2036. Tokyo, ravished by radioactive contamination caused by a nuclear power-plant accident, is now in lockdown. COPPELION—a special unit of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces' 3rd Division made up of three high school girls genetically engineered to be impervious to radioactivity—is sent in to search for survivors in Tokyo, a.k.a. "The City of Death."
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

In 2016 a meltdown of a nuclear power plant creates a big catastrophe in Tokyo. 20 years later, the city has become a ghost town due to the high levels of radiation. From that area a distress signal is received. The Self Defence forces dispatch 3 girls from the special unit Coppelion to search for survivors. But why aren't they wearing any protection against radiation? 
(Source: Manga synopsis)

Prequel story to the Coppelion manga. 
 
[ Coppelion Site Story was originally serialized in Weekly Young Magazine. It was later bundled as mini booklets with volumes 1, 3, and 5 of the BD/DVD releases of the Coppelion anime.]

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