45th MEETING (2nd General Assembly)
Thursday, 30th May 2024, 14h00 -18h00
Board Room – 305-307
Songdo Convensia, Incheon, Korea– 20th WCNDTAttendees:
S K Babu
B Alves
D Bajula
M Bakoura
K Balasubramanian
I CooperN Couture
L DickP Fisch
M Ganji
A Garcia
F Gomez
E Gonzalez
G Idinger
I IharaH Jansen
K-Y Jhang
J Jing Yuan
M Johannes
J KurzT Lutsenko
E Martin
I Mukriz
B Muthuramalingam
T Ogata
C Raspado
R Raisutis
K Sahaimi
A Tamburrino
P Trampus
E Tuberosa
G Tubrett

ICNDT ChairFSEND/RELACRE (Portugal)
PANNDTCANDT (Cameroon)
ISNT (India)/APFNDTBINDT (United Kingdom)
ASNT (USA)NZNDTA (New Zealand)
SSNT (Switzerland)
IRNDT (Iran)AAENDE (Argentina)
EFNDT
AEND (Spain)ÖGfZP (Austria)
JSNDI (Japan)
AFNDT
KSNT (Korea)
ChSNDT (China)
SAINT (South Africa)
DGZfP (Germany)
USNDT (Ukraine)
COFREND (France)
MSNT (Malaysia)
NDTSS (Singapore)
APFNDT
PSNT (Philippines)
LNBD (Lithuania)
COMEND (Morocco)/AFNDTAIPND (Italy)
MAROVISZ (Hungary)
EFNDT
CINDE (Canada)/PANNDT

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P Wadyalkar
C Wassink
C-C Yin
J ConteAINDT (Australia)
KINT (Netherlands)
SNTCT (China Taiwan)
ABENDI (Brazil)

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C Belinco
C BirdJ ChenY Cho
D Corcoran
L Costa
I Dickson
S Egerland
M Farley
D Gilbert
M Gomez
S Infanzon
D Marshall
K A Mohd Salleh
S Ooka
H Seo
T Wenzel

AAENDE (Argentina)
AAENDE (Argentina)
ICEC
ASNT (USA)
KSNT (Korea)
ISO TC-135 SC7IIW
NDTT (Singapore)IIW
ICNDT Past ChairICNDT (General Secretary/BINDT UK)
AEND (Spain)
AENDUR (Uruguay)
CINDE (Canada)
MSNT (Malaysia)
ISO TC-135 CM/ICNDT WG4
KSNT (Korea)
DGZfP (Germany)

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Observers
C Almeida
D Aravindhan
V K Babu
K Cambridge
W T Chan
S Cunningham
M Eyheralde
B R Eshwar
C Finley
L V Gomez
D KeckJ Kinsey
G Liming
A Malcolm
S Mandayam
M Ochiai
N OokaV Prabu
P Gokulanandam
V Rajamani
K D Smith
R Stocker
M Turnbow

RELACRE (Portugal)
Masterscan NDT (Singapore)HKSNT (Hong Kong)
BINDT (United Kingdom)
HKSNT (Hong Kong)
BINDT (United Kingdom)
AENDUR (Uruguay)
NDTSS (Singapore)
ASNT (USA)RELACRE (Portugal)
ASNT (USA)ASNT (USA)ASNT (USA)NDTSS (Singapore)
ISNT (India)
JSNDI (Japan)
JSNDI (Japan)
NDTSS (Singapore)
ASNT India
ISNT (India)
ASNT (USA)AINDT (Australia)
ASME (USA)

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Regional votes (2 per region)
RegionAFNDT
EFNDTAPFNDT
PANNDT
1.

K Sahaimi
F Gomez
T Ogata
G TubrettVoting members
H Jansen
E Tuberosa
K Balasubramanian
D Bajula

Welcome, voting procedures, appointment of tellers

S Babu welcomed all to the GA2 meeting and reminded attendees that the membership categories forvoting would be the same as for the GA1 meeting. There were four regions present and two proxyvotes had also been received. One of the proxy votes was not valid and the valid proxy vote from
Poland was given to the Chair. Only Full Members of societies and Regional Federations would havevoting privileges.
A quorum is 33% of members, i.e. 24 with a simple majority vote and one proxy vote per member.
There would be elections taking place today so tellers would be appointed. Anyone with a vested
interest would not be nominated as a teller. Tellers were nominated as S Ooka (APFNDT), D Marshall(CINDE) and B Alves (EFNDT).
2.

Roll Call

The meeting was declared quorate with 31 voting members present plus 8 votes from the Regions,i.e. a total of 39 voting persons present, plus one proxy vote from Poland which had been given to the
Chair.
3.

