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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.
Chaitanyamoy Ganguly, Parameshwar Venkappa Hegde, Gyan Chand Jain, Uddharan Basak, Radhey Shyam Mehrotra, Sukomal Majumdar, Pradip Ranjan Roy
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 1 | January 1986 | Pages 59-69
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33753
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Mixed uranium-plutonium monocarbide (MC) with a controlled amount of mixed sesquicarbide (M2C3) will be used as driver fuel for the first time in the world in the fast breeder test reactor (FBTR) at Kalpakkam, India. The mixed-carbide fuel for the FBTR has been developed on the basis of indigenous resources of plutonium and natural uranium and has a plutonium-rich composition [Pu/(U + Pu) = 0.7], The mixed-carbide fuel development and fabrication experience in Trombay is described, highlighting the essential features of the carbide fuel pellet fabrication plant, the carbothermic synthesis of MC from the oxides (UO2 + PuO2), and the sintering of MC.
