CONTENTS
News..............................................1, 2
Africa Regional Group........................3
Asia-Pacific Regional Group...............4
European Regional Group..................5
Pan-American Regional Group.......6, 7
Calendar of Events..............................8

The World Organisation for NDTVolume 8 Issue No 6
CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

Plan now to take part in WCNDT 2012N

ow is the time to start planning your involvementin the 18th World Conference on NDT in Durban,
South Africa, 16-20 April 2012, only about a year
from now.
You may want to sponsor one of the events, promote
your business in the large exhibition, present a paper,organise a workshop, participate in the conference, takeyour companion with you for the social programme orbook a holiday alongside the conference. In every case,the sooner you make your plans the better!
The 18th WCNDT will be a ‘once in a working lifetime
opportunity’ for many of us to take part in a major NDTevent in Africa. The World Conference is organised every four years and moves around theglobe, with ICNDT members from Europe, Asia-Pacific, Pan America and Africa bidding forthe privilege, so arguably Africa’s next turn will not come before 2028.
The conference theme, ‘NDT in Service of Society’, reminds us of why our discipline isso important and why we need to share our knowledge, technology and experience for the
benefit of all. ICNDT therefore wants to do everything possible to maximise the benefits ofthis opportunity to the whole African NDT community.
ICNDT is planning, with the conference organisers, a number of ICNDT events to beheld during the conference:
1. Open Session in the conference on IAEA projects in the NDT field– to allow IAEA to showcase its work
– to promote discussion on future projects
2. Workshop for Regulators designed to inform regulators of the value of NDT and how
to ensure its reliable delivery
3. Workshop on Qualification and Certification of NDT personnel, including the
proposed ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement
4. ICNDT Workshop for new/fledgling NDT societies and certification bodies– meet ‘buddy’ societies willing to be mentors– meet certification bodies willing to be partners– website shell scheme
5. ICNDT Research Workshop– opportunities to meet researchers from large international laboratories.
The attractions of Durban and South Africa are very well advertised elsewhere in thisICNDT Journal and on the SAINT conference website: www.wcndt2012.org.za. There you
will find the First Announcement and the Sponsorship Prospectus. Online registration opens
soon.
So NOW is the time to make your plans! See you in Durban!

Dr J M Farley
Chairman, ICNDTMarch 2011

Call for Nominations for
ICNDT Awards for
18th WCNDT 2012At each World Conference, ICNDT
presents awards to people andorganisations that have made major
contributions to NDT.
The winners are chosen by secretballot of the members of the ICNDT Policy
and General Purposes Committee, fromnominations submitted by member societies.
We are announcing the call for nominations
in good time to allow our members time tomake their own choice of candidates.
There are five awards:l Roentgen Award for major contribution
to the science and technology of NDTl Pawlowski Award for major
contribution to the promotion of NDTinternationallyl Havercroft Award for major contribution
to NDT education, training or certificationl Sokolov Award for major contribution
to NDT researchl ICNDT Young Achiever Award forachievement of young people in NDT(<35 years)
The rules for the awards are set out
in Operating Procedure OP4, which canbe found on the website www.icndt.org.
Nominations should be sent to Corinne
Mackle (corinne.mackle@bindt.org) by 31
July 2011.
The winners in 2008 were:Roentgen: Professor Vladimir L Chakhlov
Runners up: 1. CIVA – the NDT simulation
software; 2. V Vengrinovich and V Artemjev
Pawlowski: Anthony Sonneveld andGerhard Aufricht
Runner up: Xu Yongchang
Havercroft: Z S Nikiforova, S A Popoudina,
S I Zinovjeva and V V Levkovich
Runner up: Nadezhda P Biryukova
Sokolov: Rong S Geng
Runner up: Eduard S Gorkunov
Young Achiever: Andrey Evgenievich

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Email: s.bond@cinde.ca

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Zoe White, BINDTYour new ICNDTJournal is available
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Published three times per year.
Editorial contributions are welcomed.
Articles should be sent to Sharon Bond, CINDE. Email: s.bond@cinde.ca
Views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the International Committee for
Non-Destructive Testing. No liability is accepted whatsoever for errors or omissions.
ICNDT Member Societies are authorised to distribute this newsletter and/or its contents, however
permission should be obtained for reproduction of individual articles and extracts.

