Texas A&M AgriLife and the National Nuclear Security Administration are exploring safer alternatives to high-radioactivity technologies to address NWS and other invasive arthropods. The eBeam technology used to halt fly reproduction is a potentially safer alternative to high-radioactivity cobalt-60 gamma sterilization.
Source: Farm Progress, October 7, 2025. Link.
Texas A&M researchers are confident that eBeam can effectively sterilize male screwworms, Cochliomyia hominivorax, without relying on high-activity radioactive material.”
Related: How does be eBeam sterilization work? YouTube, December 1, 2015. Link. This video gives a basic overview of eBeam sterilization.