NTT and euglena started the feasibility study of the seaweed breeding technology. They utilize neutron ray. They aim at the business solution concerning climate fluctuations, such as GHG reduction and energy-resources creation.

Neutrons are corpuscules which constitute the atomic nucleus. When atomic nucleus is fissioned, neutron jumps out having nuclear out kinetic energy. This calls neutron ray the neutron which is exercising for one way.

The technology which they inspect by the feasibility study is a technology which raises useful characters, such as an oil-and-fats output capacity used as the grezzo of CO2 resorption / fixed capability which the seaweed has, or biofuel by the gene variation introduction by neutron ray irradiation.

If various gene variation can be introduced, it will become possible to do the breeding and production of the seaweed according to the purpose.

It is expected that this technology will solve problem, not only GHG reduction or energy resources production but also food resource, creation of agriculture-and-forestry fishery feed.