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lang=EN-US>===============================================================<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>J-PARC Project Newsletter<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$B!!!!(B<SPAN lang=EN-US>No. 38,
Nov. 2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex under operation
jointly<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>by the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><A
title="http://j-parc.jp/index-e.html
C$B#t#r#l(B $B%-!<$r2!$7$J$,$i%/%j%C%/$9$k$H!"%j%s%/@h$K%"%/%;%9$G$-$^$9!#(B"
href="http://j-parc.jp/index-e.html">http://j-parc.jp/index-e.html</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>===============================================================<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Hot news from J-PARC:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 5pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>We have started
a 120kW-operation since 10 November after serious <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>improvements on the RFQ linac as described below. This is a big step
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>for us from the 20kW-operation in the previous stages. The
accelerators <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>are working successfully with higher reliability
now.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>===<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>HEADLINES AND CONTENTS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>1. [Overview]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>LODGING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY KEK<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>OPEN HOUSE FOR J-PARC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>ACCELERATOR REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>FEE FOR PROPRIETARY EXPERIMENTS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>2. [Accelerator Division]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>BEAM COMMISSIONING RESTARTED WITH STEADY IMPROVEMENT
OF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>RFQ (RADIO-FREQUENCY QUADRUPOLE) LINAC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>THE IMPREGNATED RESIN IS THE MAIN REASON FOR BUCKLING OF
MA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>(MAGNETIC ALLOY) CORE FOR RF CAVITIES<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>THE REPETITION CYCLE TIME OF MR (50-GeV Synchrotron)
WAS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>SHORTENED TO 3.52 SEC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>3. [Nuclear and Particle Physics Division]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>BEAMLINE AND DETECTOR INSTALLATION IS MAKING
PROGRESS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>IN THE HADRON HALL<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>STATUS OF NEUTRINO FACILITY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>4. [Materials and Life Science Division]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>5. [Exotic Nuclear Science Group]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS HELD FOR A
NEW<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSED BY RNB
GROUP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>STRUCTURE OF 11Be WAS STUDIED BY USING 9Li
RADIOACTIVE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>NUCLEAR BEAMS AT TOKAI RADIOACTIVE ION
ACCELERATOR<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>COMPLEX (TRIAC)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS IN ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM
ION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>BATTERY WERE DIRECTLY MEASURED AT TRIAC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>6. [Nuclear Transmutation Section]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>NEEDS OF R&D FACILITIES IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>7. [Safety Division]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>APPLICATION FOR OPERATION LICENCES WERE SUBMITTED TO
MEXT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>8. [Announcement of Symposia and Meetings]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>9. [Editorial Note]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>1. [Overview] by Shoji NAGAMIYA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> LOGDING WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY KEK<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> For a long time, we have requested "lodging"
for users. Very<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>recently KEK decided to construct 52 rooms for users on the site of
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the Ibaraki Quantum Beam Research Center, where the Users Office
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>and office space for users are currently located. The
anticipated<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>completion of this lodging will be sometime near the end of 2010
or,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>at the latest, the beginning of 2011. We have also requested
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>construction of a hotel by Tokai Village. We were told that the
effort <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>to construct a new hotel will still continue, even if the lodging is
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>constructed by KEK.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> OPEN HOUSE FOR J-PARC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> On August 1 we had an open house for J-PARC.
This year, the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>open house was hosted by both J-PARC and Tokai Research
Center.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>We had 4600 visitors among which 3700 were J-PARC visitors.
