RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics Neutron Beam Technology Team
Team Leader: Yoshie Otake (D.Sc.)
Research Summary

The RIKEN Accelerator-driven Compact Neutron Systems (RANS) project aims to realise ‘neutrons anywhere, anytime’ and has been conducting research and development of systems including on-site novel neutron measurement technology. Currently, the proton accelerator-driven systems, RANS and RANS-II are in constant operation in Wako, the RANS-III trans-portable neutron system for on-site non-destructive inspection of infrastructure has been installed on a trailer. The RANS-μ neutron salt meter using the Cf-252 source has already been used to measure more than 100 actual bridges in cooperation with RIKEN venture RANSVIEW and others. Currently, research and development for neutron measurement at space sites is also underway.
Main Research Fields
- Engineering
Related Research Fields
- Complex Systems
- Physics
Keywords
- Accelerator-based compact neutron system
- Non-destructive inspection system
- Texture evaluation observation
- Research and development of non-destructive inspection for infrastructures
- Detection of salt damage in the concrete by prompt-gamma neutron activation analysis
Selected Publications
- 1.Teshigawara, M., Ikeda, Y., Muramatsu, K., Sutani, K., Fukuzumi, M., Noda, Y., Koizumi, S., Saruta, K., and Otake, Y.:
"Development of nanosized graphene material for neutron intensity enhancement below cold neutron energy"
Journal of Neutron Research vol. 26, no. 2-3, pp. 69-74, (2024) - 2.Otake, Y., Wakabayashi, Y., Takamura, M., Mizuta, M., and Takanashi, T.:
"RIKEN Compact Neutron Source Systems RANS Project"
Nuclear Physics News vol.33, no. 2, pp. 17-21, (2023) - 3.Watanabe, A., Sekiguchi, K., Ino, T., Inoue, M., Nakai, S., Otake, Y., Taketani, A., and Wakabayashi, Y.:
"Absolute 3He polarimetry for a double-chambered cell using transmission of thermal neutrons"
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 1043, 167486, (2022) - 4.Takano, H., Wu, Y., Samoto, T., Taketani, A., Takanashi, T., Iwamoto, C., Otake, Y,. and Momose, A.:
"Demonstration of Neutron Phase Imaging Based on Talbot-Lau Interferometer at Compact Neutron Source RANS"
Quantum Beam Science vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 22-22, (2022) - 5.Iwamoto, C., Takamura, M., Ueno, K., Kataoka, M., Kurihara, R., Xu, P., and Otake, Y.:
"Improvement of Neutron Diffraction at Compact Acceleratordriven Neutron Source RANS Using Peak Profile Deconvolution and Delayed Neutron Reduction for Stress Measurements"
ISIJ International vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 1013-1022, (2022) - 6.Wakabayashi, Y., Yan, M., Takamura, M., Ooishi, R., Watase, H., Ikeda, Y., and Otake, Y.:
"Development of the neutron salt-meter RANS-μ for non-destructive inspection of concrete structure at on-site use"
Journal of Neutron Research vol. 24, no. 3-4, pp. 411-419, (2022) - 7.Yoshimura, Y., Mizuta, M., Sunaga, H., and Otake, Y.:
"Macroscopic Evaluation of Water Penetration Resistance in Concrete with Neutron Imaging"
American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication vol. SP-349, pp. 495-507, (2021) - 8.Kobayashi, T., Ikeda, S., Otake, Y., Ikeda, Y., and Hayashizaki, N.:
"Completion of a new accelerator-driven compact neutron source prototype RANS-II for on-site use"
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment vol. 994, 165091, (2021) - 9.Wakabayashi, Y., Taketani, A., Hashiguchi, T., Ikeda, Y., Kobayashi, T., Wang, S., Yan, M., Harada, M., Ikeda, Y., and Otake, Y.:
"A function to provide neutron spectrum produced from the 9Be+ p reaction with protons of energy below 12 MeV"
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology vol. 55, no.8, pp. 859-867, (2017) - 10.Ikeda, Y., Otake, Y., and Mizuta, M.:
"Nondestructive measurement for water and voids in concrete with compact neutron source"
Plasma and Fusion Research vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 2406005, (2017)
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Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Yoshie Otake
- Team Leader
Core members
- Tomohiro Kobayashi
- Senior Research Scientist
- Yasuo Wakabayashi
- Research Scientist
- Maki Mizuta
- Research Scientist
- Takaoki Takanashi
- Research Scientist
- Yasuki Okuno
- Research Scientist
- Tomonori Fukuchi
- Research Scientist
- Sohei Imajo
- Research Scientist
- Hiroki Kusano
- Research Scientist
- Muneem Abdul
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Yujiro Ikeda
- Senior Visiting Scientist
- Teruaki Enoto
- Senior Visiting Scientist
Contact Information
Neutron Application Facilities,
2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
Email: yotake@riken.jp