Amano Kenji

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Affiliation: Senior Technial Manager, Geological Disposal Research and Development Department, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

J-GLOBAL ID: 201801004622496562
researchmap Member ID: B000304215

Research Areas

Natural sciences / Solid earth science /

Papers

Rapid identification of water-conducting fractures using a trace methane gas measurement

Niwa Masakazu, Amano Kenji, Takeuchi Ryuji, Shimada Koji

Groundwater Monitoring \& Remediation, 41(3) 41-50, Jan, 2021 Peer-reviewed
3D geostatistical modeling of fracture system in a granitic massif to characterize hydraulic properties and fracture distribution

Katsuaki Koike, Taiki Kubo, Chunxue Liu, Alaa Masoud, Kenji Amano, Arata Kurihara, Toshiyuki Matsuoka, Bill Lanyon

TECTONOPHYSICS, 660 1-16, Oct, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Thermochronology and the three-dimensional cooling pattern of a granitic pluton: an example from the Toki granite, Central Japan

Takashi Yuguchi, Kenji Amano, Tadahiko Tsuruta, Tohru Danhara, Tadao Nishiyama

CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY, 162(5) 1063-1077, Nov, 2011 Peer-reviewed
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR COASTAL SITE CHRACTERISATION (3) CONCEPTUALISATION OF LONG-TERM GEOSPHERE EVOLUTION

Tadafumi Niizato, Kenji Amano, Kunio Ota, Takanori Kunimaru, Bill Lanyon, W. Russell Alexander

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, 2010, VOL 2, 97-106, 2011 Peer-reviewed
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR COASTAL SITE CHARACTERISATION (1) STRATEGIC OVERVIEW

Kunio Ota, Kenji Amano, Tadafumi Niizato, W. Russell Alexander, Yoshiaki Yamanaka

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, 2010, VOL 2, 123-132, 2011 Peer-reviewed
TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW FOR MODELING OF A GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT (2) GEOLOGICAL MODELING

Matsuoka, Toshiyuki, Amano, Kenji, Osawa, Hideaki, Semba, Takeshi

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, 2010, VOL 2, 169-173, 2011 Peer-reviewed
DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (QMS) FOR BOREHOLE INVESTIGATIONS: (2) EVALUATION OF APPLICABILITY OF QMS METHODOLOGY FOR THE HYDROCHEMICAL DATASET

Takanori Kunimaru, Kunio Ota, Kenji Amano, W. Russell Alexander

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, 2010, VOL 2, 159-168, 2011 Peer-reviewed
STUDY ON THE ESTIMATION ERROR CAUSED BY USING ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL FOR THE EVALUATION OF DIPOLE TRACER TEST

Yuji Ijiri, Yumi Naemura, Kenji Amano, Keisuke Maekawa, Atsushi Sawada, Kunio Ota, Takanori Kunimaru

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, 2010, VOL 2, 221-228, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Fluid electric conductivity logging; Useful application for charactreization of water-conducting features

Takeuchi Shinji, Amano Kenji, Takeuchi Ryuji, Saegusa Hiromitsu

Proceedings of 36th International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress 2008 (IAH 2008) (CD-ROM), 9, Oct, 2008 Peer-reviewed
O-346 Development of systematic methodologies for identification and classification of water conducting features in crystalline rocks : Part 3: Geophysical approaches

KUMAZAKI Naoki, MIZUNO Takashi, MAEDA Katsuhiko, TAKEUCHI Shinji, NAKANO Katsushi, McCRANK Glen, AMANO Kenji

Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan, 2001 173-173, 2001

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Proceedings of debriefing session on JAEA's Underground Research Laboratory Projects, 2020

Shimizu Mayuko, Amano Kenji, Mizuno Takashi, Hama Katsuhiro

JAEA-Review 2021-004, 92, Jul, 2021
Estimation of gas migration pathways around faults based on the distribution of atmospheric methane near ground surface

Shimo Michito*, Niwa Masakazu, Miyakawa Kazuya, Amano Kenji, Tonokura Kenichi*, Tokunaga Tomochika*

Fukada Chishitsu Kenkyujo Nempo, (22) 119-137, Jan, 2021
A Proposed method to discriminate a gas derived from deep underground by focusing on the relationship between changes in methane and carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere

Miyakawa Kazuya, Shimo Michito*, Niwa Masakazu, Amano Kenji, Tokunaga Tomochika*, Tonokura Kenichi*

