A comprehensive dose evaluation project concerning animals affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident: its set-up and progress

• DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrv069
• Publication Date: 2016-01-29T10:28:00Z
• Authors: Shintaro Takahashi; Kazuya Inoue; Masatoshi Suzuki; Yusuke Urushihara; Yoshikazu Kuwahara; Gohei Hayashi; Soichiro Shiga; Motoi Fukumoto; Yasushi Kino; Tsutomu Sekine; Yasuyuki Abe; Tomokazu Fukuda; Emiko Isogai; Hideaki Yamashiro; Manabu Fukumoto
• Keywords: Fukushima Nuclear Accident

It is not an exaggeration to say that, without nuclear accidents or the analysis of radiation therapy, there no way in which we are able quantify effects on humans. Therefore, livestock abandoned ex-evacuation zone and euthanized due Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP) accident extremely valuable for analyzing environmental pollution, its biodistribution, metabolism radionuclides, dose evaluation influence internal exposure. We, therefore, sought establish archive system open it researchers increasing our understanding biology improving protection against radiation. The sample bank animals affected by FNPP consists frozen tissue samples, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens, radionuclides deposited, etc., with individual sampling data.