Future ICNDTCommittee Meetings
Executive
Fri 4 Mar 2011: TeleconferenceApr 2012: at WCNDT, Durban,
South Africa

General Assembly
Apr 2012: at WCNDT, Durban,
South Africa

PGP
Sat 1 Oct 2011: Cancún
Apr 2012: at WCNDT, Durban,
South Africa

Working Group 1
Sun 2 Oct 2011: Cancún
Apr 2012: at WCNDT, Durban,
South Africa

The next ICNDT Journal will be published in June 2011Material should be sent to Sharon Bond, email: s.bond@cinde.ca by 28 April 2011

Harmonisation of EN 473 and ISO 9712

It has been announced that a joint meetingof CEN/TC138/AHG9 Harmonisationof certification standards, ISO/TC135/
SC7/WG2 Revision of ISO 9712 and ISO/
TC135/WG3 Harmonisation of certification
standards is to be held in conjunction with
the Fifth Pan-American Conference on NDT(V COPAEND), which is taking place in
Cancún, Mexico, from 2-6 October 2011.
With the aim of realising a completely
harmonised standard combining EN 473 andISO 9712, the objective of the joint meeting is
to review the comments that may be expressed
during the parallel voting procedure (DIS
enquiry in ISO and CEN enquiry in Europe),
which was launced on 17 February and will
finish on 17 July, subsequent to the approvalof the NWI in CEN and the CD approval inISO, and to finalise an FDIS/FprEN document
for EN ISO 9712.
The respective Chairmen, P Fallouey(CEN/TC138), R Robichaud (ISO/TC135/
SC7) and H Hatano (ISO/TC135), pointout that this “should be, of course, at thediscretion of the CEN and ISO voting
members, and we are in the hope thatevery vote will be approved.”
Plans are for a two-day meeting to bearranged during the course of the Cancún
Conference and exact dates and agenda of
the joint meeting will be announced soon.
It is vital that all concerned fully understandthe importance of the process for the benefitof the industry and NDT community and to2

support the common goal of moving quickly
to the harmonised standard.
Comments
andproposalsforamendment of the draft are required tobe made at the national level, these being
submitted through respective standards
organisations to the Joint Working Group.
For example, the British Standards
Institute (BSI) Panel, WEE/46/–/4 (Steering
Committee on NDT Personnel Certification),
will review any UK comments submitted to
BSI before 17 July 2011. Other standards
organisations will have similar timescales.
The progress achieved so far in the quest
to provide industry with a single harmonised
standard is the result of intensive work andeffort undertaken by the working groups
and, in particular, the detailed proposal
prepared by Patrick Fallouey, Chairman of
CEN/TC138.
At the conclusion of a workshop at
the 17th WCNDT in Shanghai in October
2008, representatives of more than 50
countries called on the committees
responsible for EN 473 and ISO 9712 toestablish a harmonised standard and it ispleasing to see the progress being made.
It is hoped that the end result of theimportant meetings which will take place in
Cancún will represent a great success forthe work many committee members have
put in over two years and a significant
milestone for all parties involved with NDT
personnel qualification and certification.

News of ICNDT
peopleDr Baldev Raj,
Director of IGCAR
andHonorary
Memberof
ICNDT, has been
elected President,
Indian National
AcademyofEngineering(INAE).
Dr Mike Farley,
Chairmanof
ICNDT, has been
appointed
aVisiting Professor
at the Universityof Strathclyde.

Visitwww.icndt.org
for the latest news,
downloads and more

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Contact:
M Shafy – shafy@maktoob.com
F Herelli – herelli.f@scncff.com.tn

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Contact:
N Wagle – narayan.wagle@hed.ltindia.com
N Ooka – nori.ooka@rio.odn.ne.jp

Regional Report
ASIA-PACIFIC

News from The Malaysian Society for NDTCongratulations to
Tan Sri Datuk Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Hj Ali

Joint field test on GammaScorpion at Felda
Serting Hilir Palm Oil Plantation

MSNT would like to take this opportunity to congratulate former
MSNT President, Tan Sri Datuk Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Hj Ali on his
appointment as the President of the Academy of Science, Malaysia,
for 2011-2013.
We are very proud of his achievement and this reminds us of thedays of his excellent presidency that ran from 1986 to 1998. To thisdate, Tan Sri is the only individual that has been awarded Honorary
Member of MSNT for his excellent contribution to our Society.
We strongly believe that under his unique leadership, theAcademy will be able to play its role more effectively in making
science and technology the most important contributor to theadvancement of our nation.

