Several models (animal caliciviruses, poliovirus 1 [PV1], and F-specific RNA bacteriophages) are usually used to predict inactivation of nonculturable viruses. For the same UV fluence, viral inactivation observed in the literature varies from 0 to 5 logs according to the models and the methods (infectivity versus molecular biology). The lack of knowledge concerning the mechanisms of inactivatio...

Radiation processing involves the use of natural or manmade sources of high energy radiation on an industrial scale. The principle of radiation processing is the ability of high energy radiation to produce reactive cations, anions and free radicals in materials. The industrial applications of the radiation processing of plastics and composites include polymerization, cross-linking, degradation ...

The goal of the proposed project is to develop a probabilistic prediction model of time-to-failure of cable jackets subject to radiation caused polymer degradation manifested in change is tensile strength and resistivity. The main deliverable of the purposed program will be a C++ based simulation code for the probabilistic prediction of the degradation of polymeric insulators of electric cables...