I. Outlook of Nuclear Energy

• Assessment of RepU Recycling Contribution to ESG Performance in French Nuclear Power Plant with a LCA “Pilot Study”
  Frédéric LAUGIER, Denis Le BOULCH, Pierre BERTRAND, Davide COSTA, Vincent MORISSET and Ludovic IDOUX
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.1
• OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Scientific Activities on Advanced Fuel Cycles
  Shahab DABIRAN-ZOHOORY, Nathalie CHAUVIN and Tatiana IVANOVA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.5
• Initial Benchmark Comparison of the Open-Source Cyclus and NMB Fuel Cycle Simulators
  Amanda M. BACHMANN, Kenji NISHIHARA, Scott RICHARDS, Takumi ABE and Bo FENG
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.11
• Impact of Fuel Loading Models on Fuel Cycle Dynamic Simulations
  Sarah EVEILLARD, Fanny COURTIN, Xavier DOLIGEZ, Marc ERNOULT, Nicolas THIOLLIERE, Kévin TIREL and Jean-François VIDAL
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.17
• Simulation of the Performances of a Pressurized Water Reactors Multi-Recycling Nuclear System for Material Valorization
  Aimeric EUSTACHE, Guillaume MARTIN, Christine CHABERT, François SUDREAU, Cécile EVANS, Fréderic LAUGIER, Guillaume VAAST, Bertrand CARLIER and Olivier TOUGAIT
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.23
• Assessment of Enriched Uranium MOX Fuels for Plutonium Multi-Recycling in LWRs
  Enrico GIRARDI, Francois-Xavier De CORDOUE, Loic PUSSARD, Hervé BILLAT and Guillaume VAAST
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.29
• Modeling of Reprocessed Uranium Enrichment for Nuclear Scenarios Simulations
  Fanny COURTIN, Nicolas THIOLLIÈRE, Xavier DOLIGEZ and Marc ERNOULT
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.34
• Comparison of the Environmental Balances of Different Nuclear Power Cycles
  Louis DONNET, Didier HARTMANN, Frédéric LAUGIER, Denis Le BOULCH, Alison METEYER and Frédéric BRUN
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.40
• Impact of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Operation Factor Uncertainty on Nuclear Power Plant Operation
  Takumi ABE and Kenji NISHIHARA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.47
• Impact of Fast Reactor Fuel Type on Backend Processes in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  Kenji TAKESHITA, Tomohiro OKAMURA, Masahiko NAKASE, Takumi ABE and Kenji NISHIHARA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.52
• Analysis of the Necessity and Usefulness of MA Temporary Storage Technology for the Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  Tomohiro OKAMURA, Masahiko NAKASE, Kenji TAKESHITA, Takashi SHIMADA, Yuki KONISHI, Keisuke NISHIMURA, Hitomi ISHIDA and Tomoo YAMAMURA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.58

II. Nuclear Fuel Cycle Front-End

• Preparation of Feedstock for Uranium and Plutonium Mixed Oxide Fuels Containing Minor Actinides by Microwave Heating
  Masaumi NAKAHARA, Tatsuya SENZAKI, Yuichi SANO and Masato KATO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.64

