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Open meeting invite: The Science and Engineering of Radiation Processing, April 2026

📅 Thursday 16 April, 2026 🕒 4pm BST (5pm CEST, 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...

News from the IAEA highlights the increasing use of irradiation as a phytosanitary treatment to support international trade in fresh fruit and vegetables. The article also references the role of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), joint FAO/IAEA programs and the International Plant Protection Convention...

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The European Commission has launched INNO4COV-19. This is 6.1 million Euro project to support the marketing of new products to combat COVID-19 throughout Europe over the next two years. The Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP is contributing its know-how...

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On October 30, 2020 Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) called for comments on the draft food regulatory measure that would permit irradiation as a phytosanitary measure for all fresh fruit and vegetables. Currently, 26 fruits and vegetables can be irradiated according to the Australia New...

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To celebrate the recent World Food Day the IAEA in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are highlighting how nuclear and nuclear related techniques are being used to improve food security and agricultural development around the world. For more information click...

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The linked webinar was organised by iia member IBA Industrial. It was held on 23 September and represented the first in a series of planned webinars. The lead speaker was Byron Lambert Sr. Associate Research Fellow, Sterilization Science and founder of Abbott’s Assurance of Sterility Task...

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Ethylene propylene diene terpolymer, or EPDM for short, is a is a  widely used synthetic rubber usually compounded with fillers such as carbon black, silica or talc to improve its physical–mechanical properties and to reduce its cost. A considerable amount of research has recently been...

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The IAEA report on a study published in the journal Science Robotics which tested the use of a drone to release sterile mosquitoes as part of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) – a form of insect birth control that has been used successfully for decades...

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Nuctech recently convened a conference to evaluate methods of improving the quality control associated with electron beam irradiation processing. The conference was held in Jintan, Jiangsu, China the home of Nuctech’s high tech manufacturing and training facility between the 17 and 19 September 2019. Nuctech was...

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Bovine pericardium or porcine tissue are increasingly used to make heart valves. These biological prostheses now tend to be preferred but they pose a problem of durability. Our member Fraunhofer FEP in Germany has developed a multi-component process called SULEEI for longer functional life of biological...

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Assurance of Sterility for Sensitive Combination Products and Materials: New Paradigms for the Next Generation of Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals discusses the medical device industry and existing challenges regarding the exciting new world of sensitive combination products (SCPs) and their terminal sterilization. This book reassesses the...

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