CONTENTS
News............................................. 1-2
17th WCNDT .....................................3
Africa Regional Group.......................4
Asia-Pacific Regional Group..............5
European Regional Group ............. 6-8
Pan-American Regional Group .... 9-11
Calendar of Events...........................12

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CEN TC 138

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGEW

ICNDT must take a leadership role

ill we ever see one internationally accepted NDTCertification?
A few years ago, the international non-destructive
testing community was closing in on one standard for
NDT Qualification and Certification that would meetthe requirement of the majority of our ICNDT members.
The recently revised and approved International Standard
ISO 9712:2005 has appeared to have broadened thegap with other standards rather than bridging the gap. It
was the goal of the ISO/TC 135, Nondestructive Testing,
Subcommittee SC7, Personnel Qualification, to technicallyrevise ISO 9712:2000 to stay within the acceptableboundaries of EN 473:2000 and at the same time meet the 5 year review directive of ISO/IEC.
The revisions of the ISO 9712:2005 not at a point that a compromise and/or
were approved by the required 75% of ISO change on the Standards couldn’t achieve
member’s casting votes but not without harmonisation.
disapproval by a few ISO voting members.
The primary downfall to harmonisation
The primary concern of the disapproval of the two documents is the allowance forwas with respect to the recertification modification of ISO9712 and an alternate
procedure in the revised ISO9712 standard. route for recertification. The European
The fall out was the decision by CEN/TC Union requires that an approved standard
138 Committee to prepare an amendment must be accepted by all members without
for recertification to EN 473, submission to modification while ISO allow the document
CEN enquiry, formal vote and ratification. (ISO 9712) to be modified. The second
A special meeting waspoint from above withheld in April 2007
respect to an alternate
by the CEN TC138 toroute for recertification‘We will one day
review the technical/
is a workable issue forhave one harmonised
editorial comments on
harmonisation. ICNDTthe proposed revisions NDT Certification Standard’ must take a leadershipin order to preparerole and this can bea revised draft. The
done by facilitating a
Chairmen of ICNDT,
workshop for the two
ISO TC 135 and ISO TC 135 SC7 were committees, ISO and CEN. The objective
invited to participate at this important would be to empower attendees for both
meeting. It was vital that ICNDT participate committees with an objective to address
at the meeting and given an opportunity by ways and means to achieve one harmonised
the CEN Committee to voice an opinion standard. Should this happen, ICNDT willon the change in direction with respect have achieved a major objective.
to harmonisation of EN 473 and ISO
The experience of participating at the9712 Standard as harmonisation is one meeting only re-enforced my faith that weof our primary objectives. Although there will one day have one harmonised NDT
are differences between the two NDT Certification Standard.
documents, the standards themselves are
Douglas J Marshall

Douglas Marshall writes . . .

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n 2 April 2007 I was invited as the
ICNDT Chairman to attend the
CEN TC 138, NDT Qualification
and Certification meeting in Paris,
France as an Observer. The importanceof my attendance was to show the CEN
Committee that ICNDT was dedicated to
one harmonised standard, in particular
ISO 9712. The Chairman of ISO TC 135
and Chairman of ISO TC 135/SC7 werealso invited to observe at the meeting.
The Chairmen of the two ISO committees
were at times asked to comment on therevisions. My only participation was tosay a few words of encouragement for
one NDT Standard. ICNDT offered tohost and facilitate a workshop for thetwo committees, ISO and CEN, withempowered attendances to address ways
and means to achieve one harmonised
standard.
A draft of a revised EN 473 had been
submitted to members for a vote to move
forward with a revised standard or address
acceptance of ISO 9712. It was concluded
before the meeting that CEN 138 would
move forward with a revised EN 473
document.
Although there are differences between
the two NDT standards, they are not at apoint that a compromise and/or a change
by one of the Standards couldn’t achieve
harmonisation. The primary downfall
to harmonisation is the allowance formodification of ISO 9712. The European
Union requires that an approved standard
is approved and it must be accepted by
all members without modification. Also,
the directives of ISO allow the document
to be modified without complete approvalby the CEN committee. The directives of
ISO and CEN must be addressed to ensure
mutual agreement before changes can beaddressed.
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I personally discussed why CEN felt that
we could not meet an agreement and a few
examples were provided:
AISI CP 106, ASNT attempt toharmonise does not meet theminimum training requirementswith justification.
Canada’s recent comment on
statistical analysis to prove there
may not be justifiable reason not
to implement recertification. EU
looked at this as a modification to
the ISO 9712 Standard.
I believe that there is potential toobtain one harmonised NDT certification
standard but it is still many years away
and will not happen until the ISO and CEN
directives are changed.
CEN TC 138 Chairman, Albert
Kozlowski, invited ICNDT to participate
as an Information/Observer to all future
CEN TC 138 meetings to include all
documentation for review.
Douglas J Marshall
Chairman, ICNDTFuture ICNDT Committee Meetings
PANNDT - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Executive Committee & PGP Committee, October 2007
17th WCNDT - Shanghai, China - Executive Committee, PGP Committee, ICNDT General Assembly, August 2008
10th APCNDT- Moscow, Russia - Executive Committee, PGP Committee, ICNDT General Assembly, June 2010