Last<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>year we had 2600 visitors for the J-PARC, so the number
increased<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>substantially this year. We shall have an open house once a
year<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>in coming years.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> ACCELERATOR REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> On July 29 an accelerator review was
conducted (chair is<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Professor Oide from KEK). This time, the main purposes of
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>review are on 1) technical feasibility of approaching 1 MW,
2)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>financial constraints to achieve it, and 3) the best strategy
for<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the future. Based on this review, the next stage is to discuss
with<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the user communities if the current strategy presented by
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>accelerator group is agreeable to the communities. I
will<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>report the results of these discussions in the next issue
of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the Newsletter.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> FEE FOR PROPRIETARY EXPERIMENTS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> Since last December the beam time has been
open for neutron<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>users. Recently, an industrial usage started to come,
though<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>we have not yet settled how much the actual charge is
for<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>proprietary experiments without any publications. The
Government<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>started to agree with the fee which is comparable to
SPring-8.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>For any work for which the results are published, the beam
time<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>charge is free at J-PARC.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>2. [Accelerator Division] by Ainosuke ANDO<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> BEAM COMMISSIONING RESTARTED WITH STEADY
IMPROVEMENT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>OF RFQ (RADIO-FREQUENCY QUADRUPOLE) LINAC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> Beam Commissioning restarted on October 1
after the summer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>shutdown for the maintenance of the accelerators and the
improvement<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>of the RFQ linac. In the improvement, two cryopumps of 4000 L/s
each<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>and two SIP's (Sputtering Ion Pumps) of 800 and 400 L/s were
added<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>to the existing evacuation-pumping system, and a mass separator to
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>obtain clear information of outgassing was installed. An additional
TMP <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>(Turbo Molecular Pump) of 500 L/s was also installed in the LEBT (Low
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Energy Beam Transport between the ion source and the RFQ), which
was<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>replaced by a new one with orifices at both ends to reduce
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>unnecessary flow of H- ions and hydrogen. The operation of RCS
(3-GeV<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Rapid Cycling Synchrotron) has been restarted with the LINAC beam at
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>first of 5 mA in peak current and 0.1 msec pulse width to ensure the
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>stable beam output of 20 kW from RCS in October. In the next
stage,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the pulse width will be expanded to 0.5 msec for 100 kW of RCS,
and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>then the peak current will be raised to 15 mA for 300 kW of
RCS.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>The demonstrated operation with the RCS beam output of 200 kW
in<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>70 seconds and equivalent 310 kW in one shot in September 2008
will<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>be routine if there are no troubles in hardware and the beam
loss<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>issues are solved.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> THE IMPREGNATED RESIN IS THE MAIN REASON FOR BUCKLING
OF<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>MA (MAGNETIC ALLOY) CORE FOR RF CAVITIES<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> Buckling or stress deformation has been
found in many MA cores<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>for the RF cavities of RCS as reported in Newsletter
#36.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Investigation for the correlation between the damaged cores and
their<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>manufacturing processes clarifies that the existence of the
impregnated<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>resin, of which the coefficient of linear expansion is larger than
that<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>of the MA alloy by about 8 times, prevents any room for expansion
of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>MA alloy ribbons. Although the impregnation of the resin with light
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>viscosity was adopted in R&D to make a core more rigid, the
original <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>process without impregnation is re-adopted to restore only the
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>original purpose.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> THE REPETITION CYCLE TIME OF MR (50-GeV Synchrotron)
WAS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>SHORTENED TO 3.52 SEC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> As the improvement of the power supplies for
the main magnets<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>(bending and quadrupole magnets) resulted in the shorter rise and
fall<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>time (still not enough for the design values), the cycle time of MR
is<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>shortened to 3.52 sec for the FX mode (Fast Extraction for the
neutrino<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>target). MR is operated in the two modes of FX and SX (Slow
Extraction<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>for the hadron target) from October. In the SX mode, the cycle
time<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>is still 6 sec with the 30-GeV flat-top of 2 ~ 3 sec; enough for
favorite<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>beam manipulation or gymnastics.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>3. [Nuclear and Particle Physics Division]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>by Toshiyuki TAKAHASHI and Hiroaki WATANABE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>by Masahiro SHIBATA, Yoshiaki YAMADA and Toshifumi
