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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.
Ernst Warnecke, Dietmar Bröcking, Peter Podewils
Nuclear Technology | Volume 92 | Number 2 | November 1990 | Pages 229-237
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT90-A34473
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Radioactive wastes must comply with certain requirements for storage, disposal, and transportation. A uniform system of quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) measures, data acquisition, and documentation must be developed. The responsibility for this task is divided among three German organizations. Compliance between the waste package properties and the waste acceptance requirements of the repository is demonstrated either by checks on randomly selected waste packages or by qualification and subsequent inspections of conditioning processes. A new guideline for the control of radioactive wastes has been published. It develops appropriate measures for conditioning, storage, and transportation of radioactive wastes and is compatible with the waste acceptance requirements and the QA/QC measures. An electronic waste flow control and documentation system, which fulfills the requirements of the guideline for the control of radioactive wastes and the waste acceptance requirements, has been developed.