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The Second Workshop on Decommissioning Robotics Technologies with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Was Held

【Soil Physics】Short-range-ordered minerals and organic matter regulate water retention capacity in volcanic soils: One step closer to efficient water usage in agriculture

President Yamazaki New Year’s Greetings for 2026

A workshop on decommissioning robotics was held together with the UKAEA.

F-REI International Symposium on ‘Collection and Dissemination of Data and Knowledge Related to Nuclear Disaster Resilience and Science’ was successfully held.

WRS2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge　Impression of the competition

WRS2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge Special Website

【WRS Special Feature】Vol.11: WRS 2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge - Pre-event Information (4)

【WRS Special Feature】Vol.10 WRS 2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge: Pre-event Information (3)

【WRS Special Feature】 Vol.9: WRS 2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge - Pre-event Information (2) -

【WRS Special Feature】 Vol.8: WRS 2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge - Pre-event Information -

【WRS Special Feature】 Vol.7: Simulated Disaster Challenge - Refining Robot Control Technology in a Safe Virtual Plant -

【WRS Feature】 Vol.6: Plant Disaster Challenge - Challenge of Disaster Response Robots through Digital Twin Collaboration

【WRS Special Feature】Vol 5: Un-Aesop’s Fables ②: Plant Disaster Challenge by the Lion and the Mouse

[Event closed] F-REI International Symposium on “Collection and Dissemination of Data and Knowledge Related to Nuclear Disaster Resilience and Science” (November 1-2)

【WRS Special Feature】Vol.4 Getting Ready for WRS 2025 Fukushima: An Inside Look with the Organizing Team

【WRS Special Feature】Vol.3 Episode 2: The Standard Performance Evaluation Drone Challenge (STM) – Establishing New Benchmarks for Harsh-Environment Drones

【WRS Special Feature】Vol.2 Episode 1: The Harsh Environment Drone Challenge (HEDC) – The World’s Toughest Drone Race

[WRS Special Feature] WRS 2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge: From Fukushima to the World Stage

F-REI Summer School 2025 was Held; University and Technical College Students Attended Program

F-REI Attended and Sponsored the 2025 Kirkham Conference

[Event Announcement] Joint Workshop of F-REI and CCRI on “Medical Applications of Radiation and Metrology Standards” (September 16)

[Interview] ‘Fukushima is my second home’ ... F-REI Welcomed Visiting Trainee from Italian National Research Council

[Interview] From Fukushima to the World: Future Researchers Pioneering the Field of Radiation Science

F-REI Top Seminar at National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College

F-REI Top Seminar at National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College

F-REI and UKAEA sign collaboration in robotics research

Call for applications: WRS 2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge

Call for Science Communicators

[Event Announcement] Joint Workshop of F-REI and ICRP on “Recovery of Fukushima and Radiological Protection” (November 25)

MOC Signing Ceremony between F-REI and PNNL

Call for Unit Leaders (Principal Investigators, PIs)

(Closed) Call for Research Administrators

(Closed) Call for Proposals: “Research and Development on diagnostic and therapeutic drugs labeled with RI” for FY2023.

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for “Research and Development Project for Drones that Achieve Long Flight Times, High Payloads, and Carbon Neutrality” in FY2023

(Closed) Call for Proposals: “Development of stable and efficient manufacturing technology for RI using accelerator” for FY2023

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for “Research and Development Project of sensor technology for drones for disaster prevention and response” in FY2023

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for “Feasibility study on technologies, such as ultra-large X-ray CT device, which promote digitalization of industries” in FY2023

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for “Research and Development of Hydrogen Energy Network Construction” in FY2023

(Closed) Call for Proposals: “Development of Radioisotope (RI) Imaging Technologies Aimed to Enhance Agricultural Productivity and Sustainable Agriculture and Demonstration of the Developed Technologies” for FY2023

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for “Advanced Remote Technology for Decommissioning and its Application in the Outer Space Field” in FY2023

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for “Research and Development Project to Promote the utilization of Robots and Drones in Harsh Environments” in FY2023

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for "Development of methodologies to evaluate the influence of human activities on radionuclides transport in the environment and the effectiveness of measures to control such transport" in FY2023

(Closed) Policy Planning Research that Contributes to Solving Problems for Reconstruction from Nuclear Disasters in FY2023

(Closed) Community Development Research and Learning/Community Hub Development Project in the Fukushima Hamadori Area in 2023FY

(Closed) Call for Proposals: Standardization of Performance Evaluation Methods for Marketization and Industrialization of Field Robots, etc. for FY2023

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for "Research and Development of Bio-integrated Green Chemical Technology" in FY2023

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for "Research and Development of Core Technologies for Negative Emissions" in FY2023

(Closed) Call for Research Proposals: Commissioned Project for "Promotion of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries" in FY2023

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Fukushima Entering a New Phase - Prime Minister's Office of Japan (YouTube)

ICRU International Symposium

Symposium Commemorating Establishment of F-REI