TSUKAMOTO<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> BEAMLINE AND DETECTOR INSTALLATION IS
MAKING<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>PROGRESS IN THE HADRON HALL<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> Preceding the further commissioning of the
accelerator MR and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the eventual slow beam delivery to the Hadron Hall in this
autumn,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the installation of beamlines is making progress. Following
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>completion of K1.8BR in January 2009, the K1.8 beamline will
be<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>completed soon as the extension of K1.8BR. K1.8
delivers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>separated charged meson beams up to 2.0 GeV/c, at which
primarily<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>hypernuclear spectroscopy will be performed. In
particular,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the study of the double strangeness system will be a topic in
Day-1<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>experiments. The beamline has already been tested for
all<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the magnets and equipped with a second electrostatic
separator<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>in the extended section. In the experimental area the
high-resolution<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Superconducting Kaon Spectrometer (SKS) is now being set
up.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>The magnet had already been moved from KEK-PS with
some<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>modifications in the cryogenic system. The magnet has been
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>successfully cooled down and excited. Detector mounting is
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>also ongoing by the user group.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> On the other side of the primary beamline,
the construction of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the neutral kaon line KL has been also finished. The
beamline<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>consists of two sets of movable collimators and a sweeping magnet
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>between them and should deliver a K_L beam with very
suppressed<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>halo-neutron background. The E14 KOTO experiment (the rare
decay<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>experiment KL-> pi0nu nu-bar) will be performed with
an<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>international collaboration. In this autumn, the beam
survey<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>is scheduled, in terms of the K_L yield measurement as well
as<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the beam quality study.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> STATUS OF NEUTRINO FACILITY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> The primary proton beam line of the neutrino
facility has four <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>types of proton beam monitors, namely intensity, position, profile
and <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>beam loss monitors. Five CTs (Current Transformers) are installed
as<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>intensity monitors. 2% precision was achieved in the
previous<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>commissioning. Twenty one ESMs (ElectroStatic Monitors) are
installed<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>to measure beam position. Present typical resolution is 0.6 mm
and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>we are working to improve the resolution by understanding the
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>background to the signal. Nineteen SSEMs (Segmented Secondary
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Emission monitors) are installed as profile monitors. Obtained
resolution <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>is 0.2 mm for position and width. Fifty BLMs (Beam Loss Monitors) are
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>placed around the beam line. No significant beam loss was observed in
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the previous commissioning except for beam loss from foils of the
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>SSEMs. This indicates that the total beam loss was less than 0.1
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>percent. In the summer shutdown, ESM and SSEM re-alignment work
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>was carried out and software was upgraded to deal with multi-bunch
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>beam in addition to analysis of obtained data. Now we are ready for
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>beam commissioning from October.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> For the beam run with higher beam power in
Autumn, the second<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>and third horns were installed into the Helium vessel on July
10th<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>and August 6th, respectively. Then, simultaneous test operation
with<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>1st, 2nd and 3rd horns successfully finished in September. The
helium<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>vessel is now under an evacuation test, and will be filled with
1500m3<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>of helium gas soon. The Autumn beam run will start after the final
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>test operation of horns in He gas.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> The installation work of the T2K near
detectors is ongoing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>at the NM (Neutrino Monitor) building. A neutrino beam
monitor,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>INGRID (Interactive Neutrino GRID detectors), was
successfully<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>installed in August. The commissioning and calibration of INGRID
is<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>being carried out to be ready for the neutrino beam in
October.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>As a part of the off-axis neutrino detectors, the P0D(Pi-zero
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Detector), the FGD (Fine Grained Detector), and the DSECAL
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>(DownStream Electromagnetic CALorimeter) were tested on surface
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>and were installed in the detector support structure, called
BASKET.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Two TPC (Time Projection Chamber) modules will be
shortly<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>installed this October. The work of cabling and piping is
being<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>carried out, and the commissioning of the detectors will
follow.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>The T2K off-axis neutrino detector is scheduled to be ready
