Thursday, 15. December 2011
Topic: nuclear power - on December 15, 2011 at 9:52:00 AM CET
Japanese Use Wild Monkeys To Track Radiation
Scientists in Japan are taking a novel approach to measuring the impact of radiation in a forest affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis: enlisting the help of local wild monkeys.
Takayuki Takahashi, a professor of robotic technology at Fukushima University, told CNN Wednesday his team was working on a collar fitted with a dosimeter to measure radiation levels that could be fitted to the monkeys before they are released back into the wild.
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