New symbol launched to warn public about radiation dangers

W

ith radiating waves, a skull
and crossbones and a runningperson, a new ionizing radiation
warning symbol is being introduced tosupplement the traditional international
symbol for radiation, the three cornered
trefoil.
The new symbol is being launched by
the IAEA and the International Organisationfor Standardization (ISO) to help reduceneedless deaths and serious injuries from
accidental exposure to large radioactive
sources. It will serve as a supplementary
warning to the trefoil, which has no
intuitive meaning and little recognition
beyond those educated in its significance.
“I believe the international recognition of
the specific expertise of both organisations
will ensure that the new standard will be
accepted and applied by governments andindustry to improve the safety of nuclear
applications, protection of people andthe environment,” said Ms Eliana Amaral,
Director, Division of Radiation, Transportand Waste Safety, IAEA.
The new symbol is aimed at alertinganyone, anywhere, to the potential dangers
of being close to a large source of ionizing
radiation, the result of a five-year project2

conducted
in11
countries around theworld. The symbolwastestedwithdifferent populationgroups – mixed ages,
varying educational
backgrounds,
maleand female – to ensurethat its message of‘danger – stay away’
was crystal clear andunderstood by all.
“We can’t teach the world about
radiation,” said Carolyn Mac Kenzie,
an IAEA radiation specialist who helped
develop the symbol, “but we can warn
people about dangerous sources for the
price of sticker.”
The new symbol, developed by humanfactor experts, graphic artists, and radiation
protection experts, was tested by the Gallup
Institute on a total of 1650 individuals in
Brazil, Mexico, Morocco, Kenya, Saudi
Arabia, China, India, Thailand, Poland,
Ukraine and the United States.
The symbol is intended for IAEA Category
1, 2 and 3 sources defined as dangerous
sources capable of death or serious

injury, including foodirradiators, teletherapy
machines for cancer
treatment
andindustrial radiography
units. The symbol is
to be placed on thedevice housing thesource, as a warning
nottodismantle
the device or to get
any closer. It will
not be visible undernormal use, only if someone attempts todisassemble the device. The symbol will
not be located on building access doors,transportation packages or containers.
“The new ionizing radiation warning
symbol (ISO 21482) is the latest successful
result of long-standing cooperation
between the IAEA and ISO. We
encourage the symbol’s rapid adoption
by the international community,” said ISO
Secretary-General Alan Bryden.
Many source manufacturers plan to
use the symbol on new large sources.
Strategies to apply the symbol on existinglarge sources are being developed by the
IAEA.

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An invitation to the 17th WCNDT, Shanghai, China, 2008s the Deputy President of ChSNDT and Presidentof the 17th WCNDT, I am pleased to invite you
all to participate in the 17th World Conference on
Non-Destructive Testing in Shanghai, China, from 27-31 August
2008.”
So says Dr Rong S Geng, who knows very well the importanceof NDT through his aircraft safety work at the Beijing Aeronautical
Technology Research Centre.
“NDT is undoubtedly one of the most rapidly developing andprogressive professions in China,” says Dr Geng, “and thanks to its
open-door policy and free market-oriented economy, China has arapidly developing economy too.”“We realise,” continues Dr Geng, “that an international
conference on non-destructive testing can bring us together andgive us an opportunity to meet old friends and make new ones.
Most importantly, the conference provides a good chance for us
to exchange ideas that help all of us do our job better in the future
and to improve international relations between different NDTsocieties and communities.”

political, economic, science and technology and culturalactivities.
SEC is situated in the centre of Shanghai, with easy access totransport facilities and nearby hotels.
As
both
the
conference and theexhibition will beheld in the same
location, it will bevery
convenient
for the delegates toattend the conference
as well as visit theexhibition.
The
technical
programme is also progressing well, and the TechnicalCommittee, under the Chairmanship of Dr Shen Gong Tian, hasalready received abstracts from all over the world. The deadline
for submission of subtracts is 31 October 2007. Here is the fullcalendar of important dates:
Abstract submission:
31 October 2007
Notification of acceptance:by 31 December 2007
Full paper submission:
29 February 2008
Notification of paper acceptance: 30 April 2008
Registration for participants is now open. All fees are in US $and the registration fee includes access to the entire conference
programme, access to the exhibition, coffee, welcome dinner,
abstracts booklet and proceedings CD-ROM and travel on
the Huangpu River. The accompanying person fee includes
participation in the opening ceremony, welcome dinner and travelon the Huangpu River.
Receipt ofReceipt ofOn-site or
payment until payment until after
26 Aug 2007 26 Feb 2008 26 Feb 2008

Preparations for the 17 WCNDT are well underway. Chairmanof the Organising Committee Professor Cai An Ding says: “The
Organising Committee of the 17th WCNDT will further strengthen
the cooperation with the International Committee of NDT (ICNDT)
and other NDT societies to prepare well and complete every task
properly.”
The Conference and Exhibition venue has been carefully
chosen and the conference website (www.17wcndt.com) has
been set up.
The 17th WCNDT and exhibition will be held in Shanghai
Exhibition Center (SEC), a centre designed to facilitate importantth

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ParticipantStudent
Accompanying
personUS $670
US $330
US $180

US $710
US $350
US $180

US $750
US $380
US $180

The considerable areas devoted to the exhibition are spread overfour halls and two levels, with separate international and national
sections. At the time of writing there are still some booths available,
but space is selling fast so it is recommended that companies act
quickly. Full details are available at www.17wcndt.com or bycontacting Mr Xu Yongchang, Mrs Zhu Yaqing and Ms Wang
Yingyun. Tel/Fax: +86 21 65550277; E-mail: chsndt2008@163.
com, chsndt@public2.sta.net.cn3Regional Report

