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...
TRAD Tests & Radiations, a member of iia, has shared a video discussing the benefits of their RayXpert software for 3D product modeling and simulated irradiation and dose to product. "This video presents the benefits of Monte Carlo simulation for Health Care Products Manufacturers and Sterilization...
STERIGENICS, a member of iia, are hosting a webinar ‘The Transfer of Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Products between Radiation Sterilization Modalities’ on 20th September 2023. The webinar will discuss the considerations when evaluating the transfer between gamma and e-beam sterilization modalities. Topics to include Change...
The 2023 edition of the International Conference on the Development and Application of Nuclear Technologies (NUTECH) will be held in Krakow, Poland from 20-22 September 2023. NUTECH covers a wide range of nuclear technology topics ranging from nuclear energy to nuclear medicine and the whole...
The Bio-Process Systems Alliance (BPSA) have published X-Ray Sterilisation of Single Use Bioprocess Equipment - Part II. Click here for more information. ...
On 27th June 2023 Nordion (a Sotera Health company) held their webinar ‘Cobalt-60: Investing for the Future of Gamma Sterilization’. Nordion's Richard Wiens, Director of Business Development & Strategic Supply, discussed the global supply chain and efforts to expand Cobalt-60 production. The webinar opened with an introduction to...
TRAD Tests & radiations, a member of iia, has announced the release of RayXpert® version 1.9 with improvements and new features. RayXpert is the most used modeling tool based on a Monte Carlo calculation method. It allows users to accurately simulate a sterilisation or reticulation process...
In order to meet the sterilisation requirements associated with continuing growth in medical device manufacturing, STERIS has announced plans for additional electron beam processing capacity at its facility in Biassono, Italy. The planned investment complements the existing EO, e-beam and testing services that are available...
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...
The 10th International Workshop on Radiation Processing is organized by ASTM Committee E61 on Radiation Processing. The workshop will be held in conjunction with the standards development meetings of the committee. Attendance will be limited to the first 75 participants who register. Visit the iia events...
James Scongack of Bruce Power gave a keynote presentation at IMRP18 in Vancouver. Several years later the International Irradiation Association (iia) was one of a small number of organisations that supported the formation of the Canadian Nuclear Isotope Council (CNIC). Today iia continues to support...
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...
Symec Enginers Pvt Ltd, a member of iia, partnered with Ansell Sterile Solutions Pvt Ltd to set up India's first integrated medical glove manufacturing, packaging and sterilization facility at SIPCOT Industrial Park, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu. The facility will span more than 70,000 sq meters when...
World Nuclear News has published the iia’s article ‘The critical production of cobalt-60 in nuclear reactors’. This article gives some insight into cobalt-60 production, reactor availability and the various initiatives and opportunities to increase cobalt-60 availability. This follows the concerns highlighted by the healthcare industry...
A joint research project, the Fraunhofer WKI, Fraunhofer IAP, BGS and other industrial partners has been successful in developing bio-based flame retardants in bio-plastics for the first time. As a result, plastics made out of 100 percent bio-based materials could, in the future, be used...
Texas A&M university are hosting two hands-on e-beam technology workshop during 2023. The first focuses on the use of eBeam and X-ray technologies in the medical device, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. The second is focused on the use of eBeam and X-ray technologies in the fresh food,...
The iia is pleased to welcome Meissner Consulting GmbH as its newest member. Meissner Consulting offers complete solutions for facility engineering and process development to users and prospective users of particle accelerators. With executive management experience and a PhD in nuclear physics, Dr. Jörn Meissner...