III. Advanced Reactors

• Inherent Safety Fast Reactor Concept of KAMADO-FR2 Design of Ultra-Long Life Core and Reuse of LWR Spent Fuels
  Tetsuo MATSUMURA and Takanori KAMEYAMA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.70
• Inherent Safety Free-Scale Reactor KAMADO-FSR Estimation of Investment and Cost
  Tetsuo MATSUMURA and Takanori KAMEYAMA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.76
• Risk Assessment Methodology for Heat Transfer Tube Failure in a Sodium-Molten Salt Heat Exchanger for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Coupled to Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage System
  Kazuya TAKANO, Kenichi KURISAKA and Hidemasa YAMANO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.82
• Validation of the TWOPORFLOW Turbulent Mixing Model with Cross-Flow Experimental Data of the MOTEL Facility
  Alejandro CAMPOS-MUÑOZ, Victor Hugo SANCHEZ-ESPINOZA and Uwe IMKE
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.86
• Conceptual Neutronic Design of a Research Pin-in-Block Type HTGR
  Shoichiro OKITA, Koei SASAKI, Yuji FUKAYA, Yukio TACHIBANA and Hirofumi OHASHI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.92
• SIMMER-III Simulation of ULOF Transient in Pu Burner Reactor
  Yoshiharu TOBITA, Xue-Nong CHEN and Andrei RINEISKI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.98
• A Safety Enhanced Core Concept for Metal-Fuel Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors
  Sho FUCHITA, Koji FUJIMURA, Kazuhiro FUJIMATA, Tomoki MISHIMA, Hirotaka NAKAHARA, Satoshi TAKEDA and Hirokazu OHTA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.104
• Preliminary Studies for a Molten-Salt Reactor with Fuel Elements
  Barbara KĘDZIERSKA, Andrei RINEISKI, Yoshiharu TOBITA and Xue-Nong CHEN
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.110
• Development of Nuclear Instruments to Measure Power Distribution of HTGR (1) Development of Ex-Core Detector
  Yuji FUKAYA, Shoichiro OKITA, Shigeaki NAKAGAWA, Tsuyoshi TERAO and Akifumi KOIKE
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.116
• Process Simulation and Total System Efficiency Evaluation of Integrated VOYGR^TM Plant and Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell for Nuclear-Hydrogen Production
  Keisuke NARITA, Ryuki TAHARA, Amy KOZEL, Luis De PAVIA, Yasutomi MORIMOTO and Paul BOYADJIAN
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.121
• Expansion of the Fast Neutron Hodoscope at TREAT to Support Fuel Safety Experiments
  David L. CHICHESTER, James T. JOHNSON, Jay D. HIX, Jeffrey S. BURGGRAF, Luis A. Ocampo GIRALDO, S. J. THOMPSON and Thomas V. HOLSCHUH
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.127
• Neutronic Analysis of the KRUSTY Space Microreactor
  Shady ELSHATER, Alexey CHEREZOV, Annalisa MANERA, Alexander VASILIEV and Hakim FERROUKHI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.131
• Reaction Behavior between Sodium and Molten Salt caused by the Heat Transfer Tube Failure for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Coupled to Thermal Energy Storage System
  Rika SATO, Toshiki KONDO, Ryota UMEDA, Shin KIKUCHI and Hidemasa YAMANO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.137
• Benchmarking Molten Salt Reactors Modelling for Americium Transmutation in Fuel Cycle Simulation Studies
  Camille LAGUERRE, Bertrand CARLIER, Paul SERVELL, Paul-Edouard DUFOUR, David LECARPENTIER, Louiliam CLOT, A. ROTH, Léa TILLARD and Elsa MERLE
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.143
• MA Transmutation Core Concept for a Metal-Fueled Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor
  Koji FUJIMURA, Junichi MIWA, Takeshi MITSUYASU, Sho FUCHITA, Daisuke WATANABE and Hirotaka NAKAHARA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.149
• Study of Scenarios for Minor Actinide Transmutation by Deploymentof Metal-Fueled Fast Reactor in Japan
  Daisuke WATANABE, Keita ENDO, Sho FUCHITA, Kouji FUJIMURA, Hirotaka NAKAHARA and Kensuke KINOSHITA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.154
• Validation Study on SFR Core Bowing Codes using Joyo Ex-Core Experiment Data: Single Duct Bowing Benchmark
  Kazuya OHGAMA, Norihiro DODA, Hirokazu OHTA, Nicholas WOZNIAK, Tomoyuki UWABA, Satoshi FUTAGAMI, Masaaki TANAKA, Hidemasa YAMANO, Takanari OGATA, Emily SHEMON and Bo FENG
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.160
• Validation Study on SFR Core Bowing Codes using Joyo Ex-Core Experiment Data: Multiple Duct Bowing Benchmark
  Nicholas WOZNIAK, Kazuya OHGAMA, Norihiro DODA, Hirokazu OHTA, Emily SHEMON, Bo FENG, Tomoyuki UWABA, Satoshi FUTAGAMI, Masaaki TANAKA,  Hidemasa YAMANO and Takanari OGATA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.165
• Study of Heat Transfer Performance for Sodium-Molten Salt Heat Exchanger in Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Coupled to Thermal Energy Storage System
  Masaaki HAYASHI, Shota SHIRAKURA and Hidemasa YAMANO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.171
• Study on the Sodium Void Reactivity Reduction by Introducing Inner Blanket with Inner Moderator (IBIM) in FBR
  Tomoki ISOMOTO, So MASUMOTO, Hajime SAIGUSA, Yuuki KIMURA and Naoyuki TAKAKI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.176
• Core Power Distribution Reconstruction Based on the Neutron Detectors outside a Biological Shield of the UTR-KINKI
  Yuki NAKAI, Rei KIMURA, Atsushi SAKON, Satoshi WADA and Tadafumi SANO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.181
• Design Policy of Pilot Plant for Accelerator-Driven System
  Kenji NISHIHARA, Takanori SUGAWARA, Masahiro FUKUSHIMA, Hiroki IWAMOTO, Ryota KATANO and Takumi ABE
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.185
• Conceptual Study for a Demonstration High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (HTGR)
  Shun TAKASU, Yuta MURAMATSU and Minoru GOTO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.191