Fukada Chishitsu Kenkyujo Nempo, (22) 139-153, Jan, 2021
Synthesized reserach report in the second mid-term research phase --Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory Project, Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory Project and Geo-stability Project-- (Translated Document)

Katsuhiro Hama, Eiji Sasao, Teruki Iwatsuki, Hironori Onoe, Toshinori Sato, Tomoo Fujita, Hiroshi Sasamoto, Toshiyuki Matsuoka, Masaki Takeda, Kazuhei Aoyagi …

JAEA-Review, 2016-014, Aug, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Precise topographic analysis using 10m grid DEM in the Horonobe area

Sakai Toshihiro, Matsuoka Toshiyuki, Amano Kenji

JAEA-Data/Code 2014-005, 43, May, 2014
Construction of evaluation model for rainwater cultivation amount

Munakata Masahiro, Amano Kenji, Tanaka Tadao

JNES-RE-2013-9032, 63-78, Feb, 2014
Modification and verification of regional groundwater flow model

Munakata Masahiro, Amano Kenji, Tanaka Tadao

JNES-RE-2013-9032, 36-54, Feb, 2014
APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE TRACER TEST FOR EVALUATION OF ADVECTION-DISPERSION AND MATRIX DIFFUSION PARAMETERS

KUMAMOTO Sou, SHIMO Michito, AMANO Kenji

Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. C (Geosphere Engineering), 70(4) 353-365, 2014
Study on Development of Evaluation Technique of In-situ Tracer Test in Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory Project (Contract Research)

横田秀晴, 天野健治, 前川恵輔

JAEA-research, 2013(2) 巻頭1-2,1-281, Jun, 2013
Development of geological structure modeling technology based on regional tectonic process (Joint research)

Tagami Masahiko*, Yamada Yasuhiro*, Yamashita Yoshihiko*, Miyakawa Ayumu*, Matsuoka Toshifumi*, Xue Z.*, Tsuji Takeshi*, Tsuruta Tadahiko, Matsuoka Toshiyuki, Amano Kenji …

JAEA-Research 2012-036, 2012(36) 110-110,巻頭1-3, Feb, 2013
Investigation and research on depth distribution in soil of radionuclides released by the TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

Haruo Sato, Tadafumi Niizato, Kenji Amano, Shingo Tanaka, Kazuhiro Aoki

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1518 277-282, 2013
Geological Investigations for Geological Model of Deep Underground Geoenvironment at the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory (MIU)

Tsuruta Tadahiko, Tagami Masahiko, Amano Kenji, Matsuoka Toshiyuki, Kurihara Arata, Yamada Yasuhiro, Koike Katsuaki

Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, 119(2) 59-74, 2013
Hydrogeological characterization of deep subsurface structures at the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory

Takeuchi Shinji, Saegusa Hiromitsu, Amano Kenji, Takeuchi Ryuji

Jour. Geol. Soc. Japan, 119(2) 75-90, 2013
P6. An evaluation of uncertainty analyses on geological data based on combined use of data flow diagrams and hierarchical logic analysis.

Matsuzaki Tatsuji, Amano Kenji, Nakayasu Akio, Sasamoto Hiroshi, Semba Takeshi, Yoshida Hidekazu

研究発表会講演論文集, 25 145-146, 2013
Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory Project: Investigation Report for the 2011 Fiscal Year

中山雅, 天野健治, 常盤哲也, 山本陽一, 大山卓也, 天野由記, 村上裕晃, 稲垣大介, 津坂仁和, 近藤桂二 …

日本原子力研究開発機構JAEA-Review(Web), (2012-035) WEB ONLY, Sep, 2012
Investigation and Research on Depth Distribution in Soil of Radionuclides Released by Accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO

Tanaka Shingo, Sato Haruo, Niizato Tadafumi, Amano Kenji, Nohara Tsuyoshi, Iwatsuki Teruki, Murakami Hiroaki, Sugita Yutaka, Nakayama Masashi, Abe Hironobu …

Proceedings of Annual / Fall Meetings of Atomic Energy Society of Japan, 2012 611-611, 2012
Investigation and Research on Depth Distribution in Soil of Radionuclides Released by Accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO

Niizato Tadafumi, Sato Haruo, Amano Kenji, Nohara Tsuyoshi, Iwatsuki Teruki, Aoki Kazuhiro, Tanaka Shingo, Murakami Hiroaki, Sugita Yutaka, Nakayama Masashi …

