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Furuya Lab
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The lab uncovers the mechanisms of heat and flow through experiments and computation.
AboutAbout the lab
Uncovering the mechanisms of heat and flow through experiments and computation
The Furuya Lab conducts research that clarifies the mechanisms of heat and flow through both experiments and simulations.
It also incorporates new methods such as machine learning to deepen its understanding of these phenomena.
Using 3D printing, microfabrication technologies, and instrumental analysis, the lab also takes on catalyst technologies, which add chemical reactions to heat and flow, as well as materials informatics.
The lab's research centers on themes related to the safety of nuclear power plants and fusion reactors.
Key terms
- Thermal-hydraulic analysis
- A method of investigating how heat is transferred and how fluids move, using computation
- Materials informatics
- A research field that uses data science methods to develop new materials efficiently
- PIV (particle image velocimetry)
- An experimental technique in which particles are added to a flow of water or air and the flow velocity is measured from images
NewsLab news
Students received the Fellow Award and other awards at the Atomic Energy Society of Japan 2026 Spring Meeting
A master's student received an Encouragement Award at the Symposium for Young Researchers and Engineers
Students received an Excellence Award and an Encouragement Award at the Atomic Energy Society of Japan 2025 Fall Meeting
A student received an Encouragement Award at the student presentation meeting of the Kanto-Koetsu Chapter of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan
A master's student received an Encouragement Award at the presentation and discussion meeting of the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
ResearchResearch themes
The Furuya Lab studies heat and flow phenomena that occur in nuclear power plants and fusion reactors, using both experiments and simulations. It also works on developing technologies that lead to improved safety.
*Illustrative imageEvaluating thermal effects in fusion reactors
For a fusion power demonstration reactor, the lab models changes in temperature and pressure in the event of a coolant leak or loss of power using thermal-hydraulic analysis with the TRACE code, and evaluates the effects on heat.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental sensing with optical fibers
The lab develops technologies that use optical fiber sensors to measure the distribution of temperature, radiation dose, and fluid velocity in the harsh environments of nuclear and fusion plants.
*Illustrative imageThermal stratification in spent fuel pools
This research uses experiments employing particle image velocimetry (PIV) and other methods, together with analysis, to clarify thermal stratification, the phenomenon in which water temperature separates into layers when the cooling function of a spent fuel pool is lost.
*Illustrative imageSuppressing evaporation of spent fuel pool water
The lab devises methods to suppress the evaporation of cooling water in spent fuel pools during a loss of power, and verifies them through experiments.
MembersFaculty
The Furuya Lab consists of faculty members, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorMasahiro Furuya
- Visiting ProfessorNobuyuki Tanaka
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Laminar-turbulent transition” Gary Settles / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Evaluating thermal effects in fusion reactors: “Giant prominence on the sun erupted” NASA/SDO/AIA/Goddard Space Flight Center / Public domain (cropped)
- Environmental sensing with optical fibers: “Lamp with illuminated optic fibers” Tulumnes / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Thermal stratification in spent fuel pools: “HFIR Refueling July )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Suppressing evaporation of spent fuel pool water: “Ivanhoe Reservoir northwest corner detail view” Junkyardsparkle / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (山路研究室): “Uraninite Mouseeye5” Weirdmeister / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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