đ Friday 19 June, 2026 đ 10am CDT (8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST / 5pm CEST) đ Microsoft Teams:Â 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...
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 iiaâs article âThe critical production of cobalt-60 in nuclear reactorsâ. 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...
The latest iia publication - The development of radiation processing in Latin America and the Caribbean Region is now available in the publications section of our website. Latin America and the Caribbean Region have an established history of scientific research and the commercial application of radiation processing....
The Special Issue on Electron Beam Processing of Materials brings together scientists working at universities, research institutes, laboratories, and various industries to discuss state-of-the-art research on material processing using electron beam methods for different applications. The methods and devices based on the use of electron beams for material processing are...
The Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is being held in New York between 1 â 26 August 2022. Representatives of international and national industry associations, and their members, covering a variety of nuclear applications...
The iAEA will soon publish a document entitled âConsiderations and Guidance for the Establishment of Ionizing Radiation Facilities â (IAEA Radiation Technology Series No. 7) The publication is intended as a guide for the establishment of Ionizing Radiation Facilities (IRFs) by using a phased project milestones...
The increasing number of materials and products treated with irradiation is causing operators to seek ways of optimising their processes, including the dosimetry steps. TRAD Tests and Radiation, a member of iia based in France, recently published two document about its RayXpert software. RayXpert is...
STERIS AST operates a new X-ray facility at Venlo, the Netherlands, a logistical hub near the German border. The accelerator is a 5-7 Mev â 700 kW Rhodotron with a tantalum target. The automation of the warehouse and robotic dosimetry retrieval system enable fully automated...
The Gafchromic⹠dosimetry system offers a relatively simple, low cost and accurate means of assessing low doses used for the Sterile Insect Technique and phytosanitary irradiation. The dosimeter is a small (1 à 1 cm square), thin (~100 micron) film that changes colour when irradiated. The...
An article by Dr. Michal DanÄk and Wilhelm Schneider of BGS Beta-Gamma-Service GmbH & Co. KG (âBGSâ), a member of iia, highlights the value of irradiation crosslinking to the automotive industry. The article explains how irradiation crosslinking can improve the performance of materials to help meet...
This month STERIS announced further investment with plans for the constuction of a new X-ray radiation processing facility in Tullamore, Ireland. In addition to the new X-ray facility in Tullamore, STERIS support medical device manufacturing in Ireland through their existing ethylene oxide, electron beam, VHP and...
The iia has published the article âMedtech Sterilization by Electron Beam & X-raysâ. The article summarises recent trends in the technology and uses of accelerators to sterilize medical devices and the increasing share that are expected to take among all sterilization modalities. The article was...
In the April 2022 edition of Radiation Physics and Chemistry, already available online, an article written by Hans de Brouwer of the SABIC Technology and Innovation Division in the Netherlands compares the effects of gamma radiation and X-rays on the mechanical properties and color of...