Contact:
M Shafy – shafy@maktoob.com
F Herelli – herelli.f@scncff.com.tn$)5,&$T

NDT in Africa

he industrial development which began in the African
region in the sixties initiated the need for non-destructive
testing techniques; there were various industries using NDTtechniques as part of their operations, namely petroleum industries,
airlines, oil refineries, constructions and manufacturing of pressure
equipments.
In fact, NDT plays an important role in quality control ofproducts and safety of goods and persons which represent one of
the main challenges facing African countries.
Aware of the importance of the NDT, some African countries
have started since 1970 the implementation of programmes aiming
the dissemination and vulgarisation of these techniques and thetraining of manpower.
These efforts were consolidated by the support of theInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through its various
programmes such us national and regional Technical Cooperation
projects (TC), as well as Coordinated research projects (CRPs),
technical publication and cooperation with internationalorganisations including the ICNDT. Through this support many
achievements were made such us:
q Availability of basic infrastructure and equipment in majorityof the countries;
q Availability of trained and qualified persons in Levels II and III
according to IAEA TECDOC 628 and ISO 9712 standard;q Provision of NDT services;q Adoption of ISO 9712;
q Establishment of a network of national Project Coordinators;
q Establishment of two Regional Designated Centres: Southern
African Institute of Welding (SAIW, South Africa) and Centre
Technique des Industries Mecanique et Electriques (CETIME,
Tunisia);q Establishment of a programme of regular regional training
workshops and African NDT Conferences;q Participation in Coordinated Research Programme (CRP);
q Availability of training materials as per ISO 9712
requirements;
q Availability of core group of NDT experts in the region;
q Funding of the African Federation of Non Destructive Testing;q Incorporation of NDT methods in higher education in somecountries.
In addition, the following achievements have been made inpromoting good managerial practices:q Widespread use of strategic planning tools such as SWOT
analysis;q Awareness of the importance of marketing andcommunication;
q QC/QM;
q The need for developing business plans.

The total number of certified personnel in the four basic
methods had reached 2220, distributed as follows:

The African countries with the help of IAEA under the AFRA
new programme, from 2007 to 2010, continues the improvementof their capabilities and the establishment and optimisation of
the utilisation of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) facilities in theirregion, they have opted for a regional approach to maximise
scarce resources and avoid proliferating facilities with low national
demand.
Currently the majority rely on training and certification of NDT
personnel at Regional Designated Centres (RDCs), as recognisedby all Member States of AFRA – Southern African Institute of
Welding (SAIW, South Africa) and Centre Technique des Industries
Mecanique et Electriques (CETIME, Tunisia).
In 2005, the African Federation for Non-Destructive Evaluation(AFNDT) was formally accepted as the member of ICNDT at the
4th African Conference.
This African conference was held in Cairo, Egypt, in February
2006 and was attended by more than 200 participants. Until now
four African Conferences on NDT have been organised; the fifth
conference will be held in 2009 in Tunisia. During this conferencea collaboration agreement was signed between AFNDT and
ECNDT aiming to promote mutual recognition of certification
schemes.
Many technical and scientific publications have been presented
in the different regional and international NDT conference mainly
from Algeria.
During the 9th ECNDT, in Berlin, another country from theAfrican region, the Sudan, was accepted as a full member in
ICNDT.
The African Federation for Non-Destructive Evaluation will bepresent at 17th WCNDT, in Shanghai in China in 2008.
Mohamed Férid Herelli
African Federation for Non-Destructive Evaluation Chairman

18th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing
2012
Durban, South Africa
E-mail: amanda.vdwesthuizen@andtc.com

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Contact:
L Dick – ljdick@ndt.co.nz
O-Y Kwon – okwon@inha.ac.kr$6,$3$&,),&

News from the Malaysian Society for Non-Destructive Testing
EHP NDT team in Sudan
As a preparation for the implementation of the MalaysianSudan OIC-EHP project on non-destructive testing, a team offour experts from
Nuclear
Malaysia
weredespatched
to Khartoum on
3 March 2007. The
team comprised the
Director General of
Nuclear Malaysia,
the President andthe Treasurer of
MSNT, and a liaison
officer from Nuclear
The Director General of Nuclear Malaysia Malaysia. During thiswith Sudanese counterpart during the mission, all members
National Workshop on Qualification and of the team presented
Certification of Personnel in Khartoum
special lectures at the‘National Workshopon
Qualification
andCertification
of NDT Personnel,
3-4 March 2007’. The
rest of the week wasspent with Sudanesecounterparts
toformulate a project
paper to be tabled
totheIslamic
Development BankMSNT President presenting a memento to the for possible source
President of the Sudanese Society for NDT at of finance for thisthe end of the workshop
project.

Revision of Safety Code of Practice forIndustrial Radiography
The Atomic Energy
Licensing
Board(AELB) has invited
severalmembersof MSNT to bemembers of a Special
Committee to revise
the existing Codes.
The first meeting of
the Committee washeld on 21 March
2007 at AELB in
Bangi and chairedby the President of The headquarters of AELB
MSNT. During thisone-day meeting a significant amount of progress was made on
this revision. The Committee was given two months to complete
the review to allow this document to be launched on time.

Meeting on agreement of mutual recognition
of NDT certificate within RCA member states
The National Certifying Body for NDT, Department of Skill
Development-DVD (formerly known as MLVK) has invited the
MSNT President to discuss the Malaysian position to be a party
to this agreement (that is promoted by the IAEA). The discussion
was made with the presence of the Ministry’s Legal Advisors.

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At the end of thismeeting, which took
place on 15 March
2007, all members
agreed that Malaysia
should support thismove and agree
to work towards
qualifying
thiscountry to be a party
to this agreement.
A letter of intention
to be a party to this MSNT President with Mr Pang of the
Department of Skills Development andagreement was later
Legal Advisors from the Ministry of Humansent by the DVD to Resources
the RCA counterpart
to be transmitted to the IAEA.