Reports by National Societies
BrazilJoao Conte reported – refer to the Strategic Plan.
S Babu was pleased to report that Antonio Aulicino was recovering well in hospital and would
be discharged soon.
India
K Balasubraman reported that there are four bodies within ISNT. The International Certification
Body looks after the certification process, the Training Management Body looks after
accreditation and the QS Foundation looks after outreach.
ISNT is now accredited to ISO 9712 and a number of students graduated about four months
ago. One of the ISNT chapters is accredited to ISO 9712 and many other chapters are gaining
accreditation for the same.
The ISNT Annual Conference held in 2023 was well attended with over 1400 visitors, 850
registrations, 220 papers and posters presented and 120 exhibitors. There are two very
important events coming up and information has been distributed to everyone.
The NDE 2024 Conference is being held on 12-14 December 2024 in Chennai and ISNT is also
conducting an ICNDT/ISNT collaborative conference on NDE 4.0 which will be held in
Bangalore on 3-6 March 2025. This is an international conference and on the last day there will
be a visit to aerospace companies. There will also be an opportunity for people to enjoy theamazing places to visit.

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DGZfPT Wenzel presented the attached report.
Iran
M Ganji presented the attached reportSingapore
B Muthuramalingam presented the attached report.
United Kingdom
I Cooper presented the attached report.
USA
N Couture presented the attached report.
4.

Regional Reports
4.1

Africa (AFNDT)H Jansen presented the attached report.
4.2

Asia Pacific (APFNDT)T Ogata presented the attached report.
4.3

Europe (EFNDT)F Gomez presented a report which included a list of members of EFNDT, a summary of actions
from WGs and Forums, some details of projects and other actions including NDE 4.0, Robotics.
The next ECNDT will be held in Verona, Italy in 2026.
M Farley commented that, in the WG3 meeting earlier, there was good discussion about where
we have groups in the regions and similar groups at an international level. Some of thesubjects are genuinely international but there may be some specific other things that are
specific to the region. We believe that the policy should be that where there is duplication, we
try to support the international group first. If, for example, there are special reasons why there
should be something regional, then the regions should take it on.
The main point of this is that the international committee communicates with the region and theregion communicates with the international committee. Future international meetings of the
SIGs, for example, SIG on Reliability, will ask for reports from any other groups on reliability inthe other regions.
It will be the responsibility of WG3 to action this.
4.4

Pan-American Region (PANNDT)G Tubrett gave the following verbal report:
PANNDT is looking at its terms of reference and strategy. When we looked at other
Federations (EFNDT and APFNDT for example) we found that our markets are slightly different
and that there are reasons for existing in the other Federations.
When we looked at our terms of reference and our strategy for why we exist, we looked at what
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how we want to spread the good things that we are doing. We want to come up with a plan on
how to do this.
We plan to have an engagement session at the PANNDT meeting in June 2025 where we canengage with non-members in South, North and Central America. We will hopefully have arefreshed strategy by the time of the next ICNDT meeting and there will be more to report.
The next four years for PANNDT will be very exciting. Canada is hosting the PANNDT in June
2025 in Niagara Falls and everyone was warmly invited to attend. This is ideally situated to bea great international event between the border of Canada and the USA at one of the top tourist
destinations in the world. Societies, regions and ISO were encouraged to contact G Tubrett toarrange for their meetings to take place in Niagara Falls during the conference.
Our goal is to make this the biggest and best PANNDT regional conference. Our regional
partners will be working with us to make this a truly successful event.
Argentina is hosting the 21st WCNDT in 2028. Our region is slowly growing and we are excited
to be welcoming the world to our events over the next four years,

5.

Reports by Liaison Organisations
5.1

ISO TC135: NDTT Ogata presented the attached report.
5.2

ISO TC135: SC7

D Corcoran presented the attached report.

5.3

ISO TC 108: Condition Monitoring

There was no report.
5.4

IAEA

D Gilbert and R Van Sonsbeek presented the attached reports.

5.5

IIW

Dr Luca presented the attached report.
5.6

Academia NDT International

S Babu reported that Academia's biggest achievement recently was to be able to have a Nobel
Prize Laureate present at this WCNDT.
The Research Day yesterday was dedicated to NDT Academia.

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5.7

ASME

M Turnbow of ASME was invited to give a brief report.
In 1888, ASME was established to work with industry to solve the problem of fallen boilers
exploding and today we have around 7000 certificate holders in 70 countries around the world
and about half of these are countries outside of the USA.
ASME recently published the ASME NDT Personnel Qualification in Certification standard andappendix 3 of the standard is a path to the ISO 9712 standard. A workshop was held thismorning on how to implement this.
ASME did have a liaison with ICNDT a few years ago but during the Covid period the ASMEPCL organisation was established and the liaison was broken. Because of ASME’s
international footprint and the NDT involvement, particularly in the Codes, we should reestablish the liaison between ASME and ICNDT.
S Babu suggested that the European Conference next year would be a good opportunity toformally re-establish this liaison. In the meantime, we will look at the MoU documents.
6.

