Research and development of radiation processing in Japan for industrial applications

Tamada, Masao

Technology of EB crosslinking has been widely used for the production of the car components such as tires, heat resistant cables, and interior foams. This technology caused new research seeds of biodegradable lens, spray coating of Washi fibril, 3D gel dosimeter for cancer therapy, and so on. The technology of graft polymerization is applied to the production of separator membrane for button-shaped battery and ammonia-gas removal filter for LSI facility. The grafting can develop the high performance adsorbents which collect the uranium in sea water, scandium in hot spring water, and cesium in drinking water. The dissemination of radiation technology in open institute and forum plays important roles to promote the technology transfer of these technology seeds.