CONTENTS
News............................................. 1-2
Africa Regional Group....................... 3
European Regional Group................. 4
WCNDT............................................ 5
Asia-Pacific Regional Group.............. 6
ICNDT Guide.................................... 7
Pan-American Regional Group...... 8-9
Calendar of Events........................... 10

The World Organisation for NDTVolume 8 Issue No 15

March 2015

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

2014 – a particularly successful year

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Developments
in occupationalradiation protections Chairman of ICNDT, I am very pleased toprepare my first Chairman’s Message of 2015
and wish everyone a happy, peaceful andsuccessful year.
Looking back, I believe 2014 was a particularly
successful year for ICNDT and its regional organisations.
The ICNDT Annual Report was recently compiled, which
can be found on the ICNDT website: www.icndt.org
The 11th European NDT Conference in Prague
was a highlight of the year. There was a good
representation from all around the world, which wasmuch appreciated. During the event, the ICNDTGeneral Assembly held an important meeting andagreed the main actions for its Strategic Plan throughto the next ICNDT elections in 2016. It also agreed, inprinciple, to pursue further a proposed reorganisationof the relationship between ICNDT and its Regional Federations, to strengthen cooperationand improve their combined service to the global NDT community.
The two ICNDT workshops held in Prague were also very successful. The outcomesof the ‘Workshop on Qualification and Certification of Personnel’ are being fed into the
ISO TC135 SC7 activities, towards the next revision of ISO 9712. Based on the ‘Workshop
on the Importance of NDT and NDT Research’, ICNDT is producing a prestigious booklet
for presentation to research funders and engineering institutions. This is to meet a challenge
from Professor Baldev Raj.
The ICNDT Guide to NDT Education, based on the earlier workshops in Mumbai and
Baltimore, has also been completed. This will soon be available on the ICNDT website.
In December 2014, I attended the IAEA International Conference on Occupational
Radiation Protection: Enhancing the Protection of Workers – Gaps, Challenges
and Developments, to represent ICNDT and co-chair the session on ‘Occupational
Radiation Protection in Industrial and Research & Education Facilities’. Radiation safety
and protection are important in NDT, both for industrial radiographers and other NDT
specialists who carry out in-service inspections on nuclear plant. The session I co-chaired
was well supported by NDT professionals well known in ICNDT, from Holland, France andGermany. Four of the five papers related to industrial radiography. Whilst most industrial
radiographers are exposed to annual doses of radiation in the range of 4-5 mSv, well below
the annual permitted level of 20 mSv, a small number exceed these levels due to accidents,
carelessness or faulty equipment. The problem is greater in developing countries, whereradiation protection training may not be mandatory or where communications break down.
This is an area where ICNDT should step up its activity and is inviting additional people tojoin WG5 to help take this forward.
During 2015, ICNDT will have the first meeting of its new working group, WG6, which
will focus on condition monitoring. Individuals who are interested in participating should
advise their own NDT society or let me know directly.

he IAEA International Conference on
Occupational Radiation Protection:
Enhancing the Protection of Workers– Gaps, Challenges and Developments,organised in cooperation with theInternational Labour Organisation, took
place 1-5 December 2014, in Vienna. I was
pleased to attend and represent ICNDT as
well as co-chair the session on ‘Occupational
Radiation Protection in Industrial andResearch & Education Facilities’. The
co-chair was Cindy Flannery (US NRC).
Radiation safety and protection isimportant in NDT, both for industrial
radiographers and also for other NDT
specialists who carry out in-service
inspections on nuclear plant.
I was able to attend several othersessions during the conference, covering
health risk management (including regular
medicals for radiation workers), doserecord management (important for bothcompanies and for itinerant workers) and ayoung professionals round table (designed
to provide some of the younger attendees
with a platform for sharing their interests).
The session I co-chaired was well
supported by NDT professionals wellknown in ICNDT, from Holland, Franceand Germany. Four of the five papers
related to industrial radiography.
Richard van Sonsbeek, Applus RTD’s
Group HSQE Manager and responsible forradiation safety, is chair of the Working Group
Industrial Radiography (WGIR) of the ISEMIR
project of the IAEA. His excellent paper
suggested that whilst radiation protection
training for radiographers is reasonably wellestablished there is still room for improvement,
especially with respect to refresher training

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ICNDT Chairman Mike Farley reports…

