Annual Report of User's Meeting on ”Condensed-matter Chemistry in Actinides and their Applications” and ”Production of Medical RIs by Reactor Irradiation”

概要

This workshop was co-organized by Prof. H. Yamagami (Kyoto Sangyo Univ.), who is a
theoretical researcher of condensed matter physics of actinides, to provide a basis for current
and future research activities on actinide science. The actinide science stems from basic research
on condensed matter physics and chemistry, to research on nuclear fuel cycle and radioactive
waste as its application, and recently to basic research on 1F debris and nuclear medicine.
The community has held annual workshops at Tohoku University and Kyoto University since
2008. Also, we co-chaired the executive committee of the Actinides International Conference
”Actinides2017” which was held in Sendai, Japan, in 2017. This conference was held just prior
to the recent ”Actinides2023” conference in Denver (June 4-8, 2023), which was originally
planned as ”Actinides2021” but postponed due to COVID-19.
Our institute (KURNS, Kyoto University) has decided to shut down our KUR reactor in 2026.
Based on discussions in Japan, a new research reactor will be built at Fukui, and the institute
will participate in its construction and operation of cooperative researches among universities.
On the other hand, the future of the Kumatori site, where the institute is currently located, is
currently being discussed. Among the discussions, the core of the Kumatori site has gradually
been recognized as the hot laboratory, which is expected to play an important role in basic
research on actinides, radioactive wastes, and cancer treatments as nuclear research in a broad
sense.
Kyoto University and JAEA have been conducting overseas research to contribute to the
detailed design of the Fukui Reactor, including visits to the University of Missouri Reactor
(MURR) in the United States, the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and the Radiochemistry
Engineering Development Center (REDC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and
SHINE Technologies. ...