Board of Directors meeting
MSNT Board of
Directors met again
on 22 March 2007
to discuss various
matters related toactivities of theSociety. The meeting
was held at Nuclear
Malaysia and wasattendedbyamajority of Board
members.
Matters
discussed during this MSNT Board of Directors during themeeting
included meetingthe preparation of
the Annual General Meeting, changing the status of the MSNT
Newsletter to technical journal, preparation of NDT and Corrosion
Management Asian Conference and proposal of amendment toconstitution related to the election of Board members.

Expert mission by President, Korean Society for
Non-Destructive Testing
Upon request by Nuclear Malaysia, the IAEA has despatched a
Korean expert to assist Nuclear Malaysia in strengthening its
technical capability of advanced ultrasonics. Mr Jong Po Lee, who
is also the President of the Korean Society for NDT, has spent a weekof his time to assist researchers in Nuclear Malaysia. The impactof his presence in this country has been maximised by giving him
the opportunity to present a lecture to the Society’s members. This
lecture, entitled ‘Robotic NDT – Korean Experience’, was held on
29 March and attended by some 40 NDT specialists from variousorganisations.

NDT in MTE 2007 – Malaysian Technology Expo
At least three research products were exhibited during this expo,
which was held 29-31 March 2007. Two of these products,
automatic gamma projector winder cable and eddy current
probes, were presented by groups of researchers from Nuclear
Malaysia, whereas another on cable inspection based on magnetic
flux system was exhibited by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).
Both products displayed by Nuclear Malaysia won silver medals,
whereas the product exhibited by UPM won a bronze.
Extracted from MSNT e-newsletter, edited by Mr Suhairy and
Mr Amry. E-mail: suhairy@nuclearmalaysia.gov.my/amry@
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Contact:
E Romero – informacion@aend.org
V Krstelj – vjera.krstelj@fsb.hr(8523(EFNDT WG5 – PS&SndtT

in service of Public Security and Safety NDT Technology

G

eneral knowledge of the role of NDT in everyday needs
for safety and in safety precautions is not very prevalent,
and the subject is not well-understood, even by many
supposedly well-informed professionals. This is very often thereason why valuable results in NDT research and development
have not been used to good effect for the benefit of safety andquality. This article about EFNDT WG5 is intended to inform the
NDT comunity and beyond about some of the work carried out
by EFNDT WG5 – PS&SndtT: Public Security and Safety NDTTechnology.
For more than 50 years, the NDT community has demonstrated
the capability of application of NDT techniques in wide range ofhuman activities by detecting defects that may be regarded as
potential causes of damage. Conventional areas of NDT application
where NDT is implemented with reliable results are pipelines,
containers and pressure vessels, oil refineries, transportation,
railways, ships, airplanes, satellites, roads, bridges, water-gates,
energy plants, nuclear plants and objects of art. So there is a verysignificant influence of NDT in the protection and conservation of
the environment.
Specific fields where NDT has to be applied, and with therequirements of even higher reliability, emerged at the end of
twentieth century. Around 80 million antipersonnel land mines
are left in more than 80 countries worldwide (today 91). Theinternational community faces a huge challenge in de-mining
and overcoming of the problem of mine-polluted countries. It
was planned (at the Ottawa convention) to begin a process ofdeactivation of mines, unexploded objects and hidden dangerous
objects until year 2010. It was declared by most of the official
documents. Unfortunately it was more like wishful thinking thanrealistic option and possibility. With current knowledge anddynamic that is in everyday practice, our quest for a ‘mines-freeworld’ would require many more years, huge funding and no moremines laid.
NDT can be a powerful source of methods for mine detection.
The potential technologies include but are not limited to acoustic,
electromagnetic induction, infrared imaging, nuclear and radar. It
is possible to apply many NDT methods to locate mines or otherunexploded objects but with due concern about the consequencesin their capability, efficiency and reliability.
Key issues in achieving goals are to support planning andinvestment in the development of methods and expertise forsolving the problem of mine detection.
EFNDT founded the Working Group for Antipersonnel
Landmines Detection, WG5, at the Meeting of EFNDT Board of
Directors in Berlin, March 1999. This was later renamed into WG 5
for Anti-Personnel Mine Detection (EFNDT WG5 APMD) sinceanti-personnel mines also have been encountered in waters.
The mandatory goal was to contribute the improvement of
humanitarian de-mining through several ways:
q motivate R&D on mine detection methods and techniques toachieve better efficiency in humanitarian de-miningq raise awareness and co-operation regarding the improvementof humanitarian de-mining among the scientific and expert
community, in particular in the NDT fieldq promote European NDT research competitiveness and address
specific global or regional issues where there is a mutualinterest and benefit
q support cooperation between NDT societies in relation to
universities, industry, research centres and public authorities
across the Europe as well as the rest of the world
The significant contribution from NDT is expected primarily
for validation of methods in use and work on R&D for advanced
technology which can accelerate the procedure and improve