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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
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Members of the ICNDT Executive
Committee will be present at several events
around the world in 2015, including the
ASNT 24th Research Symposium, the DACH
Conference in Salzburg, the Conferenceon Equipment Technology (COTEQ) in
Brazil, the Twelfth International Conference
on Condition Monitoring and Machinery
Failure Prevention Technologies (CM2015/
MFPT2015) in Oxford, the 6th Pan-American
Conference for NDT in Cartagena, Columbia(where a Policy and General Purposes
Committee meeting will be held), the ASNT
Annual Conference (where a WG1 meeting
will be held), the AFNDT Conference in
Algiers and the Malaysian International NDT
Conference and Exhibition (MINDTC 15).
Finally, I would like to thank all
who have supported ICNDT in the pastand thank you in anticipation of yourcontinuing involvement.

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.

Material for the next ICNDT Journal should be sent toSharon Bond, email: s.bond@cinde.ca
Continued from front page
and practical emergency response training.
The frequency of the occurrence of incidents(accidents, near-misses and deviations) is nottrivial and methods such as better incident
reporting, analysis, feedback and sharing
lessons learned need to be better utilised. Van
Sonsbeek’s paper included recommendations
for further action following a technicalmeeting held at the IAEA in June 2014. He
made some suggestions as to where theassistance of ICNDT would be appreciated:
1. Development of an internationallyrecognised standard for training onradiation safety in industrial radiography
operations. It should cover training forvarious roles, for example assistants,
radiographer, planning, maintenance, etc.
Note: ICNDT already has its Examination
Question Bank on radiation protection
and access via its members to training
and examination syllabuses.
2. A review of the effectiveness of the
ISO 3999 specification for gamma
equipment. Van Sonsbeek is doubtfulthat this standard is reducing incidents
and instead may be making them evenmore severe or complex to solve.
3. An international database on radiation
protection data. This would be developed
in stages. The first two stages would enable
the collection of data on the doses, workload
and radiation protection programme of
NDT companies and allow statisticalanalysis, benchmarking and reporting
tools. The metric proposed for assessing
the effectiveness of the optimisation will2

be the (average) occupational exposure
per radiographic exposure for a (group of)industrial radiographer(s). The performance
can then be statistically assessed as afunction of parameters, such as training,use of survey meters and collimators,
percentage of site radiography, etc. The
third stage would be the development of amodule for incident reporting and analysis,
as well as for sharing the lessons to belearned from incidents.
4. Road map – a software tool to allow
NDT companies to compare theirradiation protection programme with theaccepted practice by answering a seriesof questions on different topics. Finding a
way to make the responsibility of clientsfor radiation safety more explicit, or give
more responsibility for radiation safety toclients, with the objective of achieving alevel playing field in which NDT providers
compete while providing the same
minimum required level of radiation safety.
Etienne Martin, COFREND and EDF,
explained how EDF has been motivated
to replace radiography by alternative NDT
methods, but has found that it is not so easy
and there will remain a place for radiography.
Charlotte Kaps, DGZfP, described thetraining and examination requirements foroccupational radiation protection in Germany.
DGZfP offers courses and certification.
A A Al Shehhi, from the UAE regulator,
provided a regulator’s view from her country.
In the UAE, most industrial radiography iscarried out by itinerant workers from othercountries who do not speak Arabic or English.

Dr J M Farley
Chairman, ICNDTThere are communication problems and too
many accidents involving over-exposure.
The session also included a vigorous
discussion session, which in my view reinforced
the message from Richard van Sonsbeek. Whilst
most industrial radiographers are exposed
to annual doses of radiation in the range of
4-5 mSv, well below the annual permitted
level of 20 mSv, a small number exceed
these levels due to accidents, carelessness
or faulty equipment. The problem is greaterin developing countries, where radiation
protection training may not be mandatory or
where communications break down.
The session also featured input from Renate
Czarwinski, President of the International
Radiation Protection Association (IRPA),
Donald Cool, Chairman of Committee 4 of
the International Commission on RadiologicalProtection (ICRP), and Eduardo Gallego,
President of the Spanish Radiation Protection
Society (SEPR). Eduardo spoke about a video
made by SEPR on dealing with an isotope
container malfunction. The video is available
to view in Spanish on the SEPR website:www.sepr.es
Following on from the Conference,
the ICNDT Working Group on Radiation
Protection and Security (WG5) has been asked
to consider how ICNDT can help with actions
1-4, as listed above. Van Sonsbeek has agreed
to join the WG and the ICNDT Executive has
been invited to seek additional members. Steps
will also be taken to provide links on the ICNDT
website to both the IAEA guidance documents
on radiation protection and the SEPR video. I
will propose that we invite IRPA and ICRP to
become Liaison Members of ICNDT.

