nodal Method for BWR Pin-by-pin Core Analysis with Staggered Mesh

  A. Yamamoto; K. Tada; Y. Kitamura; Y. Yamane

  Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Jun. 2007, Peer-reviewed

  
• ICONE15-10453 Applicability of The Diffusion and Simplified P_3 Theories for BWR Pin-by-pin Core Analysis

  TADA Kenichi; YAMAMOTO Akio; WATANABE Masato; NODA Hiroshi; KITAMURA Yasunori; YAMANE Yoshihiro

  Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. Book of abstracts : ICONE, 22 Apr. 2007

  
• A New Optimization Algorithm for In-core Fuel Shuffling Sequence of BWR

  A. Yamamoto; M. Toujou; K. Komori; Y. Kitamura; Y. Yamane

  Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Nov. 2005, Peer-reviewed

  
• Efficient Calculation of Time-Dependent Neutron Transport Equation using the Constrained Interpolated Profile (CIP) Method

  S. Kano; T. Endo; A. Yamamoto; Y. Yamane; Y. Kitamura

  Proc. International topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computation, Supercomputing, Reactor Physics and Nuclear and Biological Applications (M&C2005), Sep. 2005, Peer-reviewed

  
• Study on Yariance-to-Mean Method as Subcriticality Monitor for Accelerator Driven System Operated with Pulse-Mode

  H. Yamauchi; Y. Kitamura; Y. Yamane; T. Misawa; H. Unesaki

  Proc. 7th Int. Conf. Nuclear Criticality Safety、 ICNC2003, 20 Oct. 2004

  
• Comparison of Subcriticality Monitoring Methods for Accelerator-Driven System

  K. Taguchi; Y. Yamane; Y. Kitamura; A. Yamamoto

  Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Jun. 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Simultaneous In-core Optimization of PWR Tandem Cycles

  A. Yamamoto; E. Sugimura; Y. Kitamura; Y. Yamane

  Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., Jun. 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Improvement of the SPH Method for Multi-assembly Calculations

  A. Yamamoto; M. Tatsumi; Y. Kitamura; Y. Yamane

  Proc. The Physics of Fuel Cycles and Advanced Nuclear Systems: Global Developments (Physor2004), Apr. 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Derivation of the Space and Energy Dependent Formula for the Third Order Neutron Correlation Technique

  T. Endo; Y. Kitamura; A. Yamamoto; Y. Yamane

  Proc. PHYSOR 2004: The Physics of Fuel Cycles and Advanced Nuclear Systems: Global Developments, Apr. 2004, Peer-reviewed

  
• Research on Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactor at Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA) with the FFAG Proton Accelerator

  T. Misawa; H. Unesaki; C. H. Pyeon; C. Ichihara; Y. Kitamura; S. Shiroya

  Proc. Int. Topl. Mtg. on The Physics of Fuel Cycles and Advanced Nucl. Systems: Global Developments (PHYSOR2004), Apr. 25-29, (2004)., Apr. 2004

  
• Application of Variance-To-Mean Technique to Subcriticality Monitoring for Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Reactor

  Y. Kitamura; K. Taguchi; A. Yamamoto; Y. Yamane; T. Misawa; C. Ichihara; H. Nakamura; H. Oigawa

  Proc. 9th Int. Meet. Reactor Noise (IMORN-29), 2004

  
• Absolute Measurement of the Subcriticality Based on the Third Order Neutron Correlation in Consideration of the Finite Nature of Neutron Counts Data

  T. Endo; Y. Kitamura; Y. Yamane

  Proc. the 7th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety ICNC2003; Challenges in the Pursuit of Global Nuclear Criticality Safety, Oct. 2003, Peer-reviewed

  
• FCA炉心における径方向反応率分布測定

  三澤毅; 宇根崎博信; 山根義宏; 北村康則; 岡嶋成晃; 安藤真樹; 福島昌宏; 片岡理治

  日本原子力学会2004年春の年会, 2003

  
• Absolute Measurement of the Subcriticality by Using the Third Order Moment of the Number of Neutrons Detected

