Mr Ragnar
Soevikthe

The Official
Journal of the

ICNDTjournaldiedin January 1999

International
Committee for
Non-Destructive
Testing

I recall our last meetingin Copenhagen during
the foundation of
EFNDT. In particular, I
recall Ragnar’s warm smile, welcoming nature and his visible joy at seeing so many coming together at such an important event.
Ragnar was an active member of ICNDT
for over 20 years and we feel his loss greatly.
We wish to extend our sympathies to his family and friends. We thank you Ragner for
all that your friendship has taught us.

July 1999 – Issue n. 3

The world Organisation for NDTThe ICNDT President

15-21 October 2000

It’s coming!

Roma 2000 15 WCNDTthPreparations for the
15th World Conference of ROMA 2000
are well underway. The Palace of congress,
the places hosting the various social events,
the Papal audience have all been fixed.
To date some suggestions for special sessions include:
welding, aircraft, certification, civil engineering,works of art, case histories… to name but a few.
The proceedings will be available
on CD-ROM and, on request, in printed format.
Starting September ’99 on the AIPnD website
you can keep updated on Roma 2000.

Mr. B. Raj
Past Presidentof ICNDT,
President of
PGP Committee

ICNDT
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It’s a pleasure to meet the Non-Destructive Testing professionals fromaround the world and the members of theInternational Committee on Non-Destructive Testing (ICNDT) and PGPC
through this issue of the ICNDT Journal, the style and contents of which arevery appealing. I am happy to see the tremendous progress made by Dr.G.Nardoni
and his team in arranging the 15th
World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing. We wish to see
breakthroughs in NDE science and technology reported in this Conference anda large, truly world-wide attendance.
The upcoming world conference inRome and the PGPC and ICNDT meetings provide us with yet more opportunities to take stock of our progress. The
PGPC can help realise the vision of
ICNDT by way of detailed brain-stor-

31 December 1999

ming on the key issues and making concrete recommendations to the ICNDT for
approval. In order to achieve this we propose to have a stand alone meeting of the
PGPC, in the near future. What are
your views on a stand alone PGPC Committee meeting for three days? Costs may
be high but returns can be tremendous.
Please think it over.
Some areas that we feel need attention are: increasing the awarenessabout NDT and its applications, particularly in developing countries, preparation of authoritative overviews by a teamof international experts on specific issues
in transportation, energy, chemicalindustry, landmines, etc. etc., identification of new standards in areas where
they do not exist, harmonisation ofstandards and personnel qualifications,increased thrust in new areas in NDTYEAR CITY
COUNTRY
1955 Brussels Belgium
1958 Chicago U.S.A.
1960 Tokyo
Japan
1963 London
U.K.
1967 Montreal Canada
1970 Hanover Germany
1973 Warsaw
Poland1976 Cannes
France1979 Melbourne Australia
1982 Moscow Russia
1985 Las Vegas U.S.A.
1989 Amsterdam The Netherlands
1992 Sao Paulo Brazil
1996 New Delhi India
2000 RomeItalysuch as robotics, automation, artificial
intelligence and intelligence-processing ofmaterials, creation of special interest
groups in these areas and the creation of afull-fledged PGPC/ICNDT Website.
Readers of this Journal are also mostwelcome to share their views about these and other aspects of interest throughthe columns of this Journal, so that a consensus on the agenda of PGPC for the coming few years can evolve.
I take this opportunity to wish Dr. G.
Nardoni and his team all the very best in
their tireless preparations for the forthcoming 15th World Conference on
NDT.
We are all with you, Dr. G. Nardoni.
Baldev Raj
Chairman of PGPC