Election of Officers and Committees 2024-2028
M Farley advised that the list of nominations for the IEC were presented at the GA1 meeting
when it was noted that there would not need to be an election but we would need an
acclamation of the candidates.
It was also reported at GA1 that we did not have a nomination for Treasurer and G Aufricht was
keen to retire during 2024. M Farley was pleased to report that, thanks to the intervention of
the EFNDT President (F Gomez) who did some canvassing, a candidate has been found.
Dr C Wassink of KINT (Netherlands) has agreed to take on the position of Treasurer for ICNDT,
subject to a vote at GA2. Dr Wassink is a German speaker from The Netherlands and he iswilling to be the ICNDT Treasurer. Although he could be elected Treasurer at this meeting, inpractice, he will only become Treasurer as soon as we have the correct paperwork registered at
the bank.
The list of nominations reported at GA1 will now include Dr C Wassink as ICNDT Treasurer.
We therefore have a Chair (S Babu), General Secretary (D Gilbert), Treasurer (C Wassink),
WCNDT President (C Belinco), Past Chair (M Farley) and secretariat (BINDT) for the next four
years.
By a show of hands, the above nominations were unanimously approved.
Nominations for the regions are:AFNDT
APFNDTEFNDTPANNDT

Dr Sahaimi Kamal (Morocco)
Dr Tokamasa Ogata (Japan)
Mr Fermin Gomez (Spain)
Mr Glenn Tubrett (Canada)

There was no vote necessary and the above were applauded for their willingness to serve on
behalf of their regions on the IEC.
Mr Douglas Marshall (Canada) and Dr Werner Schmid (Switzerland) were both willing to standagain as auditors and were unanimously approved by a show of hands.

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WG Chairs nominated by the ICNDT IEC for approval at GA2 are:
Mr Harold Jansen
Dr Bento Alves
Mr David Bajula
Dr Thomas Wenzel/Dr Younho Cho
Mr Shohei Ooka
Mr David Gilbert
Dr Cesar Belinco/Prof Len Gelman
Dr Mike Farley WG7ICEC
WG1 (Qualification & Certification)
WG2 (Membership)
WG3 Co-chairs (Education & Research)
WG4 (Communications)
WG5 (Radiation Safety and Security)
WG6 Co-chairs (Condition Monitoring and
Diagnostic Technologies)(Administration)

By a show of hands, the above people were unanimously approved.
The list of nominations for SIG chairs was presented and unanimously approved.
It was noted that we are very fortunate in that we have so many people willing to serve ICNDTand everyone was thanked for their past service and for their service going forward.

7.

Strategic Plan 2024-2028
S Babu presented a snapshot of the changes to the Strategic Plan. There will be a draft Issue
12 of the Strategic Plan which will be circulated to the WG and SIG Chairs for comments by
31st July. The same document will also be circulated to all members and any additions orcomments should be sent to the IEC so that consolidation can be done by the end of August.
After that, the Strategic Plan Rev 12 will be an official document for all of the WG Chairs tofollow. Another review of the Strategic Plan will be carried out mid-term.
M Farley asked if the intention was for all members of the GA to comment on the draft and
S Babu confirmed that this is the plan. Responses should come back by 31st July. If there arecost implications, the WG Chairs will review with the IEC as to whether to take on these
additional items or not. The final document will be published by 30th August. We will try toaccommodate as much as possible as a working plan for the ICNDT.
The Action Plan issue 12 summarised the situation including how things changed because of
Covid and how we managed to run our meetings. We also learnt some good things from Covid.
The SWOT analysis was presented on various aspects. Where we see some opportunities webuild on these and pass to the WG Chairs to look at. We are also increasing our Liaison
Members and will establish formal liaisons in 2026. This will encourage more involvement
between the societies and the regions who will also complement some of the specialist
meetings at the WCNDTs.
Action areas for ICNDT:
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Support NDT societies – this will come from the Communications WG.
Promotion of the importance of NDT – better links to external bodies.
WG1 focuses on Qualification and Certification and WG3 focuses on NDT Education
and Research.
WG5 focuses on Radiation Safety and Security. Good meetings have been held witha lot of very insightful information, especially our cooperation with IAEA to provide asafer world.
WG6 focuses on Condition Monitoring and Technical Diagnostics and WG7 focuseson Management and Administration and reviews some of the OPs as well as our
Constitution.

