SAVE THE DATE: 12 - 16 April 2027 | Crowne Plaza Düsseldorf-Neuss, Germany The iia is pleased to share the first IMRP 2027 newsletter, click here to view or read below. The International Meeting on Radiation Processing is recognised as the leading international event for those involved in...
The iia is pleased to announce that Yves Henon has been appointed to the board. Yves has been a leading member of the irradiation community for over 40 and is an international expert in food irradiation. He started his career by working for the French Atomic...
On October 5, 2021, a meeting convened by Carl Blackburn of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture was held to discuss how a small international group could constitute a network could be formed in order to give a new momentum...
The iia is pleased to announce that Ariadnne Vargas Rivadeneira has joined the iia team. Ariadnne is a chemical engineer with a specialization in nuclear energy technology applications, living in La Paz, Bolivia. Most recently, Ariadnne was Head of Industrial Applications Unit at ABEN where...
The iia is pleased to welcome ARC-Nucléart as its latest new member. ARC-Nucléart is an organization of public interest of which the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), the Ministry of Culture, and the city of Grenoble are a part. Founded in the 1970s and located...
The IAEA is hosting a virtual round table discussion and debate issues associated with plastic pollution and the role that nuclear technologies can play in addressing the problem. The sessions will include: Nuclear technologies for recycling and for marine micro plastic monitoring, plus the programmatic...
A Request for Quotation for the Procurement of a self-shielded LINAC is solicited by the Office of Procurement Services, Department of Management, International Atomic Energy Agency. The energy will be 500 keV to 2 MeV and the beam power 1 kW or higher. The machine will...
IAEA Annual General Conferences always include scientific or technical events which are often dedicated to applications of isotopes and radiation. This year the theme of the virtual 65th IAEA General Conference Event is "Atoms for Heritage". Case studies where nuclear techniques play a prominent role in...
Our member the Fraunhofer Institute FEP announced the creation in July 2021 of a joint venture with Ceravis AG, an agricultural trading group that primarily serves the entrepreneurial agricultural sector in Northern Germany. The newly formed E-VITA GmbH is dedicated to the chemical-free, sustainable treatment...
The first Research Coordination Meeting of the IAEA Collaborative Research Project Innovating Radiation Processing of Food with Low Energy Beams from Machine Sources (CRP D61025) took place on 2,3 and 9,10 September 2021. The association was invited to attend to attend as an observer for...
The IAEA highlights that plastic pollution is one of today’s most pressing global environmental challenges and a direct threat to sustainable development. According to projections, by 2025 the ocean will contain one tonne of plastic for every three tonnes of fish, and by 2050, there may be more plastic in...
The EU-supported project I.FAST has announced a traineeship programme to support knowledge transfer between laboratories and industry. The programme offers the opportunity for an early-career engineer or technician working at a European industrial company to work as trainee at one of the I.FAST European Accelerator Development Laboratories for...
BGS, a member of iia, has announced details of its virtual ‘Irradiation Service Days’ to be held on 29th & 30th September 2021. Through presentations and discussion, BGS aims to show: manufacturers from medical technology and biotechnology what it takes to successfully carry out radiation sterilization processes; and users...
