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Use of Neutron Irradiations in the Brookhaven Mutations Programme; Irradiation Neutronique dans le Cadre du Programme de Mutations Radioinduites de Brookhaven; Primenenie nejtronnogo izlucheniya v brukkhejvenskoj programme po ispol'zovaniyu mutatsij; La Irradiacion Neutronica en el Marco del Programa de Mutaciones Radioinducidas de Brookhaven

Abstract

The Co-operative Radiation-Mutations Programme was established at Brookhaven National Laboratory approximately ten years ago to enable plant breeders and agriculturalists to make use of irradiation techniques in plant improvement programmes. The radiation facilities used in the programme are the thermal neutron column at the BGRR reactor, the 250-kVp X-ray machine in the Biology Department, the kilocurie gamma-sources in the Nuclear Engineering Department, a 12 c Co{sup 60} gamma-source in the greenhouse, and a 4000 c Co{sup 60} source located in a 13-acre field. The development of facilities, techniques, and theory represent Brookhaven's role in this cooperative project whereas the plant material and seed are provided by agricultural experts who are responsible for growing the irradiated material and screening for mutations. More than 150 scientists in 45 states and Puerto Rico are availing themselves of the programme's facilities. Projects have also initiated with Australia, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Formosa, Greece, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Romania, South Africa.Thailand, Venezuela, West Germany and Yugoslavia. A review of the above cc-operative projects is presented with emphasis on the use of neutrons in mutation induction. (author) [French] Le programme commun de mutations radioinduites a  More>>
Authors:
Miksche, J. P.; Shapiro, S. [1] 
  1. Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Mar 15, 1964
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-SM-44/36
Resource Relation:
Conference: Symposium on Biological Effects of Neutron Irradiations, Upton, NY (United States), 7-11 Dec 1963; Other Information: 36 refs., 2 figs., 2 tabs.; Related Information: In: Biological Effects of Neutron and Proton Irradiations. Vol. I. Proceedings of the Symposium on Biological Effects of Neutron Irradiations| 448 p.
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BGRR REACTOR; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; COBALT 60; GAMMA SOURCES; IRRADIATION; MUTATIONS; SCREENING; SEEDS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; X RADIATION
OSTI ID:
22141849
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 0074-1884; TRN: XA13M3451096450
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 393-408
Announcement Date:
Oct 24, 2013