Proceedings of Annual / Fall Meetings of Atomic Energy Society of Japan, 2012 610-610, 2012
Investigation and Research on Depth Distribution in Soil of Radionuclides Released by Accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO

aoki kazuhiro, Sato haruo, Niizato Tadafumi, Amano Kenji, Tanaka Shingo, Nohara Tsuyoshi, Iwatsuki Teruki, Murakami Hiroaki, Sugita Yutaka, Nakayama Masashi …

Proceedings of Annual / Fall Meetings of Atomic Energy Society of Japan, 2012 609-609, 2012
Investigation and Research on Depth Distribution in Soil of Radionuclides Released by Accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO

AOKI Kazuhiro, SATO Haruo, NIIZATO Tadafumi, AMANO Kenji, TANAKA Shingo, ABE Hironobu, NAKATSUKA Noboru

Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan, 2012 535-535, 2012
An attempt at quantitative estimation of the uplift rate by using of analogue model experiments; a case study of Horonobe area, northern Hokkaido

Matsuzaki Tatsuji, Tokiwa Tetsuya, Nakatsukasa Masashi, Yamada Yasuhiro, Akamine Shinnosuke, Amano Kenji, Niizato Tadafumi

Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan, 2012 503-503, 2012

Presentations

Fracture domain of granite based on orientation analysis and its relation to water conducting fractures; An Example from the "-500m access/research gallery-North" of the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory

Shimada Koji, Niwa Masakazu, Takeuchi Ryuji, Amano Kenji

JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020
Quick identification of water-conducting fractures in an underground tunnel using a trace methane gas measurement by cavity ring-down spectroscopy; A Case study in the Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory, central Japan

Niwa Masakazu, Amano Kenji, Takeuchi Ryuji, Shimada Koji

JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020
Active fault investigation by trace methane gas measurement in the atmosphere using cavity ring-down spectroscopy; An Example at the Atera Fault, Gifu prefecture, Japan

Shimo Michito*, Niwa Masakazu, Amano Kenji, Tokunaga Tomochika*, Tonokura Kenichi*, Matsuoka Toshifumi*, Biraud S.*

American Geophysical Union 2019 Fall Meeting (AGU 2019)
An Evaluation of representation techniques on geological risks; A Case study of geological assessment based on combined use of data flow diagrams and hierarchical analysis

Matsuzaki Tatsuji*, Amano Kenji, Fujimoto Tomoya*

第10回地質リスクマネジメント事例研究発表会
Identification of active fault location using real-time ground measurements of atmospheric methane concentration by portable Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy system; Case study at the Atera fault

Shimo Michito*, Niwa Masakazu, Amano Kenji, Tokunaga Tomochika*, Tonokura Kenichi*, Matsuoka Toshifumi*, Biraud S.*

日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会(JpGU 2019)
Uncertainty evaluation with increasing borehole drilling in subsurface hydrogeological explorations

Amano Kenji, Oyama Takuya, Shimo Michito*, Kumamoto So*

American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting (AGU 2016)
How to use hydrochemical data to improve long-term groundwater flow simulations?

Amano Kenji, Alexander W. R.*

26th Goldschmidt Conference (Goldschmidt 2016)
Study on an improvement in reproducibility of a hydraulic head distribution on the groundwater flow simulation

Hayano Akira, Amano Kenji, Oyama Takuya, Matsuoka Toshiyuki, Shimo Michito*, Kumamoto So*

日本原子力学会2015年春の年会
An Evaluation of uncertainty analyses on geological data based on combined use of data flow diagrams and hierarchical logic analysis

Matsuzaki Tatsuji, Amano Kenji, Nakayasu Akio*, Sasamoto Hiroshi, Semba Takeshi, Yoshida Hidekazu*

日本応用地質学会平成25年度研究発表会
Groundwater flow analysis considering long-term geological and environmental evolution; Influence estimation of hypothetical environmental fluctuation

Shiozaki Isao*, Yamashita Ryo*, Oyama Takuya, Niizato Tadafumi, Amano Kenji, Imai Hisashi

日本地下水学会2012年秋季講演会
An Attempt at quantitative estimation of the uplift rate by using of analogue model experiments; A Case study of Horonobe area, northern Hokkaido

