Facilities for handling radioactive materials
Materials that emit radiation (radioactive materials, radioisotopes) in quantities greater than a certain level are regulated by law,
so you must apply in advance to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of Japan for permission to use them.
The RI facility is the only place
where unsealed radioisotopes can be handled in our faculty.
ABOUT
- Name
- Radioisotope facility for experiment and
training.
- License date
- May 31st, 1968
- Licensed nuclides
- 22 (nonsealed)
- Location
- Platinum tower B2F
Shirkane 5-9-1
Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-9641
- Rdiation protection supervisor
- Hikaru Sakamoto
- Management
- ・Committee for Prevention of Radiation
Hazard, School of Pharmacy
・Radioisotope research laboratory
- Contact information
- Radioisotope research laboratory
・TEL/FAX： +81-3-3444-4944
・E-mail：ri(a)pharm.kitasato-u.ac.jp
sakamotohi(a)pharm.kitasato-u.ac.jp
CONCEPT
Diversified use of radioisotopes in the pharmaceutical and medical fields
In the 1960s, radiopharmaceuticals and radioimmunoassays were put to practical use, and education on radioisotopes began in pharmacy.
Since the opening of the RI facility in 1968, the School of Pharmacy has been conducting research and practical training using RI (Radiopharmacy Practice: 1st semester of 3rd year).
With the diversification of research methods, experimental methods that do not require the use of the RI have been developed,
and the number of users has decreased from a total of 4,000 per year around 2002 to around 2,000 now.
On the other hand, nuclear medicine examinations using radiopharmaceuticals (gamma camera, SPECT, PET) have become remarkably widespread
due to improvements in the performance of examination equipment and examination techniques, and the use of RI in the medical field is on the rise,
as new therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals are approved. Therefore, education on radioisotopes and radiation has become an essential part of pharmacy.
Pharmacy students acquire knowledge about RIs through lectures (radiopharmacy), but RI facilities are also used as a place for practical training
to further deepen the knowledge acquired in lectures.
FACILITIES FOR STUDY
| Room name |
Equipments |
| Experiment |
Thermostatic incubator, Low temperature incubator,
Centrifugal evaporator, Cooling centrifuges |
| Training |
Audio-visual equipments |
| P2 |
Bioguard hood, CO2 incubator, Autoclave |
| Culture |
Clean bench, High-speed cooling centrifuge,
Inverted microscope |
| Animal |
Animal feeding hood, Dissection table,
Constant temperature shaking incubator,
Animal drying equipment |
| Dark |
Laboratory bench, Sink |
| Measurement 1 |
Liquid scintillation counter, Gamma counter,
Microplate scintillation counter, HPLC,
Microplate reader,
RI inventory management system (terminal) |
| Measurement 2 |
Ge semiconductor detector system |
| Strage |
Shielding, Refrigerator, Freezer |
| Waste |
（Radioactive） |
| Contamination inspection |
Hand foot cloth monitor, Sink, Landry machine |
Entrance
(uncontrolled) |
Locker, User display monitor |
Radiation control
(uncontrolled) |
RI inventory control system, Access control system,
Central monitoring system |
