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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.
Helmut Peter Thomas
Nuclear Technology | Volume 46 | Number 2 | December 1979 | Pages 241-247
Technical Paper | Nuclear Power Reactor Safety (Presented at the ENS/ANS International Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, October 16–19, 1978) / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32323
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A meteorological information system is operated at the Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (KfK). It consists of a tower equipped with instruments and a data processing system. An essential feature of software is the real-time computation of the local and temporal distribution of near-ground activity concentrations in the environment of KfK. After accidental activity releases, the display of concentration distribution serves to initiate concerted intervention.