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STERIS Announces New Electron Beam Facility in Montreal, Canada

STERIS, a member of the iia, has announced the completion of a new electron beam (e-beam) processing facility in Montreal, Canada. This expansion increases the company’s radiation processing capacity in Canada, supports the growing cannabis industry, and complements its existing e-beam and gamma processing capabilities already...

📅 Tuesday 7th October 🕒 5pm CEST (4pm BST, 11am EDT, 10am CDT, 8am PDT) 🔗 Microsoft Teams: meeting link  The International Irradiation Association (iia) is pleased to invite you to participate in the next The Science and Engineering of Radiation Processing (SERP) meeting. SERP meetings are designed to create a platform for dialogue between academia...

A new transportable electron beam system has been launched at the IAEA on the sidelines of its General Conference being held this week. The e-beam is housed in shipping containers that can be loaned out for research and development activities, demonstrations, and training in the operation and...

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has announced their decision to renew the Class IB nuclear substance processing facility operating licence issued to Nordion (Canada) Inc. for a period of 25 years. Nordion, a member of iia, manufacture cobalt-60 sealed sources at their facility located in Ottawa,...

July 30, 2025, marks the official start of operations at BGS Beta-Gamma-Service’s first Electron Beam (E-Beam) facility in the United States, located in Imperial, Pennsylvania. The 100,000-square-foot facility will deliver fully automated E-Beam irradiation services for sterilization of medical devices, pharmaceutical packaging and biotechnology products. Completed...

A new iia article 'Gamma Irradiation: A Sustainable Future for Medical Device Sterilization' has been published in MD+DI (Medical Devices and Diagnostic Industry). The article discusses the sustainability of gamma irradiation as demand for the technology continues to grow. It looks at sustainability in both the...

Praneeth Kandlakunta, research assistant professor of nuclear engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University, has received a DARPA-STTR Phase II award for his project, “A microstructured target for high-efficiency X-ray production.” The project builds on Phase I work that...

ISI E-Beam, a member of iia located in the Philippines, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Science and Technology, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) to advance radiation processing in the Philippines. The collaboration of ISI E-Beam and DOST-PNRI is expected to boost...

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