On 19-22 October 2010, a joint field test between Felda
Agricultural Sdn Bhd (FASSB) and Plant Assessment Technology(PAT), the Industrial Technology Division of Nuclear Malaysia,
was conducted at Felda Serting Hilir Palm Oil Plantation, Negeri
Sembilan.

NDT in ICEM 2010, 29 November to 1 December
at the Legend Kuala Lumpur
MSNT is very proud to have been able to play its role in advancing
science and technology in this country by organising a prestigious
International Conference for Experimental Mechanics 2010 (ICEM
2010) in Kuala Lumpur from 29 November to 1 December 2010.
The conference was organised jointly with the Malaysian
Association of Research Scientists and attracted scientists andtechnologists from more than 28 countries.

GammaScorpion being tested at Felda Serting, Negri Sembilan

GammaScorpion technology was test-run in real field
conditions for basal stem rot (BSR) detection of oil palms. A
comparison between conventional techniques (3-point drilling)used by FASSBS and the non-invasive GammaScorpion technique
has been justified. The scanning process successfully provided agood image result of BSR in the affected oil palm trees. Overall,both parties were satisfied with the processes and result achieved.

Honourable Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)
visiting one of the exhibition booths during ICEM 2010

In this conference, more than 35 papers relating to NDT
and imaging were presented by renowned experts in this field.
Two special guests, Professor Xavier Maldague of Canada andProfessor Vavilov of Russia, were invited as guest lecturers in theareas of digital industrial radiography and infrared thermography,
respectively.

Explanation by Dr Jaafar during the scanning process

The next joint test will be planned to explore more challenges
for the GammaScorpion technology in the field.

NDT for nuclear power plant inspection

Participants attending ICEM 2010 in Kuala Lumpur

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Malaysia is entering into era of nuclear power. It is a very wellknown fact that NDT will become one of the most crucial elements
in ensuring the safety of nuclear plant operation. Realising this, aneffort has been made by the Malaysian Nuclear Agency to expose
its NDT experts to this subject by organising a week-long training
course entitled: Introduction to NDT for Nuclear Reactor Inspection.
The course was conducted by two experts from Croatia, Dr Berislav
Nadinic and Dr Mato Citanovic of HRID. It took place between
6-10 December and more than 15 individuals participated.
Areas such as new equipment and technology for nuclear plantinspection, QA and QC related to NDT for nuclear plant inspection,
qualification and certification of NDT personnel and many others
were covered during this course.

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Contact:
E Romero – informacion@aend.org
V Krstelj – vjera.krstelj@fsb.hr

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Contact:
J Conte – abende@abende.org.br
W Holliday – wholliday@asnt.org

Regional Report
PAN-AMERICA

News from The American Society for NDTASNT Fall Conference and Quality Testing
Show 2010 a successHouston, Texas, USA, was the home of the 2010 ASNT Fall
Conference and Quality Testing Show, held 15-19 November
2010. The ASNT annual event allows non-destructive testing(NDT) professionals from around the globe to take part in anenergetic and informative week of activities. This year’s conference
had 1777 registered participants, representing a diverse group of
the NDT methods and techniques. The exceptional professional
programme featured 115 papers presented in 33 different sessions.
The presented papers represented a variety of NDT techniques
and applications and provided participants with some of the most
up-to-date information in the NDT industry. The Quality Testing
Show, with 153 exhibitors participating, also gave attendees someof the latest NDT information and technology. Short courses,
lectures and committee meetings rounded out the week, offering
participants a wide range of activities throughout the conference.

Hands-on demonstrations at the Olympus exhibition booth

ASNT award winners for 2010 were recognised at the Annual
Awards Banquet on Wednesday evening, where members of the
ASNT and NDT community were recognised for their contributions
to the industry and recipients of grants and fellowships from theacademic and research community were acknowledged. The
Banquet also saw the ceremonial changing of the presidential
collar take place, with the installation of the 2010-2011 ASNT
President, Ricky Morgan.

