The iia invites you to the 21st International Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP 2024), taking place 4-8 November 2024 in Costa Rica. The IMRP 2024 theme will be ‘Irradiation Technologies – Available, Sustainable and Growing’. The exhibition space will be at the core of the conference, offering a...
The linked webinar was organised by iia member IBA Industrial. It was held on 23 September and represented the first in a series of planned webinars. The lead speaker was Byron Lambert Sr. Associate Research Fellow, Sterilization Science and founder of Abbott’s Assurance of Sterility Task...
The IAEA is launching a new Coordinated Research Project (CRP) to advance the understanding of radiation effects on polymer materials commonly used in medical devices by comparing the effects of gamma, e-beam, and X-ray irradiation. Proposals are expected no later than 30 November 2020 from experimental...
Ethylene propylene diene terpolymer, or EPDM for short, is a is a widely used synthetic rubber usually compounded with fillers such as carbon black, silica or talc to improve its physical–mechanical properties and to reduce its cost. A considerable amount of research has recently been...
The IAEA report on a study published in the journal Science Robotics which tested the use of a drone to release sterile mosquitoes as part of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) – a form of insect birth control that has been used successfully for decades...
A request for proposal has been published by IAEA concerning the safe storage of disused cobalt-60 sources with facility upgrade and provision, installation and qualification of a new source rack with twelve new Co‐60 pencils in an existing panoramic irradiator. The facility is located at...
On March 2, 2020 the European Union started the public consultation regarding the evaluation of the EU legal framework on food irradiation. The consultation will close on May 25, 2020. According to the European Commission, this open public consultation aims at collecting factual information, views, opinion...
Fraunhofer researchers from the Medical and Biotechnological Applications division (MBA) now intend to develop a methodology that combines biotechnology processes with low-energy electron-beam technology. This hybrid methodology will be combined with existing FEP expertise in the area of sensor technology. Low-energy electron treatment is a versatile...
For almost 50 years, OPG’s Pickering Nuclear Generating Station has contributed to the supply of Cobalt 60. OPG has recently announced that their Darlington facility will continue Pickering’s legacy. OPG have announced that the company has signed a new agreement with Nordion to produce Cobalt-60 at Darlington’s reactors. Read...
Nuctech recently convened a conference to evaluate methods of improving the quality control associated with electron beam irradiation processing. The conference was held in Jintan, Jiangsu, China the home of Nuctech’s high tech manufacturing and training facility between the 17 and 19 September 2019. Nuctech was...
Bovine pericardium or porcine tissue are increasingly used to make heart valves. These biological prostheses now tend to be preferred but they pose a problem of durability. Our member Fraunhofer FEP in Germany has developed a multi-component process called SULEEI for longer functional life of biological...
iia member Bruce Power is highlighting the vital contribution made by isotopes and nuclear medicine in fighting cancer and disease. The announcement also highlights the work of the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council (CNIC). Bruce Power has been a leader in creating the CNIC which includes iia within...
For the first time, a combination of the nuclear sterile insect technique (SIT) with the incompatible insect technique (IIT) has led to the successful suppression of mosquito populations, a promising step in the control of mosquitoes that carry dengue, the Zika virus and many other...
