📅 Tuesday 24th February, 2026 🕒 4pm GMT (5pm CET, 8am PST, 10am CST, 11am EST) 🔗 Microsoft Teams: Register here The iia is pleased to invite you to participate in the next Science and Engineering of Radiation Processing (SERP) meeting. SERP meetings are designed to create a platform...
The Phytosanitary Irradiation Platform (PsIP) held the 'Unlocking the Potential of Phytosanitary Irradiation' workshop in Costa Rica ahead of IMRP 2024. This brought together 35 participants from 13 countries to consider actions to advance the phytosanitary irradiation (PI) industry. Combining expert presentations and interactive discussions,...
The International Irradiation Association (iia) and the IMRP 2024 community extend their heartfelt congratulations to Murray Lynch from Steritech, Australia, recipient of the IMRP 2024 Business Laureate Award, and Alain Strasser from Aerial, France, recipient of the IMRP 2024 Scientific Laureate Award. Since its inception at...
📍 Dubrovnik, Croatia 🗓️ 5 - 10 October 2025 The 33rd Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry will bring together top scientists in radiation chemistry to discuss recent advancements across various fields, including materials synthesis, energy, environmental applications, and medicine. Continuing the tradition of previous Miller conferences, it...
The IAEA is hosting a series of webinars on a range of radiation processing topics. It is anticipated that webinars will be available monthly and iia is in discussion with IAEA on how it can contribute to these events. If members of the irradiation community...
Rob Edgecock, iia Eb/X WG and PsIP GM, will be attending and presenting a poster on behalf of the iia at the Sustainable Accelerators event hosted by The Institution of Engineering and Technology and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), being held 23 May 2024,...
AAMI recently published a collection of articles in their publication ‘Industrial Sterilization: Material Compatibility & Process Optimisation’. Under Material Compatibility, articles include: ‘Effects of Electron Beam Sterilization on Polytetrafluoroethylene: Design of Experiments Study’ 'Effect of Gamma and X-ray Irradiation on Polymers Commonly Used in Healthcare Products’ Under...
This article, published in BI&T/AAMI Array, presents a novel method and detector system for use in radiation processing using X-ray. The system would allow real-time monitoring of each pallet being processed and ensure that the correct X-ray beam is directed to the product. The process...
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has announced the recipients of their 2024 awards, presented at their AAMI/FDA neXus conference. These accolades recognise individuals who have made substantial contributions to advancing the science, ensuring the safety and efficacy of medical devices, and...
The iia Gamma Working Group (GWG) continued to progress its various initiatives during 2023 with good engagement by its members and partners. Thank you to all individuals that contributed and the organisations that participated in trials and assessments during the year. Cybersecurity Project The ultimate objective...
STERIS AST, a member of iia, has announced that it is the first contract sterilizer to be accepted to participate in the US FDA Radiation Sterilization Master File Pilot Program. This voluntary program intends to allow companies that sterilize single-use medical devices using gamma irradiation or...
The iia is pleased to announce two live webinars that will welcome the next generation of irradiation talent. In these webinars, the iia will provide a platform for some of the participants of the 2023 Leadership Program to introduce themselves to the irradiation industry. Additionally,...
The IAEA initiated a technical cooperation project for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLA1021) in 2022. The main objective of this project is to strengthen the competitiveness of regional agro-industrial economies. It is believed that irradiation technologies for phytosanitary purposes, can be used to minimize...
The attached paper was written by members of the Food Technology Division at Bhabah Atomic Energy Centre in Mumbai, India. Eb.Foodcontrol.Rev....
Our member the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP in Dresden, Germany, is intensively working on low-energy electron beam processes in aqueous biosystems in the field of medical and biotechnological applications. To date, there is no satisfactory tool to determine dose...
A team from STERIS, led by Brian McEvoy, have published studies on the comparative effectiveness of X-rays, gamma rays and electron beams to inactivate microorganisms at different dose rates in industrial sterilization of medical devices. The paper has been published in the July 2023 edition of...
The International Irradiation Association plans to introduce a leadership program early in 2023. The leadership program will act as a bridge between academic studies and the irradiation industry. Focused on graduates nearing the end of their studies the program will give participants a broad overview of...
