Abstract:
The disposal of high-level radioactive waste from nuclear power plants is one of the major issues in worldwide for the use of a nuclear power plant. As a fundamental solution, establishment of nuclear transmutation technology, where long-lived nuclides can be converted to stable or short-lived ones, will be essential. Progress in R & D in the transmutation of long-lived fission products (LLFP) in the nuclear wastes however, has been slow.
Nuclear physics plays an essential role in addressing the treatment on LLFP, because the reliable reaction data and models are necessary for LLFP transmutation. Aiming at bringing a new invention to the nuclear transmutation on LLFP, we have systematically performed reaction studies for long-lived fission products using the advanced facilities at RIKEN RI beam factory. In the presentation, the newly obtained results on the reactions of LLFP nuclei as well as their potential for the LLFP transmutation will be discussed.
Biography:
2019.02 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
2018.04 – 2019.02 Contract Researcher, Fast RI Data Team, RIKEN, Japan
2015.04 – 2018.03 Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher, Radioactive Isotope Physics Laboratory, RIKEN, Japan
2014.04 – 2015.03 Postdoctoral Researcher, Radioactive Isotope Physics Laboratory, RIKEN, Japan
2013.07 – 2014.03 Visiting scientist, State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, China
2013.07 Ph. D., School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
2008.10 – 2012.10 International Program Associate, RIKEN, Japan
2007.07 Bachelor of Science (Physics), School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
Research Subjects
Reaction study on long-lived fission products for nuclear transmutation
Nuclear structure of the neutron-rich nuclei beyond 132Sn
Short-range correlated proton-neutron pair in neutron-rich nuclei