  Y. Kitamura; Y. Yamane; T. Misawa; H. Unesaki

  Int. Conf. on the New Frontiers of Nucl. Technol.: Reactor Phys.、 Safety and High-Performance Computing、\n\n, 2002

  
• Simultaneous Measurement of Neutron Pulse Series in Time and Space by Using Position Sensitive Proportional Counter

  北村 康則; 三澤 毅; 宇根崎 博信; 代谷 誠治; 石谷 和己; 瓜谷 章; 山根 義宏

  ASTM/STP, Feb. 2001

  

Presentations

• Benchmark test of newly-evaluated data of 235U for CIELO project using integral experiments of uranium-fueled FCA assemblies

  Fukushima, M; Kitamura, Y; Yokoyama, K; Iwamoto, O; Nagaya, Y; Leal, L.C

  PHYSOR 2016 - Unifying Theory and Experiments on the 21st Century, 01 May 2016

  
• Benchmark calculations of sodium-void experiments with uranium fuels at the fast critical assembly FCA

  Fukushima M; Kitamura Y; Kugo T; Yamane T; Andoh M; Chiba G; Ishikawa M; Okajima S

  Joint International Conference of the 7th Supercomputing in Nuclear Application and the 3rd Monte Carlo (SNA+MC 2010), 17 Oct. 2010

  
• Fuel loading pattern pptimization based on case-based reasoning (CBR)

  Adachi M; Yamamoto A; Yamane Y; Kitamura Y

  International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE15, 22 Apr. 2008

  
• Applicability of the diffusion and simplified P3 theories for BWR pin-by-pin core analysis

  Tada K; Yamamoto A; Watanabe M; Noda H; Kitamura Y; Yamane Y

  International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE15, 22 Apr. 2007

  
• Joint moments of neutron number and medium state in a time-varying medium

  Kitamura, Y; Pazsit, I; Yamamoto, A; Yamane, Y

  Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics & Computations and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications M&C+SNA2007, 15 Apr. 2007

  
• Application of pin-by-pin fine mesh calculation method to BWR core analysis

  Tada K; Yamamoto A; Kitamura Y; Yamane Y

  Physor-2006, 10 Sep. 2006

  
• Efficient calculation of time-dependent neutron transport equation using the constrained interpolated profile (CIP) method

  Kanoh S; Endo T; Yamamoto A; Yamane Y; Kitamura Y

  International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computation, Supercomputing, Reactor Physics and Nuclear and Biological Applications (M&C2005), 12 Sep. 2005

  
• Simultaneous in-core optimization of PWR tandem cycles

  Yamamoto, A; Sugimura, E; Kitamura, Y; Yamane, Y

  2004 ANS Winter Meeting "Leadership Toward a Progressive, Integrated Nuclear Community - Going Forward Together", 14 Nov. 2004

  
• Comparison of subcriticality monitoring methods for accelerator-driven system

  Taguchi, K; Yamane, Y; Yamamoto, A; Kitamura, Y

  2004 ANS Winter Meeting "Leadership Toward a Progressive, Integrated Nuclear Community - Going Forward Together", 14 Nov. 2004

  
• Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the Feynman-alpha formula for deterministically pulsed sources

  Wright, J; Kitamura, Y; Pazsit, I

  29th International Meeting on Reactor Noise (IMORN-29), 17 May 2004

  
• Application of variance-to-mean technique to subcriticality monitoring for accelerator-driven subcritical reactor

  Kitamura, Y; Taguchi, K; Yamamoto, A; Yamane, Y; Misawa, T; Ichihara, C; Nakamura, H; Oigawa, H

  29th International Meeting on Reactor Noise (IMORN-29), 17 May 2004

  
• Activities of working party on 'Subcritical Core of Accelerator-Driven System' in the research committee on reactor physics of AESJ and JAERI

  Iwasaki, T; Tsujimoto, K; Nishihara, K; Kitamura, Y

  PHYSOR2004 Physics of Fuel Cycles and Advanced Nuclear Systems: Global Developments, 25 Apr. 2004

  
• Derivation of the space and energy dependent formula for the third order neutron correlation technique

  Endo, T; Kitamura, Y; Yamamoto, A; Yamane, Y

  PHYSOR2004 Physics of Fuel Cycles and Advanced Nuclear Systems: Global Developments, 25 Apr. 2004

