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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.
Mitsugu Tanaka
Nuclear Technology | Volume 47 | Number 2 | February 1980 | Pages 268-281
Technical Paper | Reactor Siting | doi.org/10.13182/NT80-A32432
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Heat transfer rates to spray droplets under conditions of a loss-of-coolant accident in a light water reactor have been calculated by two different droplet models: the rigid droplet model and the complete mixing droplet model For calculating the heat transfer rates, a computer program, CONDENSE, was developed. The program was designed to calculate the respective model with the corresponding input data. The difference between the two models in spray heat transfer efficiency and the effects of droplet size, initial velocity, spray angle, and gas temperature on the efficiency were revealed by calculations. In addition, the dependence of the efficiency on the fall distance of a droplet, which had not been reported despite its importance in evaluating the spray effectiveness in a vessel, was revealed.