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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...

This month STERIS announced further investment with plans for the constuction of a new X-ray radiation processing facility in Tullamore, Ireland. In addition to the new X-ray facility in Tullamore, STERIS support medical device manufacturing in Ireland through their existing ethylene oxide, electron beam, VHP and...

France and the United States established the Ad Hoc Working Group on Alternatives to High-Activity Radioactive Sources in 2015 to provide an open forum for States to share information, ideas, views, and experiences on the use of alternatives to technologies that use highly radioactive sources. ...

The Technical Cooperation Programme of the IAEA has launched a new project (RLA1021) to encourage the use of phytosanitary irradiation in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Despite the large potential of the region to export fresh produce, only Mexico and to a lesser extent...

The iia is pleased to welcome Anand International as its latest new member. Anand International is a producer of wire and cables located in India.  Its head office is in Mumbai but its 10,000 sq metre automated manufacturing site is located in Ichchapor GIDC, Surat, Gujarat. ...

The IMRP20 March newsletter has now been circulated with the latest updates on the Program, Registration and the Pre-IMRP Training Course. Please take a look at these updates at this link to the newsletter. REMINDER - the abstract submission deadline is 1st May 2022.  For instructions...

The iia is pleased to welcome Cytiva as its latest new member. Cytiva is a global provider of technologies and services that advance and accelerate the development and manufacture of therapeutics.  They are a trusted partner to customers that undertake life-saving activities ranging from biological research...

Radiation Physics and Chemistry will publish a virtual special issue to honor Professor Olgun Güven of Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey on the occasion of his 75th birthday. One of the most prominent experts in radiation chemistry of polymers and an IMRP Laureate, Prof. Güven significantly...

The iia is pleased to welcome Johnson & Johnson as its latest new member. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is the world’s largest and most broadly based healthcare company with more than 130,000 employees worldwide.  The company is widely involved in the advancement of sterility assurance processes...

The iia has published the article ‘Medtech Sterilization by Electron Beam & X-rays’.  The article summarises recent trends in the technology and uses of accelerators to sterilize medical devices and the increasing share that are expected to take among all sterilization modalities. The article was...

John Masefield passed on Monday, February 21, 2022, in Sarasota, Florida, at age 88 after a brief and courageous battle with congestive heart failure.  His beloved wife Grace Masefield was by his side throughout. John was born on 17 July 1933 in Codsall, England. He was...

A mini review on the use of irradiation for vaccine development was just published online in Frontiers in Immunology. The review highlights the potential of ionizing radiation as a vaccine technology suitable against several pathogens causing diseases in various hosts species. This has been most...

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