PerkinElmer Inc. announced the results of collaborations with Fukushima University and The University of Tokyo to develop new radiation detection tests in support of ongoing nuclear crisis response efforts in Japan. Immediately after the March earthquake that triggered the radiation contamination event in Fukushima prefecture, PerkinElmer assembled and deployed a loan package of sophisticated radiometric detection instruments and expertise for use by front-line researchers in Japan. The company provided research teams with critical application knowledge and technology platforms including Liquid Scintillation Counters, Gamma Ray Counters, and Mass Spectrometers, for measuring uranium, plutonium, iodine, cesium and strontium isotopes in soil, water supplies, fish, vegetables and other produce in affected areas.