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Contact:
J Guild – guildj@saiw.co.za
B Moussa – moussabak@yahoo.fr

Regional Report
AFRICA

African Federation revitalises strategy to develop NDT in regionT

he African Federation for Non-Destructive Testing (AFNDT)
may be small in comparison with the other regional
federations but, after adopting a new constitution during
April 2014, all efforts are being made to develop NDT within the
African region.
Since its inception, the AFNDT has been solely focused on
facilitating regional conferences or seminars but, with the newlyadopted constitution, active participation within ICNDT and thedevelopment of global harmonisation within the African NDT
industry are now encouraged.
To this extent, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
has been very active in promoting and developing NDT within
the region since 2001. Originally through regional projects andcurrently via triangular projects that are partly sponsored by the
IAEA, Regional Designated Centres for NDT (RDC) and a single
national company/legal entity, a very successful and practicalstrategy for developing NDT capabilities within certain countries,
has been established.
Various designated centres have been assigned based on theirgeographic position, demographics and, in particular, language.
The strategy followed has been to identify a single company/
legal entity within a specific country that would have an interestin the NDT industry. Personnel are then identified and sent fortraining at the various RDCs. With qualified personnel returning
to the countries, a suitable core for NDT development within
the country has been established. With the company/legal entity
acting as the driving force and qualified personnel that canfacilitate the programme, first an authorised training body (ATB) isestablished via interaction and assistance with the RDC, followedby an approved examination centre (ExC). These companies/legal
entities then become full members of the AFNDT.
The next step would be to facilitate the formation of a national
NDT society, since sufficient demand for NDT would have beencreated via the training and qualification of NDT personnel. The
national society shall then be invited to become a full member of
AFNDT once it has been established and is self-sustaining for aperiod of time. The original company/legal entity then becomesa founding member, with other national NDT partners becoming
associate members. Should the national society, as the full
member, become inactive within the AFNDT, then the founding
member would be required to step in and assist in regenerating the
NDT society again.
Currently, full members of the AFNDT are: Algeria (CSC),
Angola (CTN), Cameroon (HYDRAC), Ghana (GAEC), Kenya(KEBS), South Africa (SAIW), Sudan (SAEC) and Tunisia (CETIME).
Within South Africa, the South African Institute of Welding(SAIW), through its IAEA – RDC (Anglophone) status, is a full
member of AFNDT. However, with a well-established andoperating national society being in place in the form of theSouth African Institute for Non-Destructive Testing (SAINT), an
invitation has been extended to SAINT to become the full memberof AFNDT, with the status of SAIW changing to the founding
member. Other entities within South Africa would be able join as
associate members should the need arise.

Students from Cameroon and Sudan participating in the four-month
IAEA triangular training programme. Also shown are the SAIW NDTlecturing staff, Mr Mark Digby, Mr Ephriam Motukisi and Mr Absolom
Chiswo, and the NDT examiner, Mr Jan Cowan

Triangular IAEA projects with Sudan (Sudan Atomic Energy
Corporation – SAEC) and Cameroon (HYDRAC) are currently
being facilitated at SAIW (RDC – Anglophone). A group of four
Cameroonians and five Sudanese have engaged in a four-monthtraining programme, which aims to qualify them to Level 2 in
the four basic NDT methods. The next step would be to assist
in getting the national ATB and ExC status in place by the end of2015 via assistance from the IAEA and RDC. Kenya (KEBS) has also
shown an interest in putting a triangular project in place during
2015, with the same objective in mind.

