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IAEA looks at nuclear techniques for crop resilience
The International Atomic Energy Agency has launched a five-year coordinated research project (CRP) to strengthen plant health preparedness using nuclear and related technologies.
Wheat blast, potato late blight, potato bacterial wilt, and cassava witches broom disease can spread quickly across large areas of land, leading to severe yield losses in key crops for food security. Global trade and climate change have increased the likelihood of rapid, transboundary spread.
Rakesh Chawla, Rudolf Seiler, Kurt Gmür
Nuclear Technology | Volume 73 | Number 3 | June 1986 | Pages 296-305
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A16073
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Investigations have been carried out for three additional cores of the phase 1 experimental program on light water high converter reactor test lattices in the PROTEUS facility. An 8% (average) fissile plutonium tight-pitch lattice with a fuel/moderator volumetric ratio of 2.0 was considered, ,4s for the earlier reported 6% (average) fissile plutonium test lattice, H2O, Dowtherm, and air were the moderator states investigated. Significant enrichment-dependent trends have been identified in the comparisons of calculated and experimental results for the wet (moderated) cases, particularly for the important reaction rate ratio of 238U capture to 239Pu fission. These are then reflected in the comparison of moderator voidage characteristics, expressed in terms of individual components of the k∞ void coefficient.