Irradiation operators and iia members have created a new group - 'France Rayonnements Ionisants' (FRI) with the support and involvement of Yves Henon (IMRP Laureate and iia board director). The recently created group promoting the safe and beneficial use of irradiation in France, will organize...
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...
The Government of Ontario in partnership with the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council, Organization of Canadian Nuclear Industries and McMaster University is organizing virtual trade missions to Europe and the United States focused on medical isotopes. The iia is a member of the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council...
The Organizing Committee of the 3rd Medical Device Sterilization Workshop is pleased to announce the next meeting for stakeholders exploring accelerator-based sterilization alternatives, “Medical Device Sterilization: Understanding the Possibilities.” This virtual meeting will take place in the mornings (CDT) on September 22, 23, & 24, 2021....
The International Irradiation Association (iia) is seeking applications from those who would like to join a small team who are responsible for the development and implementation of Association initiatives. The iia represents a diverse international community of organisations involved in the science and use of ionising...
The Transport Facilitation Working Group (TFWG), of which iia is a member, is running a short awareness programme aimed at IAEA Member States that are considering appointing a National Focal Point (NFP) for denials of shipments of radioactive material. The role of the NFP is...
The 'Ad Hoc Meeting of Stakeholder States Involved with Technological Alternatives to High-Risk Radioactive Sources' was held between 14 and 18 June 2021. The meeting sponsored by the United States, France and Germany but attracts international participation. Participants exchanged views and shared experiences on transitioning to alternative...
ITHPP, a French company that recently joined the association, just announced the launch of their new brand, BETA BEAMS, aimed at supporting their innovative low-energy pulsed electrons solution for in line sterilization of medical and biopharma articles. This launch coincides with the announcement that ITHPP...
On June 14, 2021 the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington DC released the report titled Radioactive Sources: Applications and Alternative Technologies. The iia contributed to this report in various forms. Chapter 5 deals with radioactive sources and alternative technologies for medical...
Click on the following link to access the June 2021 Newsletter...
The BPSA (Bio-Process Systems Alliance) has published it’s White Paper ‘X-Ray Sterilization of Single-Use BioProcess Equipment: Part 1 – Industry Needs, Requirements and Risk Evaluation’. The document highlights sterilisation capacity constraints and how X-ray technology is positioned as a highly similar alternative to gamma. It discusses...
The IAEA recently hosted a virtual workshop to promote the beneficial applications or irradiation technologies. The International Irradiation Association and a number of iia members were in attendance and presented at the meeting. An IAEA article about the event can be found via this link: IAEA...
The IAEA held a virtual Technical Meeting ‘Denial of Shipment- Issues and Solutions’ on 23-26 March 2021. The Transport Facilitation Working Group (TFWG), of which iia is a member, had been coordinating its approach to this meeting and several members submitted presentations and papers to...
On May 5, 2021, Frank-Holm Rögner from our member the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology FEP and several colleagues from the Fraunhofer Institutes IZI and IPA in Leipzig and Stuttgart (Germany).received the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize for “Human- and Environment-Centered...
The Industrial Irradiation Association (iia) just released a Guide for Prospective Buyers of Accelerators for Sterilization of Medical Devices. This document is the collective work of the International Irradiation Association and several of its members. It should be especially useful to medical device manufacturers considering an...
The linked article in the FST magazine was written by Cherin Balt, Managing Director of Hepro Cape. The article reports on the use of irradiation (Sterile Insect Technology) to reduce pre-harvest damage to crops caused by pests and as a post harvest treatment to facilitate...
Sciray Co. Ltd. a subsidiary of Nuctech, a member of iia, is a company based in Beijing that was formed as a spin-off from the Tsinghua University. Nuctech is one of the world’s leading suppliers of vehicles, cargo and baggage inspection systems based on radiation...
