News

Benefiting the lives of millions of people around the world every day. Radiation processing is routinely used in a vast array of applications.

The International Meeting on Radiation Processing 2024

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 Phytosanitary Irradiation Forum held at IMRP 20 in Bangkok (November 2022) was well attended and generated continued enthusiasm to ensure that this growing market is nurtured. In recent months leading members of the community have been in discussion with the iia in order to determine...

The iia is pleased to welcome Dioxitek S.A. as its newest member. Dioxitek , based in Argentina, undertake various activities including the production of uranium dioxide powder used to fuel nuclear power plants in Argentina, the commercialisation of Moybenum-99 used in nuclear medicine and the production...

The 10th International Workshop on Radiation Processing is organized by ASTM Committee E61 on Radiation Processing.  The workshop will be held in conjunction with the standards development meetings of the committee. Attendance will be limited to the first 75 participants who register. Visit the iia events...

James Scongack of Bruce Power gave a keynote presentation at IMRP18 in Vancouver. Several years later the International Irradiation Association (iia) was one of a small number of organisations that supported the formation of the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council (CNIC). Today iia continues to support...

Members Only

Symec Enginers Pvt Ltd, a member of iia, partnered with Ansell Sterile Solutions Pvt Ltd to set up India's first integrated medical glove manufacturing, packaging and sterilization facility at SIPCOT Industrial Park, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu.  The facility will span more than 70,000 sq meters when...

World Nuclear News has published the iia’s article ‘The critical production of cobalt-60 in nuclear reactors’.  This article gives some insight into cobalt-60 production, reactor availability and the various initiatives and opportunities to increase cobalt-60 availability.  This follows the concerns highlighted by the healthcare industry...

As discussed at IMRP20 the iia is implementing a Leadership Program that aims to expand the available talent pool of people joining the irradiation community. New sections have recently been added to the iia website that explain the program in more detail. The first part of...

The 32nd Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry, to be held on June 3-8, 2023, in Furiani, on the island of Corsica, France. The scientific program is now finalized with 5 session chair presentations, 15 invited talks, 42 oral communications and 50 posters. In addition, the schedule...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has designated iia member ARC-Nucléart as a Collaborating Centre to support IAEA activities on preservation of cultural heritage. Najat Mokhtar, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, and Karine Froment, ARC-Nucléart Director, finalized...

We have just become aware that BPSA are hosting a webinar about the implementation of X-Rays sterilisation for single use medical products. The webinar is being held next week, 9 March 2023. For more information click here BPSA Webinar....

Increased demand in medical device manufacturing has accelerated the STERIS plans for expansion globally.  In February 2023, STERIS announced further investment in radiation processing as part of their long term commitment in support of this manufacturing.  Both announcements are an expansion of X-ray capacity that...

Sign up to receive our newsletter