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the ICNDT journal

Letters, Messages, Events joined with ICNDTTURKEYThe NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING COMMITTEEof the Chamber of Metallurgical Engineersof Turkey
The NDT Committee was established in the Chamberof Metallurgical Engineers in 1987. In 1988 the NDTtraining and certification program was started.
In July 1988, based on the project agreement between
Turkish and German governments, NDTC and middle East Technical University (METU-Ankara) started
to implement a training, qualification and certification
program with the participation of DGZfP and BAMBerlin. In the frame of the same project, the Welding
Technology and NDT Centre was established on thepremises of METU.
A group of engineers from the METU and industiralfirms were trained and certified in several NDT
methods to level-3, in Germany between 1989 and1992. With the participation of these groups, the
NDTC prepared an activity plan consisting of regularprograms for training, qualification and certification
for NDT personnel in Turkey and then finally established the Turkish NDT Society. After July 1993, thesystem of the training courses and the qualification
exams were adapted to EN 473. Parallel to the improvements in Europa an independent certification body,
NDT-Personnel Certification Centre, was establishedin 1996. Since then, the NDT training and qualification-certification activities have been carried out independently.
By the end of 1998, the total number of participants
who attended the training courses of different levels invarious NDT methods was 1532. In the same period, a
total of 111 courses (88 level-1, and 23 level-2) wererealized. The sectorial distribution of the participantsin sequence is as follows: machining and construction,
chemical and petro-chemical, defence, university-institution, metallurgy, NDT service, transportation andship building.
Contact Address:
Chamber of Metallurgical Engineers
NDT Committee
Hatay Sk. No. 10/9, 06650 Kizilay-Ankara, Turkey
Tel. 00-90-312-4254160 - Fax 00-90-312-418 9343
E-mail: metaloda@turnet.net.tr
1st International NDT Symposium and Exhibition
29 September - 01 October 1999
METU Cultural
and Convention Center, Ankara - Turkeyorganized by NDT Committeeof Turkish Chamber of Metallurgical Engineers
M. K. Atatürk
the first President of Turkey

GREECEΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΜΗ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΡΟΦΙΚΩΝΕΛΕΓΧΩΝ (ΕΛΕΜΚΕ)ΕΘνική Εταιρει´α, Μέ λοζ τηζ ECNDT και τηζICNDT
HELLENIC SOCIETY
OF NONDESTRUCTIVETESTING (HSNT)
National Society,
Member of ICNDTand EFNDT

ganised with AIPnD, BANT, the Vrije University ofBrussels and the University of Patras its 2nd International Conference on NDT, last May 24-26, in Athens.
The next National Hellenic Scientific and TechnicalConference in Non-Destructive Testing will be held in
November 1999, in Thessalonika.
The main target of HSNT today is to achieve its Accreditation as an Independent Certifying Body, according
to En 45013 standard, from the Hellenic Council for
Accreditation, in order to be able to run examination
centres for qualification and certification of NDT personnel in Greece.

Full agreement reached on the major issues at
EFNDT Board of Directors’ meeting.

The President of HSNT
Dr. Ioannis Prassianakis
Assoc. Professor at the NTUAThe dinner of the Board of Directors.
UKRAINE
NDT in Ukraine by Prof. Troitskij“The Ukrainian Society for Non-Destructive Testing and Technical Diagnostics(USNDT) was founded in 1990 on the base of E.O. Paton Electric Welding institute of National Academy of Sciences, which
is one of the leading institutions in the world in thefield of welding and relative technologies. The aim of
the Society’s activity is consolidation of the efforts ofscientists and engineers for development of the creative and business activity, information exchange, the satisfying of professional interests, and development ofinternational contacts in NDT&TD. One of the main
aspects of USNDT activity is organising conferences,seminars, exhibitions and meetings of experts.
In 2000 the USNDT will celebrate the 10th anniversaryof its foundation. The 3rd Ukrainian Scientific Conference on Non-Destructive Testing and Technical Diagnostics is dedicated to this event. The conference will
be held in May, 2000 on the eve of the 15th World
Conference on NDT. It will bring together specialists,
developers and users of NDT technologies and means.
All foreign companies and colleagues interested in participation in our Conference and Exhibition are invited.
The detailed information on this event will be forwarded to ISNDT Journal in September.
Since January, 1999 the USNDT has started to issue an
information bulletin publishing the NDT news in Ukraine and abroad. It contains information on domestic
and international USNDT activity, articles on topicalissues of NDT&TD organisation, material of conferences and seminars and advertisements of NDTequipment. The bulletin is issued 6 times a year; It is
the second publication of USNDT. The main USNDT
publication is “The Technical Diagnostics and NonDestructive Testing” scientific journal, which has been
published since 1990. The articles on theoretical andapplied problems of NDT&TD are contained in it.
Ukrainian Society for NDTProf. V. Troitskij, President
Bozhenko St., 11 - 252650 Kiev - Ukraine
Fax +380 44 220 94 82
E-mail: paton@ukrpack.net

RUSSIAICNDT President in Moscow, the city that hosted
the 1982 WCNDTNDT in Greece
The Hellenic Society for Non-Destructive Testing (HSNT), wasfounded in Greece in 1987. Today,
HSNT encompasses more than 270
members who come from the universities and industries of the country. In the society there are also foreign associated and individual
members. More than 80 hellenic industries, companies
and organisations are using NDT, with approximately
1000 NDT inspectors. The main purpose of the association is to promote the technology of NDT in Greece. HSNT is the only national association for NDT in
Greece, and is a member of EFNDT and of ICNDT.
HSNT organised, on 23rd of November last its first national conference on NDT in Athens and also co-or-

GERMANY - BERLIN

Prof. V. Kluyev opening the National Conference of RSNDT.
The ICNDT President Mr. G. Nardoni attended
the Russian National Conference on NDT held in
Moscow from 28 June to 2 July 1999. Representatives of Spain, USA, Czech Rep., Denmark, Belarus
and Germany also attended. More than 800 delegates were present to follow the 250 technical papers .
The exhibition was a huge success with over 40 display stands amongst which were represented manysmall Russian Enterprise and Research Institutes.