Then ASNT President Joel Whitaker cuts the ribbon to open the 2010
Quality Testing Show, ably assisted by Claudia Kropas-Hughes andRicky Morgan (left)

A taste of the week’s sessions included Tuesday morning’s
keynote address, ‘Achieving Success in the Global Society’,delivered by James A Thomas, President of ASTM International.
Thomas focused on how societies can relate to members while still
functioning successfully in terms of technology and international
affairs. On Wednesday, the plenary address given by Michael P
Serabian of PQNDT Inc was a live webinar. Serabian’s address
focused on the salary trends within the NDT industry over the past
year. The recorded webinar can be watched at http://www.asnt.
org/events/conferences/fc10/webcast_replay.htm. On Thursday,
2010-2011 ASNT Chair Joel W Whitaker spoke to conference
attendees about NDT challenges in the nuclear industry today andtomorrow. These presentations were each very well received.

The high number of registered participants ensured all lecture rooms
were packed out

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Ricky Morgan (left) presents Host Committee co-Chair Deal Moore
with an award while Wayne Holliday looks on

ASNT Chair Jocelyn Langlois (left) presents Programme Chair Claudia
Kropas-Hughes with an achievement award

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PAN-AMERICA
Be part of ASNT’s 2011 Fall Conference andQuality Testing Show
Start your planning now to be part of the professional programme
at ASNT’s 2011 Fall Conference by submitting an abstract forconsideration by 15 April 2011. See the NDT Industry Bloom in
the Desert at the ASNT Fall Conference and Quality Testing Show
being held at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs,
CA, USA, from 24-28 October 2011.
The 2011 Fall Conference and Quality Testing Show provides
a forum for the exchange of theoretical, scientific and application
information. Prospective authors are requested to submit abstracts ofapproximately 200 words on all NDT methods. Abstracts should besubmitted via the ASNT website (www.asnt.org) under the meetingsand events section. Abstracts may also be submitted via email to:conferences@asnt.org. Questions concerning abstracts should bedirected to Jacquie Giunta in the ASNT Conference Department at
jgiunta@asnt.org or by phone at +800 222 2768 ext 213.
Abstracts pertaining to the following topics are requested
as they relate to industry, applications, processes or materials:
automotive, aerospace, chemical and petroleum, composites,
digital radiography, eddy current, emerging technologies, general
NDT/NDE, ground penetrating radar, health monitoring, homeland
security, infrastructure, laser methods, manufacturing, modellingand simulation, MT/PT education and training issues, phased array,pipeline inspection, radiation safety, reliability studies, sensors,
utilities and wind energy.
Each year ASNT receives numerous abstracts that aren’t placedin the programme due to late submissions. Don’t delay. Join theSociety in Palm Springs; submit your abstract today!

It may not be too late to attend ASNT’s
20th Annual Research Symposium & Spring
Conference
If it’s not past 21 March 2011, you may still have time to registerand book your tickets to attend the event, billed as an Exceptional
Symposium in an Extraordinary Place. This, ASNT’s 20th Annual
Research Symposium, is taking place in beautiful San Francisco,California, on 21-25 March. For full programme information andto register, visit http://www.asnt.org/events/events.htm or contact
conferences@asnt.org

ASNT launches NDT Level II certification
programme
Designed for NDT personnel whose jobs require certification inparticular methods, the Society has introduced the ASNT NDTLevel II certification programme. The programme was developed toprovide standardised Level II written examinations that employers
may use to satisfy the General and Specific examination guidelines
of Recommended Practice No SNT-TC-1A. Employers can thencomplete the certification process by administering their own jobspecific practical examinations.
Successful ASNT NDT Level II certification candidates mustcomplete the General examination and at least one Specificexamination. The examinations are offered in magnetic particle
testing (MT), liquid penetrant testing (PT), visual testing (VT),radiographic testing (RT) or ultrasonic testing (UT) methods. The
General examination in each method addresses fundamentals,
principles and theory found in the applicable Level II topical outlines
found in the ANSI/ASNT American National Standard CP-105,
ASNT Standard Topical Outlines for Qualification of Nondestructive
Testing Personnel. The Specific written examinations are based on
an NDT procedure covering the equipment, operating processes and
NDT techniques that a Level II might encounter while performing
NDT tasks in the applicable industry sector. The two industry sectors
offered are General Industry and Pressure Equipment. These NDTprocedures were developed by ASNT NDT Level IIIs who work in

