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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.
Steven J. Ganthner, A. Frank Wenger
Nuclear Technology | Volume 83 | Number 3 | December 1988 | Pages 302-309
Technical Paper | Fifth International Retran Meeting / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow | doi.org/10.13182/NT88-A34143
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Carolina Power and Light Company has completed a set of benchmarks of a RETRAN computer model representing its boiling water reactor Brunswick Unit 1 Nuclear Power Plant. These benchmarks consist of simulating five transients initiated during the Brunswick 1 Startup Test Program and comparing the calculated plant response to data taken during each transient. A description of the methods used to generate the one-dimensional kinetics input is provided along with a brief description of the RETRAN model. The results of the benchmarks are presented and the portions of the model qualified by the results are summarized. The benchmarks show that the model is capable of accurately simulating a wide range of transients. The Peach Bottom turbine trip benchmarks are being performed to verify the predicted neutronic response for conditions representative of those encountered during licensing transients.