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Some of the changes from the last Strategic Plan were highlighted for ease of reference butthese should be confirmed through each of the WG Chairs.
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Opportunities to engage with the Middle East region has been tasked to S Babu and
D Gilbert to coordinate and improve. Currently the Middle East is part of the Asia
Pacific Federation. The Task Group member for the Asia Pacific Federation is Kevin
Smith so there could be good dialogue in expanding this region. During this WCNDT,S Babu met with M Abufour who was representing Saudi Aramco.

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Action Plan 2 – the promotion of the importance of NDT is basically built oncommunications. There has been good progress in the IAC and WG3 and we expect
some reports which will be published on the website. We have also set some action
dates for the last quarter of 2024.
There will be a workshop for the WG Chairs to ensure the contents of the website are
relevant and consistent. This will be done no later than next year and a couple ofmeetings will be held before the workshop.
There are some other action items that may involve some costs but will also involvesome volunteers. For example, we have been looking for a champion for a long time
for Wikipedia. It was noted last time that P Wadyalkar was interested in this and thisis something that we could look at to see if there are any additional volunteers.
We are also seeking volunteers to champion the ICNDT Journal and priority should
be given to this.
Our strapline ‘NDT and Diagnostic Technologies’ has been confirmed as a templatefor our letterheads and we want to make sure that this is available for all officers andchairs so that they use the right template for publishing their documents.

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Action Plan 3 – Qualification and Certification - a good meeting was held and a new
WG1 Chair was elected. Transition arrangements will be done through Zoom. Action
items will be filled in after the WG1 meeting. The Terms of Reference for WG1 havebeen reviewed and all members of WG1 have been renewed for a further term.
We are also seeking a CASCO WG30 representative to deal with ISO/IEC 17024 andseveral expressions of interest have been received. The position will be cast through
WG1.
The IAEA cooperation agreement will be executed within the next few months.
Action item A8 is a big task to identify the possibility of creating a unified body ofknowledge based on a gap analysis between ISO/TC 25107, CP106 and TecDoc628. We have done this before and it is something to revisit because 25107 could
also be revised and we may need to establish an ad hoc group to utilise the work thathas already been done.
The ICNDT Guide to Qualification & Certification has been updated and members
received a copy at the GA1 meeting. This is part of the work done by WG1 andM Farley.
As reported at GA1, the ICEC is participating in developing a plan in respect of our
EQBs and this is work in progress.
We are developing a new document in terms of harmonisation and recognition which
is our risk and opportunity analysis. This has been completed, no comments havebeen received and this was recently approved by WG1 and will be published.
Another important document being developed by WG1 is the development of Good
Practice by Personnel Certification Bodies, including provision of impartiality to meetrequirements to ISO/IEC 17024:2012 and ISO 9712:2021. This work item has been
completed by WG1 and will be sent to the Editorial Committee for publishing.

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There are a series of recommendations on recognition of certificates under ISO/IEC
17024:2012 and ISO 9712:2021. The task is to review the text to be included in the
documents being published and the new Chair will take over this task.
Some actions have been removed from WG1.
The ICEC Action Plan had also been presented at the GA1. It was noted that the
template was very good and would be adopted for all of the other WGs if feasible.
Education and Research – a meeting was held earlier today and updates will be
provided by the co-chairs, T Wenzel and Y Cho.
We also expect a report from the Radiation Safety and Protection WG and theCondition Monitoring WG. We are looking for chairs for WG6 as C Belinco will bevery busy with the next WCNDT. Any expressions of interest for Chair of the CM
group should be sent to S Babu for election at the next Annual Meeting.
ICNDT Management & Administration – this is a group led by S Babu and M Farley
supports this group. S Babu has also invited D Marshall to join the group. We have areview of our OPs as well as our Constitution which have been in place since 2018. It
is good to look at these especially as we do have professional services currently for
WG1. Perhaps this could be expanded to other WGs (e.g. WG3).
We had difficulty in identifying a new Treasurer and how we would deal with thetransition. Could we appoint an external company to take over the books and thenthe Treasurer can be a nominated position to just review the finances and sign off?
This is something that we could investigate to see if there is a better way. We havebeen tasked to review this by September when the new Treasurer can utilise it.
S Babu plans to have all of the documents ready for approval at the next GA which
will take place during the 2026 ECNDT.
We will also need to look into our OPs, keeping in mind succession planning which
was one of the items raised during the IEC and IAC meetings. We should look into
OP1, OP2, OP4 and OP14 but other OPs could also be affected.
S Babu invited all members to download the documents from the website which arevisible for all presidents of national societies. These are the ICNDT rules but, if
anyone feels that anything needs to be changes or looked at, comments should besent before the WG Chairs workshop is convened after August. We plan to have awork plan and any revisions completed by the end of this year. There will be some
updates given at the Annual Meeting and there will be a second round of feedback
with the final documents being ready for the 2026 ECNDT. Members will have twomonths to look at all of the OPs and provide input to make our administration morerobust and successful.
The Strategic Plan will be circulated as soon as we have the rest of the inputs fromthe WG Chairs.