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significantly the overall quality of detection with reliable results
and lower cost.
EFNDT WG5-APMD, in accordance with its mission,
continuously induces discussions and other efforts regarding
collecting and disseminating the results within the field of mine
detection, among the interested scientists and experts.
WG5 contributed to introduce the sections devoted to mine
detection methods and technologies into the programme of NDT
conferences:q 15th WCNDT, Rome 2000, (first approach)q 8th ECNDT, Barcelona 2002
q ITEP Workshop, BAM – Berlin, 2003
q 16th WCNDT, Montreal 2004
q MATEST, always included sessions from 2000
q 9th ECNDT, Berlin 2006 (three sessions)
The extension of the WG5 scope has been carried out inspite of the fact that the mine problem has not been solved. It isa response to the rapidly growing threats that include increasing
terrorist and crime activities that may hit any country any time.
The main reasons for an extended scope is that a new value will
be added to wider civil environment.
We can offer and apply powerful NDT methods in detection anddiagnostics of all kinds of threats in the civil environment. It will beeven of benefit to the humanitarian de-mining community since
the new scope demands sharing of interdisciplinary knowledge
and participation of a wider group of experts in WG5.
After many discussions, the univocal resolutions of WG5
meetings in 2005 were a substantial need in broadening of thescope. This was approved by the EFNDT General Assembly in
Vienna on 11 November 2005.
The extended scope and the new name of WG5 is:
PS&SndtT – Public Security and Safety NDT Technology
The name includes detection and protection technology andvarious kinds of threats in the civil environment.
At the first meeting of WG5 – PS&SndtT (11 of WG5 at all)in Zagreb and the Workshop held in Mine Action Academy,
Polytechnik College, Velika Gorica, it was acknowledged together
with the new members from the wider scope that:
q The knowledge on explosives may be applicable to bothde-mining and diagnostics of other explosive devices so theactivities of scientists/experts devoted to those areas could berationalised.
q Harmonisation of education and certification of personnel inhumanitarian de-mining as well as in the detection of otherexplosive devices is of growing interest, since more and moreagencies and organisations may be getting involved in thisarea. An implementation of NDT experience in certification
and accreditation system (ISO, EN standards) is possible andwould be helpful in this context.
q The concomitant research programmes may be funded from
more financial resources.
The permanent initiative in WG5 is to meet the global demand
for safety and to acknowledge the importance of ICNDT insupporting the NDT community. WG5 is open to the affiliatedmembers of ICNDT to join us in the quest for a safer and betterworld for present and future generations.
All comments, questions and particularly new members arevery welcome. For further information please visit our website at:www.efndt.org/wg5
EFNDT WG5 PS&SndtT Convenor
Prof dr Vjera Krstelj
e-mail: vk@fsb.hr

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Hellenic Society’s international conference

he 4 International Conference on Non-Destructive Testing,organised by the Hellenic Society of Non-Destructive
Testing, is to be held 11-14 October 2007 in Chania, Crete.
Chania is located in the northwestern side of Crete Island, theplace where the famous Minoan civilisation was developed before
45 centuries and is a lively, exciting and fascinating city.
The conference venue is the Center of Mediterranean
Architecture (CAM), an historical and wonderful Venetian building
situated in the old port of the city of Chania.
The conference organising committee, with its chairman
Dr Ioannis Prassianakis, invites readers to present papers andposters in all relevant fields of NDT and also to participate in the
exhibition of new NDT products, which will take place during theconference.
The themes of the conference are: skills; applications;innovations; industrial manufacturing; aerospace; marine.
The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists andengineers in order to exchange recent experiences in the researchand development activities in the field of NDT.
thq Applications for the shipping and aerospace industries
q Applications for power generation (including nuclear
technologies)
q Theoretical modelling
q NDT applications in the civil structures industry
q Non-contact NDT methods
q Industrial manufacturing
q Aerospace and marine
The deadline for submission of abstracts has passed. Other
important dates are as follows:
Full paper and poster submission:
Advertisement submission by
exhibitors and sponsors:
Late participation deadline:
Final programme:

10 July 2007
10 July 2007
10 September 2007
30 September 2007

A preliminary programme has been released:
11/10/07, 08.30-09.00: Conference registration
11/10/07, 09.00:
Opening ceremony
11/10/07, 11.00:
Exhibition and poster session opening
12/10/07, 20.00:
Formal dinner
12/10/07, 08.30-09.00: Conference registration
13/10/07, 09.00-14.00: EFNDT BoD meeting
13/10/07, 17.00:
Closing remarks and conference end
14/10/07, 08.30-17.00: Excursion to Heraclion-Knossos
Conference fees:
Students
Attendees
Exhibitors
Sponsors
Grand sponsors: more thanThe picturesque harbour in Chania, Crete

The topics to be covered by the conference include all thematic
areas of current research and industrial use of NDT. Main topicsof the conference are:q Applications and innovations of NDT methods
q Inspection, training and certification
q Composite materials, welding and adhesion
q Digital radiography
q NDT technology transfer
q NDT for the diagnostics and refurbishment of cultural heritage
monuments

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150 Euro
400 Euro
800 Euro
1500 Euro
2000 Euro

Accompanying persons for the formal dinner will be charged
40 Euro each
The main sponsors of the Conference are:q National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences NTUAq Technical University of Creteq FILMFREE Industrial Radiography EU 6-Collective Research
Project, 2002-2006
q Olympic Airlines
For further information contact: HSNT, PO Box 64066, Zographou
157 10, Athens, Greece. Tel/Fax: +30210 7723759; E-mail: hsnt@
hsnt.gr7

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Czech Society for NDT in co-operation with DGZfP and EFNDT organizes on one place a multiple NDT/NDE event entitled

European NDT Days in Prague 07
November 5–9, 2007•

TOP HOTEL PRAHA, Prague, Czech Republic

4th Int. workshop, meeting of NDT experts

International conference“NDT IN PROGRESS”“NDE FOR SAFETY”

November 5–7, 2007

November 7–9, 2007

37th annual CNDT int. conference“NDT EXPO”

November 7–9, 2007

exhibition of NDT technique and services
November 6–8, 2007

“DEFEKTOSKOPIE 2007”

Four NDT Events in One Week in the Middle of Europe
NDE for Safety – The conference aim is to support the expanding role of NDE methods in manufacturing, power, construction, maintenance, and other industries, as well as in research and development. Non traditional possibilities of NDT/NDE
utilisation will be discussed too.
NDT in Progress – The basic aim of this traditional workshop is the meeting of NDT world experts and discussion of the latest
state-of-the-art of the NDT research and development in selected areas. The workshop is organized commonly by Czech
and German NDT Societies.
Defektoskopie 2007 – 37th int. conference will be organized as an annual meeting of the Czech Society for NDT.
NDT Expo – The exhibition of NDT/NDE instruments and services for participants of all events of European NDT Days in
Prague 07.