IV. Spent Fuel Handling and Recycling

• Thermal Behavior of a MOX 1300 MWe Assembly While Lifted in Air before being Immersed into a Spent Fuel Pool
  Christophe PÉNIGUEL, Jean-Marc BARTHOULOT and Davide COSTA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.196
• Extraction, Separation and Isolation of MA from Ln using Two Extractants (TODGA and ADAAM) and a Masking Agent (DTBA)
  Yuji SASAKI, Masashi KANEKO, Yuta KUMAGAI and Yasutoshi BAN
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.202
• Innovative Sodium Cleaning Process using Saline Solutions
  Leïla GICQUEL, Sébastien LEFEVRE, Sacha BRUNO, Laure MOINOT and Benjamin TARDIVEL
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.205
• A Novel Computational Framework for Extraction Chromatography Calculation: ANSYS Fluent Coupled with Python
  Masahiko NAKASE, Sou WATANABE, Yuichi SANO and Masayuki TAKEUCHI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.209
• Optimization of Polymer Phase of the Inorganic-Organic Composite Carrier of Extractant Impregnated Adsorbents used in the Extraction Chromatography for MA(III) Separation and Recovery
  Tsuyoshi ARAI, Kenta KATSUKI, Hirotsugu ICHIHARA, Yu NAKAMURA, Hiroki FUKUMOTO, Yuichi SANO, Sou WATANABE and Masayuki TAKEUCHI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.216
• Surface Dose Evaluation of a Reactor Pressure Vessel Based on a Representative Nuclide Selection Methodology
  Fauzia Hanum IKHWAN, Kenji KONASHI, Chikage ABE, Andri Rahma PUTRA, Masahiko NAKASE and Tatsuya SUZUKI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.222
• Extraction Properties of Glycine-Based Amic-Acid-Type Extractants for Minor Actinides and Rare-Earth Elements
  Satoshi NAKAMURA, Hideya SUZUKI, Yasutoshi BAN and Akira OHASHI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.228
• Analysis of HONTA/SiO₂-P and TEHDGA/SiO₂-P by TG-MS and Heat-Treatment of Spent Adsorbents
  Daisuke SATO, Kimihiko YANO, Shin-ichi KITAWAKI, Yuichi SANO and Masayuki TAKEUCHI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.233
• Safety Improvement in the Packed Column of Extraction Chromatography System for Trivalent Minor Actinides Recovery
  Kenta HASEGAWA, Sou WATANABE, Ichiro GOTO, Yoko TAKAHATAKE, Yuichi SANO and Masayuki TAKEUCHI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.238
• Recovery of Minor Actinides from High-Level Liquid Waste by N, N, N’, N’, N’’, N’’-Hexaoctyl Nitrilotriacetamide(HONTA) using Mixer-Settler Extractors
  Yasutoshi BAN, Hideya SUZUKI, Shinobu HOTOKU and Yasuhiro TSUBATA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.243
• Development of a Quantitative, Radiation-Resistant Feeding Pump for Use in Extraction Chromatography Techniques for MA(III) Recovery
  Kenta HASEGAWA, Hiromu AMBAI, Yoko TAKAHATAKE, Sou WATANABE, Masahiro NAKAMURA, Yuichi SANO and Masayuki TAKEUCHI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.248
• Study on the Development of Flow Sheet for the Separation of MA(III) and Ln(III) Fission Products using Two-Step Process with Impregnated Adsorbents
  Masahiko KUBOTA, Seong-Yun KIM, Hao WU, Tsuyoshi ARAI, Sou WATANABE, Yuichi SANO and Masayuki TAKEUCHI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.252
• Study on Oxygen Partial Pressure Dependence and Kinetic of Oxidation and Vaporization Behavior of Insoluble Residues (Noble Metal Precipitation) in High-Level Waste
  Yuki OIWA, Isamu SATO, Haruaki MATSUURA, Koya YAMAZAKI, Naoki TARUMI, Hiroki IZUMI and Haruka TADA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.257
• Evaluation of Dissolution Behavior of Platinum Group Alloys in the Presence of Liquid Waste
  Sayaka CHIBA, Haruaki MATSUURA, Isamu SATO, Haruka TADA and Hiroki IZUMI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.262
• Separation of Minor Actinides and Lanthanides from High-Level Liquid Waste using CMPO-Impregnated Adsorbent
  Riho OKAJIMA, Masahiko KUBOTA and Seong-Yun KIM
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.268
• Mass Balance Evaluation of Pyrochemical Process for Reprocessing used Fuel Salt of Molten Chloride Salt Fast Reactor
  Tsuyoshi MURAKAMI, Tadafumi KOYAMA, Koichi UOZUMI and Michio YAMAWAKI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.274
• Influence of the Experimental Conditions on the Radiolytic Stability of N, N, N’, N’-Tetraoctyldiglycolamide (TODGA)
  Iván SÁNCHEZ-GARCÍA, Hitos GALÁN, Ana NÚÑEZ, Jose Manuel PERLADO and Joaquín COBOS
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.280
• A Simple Process Simulation Method for Radiation Stability Evaluation of Minor Actinides Separation
  Tomohiro TOIGAWA, Yasuhiro TSUBATA, Yuta KUMAGAI and Yasutoshi BAN
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.286
• External Gelation Conditions in Fabrication of Nitride Fuel for Transmutation of Minor Actinides
  Toma IWASA and Masahide TAKANO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.291