  
• Research on accelerator driven subcritical reactor at Kyoto University Critical Assembly (KUCA) with the FFAG proton accelerator

  Misawa, T; Unesaki, H; Pyeon, C.H; Ichihara, C; Kitamura, Y; Shiroya, S

  PHYSOR2004 Physics of Fuel Cycles and Advanced Nuclear Systems: Global Developments, 25 Apr. 2004

  
• Improvement of the SPH method for multi-assembly calculations

  Yamamoto, A; Tatsumi, M; Kitamura, Y; Yamane, Y

  PHYSOR2004 Physics of Fuel Cycles and Advanced Nuclear Systems: Global Developments, 25 Apr. 2004

  
• Absolute measurement of the subcriticality based on the third order neutron correlation in consideration of the finite nature of neutron counts data

  Endo, T; Kitamura, Y; Yamane, Y

  7th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC2003), 20 Oct. 2003

  
• Study on variance-to-mean method as subcriticality monitor for accelerator driven system operated with pulse-mode

  Yamauchi, H; Kitamura, Y; Yamane, Y; Misawa, T; Unesaki, H

  7th International Conference on Nuclear Criticality Safety (ICNC2003), 20 Oct. 2003

  
• Absolute measurement of the subcriticality by using the third order moment of the number of neutrons detected

  Kitamura, Y; Endo, T; Yamane, Y; Misawa, T; Unesaki, H

  PHYSOR2002 International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology: Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing, 07 Oct. 2002

  
• Application of variance-to-mean method to accelerator-driven subcritical system

  Yamane, Y; Kitamura, Y; Kataoka, H; Ishitani, K; Shiroya, S

  PHYSOR2002 International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology: Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing, 07 Oct. 2002

  
• Reduction of inter-event dead time in data acquisition system for simultaneous measurement of neutron pulse series in time and space

  Kitamura, Y; Misawa, T; Unesaki, H; Shiroya, S; Ishitani, K; Uritani, A; Yamane, Y

  10th International Symposium on Reactor Dosimetry, 12 Sep. 1999

  
• Time-spatial neutron measurement by using position-sensitive He-3 proportional counter

  Kitamura Y; Misawa T; Unesaki H; Shiroya S; Uritani A; Ishitani K

  9th Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications, 11 May 1998

  
• Detailed estimate of pulse-sequence data acquisition system designed for multi input-channel measurement

  Kitamura, Y; Sakae, T; Nohtomi, A; Matoba, M; Matsumoto, Y

  1996 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 03 Nov. 1996

  

Awards

• 27 Mar. 2024

  第５６回（２０２３年度）日本原子力学会賞論文賞

External funds: Kakenhi

• Detection of criticality approaching in irregular systems based on node search of spatial higher-order modes using reactor noise analysis method

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Basic Section 31010:Nuclear engineering-related

  Kyoto University

  Yasunori Kitamura

  From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2024, Project Closed

  福島第一原子力発電所;燃料デブリ回収;再臨界阻止;炉雑音解析法;不規則体系;複雑体系;臨界安全;燃料デブリ

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20K05381/
• Measurement of amount of nuclear material by using combination of neutron and gamma-ray noise analysis

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Kyoto University

  Misawa Tsuyoshi

  From 01 Apr. 2017, To 31 Mar. 2020, Project Closed

  核物質;中性子雑音;ガンマ線雑音;臨界実験;未臨界実験;パイルアップ;中性子;ガンマ線;雑音測定;雑音解析;原子力;放射線;未臨界

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-17H03520/
• Development of Subcriticality Monitor for Accelerator-Driven Subcritical System Based on Rossi-alpha Method

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Nagoya University

  Yoshihiro YAMANE

  From 01 Apr. 2007, To 31 Mar. 2010, Project Closed

  原子力エネルギー;放射線;加速器駆動炉;未臨界監視;中性子相関法;ロッシ・アルファ法

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19360426/
• Joint Study on Reactor Physics for Research and Development of Light Water Reactors of Next Generation between Japanese University Association and Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique of France