For more info see: http://www.cndt.cz/endtd07/

Contact:
Organized by
Czech Society for NDT

Dr. Pavel Mazal
CNDT, Brno
University of Technology
Technicka 2
CZ 616 69 Brno
Czech Republic
E-mail: cndt@cndt.cz

Main sponsor
Helling GmbH

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Regional Report

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

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Publication News – On the shelf this spring is the fifth in theseries of method Classroom Training Books; the recently
published ultrasonic testing (UT) book is one of the ASNT
Personnel Training Publications. This volume covers Level I andLevel II material. It features: a fundamental introduction to UT,
qualification and certification information, basic principles of
acoustics and ultrasonics, transducer operation and theory, testing
techniques, calibrating transducers, ultrasonic testing applications
and evaluation standards. As with liquid penetrant (PT) andmagnetic particle (MT) testing methods, this Classroom Training
Book will provide the building block for the new multimedia
Instructor and Student packages which will be published thissummer.
Also publishing early this summer is the Nondestructive Testing
Handbook, third edition: Volume 7, Ultrasonic Testing. With aneditorial emphasis on practicality, the 600 page volume represents
a collaborative effort of 100 experts in the field. Information
is included that is useful to Level II and Level III inspectors.
Chapters correspond to ASNT’s industrial committees: Aerospace,
Chemical-Petroleum, Electric Power, Infrastructure, and Metals.
Other chapters cover applications in material characterisation andadvanced materials. Metric units are provided throughout and all
alloys are identified in the Unified Numbering System. The UT
Handbook which has 467 Figures, includes hundreds of pages
on twenty-first century applications. In addition to the hardboundvolume, the publication will be available on CD-ROM. The
CD-ROM will feature these enhancements: QuickTime video, a
powerful search function with every word electronically indexed,
and extensive linking to all points within the text.
Visit ASNT’s online bookstore, ShopASNT, for more details andpurchasing information.
Another highlight for ASNT this spring was the 16th Annual
Research Symposium that was held at the Wyndham Orlando
Resort in Florida. The March conference brought together almost
400 attendees, offered 72 papers in 16 sessions, and featured
28 exhibitors. The symposium provided attendees with a varietyof activities, including the impressive research programme,
informative exhibits, special lectures and important committee
meetings.
The Keynote Address, ‘Transformation of Air Power throughNondestructive Testing and Evaluation’ was presented by Thomas
Prete, Programme Chief Engineer and Engineering Director for
operational military engines at Pratt and Whitney. He spoke on
the ways in which non-destructive testing and structural healthmonitoring have advanced in tandem with innovations in engine
technology and design. Prete traced the parallel development of
NDT technologies alongside the histories of some of the mostprominent military aircraft of recent years, including the F-15,
F-16, EA6B, B52, C17 and, most recently, the F-22 Raptor.
The symposium programme covered an array of research
fields, including manufacturing NDT issues, NDT of infrastructure,
MT/PT, pipeline testing, NDT within the electric power generationindustry, aerospace NDT, thermal methods and a number ofothers.
Joseph Rose, of the Pennsylvania State University, washonoured with the Research Award for Innovation in recognitionof his work with ultrasonic guided waves. His address, ‘The
Imminent Ultrasonic Guided Wave Revolution in NDE’, described
the current work being accomplished in this field and the effects it
will have on the NDT industry in general. The Research Award for
Sustained Excellence was presented to R Bruce Thompson, of the
Iowa State University, for his work in the area of ultrasonic nondestructive testing. He spoke on the ‘Effects of Grain Boundary
Scattering on UT Propagation as Applied to NDE’, explaining

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ASNT Research Council and National Programme Chair GlennLight, of the Southwest Research Institute, is shown on the right,
congratulating Research Programme Committee Chair Lisa Brascheof Iowa State University for developing the symposium’s professional
programme

the potential difficulties encountered due to this condition when
conducting ultrasonic NDT.
Special recognition goes to ASNT Research ProgrammeCommittee Chair Lisa Brasche, of Iowa State University, and to themembers of the Organising Committee Research Council for the
successful symposium.

Fine tuning of the Constitution
On 26 March 2007, members of the draft committee for the
ICNDT Constitution met in Orlando, Florida prior to the start of the
ASNT Spring Conference to finalise the details of the Constitution.
Although not all members could be present, the comments
received by membership were reviewed by the attendees andwhere applicable to legalisation changes were made. The revised
draft will be sent to all ICNDT Members in December for a final
review. The mandate for acceptance will be at the General
Assembly Meeting to take place during the 17th World Conference
on NDT in Shanghai, China, at which time ICNDT will become alegalised organisation.
Thanks are due to ASNT, for their hospitality in hosting theConstitution Revision Meeting, participants and contributors.

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3$1$0(5,&$Brazil hosts ISO Secretariat
The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) has
just won the Secretariat of an ISO (International Organisationfor Standardisation) technical committee. ISO is a not-for-profit
international organisation that elaborates technical standards
adopted by modern countries. It is the sub-committee (SC-09)/
Acoustic Emission, of the Technical Committee (TC 135), dealing
with the development of international standards for NDT. ABENDE,
accredited by ABNT as a Sector Standardization Organism(ONS 58), will be its partner on this new challenge, providing all
its technical expertise in the development of activities, including
the support to host the secretariat.