World Conferences
8.1

20th WCNDT Report
Y Cho updated members on the plans for the Cultural Night.
People are still coming into the WCNDT even though it is getting close to the end. It
is expected that the total number of registrations will be close to 3,000 which iscomparable to the last WCNDT in Germany. The success of the event is all down tomembers and KSNT hopes to provide a good donation to ICNDT.

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8.2

21st WCNDT (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Update
C Belinco advised that he would give a full presentation during the Closing
Ceremony. The 21st WCNDT will be held between 15-19 May 2028 in Buenos Aires.

8.3

22nd WCNDT 2032 Election of host (secret ballot)
Three tellers had been appointed to count the votes who were independent from thecountries that are bidding.
M Farley advised that the procedure was clear, i.e. the winner would be the first
country to get more than 50% of the number of eligible votes. There were 31
countries present and 4 regions giving a total of 39 eligible votes plus one proxy given
to the Chair, so 40 eligible votes. Therefore, the first country to receive 20 votes
would be the winner and, after each ballot, the country with the lowest number ofvotes would be eliminated.
S Babu reminded members of the host city of the bidding countries as this was notincluded on the voting slips.
S Babu confirmed that, as we have 40 eligible votes, if a country receives 21 votes
which was more than 50% there would not be a requirement for a second vote.
After the first round of votes there was no country with 20 votes so the country withthe lowest votes (India) was eliminated.
After the second round of voting, the United Kingdom was eliminated and a third vote
took place.
After the third round of voting, South Africa was eliminated and a fourth vote took
place.
After the fourth vote, D Marshall announced that one country had received 20 votes
out of 40 votes but our OP states that we need to have more than 50% so therefore
another round of voting was required. The USA, receiving the lowest number ofvotes, was eliminated.
After the fifth and final round of voting, Y Cho was pleased to announce that the 22nd
WCNDT would be held in Singapore. The team from Singapore gave a brief
acceptance speech and expressed commiserations to the five other countries that
had bid for the event. They thanked everyone for the confidence and trust that has
been placed in Singapore by the GA today. They will put on a fantastic event and willbring the whole world of NDT to Singapore in 2032.
S Babu clarified that every country only has one proxy vote and there was only one
country today that had given a proxy vote so there cannot be any influence. He
asked all to send any comments by email after reviewing the OPs first.
D Marshall suggested that we may need to look at how we go about this process inthe future and perhaps we should go for a majority vote rather than a minimum of
50%.
It was suggested that a small sub-committee is set up to discuss how to run theelection process in future.

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9.

Future Meetings (to be confirmed)
9.1

ICNDT Annual Meeting, Internet 23 (or 30) January 2025. This will be held as a
hybrid meeting in Glasgow, venue to be advised.

9.2

ICNDT WG1 Meeting, 09.06-12.12 2025, to coincide with 8th PANNDT Conference,
Niagara Falls.
We are also planning to hold a WG3 meeting during the PANNDT Conference andmembers of these two groups are encouraged to be physically available where
possible. Exact meeting dates to be confirmed by the WG Chairs.

9.3

IAC: Hawaii, to coincide with 17th APCNDT, 11-14 May 2026
The IAC meeting will be held on 12 May 2026.

9.4

46th ICNDT GA: Verona, Italy to coincide with 14th ECNDT, 15-19 June 2026
The 46th GA will be held on 16 June 2026 in Verona, Italy, exact time to be advised.

9.5

10.

The 47th and 48th GAs will be held during the 21st WCNDT in Buenos Aries.

Instructions for Closing Ceremony
Y Cho advised of the plans for the Closing Ceremony which should take no longer than twohours with the aim being to finish by 14.00. KSNT would like to take people to visit the sites,
particularly anyone who was staying an extra night. The details would be announced at the
Closing Ceremony.
C Belinco would be introduced as the next WCNDT President and will give a presentation.

11.

Vote of Thanks, Long Service Award to retiring ICNDT Executive
Liaison Certificates were presented to Dr T Ogata (ISO TC135), Darcy Corcoran (ISOTC135/SC7), Prof P Trampus (Academia NDT International) and IIW presented to the ItalianSociety on behalf of IIW.
S Babu advised of a special award given through the WCNDT WG4. A photographic
competition was launched in 2024. A series of photographs were entered and following a votethe winner was announced as Mr Kyle Rhys Brealey from Australia. The President of AINDT
was invited to collect the award on his behalf. The award is free registration at the next
WCNDT.
S Babu thanked the retiring members, G Aufricht, J Conte and our retiring WCNDT President,
Y Cho.
Thanks were extended to KSNT and the conference team for their wonderful support and forthe excellent facilities.

