Japan used the 1000 monkeys to test nuclear radiation level

Japanese scientists will use 1000 wild monkeys to detect nuclear power station around the forest and the adjacent areas of nuclear radiation level. Monkeys will be wearing radiation detector and GPS positioning system transmitter, used to test nuclear radiation level and the rate of diffusion.

In March this year, a major earthquake in Japan in the northeast, resulted in Fukushima first event of a nuclear accident. The Japanese government had to use portable detection tool for helicopter understanding of nuclear radiation diffusion. But this method is only suitable for large range monitoring, can't understand ground site-specific radiation level.

To this end, a professor at the Fukushima University ( Takayuki Takahashi ) Takahashi eagle had led the research team, plans to use 1000 monkeys on nuclear power station around the nuclear radiation for tracking and monitoring. Takahashi eagle had said: " these monkeys will help us gain some areas more precise radiation readings, let us through the forest on rainfall, plant as well as the river diffusion nuclear radiation level for better understanding." In addition, the researchers also plan to control animals in the nuclear radiation diffusion.

The monitoring region including southern city of Fukushima Prefecture horses ( Minamisoma ), 67000 of the population here in more than half had been evacuated, 1/3 district is located in the government designated 20 kilometers within the restricted area. This program will begin next spring, wear measurement collar monkeys will within two months" monitoring" forest