Radiation Effects Research Foundation

research facility
Also known as: Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission

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Hiroshima

  • Hiroshima, Japan: Peace Memorial Park
    In Hiroshima

    …Casualty Commission (since 1975 the Radiation Effects Research Foundation) began to conduct medical and biological research on the effects of radiation in Hiroshima. A number of public hospitals and private clinics give free treatment to victims of the atomic bombing (hibakusha). Hiroshima Castle, destroyed in the bombing, was restored in…

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