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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.
Ken Muramatsu, Kunihisa Soda
Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 4 | December 1989 | Pages 907-911
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27684
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The hydrogen burn that occurred in the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) accident raised a concern on the possible threat to the containment integrity of a light water reactor during a severe accident, and a great deal of analytical and experimental studies were conducted after the accident. To properly assess the hydrogen behavior in the TMI-2 accident, thermal-hydraulic response in the containment needs to be adequately described. The purpose of the present study was to estimate the thermal-hydraulic response during the hydrogen burn in the TMI-2 accident by using the CONTAIN1.1 code. It was concluded from the present analysis that the hydrogen behavior was reasonably well predicted by using CONTAIN1.1 with adequately selected set of parameters in the hydrogen burn model.