Organised by the African Federation for Non-Destructive Testing

6th AFNDT Regional Conference
24-26 November 2015
Algeria
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Contact:
E Romero – informacion@aend.org
V Krstelj – vjera.krstelj@fsb.hr

Regional Report
EUROPENews from the Russian Society for Non-Destructive Testing
and Technical Diagnostics

Founded in 1937 and registered in 1996 in the RussianFederation, the Russian Society for Non-Destructive Testing
and Technical Diagnostics (RSNTTD) is a non-profit publicorganisation, uniting NDT and TD personnel from the leading
national universities and academic schools, government andregulatory authorities, training and certification centres, accreditation
agencies, companies that produce and sell NDT equipment, andNDT service centres and laboratories. RSNTTD is a full member ofthe European Federation for Non-Destructive Testing (EFNDT), theInternational Committee for Non-Destructive Testing (ICNDT) andthe Asia-Pacific Federation for Non-Destructive Testing (APFNDT).
The President of RSNTTD, Professor E S Gorkunov, is a Member ofthe Russian Academy of Sciences, while the Management Board
consists of over 30 lead experts in all NDT domains.
RSNTTD’s policy is focused on assisting the use of scientific andtechnological potential for the purpose of large-scale and effective
practical usage of the academic and scientific achievements
during implementation of new developments and promotion ofcollaboration between science and education.
Today, RSNTTD has over 40 regional branches. The society holds
joint seminars and conferences and provides information and support
to all NDT specialists. Interactive communication methods help to
speed up sharing of the experience and optimise consulting services.
RSNTTD is committed to moving towards integration into theglobal scientific space and treasures its collaboration with 39
national societies.
RSNTTD’s mission is to combine the resources of regional NDT
societies and organisations in Russia, as well as in related fields

Offices and staff of RSNTTD

of science and technology, to afford a favourable environment,
both for the professional activities of specialists and consumers ofindustrial products, as well as for the society in general.
RSNTTD is the organiser of NDT Territory – the flagship annual
NDT exhibition in Moscow. For more than 30 years, the RSNTTD
Russian National Conference has been Russia’s largest, and oneof Europe’s most prominent, scientific forums attended by leading
scientists, developers and practitioners from many countries.

54th Annual Conference
8-10 September 2015
The International Centre | Telford, UK
Call for Papers
Offers of papers are invited on all aspects of non-destructive testing.
Full written papers that are submitted may be refereed with a view
to publication in Insight.
Abstracts (of no more than 200 words) must be submitted online at:

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ndt2015
or via the link on www.bindt.org by 17 April 2015

Contact: Conference Services, The British Institute of Non-Destructive
Testing, Newton Building, St George’s Avenue, Northampton NN2 6JB, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1604 89 3811; Fax: +44 (0)1604 89 3861;
Email: conf@bindt.org

www.bindt.org/events/ndt-2015

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Sergei Klyuev (right) in discussion with RSNTTD President Professor
E S Gorkunov

The scope of RSNTTD covers exhibitions, conferences
and workshops, information support, organisational issues,international activities, personnel education and training,
Russian national and industry-specific competitions, personnel
certification, equipment certification and standardisation andregulations.
Members of RSNTTD receive the following benefits:n Information about RSNTTD activities;n Participate in RSNTTD’s management;n Elect and be elected to the governing and auditing bodies;n Control the activities of governing bodies;n Offer scientific and technical programmes and projects inaccordance with the objectives of RSNTTD;n Use the support of RSNTTD for decision-making withinprofessional issues;n Receive RSNTTD expertise and consulting assistance within
the competence of the society;n Publish material about professional activities in RSNTTD
periodicals; andn Participate in various RSNTTD projects.

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Contact:
B Venkataraman – bvenkat@igcar.gov.in
N Ooka – nori.ooka@rio.odn.ne.jp

Regional Report
ASIA-PACIFICAPFNDT board member meeting held in Prague
during ECNDT 2014T

he first board member (ABM) meeting of the Asia-PacificFederation for Non-Destructive Testing (APFNDT) was held
7 October 2014, during the 11th European Conferenceon Non-Destructive Testing (ECNDT 2014) in Prague, Czech
Republic.

