RERF chief expresses regret over past stance

RERF chief expresses regret over past stance

Radiation Effects Research Foundation Chairman Otsura Niwa addresses a ceremony in the western Japan city of Hirohsima on June 19, 2017, to mark the 70th anniversary of its launch. Niwa expressed regret over the foundation's past stance of studying rather than treating atomic bomb survivors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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