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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.
J. J. Pyun, K. A. Williams
Nuclear Technology | Volume 46 | Number 3 | December 1979 | Pages 411-421
Technical Paper | Nuclear Power Reactor Safety / Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32347
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The Transient Reactor Analysis Code (TRAC) is being developed at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory as an advanced “best-estimate” computer program for analyses of postulated accidents in light water reactors. As a part of the TRAC verification effort, a posttest analysis of loss-of-fluid test (LOFT) non-nuclear test L1-4 has been conducted. The results of this analysis show that TRAC accurately predicts the thermal-hydraulic response of the entire LOFT system, including the delayed effects from emergency core coolant injection into the cold leg.