Citation Formats

Miksche, J. P., and Shapiro, S. Use of Neutron Irradiations in the Brookhaven Mutations Programme; Irradiation Neutronique dans le Cadre du Programme de Mutations Radioinduites de Brookhaven; Primenenie nejtronnogo izlucheniya v brukkhejvenskoj programme po ispol'zovaniyu mutatsij; La Irradiacion Neutronica en el Marco del Programa de Mutaciones Radioinducidas de Brookhaven. IAEA: N. p., 1964. Web.
Miksche, J. P., & Shapiro, S. Use of Neutron Irradiations in the Brookhaven Mutations Programme; Irradiation Neutronique dans le Cadre du Programme de Mutations Radioinduites de Brookhaven; Primenenie nejtronnogo izlucheniya v brukkhejvenskoj programme po ispol'zovaniyu mutatsij; La Irradiacion Neutronica en el Marco del Programa de Mutaciones Radioinducidas de Brookhaven. IAEA.
Miksche, J. P., and Shapiro, S. 1964. "Use of Neutron Irradiations in the Brookhaven Mutations Programme; Irradiation Neutronique dans le Cadre du Programme de Mutations Radioinduites de Brookhaven; Primenenie nejtronnogo izlucheniya v brukkhejvenskoj programme po ispol'zovaniyu mutatsij; La Irradiacion Neutronica en el Marco del Programa de Mutaciones Radioinducidas de Brookhaven." IAEA.
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title = {Use of Neutron Irradiations in the Brookhaven Mutations Programme; Irradiation Neutronique dans le Cadre du Programme de Mutations Radioinduites de Brookhaven; Primenenie nejtronnogo izlucheniya v brukkhejvenskoj programme po ispol'zovaniyu mutatsij; La Irradiacion Neutronica en el Marco del Programa de Mutaciones Radioinducidas de Brookhaven}
author = {Miksche, J. P., and Shapiro, S.}
abstractNote = {The Co-operative Radiation-Mutations Programme was established at Brookhaven National Laboratory approximately ten years ago to enable plant breeders and agriculturalists to make use of irradiation techniques in plant improvement programmes. The radiation facilities used in the programme are the thermal neutron column at the BGRR reactor, the 250-kVp X-ray machine in the Biology Department, the kilocurie gamma-sources in the Nuclear Engineering Department, a 12 c Co{sup 60} gamma-source in the greenhouse, and a 4000 c Co{sup 60} source located in a 13-acre field. The development of facilities, techniques, and theory represent Brookhaven's role in this cooperative project whereas the plant material and seed are provided by agricultural experts who are responsible for growing the irradiated material and screening for mutations. More than 150 scientists in 45 states and Puerto Rico are availing themselves of the programme's facilities. Projects have also initiated with Australia, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Formosa, Greece, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Romania, South Africa.Thailand, Venezuela, West Germany and Yugoslavia. A review of the above cc-operative projects is presented with emphasis on the use of neutrons in mutation induction. (author) [French] Le programme commun de mutations radioinduites a ete mis en oeuvre, il y a une dizaine d'annees, au Laboratoire national de Brookhaven pour permettre aux phytogeneticiens et aux agronomes d'ameliorer les cultures a l 'aide des rayonnements. Les installations utilisees dans le cadre de ce programme sont les suivantes: colonne thermique du reacteur BGRR, appareil a rayons X de 250 kV-crete du Departement de biologie, sources de rayons gamma de 1000 c du Departement du genie nucleaire, source au {sup 60}Co de 12 c dans la serre et source au {sup 60}Co de 4000 c dans un champ experimental de 5 ha. Le role du Laboratoire deBrookhaven consiste a fournir les installations, a elaborer des methodes de travail-et a proceder a des etudes theoriques; les plantes et les semences sont fournies par les experts, qui sont charges de surveiller la croissance des plantes irradiees et d'etudier les mutations. Plus de 150 specialistes, venus de 45 Etats et de Porto-Rico, travaillent dans le cadre du programme. Des projets ont ete mis en oeuvre avec des specialistes des pays ciapres: Afrique du Sud, Allemagne occidentale, Australie, Belgique, Chili, Costa Rica, Danemark, Equateur, Formose, Grece, Guatemala, Inde, Irlande, Italie, Japon, Kenya, Mexique, Pakistan, Pays-Bas, Perou, Philippines, Roumanie, Thailande, Venezuela, et Yougoslavie. Les auteurs exposent brievement les projets communs, en decrivant notamment l'emploi des neutrons pour provoquer des mutations. (author) [Spanish] La ejecucion del programa cooperativo de mutaciones radioinducidas se inicio have unos diez aflos en el Brookhaven National Laboratory a fin de permitir a los fitogenetistas y agronomos de mejorar los cultivos con ayuda de las tecnicas de irradiacion. Las instalaciones utilizadas en el cumplimiento del programa cooperativo son las siguientes: la columna termica del reactor BGRR, el aparato de rayos X de 250 kVp del Departamento de Biologia, las fuentes de rayos gamma del orden del kilocurie del Departamento de Ingenieria Nuclear, una fuente de rayos gamma de {sup 60}Co o de 12 c instalada en el invernadero y una fuente de {sup 60}Co de 4000 c situada en un terreno experimental de 5 ha. La funcion del Laboratorio de Brookhaven consiste en proporcionar las instalaciones, elaborar metodos de trabajo y proceder a estudios teoricos, mientras que las plantas y semillas son facilitadas por los agronomos que estan encargados del cultivo de las plantas irradiadas y de la seleccion de las mutaciones. Mas de 150 especialistas de 45 Estados y de Puerto Rico recurren a los servicios ofrecidos por el programa. Tambien se han emprendido proyectos en colaboracion con expertos de Australia, Belgica, Costa Rica, Chile, Dinamarca, Ecuador, Formosa, Grecia, Guatemala, India, Irlanda, Italia, japon, Kenia, Mexico, Paises Bajos, Pakistan, Peru, Filipinas, Rumania, Sudafrica, Tailandia, Venezuela, Alemania Occidental y Yugoeslavia. Los autores presentaran una resefla de los proyectos precitados, deteniendose ante todo en el uso de los neutrones para inducir mutaciones. EBR, por ejemplo, la capacidad de restablecimiento y la manifestacion del efecto oxigeno, principalmente para dosis correspondientes a valores reducidos de la TLE. Si bien esta interpretacion debe considerarse provisional, la distribucion de la dosis en funcion de la TLE proporciona una base para la realizacion de nuevos experimentos sobre la relacion existente entre la EBR y la TLE. (author) [Russian] Programma sotrudnichestva po ispol'zovaniju radiomutacij byla razrabotana v Brukhejvenskoj nacional'noj laboratorii primerno desjat' let nazad, chtoby predostavit' vozmozhnost' rastenievodam i agronomam primenjat' metody obluchenija po programme uluchshenija sortov rastenija. V kachestve ustanovki dlja obluchenija po programme ispol'zovalis' teplovaja kolonna v Brukhejvenskom grafitovom jeksperimental'nom reaktore, rentgenovskij apparat (pikovoe naprjazhenie 250 kv) biologicheskogo otdela jadernoj tehniki, gamma-istochnik moshhnost'ju 12 kjuri v teplicah i istochnik Co{sup 60}, raspolozhennyj v pole ploshhad'ju 13 akrov. V jetoj programme sotrudnichestva na dolju Brukhejvenskoj laboratorii prihoditsja razrabotka oborudovanija metodov i teoreticheskih polozhenij, v to vremja kak rastitel'nyj material i semena predostavljajutsja jekspertami po sel'skomu hozjajstvu, o t vetstvennymi za vyrashhivanie obluchennogo materiala i otbor mutacij. Bo le e 150 uchenyh iz 45 shtatov i Pujerto-Riko uchastvujut v vypolnenii programmy. Nachato takzhe vypolnenie proektov s Avstraliej, Bel'giej, Chili, Ko sta'Rika, Daniej, Jekvadorom, Tajvanem, Greciej, G vatem a loj, Indiej, Iralandiej, Italiej, Japoniej, Keniej, Niderlandami, Pakistanom, Peru, Filippinami, Rumyniej, Juzhnoj Afrikoj, Tailandom, Venesujeloj, Zapadnoj Germaniej i Jugoslaviej. Predstavlen obzor ukazannyh proektov sotrudnichestva, osoboe vnimanie udeljaetsja ispol'zovaniju nejtronov dlja poluchenija mutacij. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1964}
month = {Mar}
}