Matsuzaki Tatsuji, Tokiwa Tetsuya, Nakatsukasa Masashi*, Yamada Yasuhiro*, Akamine Shinnosuke*, Amano Kenji, Niizato Tadafumi

日本地質学会第119年学術大会(大阪大会)
Case-based study for constructing knowledge-based methodologies of trouble in a borehole drilling; An Examples of borehole collapse in the Tono area, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, 2

Masunaga Kosuke, Amano Kenji, Kunimaru Takanori

土木学会平成24年度全国大会第67回年次学術講演会
Investigation and research on depth distribution in soil of radionuclides released by accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO, 1; Overview of the investigation and research

Aoki Kazuhiro, Sato Haruo, Niizato Tadafumi, Amano Kenji, Tanaka Shingo, Nohara Tsuyoshi, Iwatsuki Teruki, Murakami Hiroaki, Sugita Yutaka, Nakayama Masashi, Abe Hironobu, Nakatsuka Noboru

日本原子力学会2012年春の年会
Investigation and research on depth distribution in soil of radionuclides released by accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO, 2; Topography of investigation area, selection of the investigation point and soil distribution in depth direction

Niizato Tadafumi, Sato Haruo, Amano Kenji, Nohara Tsuyoshi, Iwatsuki Teruki, Aoki Kazuhiro, Tanaka Shingo, Murakami Hiroaki, Sugita Yutaka, Nakayama Masashi, Abe Hironobu, Nakatsuka Noboru

日本原子力学会2012年春の年会
Investigation and research on depth distribution in soil of radionuclides released by accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO, 3; Distribution coefficients of Cs and I onto soil

Tanaka Shingo, Sato Haruo, Niizato Tadafumi, Amano Kenji, Nohara Tsuyoshi, Iwatsuki Teruki, Murakami Hiroaki, Sugita Yutaka, Nakayama Masashi, Abe Hironobu, Aoki Kazuhiro, Nakatsuka Noboru, Chiba Takanori*, Kozaki Tamotsu*, Sato Seichi*

日本原子力学会2012年春の年会
Investigation and research on depth distribution in soil of radionuclides released by accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, TEPCO, 4; Depth distributions of radionuclides and estimation of the initial inventories

Sato Haruo, Amano Kenji, Niizato Tadafumi, Tanaka Shingo, Nohara Tsuyoshi, Iwatsuki Teruki, Murakami Hiroaki, Sugita Yutaka, Nakayama Masashi, Abe Hironobu, Aoki Kazuhiro, Nakatsuka Noboru

日本原子力学会2012年春の年会
An Externalization of technical know-how in a 3D modeling of geological evolution by analogue model experiments, a case study of Horonobe area, northern Hokkaido, Japan

Tokiwa Tetsuya, Niizato Tadafumi, Amano Kenji, Akamine Shinnosuke*, Tanabe Kinya*, Nakatsukasa Masashi*, Yamada Yasuhiro*

日本地質学会第118年学術大会・日本鉱物科学会2011年年会合同学術大会
Case-based study for constructing knowledge-based methodologies of trouble in a borehole drilling; An Examples of borehole collapse in the Tono area, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Masunaga Kosuke, Amano Kenji, Kunimaru Takanori

土木学会平成23年度全国大会第66回年次学術講演会
Approach for site remedation induced by the Fukushima-Daiichi accident, 1; Framework for application of assessment techniques on geological disposal

Kato Tomoko, Makino Hitoshi, Takeuchi Shinji, Miyahara Kaname, Maekawa Keisuke, Yamaguchi Masaaki, Iijima Kazuki, Amano Kenji, Saegusa Hiromitsu, Sawada Atsushi, Itazu Toru, Niizato Tadafumi, Onoe Hironori, Sato Haruo

日本原子力学会バックエンド部会第27回バックエンド夏期セミナー
Behavior of rare earth elements during chemical alteration of deep granitic rocks at Tono, Central Japan

Yamamoto Yuhei, Takahashi Yoshio*, Sakami Satoshi*, Mizuno Takashi, Amano Kenji, Hama Katsuhiro, Shimizu Hiroshi*

21st Goldschmidt Conference (Goldschmidt 2011)

Research Projects

Precise Modeling of Hydraulic Structures of Geologic Media for Predicting Long-Term Groundwater Flow

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2008 - 2010

KOIKE Katsuaki, SATO Akira, ASAUE Hisafumi, LIU Chunxue, ALAA Masoud

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