12.

Adjournment
Meeting closed.

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Regional Report from the African
Federation of Non-Destructive TestingCompiled & presented by: Harold Jansen
AFNDT Executive Secretary

CONTENT Membership Meetings
 Activities
 Strategic PlanMEMBERSHIP President :Dr Sahaimi Kamal

MoroccoCentre National de l’Energie des Sciences & des Techniques Nucléaires

 Secretariat: Harold Jansen

South Africa

SAIW Founding Members
Algeria; Cameroon; Egypt; Ghana; Congo; Libya; Mauritius; South Africa; Tunisia; Tanzania; Zambia

 Existing ICNDT Members (Listed):
Algeria; Egypt (2); Kenya; Morocco; Nigeria; South Africa (2); Sudan; Tunisia

 New Constitution approved (17 May 2024):
Algeria; Cameroon; Kenya; Morocco; Nigeria; South Africa; Sudan; Tunisia; Zambia

 Interest expressed for new ICNDT Membership
Angola; Cameroon; Ethiopia; Ghana; Malawi; Mauritius; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia

ICNDT MEMBERSHIP
Full Members
Algeria

Centre de Recherche en Technologies Industrielles Route de Dely Ibrahim

CRTI

Egypt

Egyptian Society for NDT

ESNT

Kenya

Non-Destructive Testing Society of Kenya

NDTSK

MoroccoConfédération Marocaine pour les Essais No Destructifs

COMEND

Nigeria

Institute of Non-Destructive Testing

INDTSouth Africa

South African Institute for Non-Destructive Testing

SAINT

Sudan

Sudanese Society for Non-Destructive Testing

SSNDT

Tunisia

Tunisian Committee for NDT c/o CETIMECOTEND

Associate Members
South Africa

Southern African Institute of Wedling

SAIW

Egypt

Egyptian Society for Industrial InspectionESII

MEMBERSHIP Current membership:
54 Countries

All countries are included by default unless written confirmation of non-participation as a resultof limited to no NDT activities within a country(as per agreement during meeting dated 7 Dec 2021)

 Sub-regions:North Africa

Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Egypt

East Africa

Sudan, Burundi, Djibouti, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Uganda, South Sudan

Central Africa

Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tomi and Principe, Gabon

West Africa

Ghana; Benin; Burkina Faso; Cape Verde; Gambia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Ivory Coast;
Liberia; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone, TogoSouthern Africa South

Africa;Angola;Botswana;

Lesotho;Madagascar;

Malawi;Mali,

Mauritius;

Mozambique; Namibia; Seychelles; Swaziland; Union of Comoros; Tanzania; Zambia,
Zimbabwe

MEETINGS
Last Meeting 17 May 2024

AFNDT (27 Participants)
Algeria; Cameroon; Kenya; Morocco; Nigeria; South Africa; Sudan; Tunisia;
ZambiaAgenda Items

 AFNDT Membership AFNDT Constitution
 ICNDT Membership & Fees–ICNDT member; MRA 1 & MRA 2

 WCNDT Participation
 Strategic Plan: National Capacity Building on African ContinentACTIVITIES

2023 / 2024

 Projects

IAEA Sponsored Nuclear School of Excellence

IAEA, NECSA, SAIW Collaboration

 Expert Workshops / Training

UT-PA 1 & 2; UT-ToFD 1 & 2

 Cameroon & Malawi Fellowships

ACTIVITIES TRAINING

IAEA AFRA – NDT ANGLOPHONE (AFRICA)
TRAINING : INITIAL NDT STUDENTS

875
834

717

684
605
554

475

506

476

457
420

310

149

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

ACTIVITIES CERTIFICATION

IAEA AFRA – NDT ANGLOPHONE (AFRICA)

NDT Exams - Pass RateNDT Certification

Initial56%

Initial414

Rewrite61%

Renewal

275

Transition

41%

Recertification

34

Recertification

56%

Total NDT Exams : 1158
9%

5%

56%

30%

Initial

Total NDT Certs : 5277

RewriteTransition

RecertECT (Lev 1, 2 & 3)

MT (Lev 1, 2 & 3)

PT (Lev 1, 2 & 3)

RT (Lev 1, 2 & 3)

UT (Lev 1, 2 & 3)

VT (Lev 1, 2 & 3)