APFNDT board member meeting

APFNDT board members are as follows:
APFNDT Executive Committee (AEC):l APFNDT President: Dr Norikazu Ooka, JSNDI, Japanl APFNDT Vice President: Dr Jong Po Lee, KSNT, South Korea
l APCNDT Past President: Dr B Venkatraman, ISNT, Indial APFNDT General Secretary: Mr Les Dick, AINDT, Australial APFNDT Treasurer: Mr Sajeesh K Babu, NDTSS, Singaporel APCNDT President: Mr Sze Thiam Siong, NDTSS, Singapore.
Regional Representatives:l Group One (Western Asia, Central Asia and South Asia)
India: Mr V Pari, ISNT
Russia: Dr Alexander Mullin, RSNTTD
l Group Two (East Asia and South East Asia)
China: Dr Gong Tian Shen, ChSNDTSouth Korea: Dr Man Yong Choi, KSNT
Malaysia: Dr Abdul Nassir Ibrahim, MSNT
Taiwan: Dr David Chu, SNTCTl Group Three (Pacific and Oceania)
USA: Mr Ray Morasse, ASNT
Australia: Mr Pranay Wadyalkar, AINDTSecretariatl Dr Takamasa Ogata, JSNDI
l Mr Shohei Ooka, JSNDI
During the meeting, ABM approved the proposal from ASNT
to change the regional representative from Mr Ray Morasse to
Mr Roger Engelbart.
As one of the most important items on the agenda of thismeeting, ABM approved and activated the following six Task
Groups (TG).
n TG 1: Membership
Convener: TBA, NDTSS, Singapore
n TG 2: Journal
Convener: Professor Nohyu Kim, KSNT, South Korea
n TG 3: Communication
Convener: Mr Shohei Ooka, JSNDI, Japann TG 4: Education and Training
Convener: TBA, ISNT, India
n TG 5: Certification and Qualification
Convener: Mr Peter Milligan, AINDT, Australian TG 6: Standards
Convener: TBA, JSNDI, Japan.
The first APFNDT Board Member (ABM) meeting in Prague
proved both fruitful and successful. The next ABM meeting and
APFNDT General Assembly will be held this year in Malaysia,
in conjunction with the Malaysia International NDT Conference& Exhibition (MINDTCE’15). For further details and to view ameeting schedule, visit: www.apfndt.org

Auditorl Mr John Maccarone, AINDTAsia-Pacific Conference on
Non-Destructive Testing

15th APCNDT
2017
13-17 November 2017
Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore
Theme: NDE for Enhanced Safety,
Quality and Productivity

www.apcndt2017.com
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APFNDT Board Members during ECNDT 2014 in Prague. Front row
from left to right: Dr Ogata, Dr Nassir, Mr Sze, Mr Babu, Dr Ooka,
Mr Wadyalkar, Mr Morasse and Mr Dick. Back row from left to right:
Mr Ooka, Dr Shen, Dr Choi, Dr Lee, Dr Mullin, Mr Maccaron and
Dr ChuAt the ICNDT Executive Committee (IEC) meeting, the Policy
and General Purpose Committee (PGPC) meeting and theGeneral Assembly (GA), APFNDT was recognised as a registeredorganisation in Japan under one of the four regional groups
of ICNDT. For further details on the organisational structure of
ICNDT, visit: www.icndt.org
Finally, ABM would like to show its gratitude to Dr Matthias
Purschke, President of the European Federation for NonDestructive Testing (EFNDT), the host society of the 2014 European
Conference on Non-Destructive Testing, Dr Pavel Mazal, ECNDT2014 Chairman, and Dr Zdenek Prevorovsky, ECNDT 2014
Co-Chairman, for their support.
The APFNDT can be contacted via the Secretariat: c/o The
Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection, 10F Tachibana
Annex Building, 2-25-14 Kameido, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 136-0071,
Japan. Website: www.apfndt.org; Email: secretariat@apfndt.org

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ICNDT GUIDE

Highlights


Recommendations on qualification and certification

Responsibilities of the employer

Requirements for NDT personnel certification bodies



Qualification and certification of NDT personnel in accordance with ISO 9712: 2012ICNDT membership directory

ASME position on recognition and acceptance of central certification programmes

Non‐destructive testing under the European Pressure Equipment Directive (97/23/EC)



Certification Schemes compliant with ISO 9712



ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement, PCB assessment scheme and Examination
Question Bank

Qualification of NDT personnel in accordance with ISO 20807 and ISO TS 11774



Guidance for developing countries seeking to establish national certification schemes

Code of practice for personnel certification bodies



ICNDT tabulation of PCB’s implementation of ISO 9712:201237

ICNDT Guide to
Qualification andCertificationof Personnel
for NDT

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Contact:
C Belinco – belinco@cnea.gov.ar
J Conte – joao.conte@abendi.org.br