for<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>operation in December.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>4. [Materials and Life Science Division] by Yujiro
IKEDA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> 1. Neutron Source<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> In the summer maintenance period, annual
voluntary inspection<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>of the cryogenic hydrogen system was completed
successfully.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>A vibration measuring system for the hydrogen circulation
pump<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>was installed to evaluate abnormal pump rotating
conditions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Some remote-controlled cameras in the hot cell were
modified<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>to move on rails for better visibility in replacement
work<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>of activated components such as moderators.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> The tunnel of the proton beam transport line
was surveyed and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the uneven subsidence was found to be a maximum of 1 mm for
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>last year. The magnets and the beam monitors were
realigned<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>in this summer shutdown period with the accuracy
better<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>than 0.1 mm.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> The fabrication of the spare of target
vessel was continued<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>to fix the safety hull on the mercury vessel. As for R&D on
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>pressure wave mitigation, the micro-bubble distribution in
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>target vessel was measured at the tetrathiafulvalene
(TTF)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>mercury loop of Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>under collaboration with the Spallation Neutron Source
(SNS).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> 2. Neutron Science<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> Various maintenance and improvements have
been carried out in <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>twelve BL's during the Summer shutdown. A large vacuum tank with a
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>volume of 50 m3 (the weight of 40t) for the High Resolution Chopper
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Spectrometer (HRC) was installed at BL12. A small vacuum tank and
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>six gas-filled tanks with a total volume of 20 m3 for the super high
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>resolution powder diffractometer (SuperHRPD) was installed at BL08
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>after the removal of the second-hand chamber. The installation of
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>3He detectors for both BL08 and BL12 are now
underway.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> Disk choppers maintenance and the
confirmation of the guide tube<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>alignment were carried out in the Disk-Chopper
Spectrometer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>(AMATERAS) at BL14, and in the Engineering diffractometer
(Takumi)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>at BL19. Maintenance of detectors and electronics etc. were
carried<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>out in most of the BL's.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> User operation for the 2009A period (the
first half of FY2009)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>has been re-started on Oct. 12. 105 accepted experiments out
of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>116 proposals will be carried out during the period of
2009A.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>The first result of the High Intensity Chopper
Spectrometer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>(4Seasons, BL01) utilizing the new technique of "the Multiple
Incident<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Energies" has been published and selected as the Editor's choice
of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the Journal of the Physical Society of Japan (J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.
78<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>(2009) 093002).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> 3. Neutron Optics and Detectors<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> A neutron focusing device consisting of a
spheroidal supermirror<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>(m=2) has been developed by using an ion beam sputtering
instrument.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Elliptical mirror optics, which have no chromatic aberration, can
be<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>effectively used for manipulating a wide range of wavelengths
of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>neutrons especially at pulsed neutron sources. The performance
of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>this optical system can be increased by using a spheroidal
geometry<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>which increases the aperture ratio, and by using supermirrors
which<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>increase the critical angle of total
reflection.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> 4. Muon Science<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> The designs of the muon production target
and the two sets of<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>scrapers are such that they are both placed in one large
vacuum<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>chamber in order to make remote handling simple during
maintenance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>work. Particular care was given to the means of mounting the
target,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>moving and inserting the target with the required precision, as
well<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>as cooling, monitoring, and changing the target in the hot cell,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>assuming that all of the work is intended to be done from the top of
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the maintenance area. Also we fabricated a dedicated muon
cask,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>together with a stand to position it on top of the target
chamber<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>with good precision, for the maintenance of the muon target
assembly,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the scraper assembly, and the profile monitor
assembly.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> During the summer shutdown of 2009, we have
had a commissioning<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>test of exchanging the irradiated muon target assembly having
about<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>50 mSv/h of dose on its surface. The irradiated target assembly