ABENDE now is OSCIP
ABENDE has been recognised as a Civil Society Organisationof Public Interest (OSCIP) by the Justice Department. OSCIP isa special qualification title for the Third Sector that allows someadvantages and benefits to the entity; among others is the possibilityof receiving donations from companies that are deductible fromthe operational profit, development of projects of interest of the
public sector towards actions for people training.

Aeronautics Sector Committee is reactivated
A meeting at the General Command of Aerospace Technology (CTA)
in the city of São José dos Campos, at Vale do Paraíba, resumed
the work of the Aeronautics Sector Committee. The key topic
was the decision to revise the NAS 410 Standard that establishes
the minimum requirements for the qualification and certificationof staff involved in NDT in the sector. The meeting also had theparticipation of representatives from several companies such as
Metal-Chek, EndCheck, Ideal, TAM, VEM, Revisa and Rolls-Royce.

INMETRO promotes international forum withABENDE’s support
To foster a wide discussion on staff training, qualification andcertification, INMETRO will promote the International Forum on
Staff Certification, on 25 and 26 September 2007, in São Paulo.
ABENDE, as the Secretariat of the Staff Technical Commissionof INMETRO, supports the event with other members of theCommissions. For more information visit: www.inmetro.gov.br

SNQC/ABENDE recognises dimensional
control professionals
ABENDE, through its National System of Staff Qualification andCertification in NDT (SNQC/ABENDE), is recognising Dimensional
Control professionals qualified by SEQUI/PETROBRAS. The
decision brings benefits to candidates that will not have a
document to prove their professional capacity and experience andwill be able to improve their scope of work. For more information,
contact the Certification Sector by telephone (011) 5586-3191, ore-mail: qualificacao@abende.org.br

Level 2 professionals can now keep thecertification for 5 years through thestructured credit
At the last meeting of the Certification Counsel, held on
28 November 2006, it was approved the change in the rule thatmade compulsory the re-certification exam after the first five yearsof certification. Therefore, professionals who are completing the first
five years of certification can request the renewal provided theymeet the DC-013 requirements.
In this same meeting, the Certification Counsel approved thereview of the DC-013 document. The objective of the review was togive more flexible ways to obtain the scores. This change will makethe certification renewal possible for many level 2 professionals in
2007. The Certification Counsel made this decision after analysing

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the criteria for renewal, described on ISO 9712 and due to the lackof level 3 professionals in the market. The DC-013 document in its
first revision is available for reference at ABENDE’s website.

New qualification at ABENDE
The Civil Construction Sector Committee has just been establishedat ABENDE. This is the first step to put into practice a partnershipto qualify and certify professionals in the concrete technology
area signed between ABENDE and the Brazilian Associationof Companies in Construction Technology (ABRATEC). The
companies’ members of this committee are PETROBRAS, SENAI,L A Falcão Bauer, Fatec, Sabesp, Metrô, EPT Engenharia e
Pesquisas, Concremat and Alphageos Tecnologia Aplicada.

Mercosur standard for staff certification
Project 24:03-00001 – Non-Destructive Testing – Staff Qualification
and Certification (ISO 9712:2005) is already available for nationalreference. The analysis can be performed at the website of theBrazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT). It is
important to highlight that the analysis is carried out by membersof all countries members of the Mercosur Committee.

ABNT publishes Q&C standards for access by rope
The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT) has justpublished the standard NBR 15475 – Qualification and Certificationof Professionals of Access by Rope that established the methodology
to qualify and certificate professionals of access by rope. The standard
was developed by the ABNT’s Temporary Commission of Special
Studies, supported by the NDT Sector Standardisation Organism(ONS 58) of ABENDE that actively worked on this work. ABENDE,
through the Certification Sector within ABENDE’s Certification
System will prepare the methodology to qualify and certify these
professionals. Other information is available at: www.abnt.org.br

ABENDE launches multi-customer project ontechnical reliability of ultrasoundNon-destructive testing techniques are more and more researched
and used as an evaluation method of structures and engineeringsystems, both in the project and in its lifespan. In industry, in
general, these researches have been on the spot due to thegreat consequences of an equipment failure that can go fromenvironmental disasters to the loss of human lives. However, one
parameter that should be recognised for a more adequate selectionof the non-destructive testing technique to be used is its reliability
that should be assessed by means of probability of detection curves(PoD), which represents the probability of that specific technique
to detect a defect of a particular dimension
Taking this into consideration, ABENDE in partnership with theFederal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), launched a new multicustomer project in order to assess the reliability of non-destructive
testing techniques, first for the manual ultrasound technique, andlater on to be rolled out to other techniques.
As a result, the project tries to establish the probability ofdetection curve (PoD) for ultrasound testing in the inspection ofcarbon steel welding applied in the oil and gas industry in order to:
q Improve the integrity conditions of the equipment installed by
the correct definition of discontinuity detection levels;q Obtain the necessary tools for risk-based inspection using
detection indexes applied in the national market;
q Improve equipment projects through the correct use of thedetection levels for the ultrasound method;q Establish the best inspection interval between operation
campaigns;
q Select the best ultrasound inspection method through a costbenefit analysis.
The project will last for 20 months and has nine participant
companies.

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he 4th Pan-American Conference for Non-Destructive
Testing will be held at the Panamericano Buenos Aires Hoteland Resort on 22-26 October 2007.
Abstracts have been submitted. The Scientific Committee has
issued the list of papers accepted. The final submission date was
1 June 2007.
Fifty-three abstracts have been received up to the present timefrom countries such as Brazil, the Czech Republic, Germany,
Korea, the US, apart from Argentina.

