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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.
K. Linga Murty, R. P. Shogan, W. H. Bamford
Nuclear Technology | Volume 64 | Number 3 | March 1984 | Pages 268-274
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33356
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The effect of neutron radiation on the fracture characteristics of an A533 Grade B Class 1 pressure vessel steel was investigated using standard and instrumented precracked Charpy impact tests. Use of the instrumented impact test with precracked specimens has allowed fracture toughness values to be determined from the Charpy test. Neutron exposure resulted in minute decreases in the upper-shelf Charpy energy and fracture toughness, and an increase in the ductile brittle transition temperature (DBTT). The Charpy transition temperature shifted ∼29 K while the fracture toughness shift was ∼20 K. The temperature variation of the dynamic yield strength exhibited dips at DBTT for both unirradiated archive and irradiated materials.