National Institute of Radiological Sciences

National Institute of Radiological Sciences
	Main gate
Established	1957
President	Yoshiharu Yonekura, M.D., Ph.D.
Staff	800 (As of 2012)
Address	4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
Location	Chiba, Japan
Website	Official website

The National Institute of Radiological Sciences (放射線医学総合研究所) (NIRS) is a radiation research institute in Japan. The NIRS was established in 1957 as Japan's only institute of radiology. The NIRS maintains various ion accelerators in order to study the effects of radiation of the human body and medical uses of radiation.^[1]

^ Kitagawa, A; Fujita, T; Goto, A; Hattori, T; Hamano, T; Hojo, S; Honma, T; Imaseki, H; Katagiri, K; Muramatsu, M; Sakamoto, Y; Sekiguchi, M; Suda, M; Sugiura, A; Suya, N (2012). "Status of ion sources at National Institute of Radiological Sciences". Review of Scientific Instruments. 83 (2): 02A332. doi:10.1063/1.3670742. PMID 22380179.

[1] Kitagawa, A; Fujita, T; Goto, A; Hattori, T; Hamano, T; Hojo, S; Honma, T; Imaseki, H; Katagiri, K; Muramatsu, M; Sakamoto, Y; Sekiguchi, M; Suda, M; Sugiura, A; Suya, N (2012). "Status of ion sources at National Institute of Radiological Sciences". Review of Scientific Instruments. 83 (2): 02A332. doi:10.1063/1.3670742. PMID 22380179.

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