ACTIVITIES United Nations Strategic Development Goals
Gender Equality

UT Level 1

Low
Rate
R99,00High
Rate
R132,00

UT Level 2

R145,80

R194,40

PAUT Level 1

R146,70

R195,60

PAUT Level 2

R181,80

R242,40

RT Level 1

R99,00R132,00

RT Level 2

R145,80

R194,40

MT Level 1

R86,40R115,20

MT Level 2

R95,40R127,20

PT Level 1

R86,40R115,20

PT Level 2

R95,40R127,20

VT Level 2

R124,20

R165,60

SA - BlackSA - Coloured / Indian

NDT Co-ordinator

R144,00

R192,00

SA - White

Foreigner

Project Manager

R169,20

R225,60

NDT Trainee

R62,10

R82,80

RT Safety

R36,00

R48,00Occupation

Male

FemaleEthnicity / Nationality

ACTION PLAN

 General Assembly Election of Dignitaries
 Operating procedures
 Strategic Plan DesignWebsite & Digital platforms
Communication
Visits to Uganda Zambia
 Malawi
 Ethiopia Kenya2024 / 2025
30 August 2024

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVE

2025 / 2035

National ATB + AQB + PCB (ICNDT Recognised) across African Continent
AFNDT / AFRA + SAIW + ICNDTExamination (On-Line) assist in AQB establishment(Initial SAIW & Hand-over to ICNDT once registered under MRA 2)

APPROACH‘Low Hanging’ - 2024
Activate / Reactivate ATBs in Kenya; Cameroon & Sudan
Assist with PCB in Tunisia (Cetime)
ATBs in Morocco, Egypt; Malawi, Uganda, Ethiopia
Design project proposal via AFNDTSTRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
2025 - 2027

2025 / 2035

Submit Triangular Projects targeting ‘subregional leaders’ – ATB, AQB & PCB
IAEA + SAIW + (Tunisia, Cameroon, Sudan & Ghana)2028 – 2030

Submit Triangular Projects within ‘subregions’ – ATB, AQB & PCB
IAEA + Subregional Leader + Subregion country

2031 – 2033

Submit National Projects to strengthen national ATB, AQB & PCB
IAEA + Country

Established via IAEA; AFRA (NLO); African Regional Economic Communities; IIW-ATB and ICNDT
network & cooperation

THANK YOU – Any questions?

APFNDT REPORT
Dr. Takamasa Ogata
APFNDT President
44th MEETING (2nd General Assembly)
30th May 2024, Incheon, Korea– 20th WCNDT1MEMBERS OF APFNDT⚫ Members:
Full Members: 16 Societies
Potential Members: 8 Societies
Total Mebers: 24 Societies⚫ Regional groups:
Region One : Western Asia, Central Asia, South Asia
Region Two : East Asia, South East Asia
Region Three : Pacific, Oceania

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FULL MEMBERS OF APFNDT (1)AINDT- The Australian Institute for Non Destructive Testing

ASNT- The American Society for NDT

BSNDT - The Bangladesh Society for Non Destructive Testing
ChSNDT - The Chinese Society for Non Destructive Testing
CINDE- The Canadian Institute for Non-Destructive Evaluation

ISNT- The Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing

JSNDI- The Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection

KSNT- The Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing

MSNDT - The Mongolian Society for Non Destructive Testing3

FULL MEMBERS OF APFNDT (2)MSNT- The Malaysian Society of Non Destructive Testing

NDTSS - The Non-Destructive Testing Society (Singapore)NZNDTA - the New Zealand Nondestructive Testing Association Inc.
PSNT- The Philippine Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc.

IRNDT- The Iranian Society for Non-Destructive Testing

RSNTTD - The Russian Society for Non Destructive Testing andTechnical Diagnostics
SNTCT - The Society for Nondestructive Testing and Certification of
Taiwan4

POTENTIAL MEMBERS OF APFNDTAUTRI - The Indonesian Society for Non-Destructive Testing
SNDT - The Society for Non Destructive Testing, Sri Lanka
PASNT - The Pakistan Society for Non-Destructive Testing
TSNT - The Thai Society for Non-Destructive TestingAZNDT – The Azerbaijan Society for Non-Destructive Testing
VANDT – The Vietnam Society for Non-Destructive Testing
KAOFD – Kazakhstan Association of Flaw Detection
Myanmar (Under Formation)
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BOARD MEMBERS (AEC)