Daniel L Balageas – Scientific Advisor Emeritus – ONERA – Cedex,
France‘Infrared thermography: a multifaceted technique for nondestructive evaluation’.
There will be an exhibition floor where companies will show
their products and services. Visitors will be able to access the mostrecent technologies, make new contacts, meet industry colleagues,
get updated and see demos. As companies have already booked

Papers may dwell on any of the following:
q Personnel training and certification
q Art and cultural heritage preservation
q Service companies
q NDT in labs and R&D centres
q Power generation
q Car industry
q Oil and gas industry
q Paper and pulp industry
q Electronics
q Railway industry
q Manufacturing industries
q Naval industry
q Nuclear industry
q Petrochemical industry
q Space industry
q Steel industry
q Building and civil construction
q Plant maintenance and inspection
q Smart materials and structuresq Aircraft engines, fuselage and helicopter
propeller blades
q Welding

Guest Speakers
Yoseph Bar-Cohen – NASA – Jet Propulsion
Laboratory‘Human-like robotic inspectors – science
fiction and engineering reality’.
Iris Altpeter – Non-Destructive Essays Fraunhofer Institute –Germany‘Detection of material ageing by using micromagnetic methods’.
Laura Obrutsky – Researcher on induced current – Atomic Energyof Canada – Canada‘Steam generator inspection: faster, cheaper and better. Are we
there yet?’.
Massimiliano Pieraccini – University of Florence – Italy‘Survey and testing through interferometric radar: applications tocultural heritage and public utilities’,
Sergio Damasceno Soares – Tecnologia de Materiais, Equipamentos
e Corrosão
Centro de Pesquisas da PETROBRAS – CENPES‘PETROBRAS Technological System – from wheel to gas station’.

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the foreseen area ‘Salon Los Jardines’, only special places areavailable close to the lecturer room ‘Salon Panamericano’.
The Conference is organised by the Pan-American Committee
for Non-Destructive Testing, which gathers NDT organisations
from all over the Americas, in cooperation with the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International Society
for Optical Engineering (SPIE). Three events will take place inparallel: The 6th Regional Congress of Non-Destructive andStructural Testing (CORENDE), the meeting of the ISO TC-135(Technical Committee No 135 of the International Standardization
Organization – NDT) and the meeting of the Policy and General
Purposes Committee of the International Committee for NonDestructive Testing (PGP – ICNDT). Efforts will continue the week
after that, with a Standarization MERCOSUR Meeting to be held
29- 30 October.
More information: http://www.aaende.org.ar/aaende_end/index_
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Month

Date

Venue

Event

Contact

11-14

Harrogate
UK

Second World Congress on Engineering
Asset Management and FourthInternational Conference on Condition
Monitoring

daniel.grove@bindt.org
www.wceam-cm2007.org

20-23

Houston, Texas
USA

International Chemical and Petroleum
Industry Inspection Technology (ICPIIT) X
Conference

jgiunta@asnt.org
www.asnt.org/events/events.htm

25-27

Lyon
FranceInternational Symposium on Digital
Industrial Radiology and Computed
Tomography

valerie.kaftandjian@insa-lyon.fr
www.dir2007.com

4-5

Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

3rd NDT & Corrosion Management Asia
Conference & Exhibition

zaman@safan.com
www.safan.com

17-20

Glasgow
ScotlandNDT 2007 Conference and Materials
Testing 2007 Exhibition

conf@bindt.org
www.bindt.org

26-27

BerlinGermany

5th International Conference on
Certification and Standardisation in NDTtagungen@dgzfp.de
www.certification2007.info

1-5

Yalta
Ukraine15th International Conference andExhibition ‘Modern Methods and Meansof NDT and Technical Diagnostics’

office@conference.kiev.ua
www.conference.kiev.ua

8-10

Budapest
Hungary

6th International Conference on NDE in
Relation to Structural Integrity for Nuclear
and Pressurised Components

marovisz@marovisz.hu
www.6thnde.com

11-13

Milan
Italy

Italian National Conference on NDT

aipnd@numerica.it

11-14

ChaniaCrete

4th International Conference of theHellenic Society for NDT

hsnt@hsnt.gr
www.hsnt.gr

22-26

Buenos Aires
Argentina

4th Pan-American Conference on
Non-Destructive Testing (PANNDT)

info@aaende.org.ar
www.aaende.org.ar

5-9

PragueCzech Republic

4th Workshop ‘NDT in Progress’,
International Conference ‘NDE for Safety’,‘Defektoskopie 2007’ and NDT Expowww.cndt.cz/endtd07/

12-16

Las Vegas
USA

ASNT Fall Conference and Quality TestingShow

www.asnt.org

27-30

Kiev
Ukraine

Exhibition ‘Patterns, Standards andInstruments’

May
2008

25-30

Jerusalem
IsraelArt2008 – 9th International Conference
on NDT, Microanalysis and Preservationin the Conservation of Cultural andEnvironmental Heritage

meetings@isas.co.il
www.isas.co.il/art2008

August2008

26-30

ShanghaiChina

17th World Conference on NDT

chsndt@public2.sta.net.cn
chsndt2008@163.com
www.17wcndt.com

November
2009

8-13

YokohamaJapan

13th Asia-Pacific Conference on NonDestructive Testing 2009

apcndt2009@jsndi.or.jp
www.apcndt2009.com

June
2010

7-11

Moscow
Russia10th European Conference on NDT

spektr@co.ru
www.rsnttd.ru

DurbanSouth Africa

18th World Conference on NDTamanda.vdwesthuizen@andtc.com

June
2007

September
2007

October
2007

November
2007

2012

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silova@iec-expo.com.ua
www.tech-expo.com.ua/eng/pz

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