V. Waste Management

• Thermal Behavior of Long-Lived Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste in ICEDA Storage Unit
  Isabelle RUPP and Jean-Michel BURSI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.296
• Converting a Liability to an Asset by Metal Treatment
  Jerome ALTOUNIAN, Arne LARSSON, Delphine SERVOT and Fredrik NILSSON
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.302
• Solidification/Stabilization of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes including Hazardous Substances from Uranium Fuel Processing Plants
  Junya SATO, Yuta TAKAHASHI, Jun SUNAHARA, Toshimitsu SAITO, Yukihiko YOSHIDA, Tomoyuki SONE and Takeshi OSUGI
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.307
• Monitoring and Measurement Plan at the Rokkasho Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Center
  Tomoya YOSHIDA, Takashi KOZAWA and Hisao SATOH
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.313
• Feasibility of Fluorination Treatment Method for Management of Wastes Generated from Fuel Debris Retrieval
  Daisuke WATANABE, Keita ENDO and Masahide TAKANO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.318
• Sorption Behavior of Alpha-Ray Emitting Nuclides on Concrete in Contact with Radioactive Contaminated Water
  Haruka AIHARA, Hiroshi HINAI, Atsuhiro SHIBATA, Sayuri TOMITA and Yoshikazu KOMA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.324
• Development of Fluorinated Ligands for Uranium Recovery from Radioactive Liquid Waste
  Yoichi ARAI, Yasuhiro GOTO, Sou WATANABE, Tomohiro AGOU, Tsuyoshi ARAI, Kenta KATSUKI, Hiroki FUKUMOTO, Hiroyuki HOSHINA and Noriaki SEKO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.329
• U(VI) Leaching from Uranium-Containing Sludge by using Aqueous Carbonate Solution
  Yuya KUROKI, Yu YAMAMOTO, Hiroshige SAKURAI, Koichi NUNOKAWA, Hideshi FUJINAGA, Shin‑ichi KOBAYASHI and Noriko ASANUMA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.333