Regional Report
PAN-AMERICA

News from the American Society for NDTASNT welcomes 2014-2015
Board of Directors
ASNT installed its 2014-2015 Board Officers and Directors at the2014 ASNT Annual Conference in Charleston, South Carolina.
The 2014-2015 Board of Directors is as follows:
l Chairman of the Board: Roger Engelbart
l President: Terry Clausingl Vice President: Kevin Smithl Secretary/Treasurer: David Bajulal Council Directors: Tschuin ‘Philip’ Chu, Marwan Basrawi,
William Plumstead Jr, David Savoyl Directors at large: Scott Cargill, Brenda Collins, Cindy Finley,David Hall, John Iman, Doron Kishoni,
Robert Saunders, Flynn Spears, John Turner
The Board of Directors is the governing body of ASNT andestablishes ASNT’s mission and strategic direction. The Board authorises
policies in support of the society’s by-laws and provides oversight onfinancial matters. The Board also monitors the performance of society
programmes, ensuring legal and ethical compliance.
More information about the ASNT Board of Directors andsociety organisation can be found at: www.asnt.org/structure

Greater Houston Section celebrates 50 years
in service to NDTThis year, ASNT recognises the Greater Houston Section for its 50
years of service to ASNT and the profession of non-destructive testing.
The Greater Houston Section, chartered in 1965 for ‘the purpose ofadvancing scientific, engineering and technical knowledge in thefield of non-destructive testing’, is currently the largest local section of
the 92 chartered sections under ASNT with 6,208 affiliated members.
“This is an exciting milestone for our section,” said John Chen,
Chair of the Greater Houston Section. “It’s a clear indication that
non-destructive testing has a critical role and sustained heritage in
Houston, Texas, and its surrounding areas.”
The Greater Houston Section will celebrate its 50-year
anniversary at the upcoming International Chemical and Petroleum
Industry Inspection Technology (ICPIIT) Conference on 3-6 June2015 in League City, Texas.
ICPIIT, an industry-leading inspection conference for NDT
professionals in the oil & gas community, is organised jointly by
the Greater Houston Section and ASNT. ICPIIT, now in its 14th
showing, is marked by its successful exchange of best practices,
technology adoption, fellowship and improving the quality of
NDT within the oil & gas industry.

ASNT Annual
Conference 201526-29 October 2015
Salt Palace Convention Center
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Contact: The American Society for Nondestructive Testing,
1711 Arlingate Lane, PO Box 28518, Columbus, OH 43228-0518,
USA. Tel: +1 614 274 6003; Fax: +1 614 274 6899
Email: conferences@asnt.org

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New topical conference on ultrasonics
ASNT will be holding a new topical conference, Ultrasonics for
NDT, later in the year. This conference will offer technical sessions
and keynote speakers addressing topics in ultrasonic testing (UT),
including time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD), phased array UT(PAUT) and conventional ultrasonic techniques.
ASNT is encouraging those who work in ultrasonic testing toattend, including purchasers of ultrasonic NDT services, users ofadvanced and conventional ultrasonic inspection technology andUT equipment suppliers.
“Time-of-flight diffraction and phased array UT are advancing
rapidly and providing solutions for faster inspection and greater
reliability,” noted Conference Chair, Robert Feole. “Ultrasonics for NDT
will be a valuable forum to share and expand upon these advances.”
Ultrasonics for NDT will take place 29-31 July 2015 at the
Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, Rhode Island, immediately
following ASNT’s Digital Imaging XVIII Conference.

New ASNT Level III study guide andquestion & answer books published
ASNT has three new exam study publications: ASNT Level III Study
Guide: Radiologic Testing Method, ASNT Questions & Answers
Book: Ultrasonic Testing and ASNT Questions & Answers Book:
Radiologic Testing.
The questions & answers books are a good resource to review
and prepare for testing situations. These books feature more than
400 Level I, II and III questions, updated references and many new
or updated questions, with every question written to more closely
match the ASNT exam format
The ASNT Level III Study Guide: Radiologic Testing Method
provides prospective examinees with a review of technicalknowledge and builds on the previous radiography study guide.
Radiologic testing replaces radiography as the name of themethod. The entire text has been updated to more closely follow
CP-105. Chapters that are new include digital radiography, digital
image processing and analysis, and computed tomography. Manyof the chapter review questions are new or updated and every
question is written to more closely match the ASNT exam format.
These materials may be purchased from the ASNT online store
at: www.asnt.org/store

