NEDO Project
Research and Development
of Nanoparticle Characterization Methods
— Evaluating risks associated with manufactured nanomaterials —
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Research and Development of Nanoparticle Characterization Methods (P06041), a research project under the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), was carried out from June 2006 to February 2011. This web site is no longer updated with the termination of the project.

The Second International Symposium on the Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials was held on September 29-30, 2011. The objectives were to disseminate the results of the project and to provide an opportunity to discuss the implications of the project. The lecture overview and the lecture videos are available on NEDO website.

NEDO organized a subcommittee meeting on the project (post-project evaluation) on December 1, 2011. The meeting materials (in Japanese) including agenda, minutes and presentation slides are available on NEDO website. NEDO will conduct follow-up survey and evaluation of the project for 5 years after the project completion.

Outline

The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) started 5-year project from fiscal year 2006 entitled "Research and Development of Nanoparticle Characterization Methods". This project was launched on the basis of the following two projects: a study carried out at the AIST, which began in fiscal year 2005, "Risk assessment and risk management for new technologies -Case study on nanotechnologies-", and a NEDO project conducted by the University of Occupational and Environmental Health and Hiroshima University, "Surveillance study of preliminary test of the effect of exposure of nanoparticles to living bodies caused by inhalation." About 50 researchers from six research units of AIST and six universities including the University of Occupational and Environmental Health participated in this project.
The goals of this project were: 1) to establish preparation methods of test samples, to develop methods for measuring the shape and size of nanomaterials (NMs) tested, toxicity testing, exposure analysis and to publish the results obtained in the form of manuals; 2) to carry out the risk assessment of typical NMs, propose a risk management policy on the basis of the risk assessments and formulate the risk assessment documents. Major differences between this project and other projects are that the main objective is not the toxicity evaluation but the risk evaluation, and the characterization of the shape and size of NMs to be tested is an important factor in this project.
Brochure of the project (link to NEDO)

Outline

Project Organization

Project Organization

NEDO AIST UOEH Hiroshima Univ Kanazawa Univ Tottori Univ Med

Activities

Activities
  1. Development of characterization methods for manufactured nanoparticles
  2. Development of exposure assessment methods for nanoparticles
  3. Development of hazard assessment methods for manufactured nanoparticles
  4. Development of a framework for risk assessment management
List of research results (2006-2011) [PDF]
Research and Development of Nanoparticle Characterization Methods (P06041), a research project under the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), was launched in June 2006 to drive research into risk assessment of manufactured nanomaterials in Japan, and was completed on February 28, 2011. As a result, the English translations of the following documents were developed and disclosed.
  1. Executive Summaries of reports on the risk assessment of three nanomaterials (Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials -Titanium Dioxide-, Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials -Fullerene-, Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials -Carbon Nanotubes-) in addition to Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials: Overview of Approaches and Results (abbreviation "Approaches")
  2. Protocols "Methods of Preparation and Characterization of Manufactured Nanomaterials for Toxicity Testing"
  3. Guideline for hazard assessment testing of industrial nanomaterials in animals by respiratory exposure
The documents are available for download from AIST-RISS website ("assessment" in the right side menu).

Archives of news

17 November, 2011
Release of a document of "Methods for Hazard Assessment Testing of Manufactured Nanomaterials". The document is available for download from AIST-RISS website ("assessment" in the right side menu).

20 September, 2011
Release of a preliminary English translation a document of protocols "Methods of Preparation and Characterization of Manufactured Nanomaterials for Toxicity Testing". The document is available for download from AIST-RISS website ("assessment" in the right side menu).

8 February, 2011
Renewal of presentation list [PDF].

22 December, 2009
Release of translations of executive summaries of interim reports on Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials, in addition to a concept paper "The Principles and Basic Approach to Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials." These documents are available for download from AIST-RISS website ("assessment" in the right side menu).

17 August, 2009
Renewal of activities pages and presentation list [PDF].

NEDO-AIST-OECD International Symposium on the Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials (April 23, 2008) Abstracts

The 5th International Symposium on Nanotechnology (JAPAN NANO 2007)(Februrary 20, 2007) presentation by Dr. Nakanishi [PDF]

38th Joint Meeting Session at OECD (June 7, 2005) [PDF]

Latest News

2 December, 2011
Renewal of presentation list [PDF].