was<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>lifted into the cask, and moved into the hot cell. In the hot cell,
the<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>target assembly was successfully transferred into the dedicated
stand<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>for the muon target assembly. After several measurements such
as<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>dose and dimensions, the target assembly was put back into the
target<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>chamber in the proton beam line.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>5. [Exotic Nuclear Science Group] by Hiroari
MIYATAKE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE WAS HELD FOR A
NEW<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSED BY RNB
GROUP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> A new experimental research project is
proposed by a research<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>group of the radioactive nuclear beams (RNB group) to understand the
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>rapid neutron capture process nucleosynthesis by an intensive study
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>on the decay nature of N = 126 waiting point isotones and nearby
nuclei.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>An international review committee for the proposal was held on July
16.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>The committee appreciates a new initiative of RNB group in
this<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>research region.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> STRUCTURE OF 11Be WAS STUDIED BY USING 9Li
RADIOACTIVE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>NUCLEAR BEAMS AT TOKAI RADIOACTIVE ION
ACCELERATOR<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>COMPLEX (TRIAC)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> The elastic resonance scattering experiment
of 9Li and deuteron <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>was successfully performed to study the structure of 11Be during
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>1-4, Oct. The radioactive nuclear beam (RNB) of 9Li, whose half-life
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>is 0.178 second, was accelerated with the energy of 0.85 MeV/u,
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>purity of almost 100% and intensity of 5*104 particles per
second.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS IN ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>ION BATTERY WERE DIRECTLY MEASURED AT TRIAC<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> LLTO (Li3xLa2/3-xTiO3) and LVSO
(Li3VO4/Li4SiO4) are<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>candidates for the electrolyte of a solid-state lithium ion
battery.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Self-diffusion coefficients for Li in those materials were
directly<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>measured for the first time, using 8Li RNB from TRIAC during
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>19-23, Sept. The detailed analysis is in
progress.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>6. [Nuclear Transmutation Section] by Hirofumi
TSUJIMOTO<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> NEEDS OF R&D FACILITIES IN NUCLEAR
SCIENCE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> A report on "Research & Test Facilities
Required in Nuclear<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Science & Technology" was published by the Organization for
Economic<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy
Agency.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>The report says that the Transmutation Experimental Facility
under<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the J-PARC project is expected to play important roles in
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>establishment of the technical basis to deal with minor actinide (MA)
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>in nuclear energy systems and to couple a proton accelerator with
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>a fast spectrum reactor.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>(<A
href="http://www.nea.fr/html/science/reports/2009/6293">http://www.nea.fr/html/science/reports/2009/6293</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-Research-Test-Facilities.pdf)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> The first meeting of the expert group on
Integral Experiments<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>for Minor Actinide Management was held in September
at<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>the headquarters of OECD/NEA. This expert group was
established<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>by the Nuclear Science Committee to review integral experiments
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>for validating MA nuclear data critically, as well as to recommend
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>additional integral experiments needed for validating MA nuclear
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>data and to investigate the possibility of establishing an
international<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>framework for facilitating integral experiments for MA
management.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>The Expert Group will complete and document their activities
within<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>two years.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>7. [Safety Division] by Taichi MIURA and Hiroshi
NAKASHIMA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> APPLICATION FOR OPERATION LICENSES WERE SUBMITTED TO
MEXT<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> Applications for licenses for the operation
of the Nuclear and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Particle Physics Facility (HD) and the Materials and Life
Science<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Facility (MLF), 50GeV proton synchrotron (MR), the
Neutrino<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Experimental Facility (NU) were submitted to the Ministry of
Education,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) on June
24.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>The main change points are the enlargement of a secondary
beam<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>line in HD :K1.1, the collimator installation in the secondary beam
line<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>BL10 in MLF, and the beam-intensity upgrade in HD, MR and
NU.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>The application for the operation of HD, MLF, MR and NU
was<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US>granted by MEXT on September 25.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>-----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'MS UI Gothic'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
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lang=EN-US>----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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lang=EN-US>Fujio MAEKAWA: <A
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