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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.
R. J. LaBauve, T. R. England, D. C. George, C. W. Maynard
Nuclear Technology | Volume 56 | Number 2 | February 1982 | Pages 322-339
Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT82-A32861
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The intensive study of fission products and their effects carried out over the past decade has resulted in a thorough understanding of their behavior and an accurate predictive capability. A convenient form, a fitted linear combination of exponentials, has been developed for representing aggregate time-dependent decay spectra. The resulting parameters are useful in a wide variety of fission product applications. The fitted functions, which include beta and gamma aggregate spectra for total and gaseous fission products from 235U and 239Pu over the 0- to 109-s time interval, are readily used with any power history.