The Board of Directors of the EFNDT met in
Berlin on 30-31 March 1999 hosted by DGZfP. The
meeting chaired by the EFNDT President Schnitger and attended by Link (DGZfP), Deliege (Belgium), Krsteli (Croatia), Larsen (Denmark), Rocheand Poudrai (France), Farley (UK), Nardoni, Gatti
and Ghia (Italy), Kjulev (Russia) and Romero (Spain),discussed a number of important items including an
endorsement of the new ICNDT Constitution.
The EFNDT meeting provided the context for theworking together of Eastern and Western European
Representatives. It was a meeting characterised byits open and collaborative spirit , where European
Partners discussed NDT problems, over a three day
period. Some of the more important items on theagenda included :- European Certification Programme. The first target of this programme is the preparation of a Data
Base of questionnaires, according to EN 473 or ISO
9712, to be available to all European examination
bodies.
- Land-Mines. Data regarding the quantity and more
importantly, the disastrous consequences of land mines in the world is very provoking. A special Working
Group, with the sole objective of developing equipment to be used in the detection of such devices, wasset up with Ms Vjera Krstelj as convenor.
- The ICNDT new Constitution and Terms of Reference was approved by the EFNDT.
- The need for harmonisation and mutual recognition of NDT schemes was acknowledged. The
planning of a new strategy, in response to this, wasundertaken.
- The EFNDT is actively seeking ways to reducesome of the European restrictions concerning thetransportation of standard isotopes as used in industrial radiography.
- The current status of EFNDT Membership was
updated. The Israeli Society for NDT (ISRANDT)
was accepted as an Associate Member. The President also invited Brazil, Japan, India and USA tojoin EFNDT as Associate Members .
- A new WG was established for laboratories andinspection bodies.
ITALY

Art’99The 6 th International Conference on“Non- Destructive Testing and Microanalysis for the Diagnostics and Conservationof Cultural and Environmental Heritage” hasbeen held in Rome 17-19 May 1999. The
event, organised by The Italian Society for
NDT and The Central Institute of Restoration, follows those held in Budapest, Berlin,
Viterbo, Perugia and Rome, in the past. About
300 International Experts attended the Conference hosted by the Palazzo Brancaccio and“La Sapienza” University. Authors comingfrom various countries presented 119 oral papers and 59 posters over 28 work sessions. 78
papers were concerning monuments analysis
while 34 were relating to paintings. The Conference, sponsored by Agfa, was also enrichedby a special Exhibition and a fine social programme, which gave the participants the opportunity to visit the incomparable and beautiful city of Rome.

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The global mutual recognition project

ICNDT inquiry on certification in the world
The ICNDT Journal starts its
reporting of results of its inquiry
on the number of certificates issued in the world according toISO 9712 or equivalent. EachCountry is invited to contribute.

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The ICNDT Secretariat, with a view to maintaining a close,
lively link with its membership, issues this column devoted
to publishing news, information or simply messages received from
Societies. All are invited to take part in keeping this column alive!

We’d like to takethis opportunity
to welcome Eleanor Rochfort to
the ICNDT team.
Eleanor, a graduate of Maynooth
University, Ireland, will be working closely with Mr. Ghia (Technical
Director of ICNDT).
We wish her every success!

Abende’s new Boardof Directors:
President
Maria Izabel Laczko Gebrael
Vice President
José Santaella Redorat Júnior
Directors: Cláudio Soligo Camerini,
Edson Vasques Moreira, Pedro Feres
Filho, Siciliano Francisco
Main Board:
Chairman: Amilton Carvalhal
Vice Chairman: Maria Izabel Lacko
GebraelAlcides Taveira, Alejandro Spoerer Del
Rio, Carlos Soligo Camerini, Claudio
Cabrera, Danilo Lohse Di Stefani, Detlef Wemer Shultze, Eduardo Cortes
Sarmento, Hélio Nehrer de Souza, JoãoRufino Teles Filho, Luis Cesar de Almeida, Oswalsdo Rossi Junior, Raimar
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Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Slovakia, Canada, France, Ukraine, South Africa, Israel,
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