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...
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...
A demonstration facility using an electron beam to treat medical wastewater started operation in May 2021 at the Xiyuan Hospital in the Hubei Province of China. The irradiation treatment aims at controlling microbiological contamination and dissociating biologically active compounds such as antibiotics. The pilot unit...
Framatome, a member of iia, recently completed the factory acceptance test of an advanced transport system for BBF Sterilisationsservice GmbH’s gamma irradiation facility in Germany. The innovative system is the first of its kind to use walking-beam technology that was developed by Framatome to address...
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP) aims to help increase the number of women who contribute to and drive global scientific and technological innovation. The programme supports young women studying in nuclear related fields relevant to the IAEA’s work to advance the safe, secure and peaceful...
BGS Beta-Gamma-Service, a member of iia, was founded in 1981 in Wiehl, Germany. The company is now turning 40 with more than 190 employees across three locations in Germany. The iia would like to pass its congratulations to Dr. Andreas Ostrowicki and the team at BGS. ...
The Transport Facilitation Working Group (TFWG), of which iia is a member, ran the webinars ‘Appointing a National Focal Point on Denials of Shipment of Radioactive Material’ on 22 & 23 July 2021. The webinars were aimed at IAEA Member States to raise awareness and...
