Radiation Effects Research Foundation
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The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) is the successor of the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
. It was established 1 April 1975.
It is a binational organization run by both the United States and Japan. Chairman is Toshiteru Okubo. The RERF Hiroshima Laboratory is situated in the Hijiyama Park, Hiroshima
.
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission was a commission established in 1946 in accordance with a presidential directive from Harry S. Truman to the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council to conduct investigations of the late effects of radiation among the atomic-bomb survivors in...
. It was established 1 April 1975.
It is a binational organization run by both the United States and Japan. Chairman is Toshiteru Okubo. The RERF Hiroshima Laboratory is situated in the Hijiyama Park, Hiroshima
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
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External links
- Radiation Effects Research Foundation Home website in English and Japanese