ASNT publishes new aerospaceindustry handbook
ASNT has published a 450-page industry handbook, Aerospace NDT,
edited by Dr Richard Bossi. This new publication was the product of intenselabour from 56 contributors and a dozen additional reviewers, drawn fromthe research community and active ASNT NDT Level IIIs. One reviewer
commented: “The level of detail and explanations are superb. The impactof this book within the aerospace industry should be enormous!”
Methods and topics covered include: visual, ultrasonic, X-ray,penetrant, magnetic, eddy current, acoustic, leak, infrared, shearography,
bond testing, in-situ NDT for structural health monitoring, microwave
testing, coating measurement, surface quality and fundamental formula.
This Handbook contains 450 pages, 383 figures, more than
500 illustrations, 128 tables and 152 equations. It is available forpurchase in the ASNT online store at: www.asnt.org/store

German Section Charter approved at2014 ASNT Annual Conference
The American Society for NDT Board of Directors approved a new
section charter on 31 October 2014 during its meeting at the 2014
ASNT Annual Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. The German
Section is located in Cologne, Germany, and is in Region 18.

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A banner and charter will be presented to the German Section
during its inaugural meeting scheduled in early 2015. ASNT
members in the surrounding areas who do not currently affiliate
with a section are invited and encouraged to affiliate with theGerman Section.

ASNT welcomes Dr Arny Bereson as
New Executive Director
Dr Arnold ‘Arny’ Bereson has begun his service as Executive
Director for the American Society for Nondestructive Testing(ASNT), the world’s largest technical society for non-destructive
testing (NDT) professionals.
Coming to Columbus, Ohio, from Southern California, Arnybrings twenty years of executive experience in the non-profit

sector, serving associations such as the Academy of Certified
Diabetes Educators, Foresters, the Simon Youth Foundation andthe Enterprise Corporation of Tampa Bay, Florida.
“Dr Bereson has demonstrated an exceptional ability to engage
volunteers, industry leaders and local communities,” commented
Roger Engelbart, ASNT Chair of the Board. “We’re excited to see
his talents at work for ASNT.”Dr Bereson earned a PhD in human services and managementof non-profit organisations from Capella University, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. His education also includes Bachelor of Engineeringand Master of Science in Materials Science degrees.
The Executive Director of ASNT is responsible for administering
allocated resources towards achieving the society’s goals, directing
day-to-day operations and acting as the official spokesperson forthe society.

News from The Brazilian Association for NDT and Inspection
ABENDI takes part in national NDT
conference in Portugal
The 3rd National NDT Conference, sponsored by RELACRE(Portuguese Association of Accredited Laboratories), was held
15-16 December 2014 in Lisbon, with the theme ‘New Application
Challenges’.
ABENDI participated in the event through the presence ofAntonio Luís Aulicino, Manager of Institutional Relations, whogave a lecture on the use of NDT and the association’s activities
in Brazil.
Other lecturers at the event included Mike Farley, Presidentof ICNDT, Peter Trampus, Vice President of EFNDT, and Rodolfo
Rodriguez Juárez, Technical Director of AEND (Asociación
Española de Ensayos No Destructivos). Representatives of
EMBRAER and the President and Vice President of AEND, Fermin
Goméz Fraile and Emilio Romero Ros, were also in attendance.

ABENDI’s new Board of Directors
The start of 2015 saw in ABENDI’s new management biennium.
This represents a change in presidency, as seen in the instatementof Marcelino Guedes, from Petrobras, as President and João Gabriel
Hardgreaves Ribeiro, from Eletronuclear, as Vice President.
Remaining in the Board of Directors are Armando Carlos
Cardoso Juliani, from Siemens, João Carlos Videira José, from
Arctest, and Robson Pedroso Manão, from Tenaris Confab,
besides João Antonio Conte as Executive Director. The new Boardof Directors was elected by the members of the association’s
Administration Council.

COTEQ 2015
The 12th edition of COTEQ – the Conference on Equipment
Technology – will be held 15-18 June 2015 in the city of São Paulo.
The conference unites, in a sole event, technical presentations, anexhibition of new technologies, products and services in the fields

of non-destructive testing and inspection, corrosion, petroleum,and gas and biofuels, as well as hosting conferences, seminars andsymposiums related to these sectors.
Over 2000 participants, including specialists, engineers,technicians and researchers working with NDT, inspection,equipment integrity, fault analysis, corrosion and paint are
expected to attend, along with others with a special interest inthese fields.
COTEQ traditionally hosts other parallel events and thisyear there will be the 23rd edition of the Brazilian Congressof Corrosion (CONBRASCORR), the Seminar of Equipment
Inspection (SEMINSP), the 19th IEV – International Conference
on the Evaluation of the Integrity and Life Extension of Industrial
Equipment and the 9th EXPOEQUIP – Exhibition of Technology
Equipments of Corrosion & Painting, NDT and Equipment
Inspection.