VI. Decommissioning

• Surface Dose Evaluation of a Reactor Pressure Vessel Based on a Representative Nuclide Selection Methodology
  Sang Heon LEE, Sang Hyun LIM, Yu Sun YEOM, Woo Beom HA and Jong Soon SONG
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.339
• A Measurement Method for Cesium Contamination Distribution on the Bottom of a Top Shield Plug from the Operation Floor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
  Ikuo KANNO, Keisuke OKUMURA, Taichi MATSUMURA, Eka Sapta RIYANA, Kenichi TERASHIMA and Masahiro SAKAMOTO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.343
• Circular Economy through the Prism of Nuclear Material and Waste Management
  Arne LARSSON, Michel PIERACCINI, Douglas KERR, Klaus BUETTNER, Aaron ERIM, Enrico ZACCAI and Estelle DEROCHES
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.347
• Carbonation Process Efficiency: Effect of Cutting Procedures on Sodium-Filled Containers
  Virginie BENOIT, Gbah-Toussaint Olivier BENOIT, Leïla GICQUEL, Sébastien LEFEVRE, Sarah LOUVET and Marie-Vanessa COULET
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.352
• Applying Orano’s Experience in High-Level Radioactive Material Handling to the Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning Program
  Guillaume GRANDJEAN, Nicolas BRETON, Vincent JANIN, Daphné OGAWA and Philippe BERNARD
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.357

VII. Institutional, International and Societal Developments and Issues, Environmental Remediation

• Nearly 50 Years of Education and Training on the Operation and Dismantling of Sodium and Liquid Metals Facilities
  Leïla GICQUEL, Nicolas AURIAC, Sébastien LEFEVRE, Virginie BENOIT and Gwendal BLEVIN
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.363
• Agricultural Approaches of Remediation in Rice Fields near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant
  Michitaka SASOH, Nobuaki SATO, Yu YAMASHITA, Reiko FUJITA and Cleanup Subcommittee, Atomic Energy Society of Japan
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.368
• Activities of Fukushima Support Project
  Reiko FUJITA, Takeshi IIMOTO and Michitaka SASOH
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.373

VIII. Analysis, Nuclear Security

• Development of a Table-Top NRTA System: Monte Carlo Study of Collimator/Shielding for Pu Pellet Sample Measurement
  Cebastien Joel GUEMBOU SHOUOP and Harufumi TSUCHIYA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.377
• Development of an Inductive Method using Ordinary Least Squares Regression Technique in Nuclear Forensics
  Frédéric NGUYEN, Jean-François LEBRAT, Eliott LEROUGE, Romain DARNET, Amaury DUMORTIER, Luc TIERNY, Charles BOURCHEIX, Arnaud de LEOTARD, Tri-An NGUYEN, Thierry MALAVAUD, Quentin CORROYER and Thomas DANIEL
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.381
• Analysis of Uranium, Plutonium and Fission Product Nuclides in Process Solution during Flush-Out for Decommissioning of Reprocessing Plant
  Masahiko YAMAMOTO, Kazushi HORIGOME, Yuichi GOTO, Shigeo TAGUCHI and Takehiko KUNO
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.387
• Rapid Analytical Methodology for Chloride Molten Salt Reactor Safeguards and Process Monitoring
  Mathew SNOW, Leah SQUIRES, A. FANNER, Justin COOPER, T. HOLSCHUH and K. OLNEY
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.393
• Study of Applicability of Ion Beam Analysis Method for Determination of Trace Elements in Structural Materials of Nuclear Reactor Facilities
  YuHeng WANG, Jun KAWARABAYASHI and Naoto HAGURA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.399
• Development of a Non-Contact Chemical Analysis Method for Process Management in Reprocessing Plants
  Nozomi ISHII, Ryuichi MATSUBARA, Seiji TAKIHANA and Hitomi ISHIDA
  DOI: 10.15669/pnst.8.403