STERIS, member of the iia, has announced completion of the expansion of its Libertyville, Illinois, USA facility to include X-ray processing. This expansion will support medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing by providing increased capacity and a technology neutral radiation processing offering. In addition to X-ray and...
Radiation Physics and Chemistry recently published a paper describing PUFFIn, a new user-friendly interface using the PENELOPE Monte Carlo code, designed to calculate dose distributions in materials. PUFFIn, the Penelope User-Friendly Fast Interface, aids radiation modeling for educational and preliminary analysis purposes. It allows users...
The iia is pleased to welcome Sor-Van as its newest member. Sor-Van specializes in sterilization services. The company's plant, located inside Soreq Nuclear Research Center in Yavne, Israel, has two main industrial sterilization facilities for various products: 1. Gamma irradiation facility based on the radioisotope Cobalt-60 2. Cold...
The China Isotope & Radiation Corporation (CIRC), a member of iia, has won a contract to supply a gamma irradiation facility to the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA). This is the first such project commissioned by a foreign government to CIRC and is expected...
The iia attended a recent workshop in the UK organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) entitled “Sustainable Accelerators”. A particular motivation for this workshop is the aim of the main funding body in the...
Below is the communications toolkit for IMRP 2024. We have designed images for individuals and organisations to share their attendance or presentations at IMRP 2024 on social media or websites. Additionally, we are providing high-quality logo files for anyone who needs them for external or...
The iia is pleased to welcome ValSource as its newest member. ValSource Inc. are experts in navigating regulated industries and the rigorous requirements that accompany them. Since 1996, their 350-strong talent force has proudly served their clients as advisors, trusted consultants, and highly experienced program managers....
E-Beam Services, member of the iia based in the USA, announces the introduction of ‘EBXL’, an optimised dedicated crosslinking solution tailored for cable, sheet, and foam manufacturers. The new offering will use a 2 Mev electron beam accelerator and will commence operations in the Fall...
The latest IMRP 2024 newsletter has been published and can be found at this link, or below. To sign up to receive the IMRP 2024 newsletter, and all other iia newsletters, please follow this link. Spotlighting our IMRP 2024 Exhibitors The exhibition will be a central feature of...
Researchers funded by the CDC suggest that food irradiation could significantly reduce foodborne illness outbreaks. Analyzing 2,153 outbreaks from 2009 to 2020, they found none involved irradiated foods, despite some foods being eligible for irradiation. Of the 482 outbreaks with known processing methods, 155 were...
The Phytosanitary Irradiation Platform (PsIP) is developing a workshop ‘From Theory to Practice – Addressing Challenges’ which will be held on Sunday 3 November 2024 (immediately prior to IMRP 2024). The workshop is being designed as an interactive mentoring session where participants will be able to discuss the challenges...
The iia is pleased to welcome Pond & Company as its newest member. Established in 1965, Pond & Company is a full-service Planning, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction leader with 100% of all resources in house. Headquartered in Atlanta, Pond’s Life Science Group has extensive experience in...