New certifications
Continuing to implement the activities defined in its strategicplan, ABENDI is increasing its activities in certifying individuals.
Explosive Atmospheres, Rappel Access, Moving Cargo, Fabrication
Inspector and Performance Evaluation are the new certifications
provided by the association.

ABENDI provides ASME training in Brazil
At the end of last year, ABENDI obtained its license to provide
ASME-authorised training in Brazil.
The first training programme will be Inspection, Repair andAlteration of Pressure Tubes, to be held at ABENDI’s headquarters
next March.
The programme will be headed by an ASME instructor and will
revolve around the demands of various codes and norms, regulating
inspection for professionals and manufacturers of maintenanceequipment, inspection services and other organisations involved
with the maintenance and repair of pressure equipment.

NDT in Canada 2015 Conference – 15-17 June, Edmonton

T

he NDT in Canada 2015 Conference will be held at the
Edmonton Marriott River Cree Resort and Casino this Junefrom the evening of the 15th to the 17th. The conference
will be an event not to miss! Hundreds of NDT professionals fromacross Canada and the world will be in attendance to discuss thelatest tools, techniques and trends in NDT.

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Those interested in submitting abstracts for consideration must
do so online. Visit the NDT.net Conference Management Cloud(CMC) at www.ndt.net/NDTCanada2015
Attend the premiere NDT event in Canada to expand your network,
demonstrate your knowledge and increase your profile! Contact
events@cinde.ca or visit http://events.cinde.ca for more details.

9CALENDAR OF NDT EVENTS
Month

Date

Venue

April
2015

7-9

AstanaKazakhstan

1st Kazakhstan International Exhibition
and Conference

power@iteca.kz
www.machexpo.kz

8-9

AthensGreece8th National Conference of the HellenicSociety of NDT

hsnt@hsnt.gr / prasian@central.ntua.gr /i.prasianakis@gmail.com
www.hsnt.gr

10-15

Metz
FranceInternational Congress on Ultrasonics

2015-icu-metz@me.gatech.edu
http://2015-icu-metz.gatech.edu

11-13

Salzburg
Austria

DACH Conference 2015

19-21

Jeju Island
Korea

11th International Conference on NDE in
Relation to Structural Integrity for Nuclear
and Pressurized Components

11thnde@skku.edu
www.11thnde.com

27-29

Brussels
Belgium

6th International Conference on Emerging
Technologies in NDT (ETNDT6)

amoropul@central.ntua.gr
www.etndt6.be

9-11

OxfordUK

12th International Conference on Condition
Monitoring and Machinery Failure Prevention
Technologies (CM2015/MFPT2015)

conferences@bindt.org
www.bindt.org

18-21

Kusadasi
TurkeyInternational Conference on Barkhausen
Noise and Micromagnetic Testing (ICBM)

tuula.suortti-suominen@stresstech.com
www.icbmconference.org

May
2015

June
2015

22-26

Event

Marina Del Rey,
14th International Symposium on NonCalifornia
Destructive Characterisation of Materials
USA

Contact

tagungen@dgzfp.de
http://jahrestagung.dgzfp.de

ndcm14@cnde.com
www.cnde.com

15-17

Vancouver
CanadaThe 5th International Conference on
Smart Materials and Nanotechnology inEngineering (SMN 2015) in conjunction with
Cansmart 2015, The International Conference
on Smart Materials and Structures

8-10

TelfordUK

54th Annual British Conference andMaterials Testing Exhibition (NDT 2015)

conferences@bindt.org
www.bindt.org

15-17

BerlinGermany

International Symposium on Non-Destructive
Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE 2015)

herbert.wiggenhauser@bam.dewww.ndt-ce2015.net

November
2015

16-18

BremenGermany

7th International Symposium on NDT in
Aerospacetagungen@dgzfp.de
www.ndt-aerospace.com

June
2016

13-17

MunichGermany

19th World Conference on NDT(19th WCNDT)

tagungen@dgzfp.de
www.wcndt2016.com

July
2015

September2015

10

akhras@rmc.ca
www.cansmart.com /www.smartmaterials.ca

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