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

  Kyoto University

  Seiji SHIROYA

  From 01 Apr. 2006, To 31 Mar. 2010, Project Closed

  原子炉物理;計算手法;実験手法;高度化;次世代原子炉;軽水炉;研究開発;国際共同研究;次世代型軽水炉;加速器駆動未臨界炉;実験技術;計算法;日仏セミナー;研究協力協定;日仏共同研究;超ウラン元素;臨界集合体;共鳴自己遮蔽;ドップラー反応度;核データ

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-18206095/
• 加速器駆動炉における未臨界監視技術の高度化

  Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

  Nagoya University

  北村 康則

  From 01 Apr. 2005, To 31 Mar. 2007, Project Closed

  加速器駆動炉;安全性;未臨界度;リアルタイム監視;中性子相関;検出器不感時間;確率過程論;原子炉実験;加速器駆動炉(ADS);未臨界度監視;中性子相関法;位置依存性;計数ロス

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-17760679/
• 中性子計数の高次モーメントの空間依存性

  Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research

  Nagoya University

  山根 義宏

  From 01 Apr. 2004, To 31 Mar. 2006, Project Closed

  中性子;計数率;高次モーメント;空間依存性;未臨界度;固有関数展開

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16656290/
• Study on Reactor Physics of Next Generation Reactor by Japanese University Association -Joint Study with Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique of France -

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

  KYOTO UNIVERSITY

  Seiji SHIROYA

  From 01 Apr. 2000, To 31 Mar. 2004, Project Closed

  次世代型軽水炉;原子炉物理;トップラー反応度;超ウラン元素;燃焼計算;計算手法;加速器駆動未臨界炉;実験手法;ドップラー反応度;世代型軽水炉;ドップラー係数;照射後試験;ベンチマーク計算;MOX燃料, Next Generation Light-Water Reactor;Reactor Physics;ドップラー反応度;Trans-Uranium Element;燃焼計算;Neutronics Calculation Method;Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactor;Experimental Technique

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-12308025/

External funds: others

• 高速炉実機未臨界状態で行う反応度フィードバック精密測定技術の開発

  科学技術振興機構 原子力システム研究開発事業

  From 01 Apr. 2007, To 31 2010

  岡嶋成晃
• 水素化物中性子吸収材を用いた革新的高速炉炉心の実用化研究開発

  科学技術振興機構 原子力システム研究開発事業

  From 01 Apr. 2009, To 31 Mar. 2013

  小無健司

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Basic Nuclear Reactor Exercise and Experiments

  5107, Spring, Faculty of Engineering, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Fundamental Energy Science

  3211, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Introduction to Experiments Using Nuclear Reactors

  3277, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Neutron Mediated Energy Systems

  3272, Fall, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Basic Nuclear Reactor Exercise and Experiments

  5107, Spring, Faculty of Engineering, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Introduction to Experiments Using Nuclear Reactors

  3277, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Neutron Mediated Energy Systems

  3272, Fall, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Fundamental Energy Science

  3211, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Basic Nuclear Reactor Exercise and Experiments

  5107, Spring, Faculty of Engineering, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Introduction to Experiments Using Nuclear Reactors

  3277, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Neutron Mediated Energy Systems

  3272, Fall, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Fundamental Energy Science

  3211, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Neutron Mediated Energy Systems

  3272, Fall, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Fundamental Energy Science

  3211, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Introduction to Experiments Using Nuclear Reactors

  3277, Spring, Graduate School of Energy Science, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Basic Nuclear Reactor Exercise and Experiments

  5107, Spring, Faculty of Engineering, 2
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Basic Nuclear Reactor Exercise and Experiments

  Spring, 工学部

Part-time lecturer

• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  原子炉基礎演習・実験

  前期, 京都大学, 理学部

Administration

Faculty management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2024

  学術公開委員会委員
• From 10 Feb. 2020

  教育活動推進委員会委員
• From 01 Oct. 2020

  技術室運営委員会委員
• From 01 Oct. 2020

  安全管理部室長会議構成員
• 委員
• From 01 Apr. 2020

  共同利用研究委員会委員
• From 01 Oct. 2020

  原子炉安全委員会