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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.
Dhanpat Rai, J. L. Swanson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 54 | Number 1 | July 1981 | Pages 107-112
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32758
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The stability of Pu(IV) polymer suspensions, the solubility of the polymer, and the nature of the soluble plutonium species were studied from pH 3 to 7 in dilute chloride and in dilute nitrate solutions. Polymer suspensions are not stable at pH values above 5, and hence the polymer is not expected to be mobile in the lithosphere. The solubility of polymer is intermediate between the solubilities of Pu(OH)4(a) and PuO2(c) and it is <10 ppb in air-equilibrated dilute salt solutions at pH 7. The soluble plutonium is present as plutonyl species.
