US - Japan cooperates to monitor radiation

UPI news agency said that US and Japanese agencies have collaborated to develop a new method to analyze airborne data to monitor radiation after a nuclear accident.

The US National Nuclear Security Bureau and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency reported a new method for detailed study of survey data, following the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in March. 2011

The aerial survey of the surrounding areas helped the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant find a quick and safe way to solve it. The analytical method, the new study provided a complete map of the deposition of radioactive iodine -131 and its half-life for processing.

UPI quoted David Bowman, director of the emergency response office, that international cooperation is important to help the United States improve its nuclear-related emergency response.