Acknowledgement
The authors express their sincere gratitude to Ms. Keiko Takahashi of NESI Inc. For technical assistance in parametric calculations using the SAS4A code and Mr. Kazuhiko Takahashi of NESI Inc. For technical support. The authors also would like to thank Dr. Yoshitaka Fukano of JAEA for his helpful comments.
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