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the applicable industry sector and are based on codes, standards
and specifications commonly used in that sector.
Employers should review the ASNT NDT Level II programme
document to determine whether or not these examinations meetthe requirements of their company’s written practice. Employers
are responsible for administering the visual acuity, practical andany job-specific examinations required by their written practice
to complete the certification process. To learn more about ASNTNDT Level II, see the programme details under the Certification
tab on ASNT’s website at www.asnt.org

February issue of Materials Evaluation includes
informative articles on ASNT’s position on NDT
personnel certification and development of ASNT
certification examinations
Should you want to know ASNT’s position on NDT personnel
certification, then it is recommended that a reading of the Position
Paper, approved by ASNT’s Board of Directors and published on
page 154 of the February 2011 issue, is a must. The article clearly
explains the Society’s position.
The other article of significant interest in the February issue
covers ASNT certification examinations. The piece begins:‘Recently, ASNT has received enquiries from several people
regarding the ASNT NDT Level III examinations. These enquiries
indicate that there may be a general misunderstanding of how the
ASNT NDT Level III examinations are generated and graded. This
article will clarify these issues for the users of the ASNT NDT Level
III certification programme’. See pages 155 and 156 for the full text
to gain a better understanding of how ASNT generates and grades
this certification examination.

8th Regional Conference andExhibition on NDTVIII CORENDE
10-12 August 2011
Tenaris Academy Building
Campana, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Argentine Society of Structural and NDT (AAENDE)
is pleased to invite you to participate in the 8th Regional
Conference and Exhibition on NDT (VIII CORENDE).
The 8th CORENDE will offer an opportunity for managers,
engineers, technicians, inspectors and researchers to
exchange experience in the theoretical and practicalfields of non-destructive testing (NDT), structural integrityof equipment, welding, qualification and certification of
personnel and quality control.
The Conference will also include an Exhibition Hall wherecompanies will be able to promote their products and services,while visitors will have a unique opportunity to access the latest
technologies, make new contacts, meet industry colleagues,
keep up-to-date and see hands-on demonstrations.
Further information regarding this event can be found at:www.aaende.org.ar
If you have any questions regarding this event, please do nothesitate to contact us at corende8@aaende.org.ar, we will be
more than pleased to assist you.

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CALENDAR OF NDT EVENTS
Month

Date

Venue

Event

Contact

March
2011

21-25

San Francisco
USA

20th ASNT Annual Research Symposium
and Spring Conference

conferences@asnt.org
www.asnt.org

10th International Conference on
Non-Destructive Investigations andMicroanalysis for the Diagnostics
and Conservation of Cultural andEnvironmental Heritage – art ‘11

segreteria@aipnd.it
www.aipnd.it/art2011

April
2011

13-15

Florence
Italy

10-13

Pernambuco
Brazil24th Brazilian National Congress on
Non-Destructive Testing and Inspection

eventos@abendi.org.br

19-20

ManchesterUK

11th International Conference on
Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment– ESIA11

poul.gosney@fesi.org.uk
www.fesi.org.uk

13-14

Valencia
Spain

CERTIFICATION 2011 – the 6thInternational Conference on Certificationand Standardisation in NDT

informacion@aend.org
www.aend.org

15-17

Valencia
Spain

12th National Congress of the Spanish
Society for NDT (AEND)

informacion@aend.org
www.aend.org

19-24Blacksburg
Virginia, USA

12th International Symposium on NonDestructive Characterisation of Materials

jcduke@vt.edu

11-13

OxfordUK

9th International Conference on Damage
Assessment of Structures – DAMAS 2011conferences@iop.org
www.damas2011.org

7-9

Edinburgh
UK

International Conference on Advances
in Experimental Mechanics: Integrating
Simulation and Experimentation for
Validation (ISEV)

johnedwards@bssm.org
www.bssm.org/conf2011

13-15

TelfordUK

Materials Testing 2011 Exhibition and NDT2011 Annual British Conference on NDTcindy.bailey@bindt.org
www.bindt.org

October2011

2-6

CancúnMexico5th Pan-American Conference for
Non-Destructive Testing

info@copaend5.com
www.copaend5.com

November
2011

9-11

April
2012

18-20

May
2011

June
2011

July
2011

September
2011

8

Ostrava
Defektoskopie 2011 – 41st International
Czech Republic Conference and Exhibition

DurbanSouth Africa

18th World Conference on NDT

cndt@cndt.cz
www.cndt.cz

saint@acenet.co.za
www.saint.org.za

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