Details: Plan for Using Internationally Controlled Materials [Form 22]

Deadline: 20 days before the date of experiment

Users can submit the Plan for Using Internationally Controlled Materials either by post or via e-mail. However, to promote the digitalization of application procedures, we recommend users to submit this form electronically.
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Important

• We accept only internationally controlled materials transferred from domestic institutions authorized on the basis of Article 52 of the Act on the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors.
• Unsealed internationally controlled materials are not acceptable. The sealing methods of your samples will be investigated by JASRI’s Committee on Radiation Safety in User Experiments as mentioned above.
• In addition to the Application for Approval of Experiments Using Radioactive Samples [Form 34], submit the Plan for Using Internationally Controlled Materials [Form 22] in writing or electronic form to JASRI Safety Office by the designated date.
• To confirm that the experimental plan meets the authorization conditions imposed on SPring-8, please submit the Plan for Using Internationally Controlled Materials in writing or electronic form to JASRI Safety Office at least 20 days before the start of experiments.

References

• Revision of Plan for Using Internationally Controlled Materials (from research term 2019B)

Authorization conditions

Samples containing uranium or thorium can be used in a radiation experiment carried out at SPring-8 under the following authorization conditions. (Red text: Changed from October 1, 2023)

1. Purpose of use

Research of electron state, magnetic condition, and crystalline structure of uranium compounds and thorium compounds using the interaction between light and electrons.

2. Usage

Sample analysis by XAFS, EXAFS, XAS, XMCD, X-ray diffraction, Compton scattering, Mossbauer effect, X-ray imaging, etc.

3. Authorized place of use and materials

• Authorized place of use:

  MBA code: KMWA *1
  Storage Ring Facility			Experiment Hall
  Medium-length Beamline Facility Beamline Building Beamline			Beamline, Irradiation room for biology
  			Beamline control room #3
  			Beamline, Irradiation room #1
  			Beamline control room #1

• Materials: Natural uranium
  • Source country: The United States (authorized amount: 50g)
  • Source country: France/EURATOM (authorized amount: 40g)
  • Source country: United Kingdom/EURATOM (authorized amount: 10g)
  • Source country: Canada (authorized amount: 10g)
  • Source country: Others*2 (authorized amount: 10g)
• Materials: Depleted uranium
  • Source country: The United States (authorized amount: 40g)
  • Source country: France/EURATOM (authorized amount: 40g)
  • Source country: United Kingdom/EURATOM (authorized amount: 10g)
  • Source country: Others*2 (authorized amount: 10g)
• Materials: Thorium
  • Source country: The United States (authorized amount: 10g)
  • Source country: France/EURATOM (authorized amount: 10g)
  • Source country: United Kingdom(authorized amount: 10g)
  • Source country: Others*2 (authorized amount: 10g)

*1 Including the side house of the Experiment Hall.
However, the RI Laboratory, and the 1km–long Beamline Facility are not included.

*2 Countries other than the following source countries or their combinations.
Source countries: The United States, Australia, France/EURATOM, United Kingdom/EURATOM, Canada, China, EURATOM, IAEA, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Jordan, Russian Federation, Turkey, UAE and India

4. Other conditions

If you plan to use samples containing uranium or thorium, the samples must be in a state that can be considered sealed. Since the appropriateness of the sealing method is judged on a case-by-case basis, consult the Safety Office beforehand. SPring-8 has acquired permission to use internationally controlled materials. Therefore, the samples can only be accepted from institutions that have permission for use specified in Article 52 of the Act on the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors (Act No. 66 of 10 June 1957). Thank you for your understanding.
Please take back all the samples containing uranium or thorium to the institutions from which they came.

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