Technology

New iia publication: ‘The use of irradiation for the preservation of cultural heritage’

Research into the use of irradiation to treat artefacts started in the 1960s and it has now developed into a valuable tool for the preservation of our cultural heritage. Today, irradiation technologies are used to provide fast and effective treatment to prevent the deterioration of...

Today, April 30th, we celebrate International Electron Beam Day - a global recognition of electron beam technology and the dedicated professionals who advance it. International Electron Beam Day commemorates April 30, 1897, when physicist J.J. Thomson first proposed the existence of the electron, a discovery that...

Aerial, a member of the iia, has published a new paper titled Harnessing Electron Beam Capabilities: Aerial’s View for the Future of Radiation Sterilization. Authored by Florent Kuntz and Alain Strasser, the document outlines how electron beam technology, already widely used in industrial processing, could play...

The Texas A&M National Center for Electron Beam Research (NCEBR), a member of iia, will be hosting its next 'Hands-On Electron Beam Technology Workshop' from April 20 - 24, 2026. The workshop objectives include: Deep understanding of high energy and low energy electron beam and X-ray...

The Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council is hosting its webinar 'Showcasing Canada's Cobalt-60 Supply Chain' on Monday 27th October 2025. Canada is a global leader in the production and processing of Co-60, currently producing 50% of the global supply in its CANDU power reactors, and processing over 80%...

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