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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.
V. C. Badham, W. E. Kastenberg, G. C. Pomraning, D. Okrent
Nuclear Technology | Volume 47 | Number 2 | February 1980 | Pages 221-233
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32428
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Whenever a fissionable blanket is added to a controlled thermonuclear reactor, an investigation of the potential for accidental criticality is necessary to ensure the safety of this hybrid device. The neutronic effects of blanket meltdown and the ingress of steam into the blanket, studied for one such fusion-fission hybrid reactor, indicate that accidental criticality will be achieved only for very long blanket residence times or highly improbable accident sequences. Even though only one hybrid device was investigated, the results indicate that it is possible to design a reactor that will remain subcritical even under certain incredible circumstances.