President
Dr. Takamasa Ogata

Treasurer
Mr. Kevin Smith

Vice President
Prof. Krishnan
Balasubramaniam

APCNDT 2026 President
Mr. Danny Keck

Immediate Past President
Dr. Norikazu Ooka

AuditorDr. Sajeesh Kumar Babu

General Secretary
Mr. Paulchamy
Pugalendhi

Secretariat
Representative
6
Mr. Shohei Ooka

BOARD MEMBERS (REGIONAL GROUPS)
Regional Representative Group 1
Mr. Diwakar D. Joshi (ISNT)
Mr. Alexander Mullin (RSNTTD)
Regional Representative Group 2
Dr. Ji Jingyuan (ChSNDT)Prof. Ik-Keun Park (KSNT)
Dr. Ilham Mukriz Zainal Abidin (MSNT)
Dr. Chih-Hung Chiang (SNTCT)Regional Representative Group 3
Mr. Pranay Wadyalkar (AINDT)
Mr. Neal Couture (ASNT)INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION◼ISO/TC 135 : Standardization activities◼IAEA : NDT projects◼AWF, Asian Welding Federation : Mutual cooperation◼Sprint Robotics collaborative :Conference (Under Formation)◼AITA, Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications :Conference (Under Formation)

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TASK GROUPSTG 1 Membership: Mr. Kevin Smith (ASNT)TG 2 APFNDT Journal: Prof. Jung-Ryul Less (KSNT)TG 3 Communications: Mr. Shohei Ooka (JSNDI)
TG 4 Education and Training: Dr. B. Venkatraman (ISNT)TG 5 Certification: Mr. Paul Grosser (AINDT)TG 6 Standards: Dr. Makoto Ochiai (JSNDI)
TG 7 NDE 4.0: Mr. Pranay Wadyalkar (AINDT)
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SOME EXAMPLES OF TG ACTIVITIESTG 1 Membership• Continue to work recruitment ofadditional members and solicit
support of Regional Board
Members in this pursuit

TG 6 Standards• Review of existing ISO standards• Supporting of effective use anddevelopment of Key standards

TG 7 NDE 4.0
TG 3 Communication• Holding regularly scheduled• Maintenance and updating of theonline meetings
website• Focused discussions on the• Regular distribution of the APFNDTICNDT NDE 4.0 Roadmap
Newsletter via the website• Developing the APFNDT membershipfee collecting system
10NEW STRATEGY- ENHANCING THE SECRETARIAT FUNCTIONS IN NATIONAL SOCIETIES -1. Supporting National societies
in fulfilling their key functions（Secretariat, Training, Certification, etc. ）National
Society

3. Enhancing APFNDT's overall capabilities
to become a global mainstream

National
Society

2. Forming an organized networking platform
among National societies
to promote our activities
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APCNDT (CONFERENCE)
1976: Japan

2001: Australia

1978: Korea

2003: Korea

1980: Japan

2006: New Zealand

1983: Australia

2009: Japan

1987: Canada

2013: India

1990: New Zealand

2017: Singapore

1993: China

2023: Australia

1995: Taiwan

2026: US(Hawaii)

1998: US2029: Malaysia(Kuala Lumpur)12

THE 16TH APCNDT, 2023
◼ Date : February 28th to March 3rd, 2023
◼ Location : Melbourne, Australia.
◼ APCNDT 2023 President : Mr. Paul Grosser◼ Number of participants : 657 participants including 80 students

and 151 from overseas, 47 countries attending, 47 exhibitors, 125
papers◼ Number of technical sessions :40 sessions

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THE 17TH APCNDT, 2026
◼ Date : May 11th to14th, 2026
◼ Location : Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu Hawaii, USA◼ APCNDT 2026, Conference Chair : Mr. Danny Keck

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THE 18TH APCNDT, 2029
◼ Date : November 12th to 16th, 2029
◼ Location : Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia◼ APCNDT 2029 Chairman : Dr Khairul Anuar Mohd Salleh

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INTERNATIONAL NDT EVENTSIN APFNDT (2024-2025)
Year

Event

Date

7th MINDTCE – 7th Malaysia International
20-21 AugustSelangor, Malaysia
2024 NDT Conference and Exhibition
FCNDT 2024 - 1st Formosa Conference on 3-4 October
Non-Destructive Testing
Tainan, Taiwan

2025

Society
MSNT

SNTCT

ASNT 2024 - The Annual
Conference

21-24 October
Las Vegas, US

ASNT

3rd International Conference on NDE
4.0

3-6 March, 2025
Bengaluru, India

ISNTAITA 2017- Advanced Infrared
Technology and Applications

September 15 – 19
Kobe, Japan

JSNDI

IIIAE 2025 - International Institute of
Innovative Acoustic Emission

May 11-15
Nagoya, Japan

JSNDI
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Thank you for your kind attention.

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International Organization for Standardization

Report of ISO/TC 135- Non-destructive testing Chairperson: Dr. Takamasa Ogata
Committee Manager: Mr. Shohei Ooka

ICNDT General Assembly
May 2024

1

Members of ISO/TC 135

Participating Members (36) ■Secretariat (JISC, Japan) ■Observing Members (30) ■From the ISO website

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Liaisons of ISO/TC135
ICNDT: Category A Liaison(1) Special liaison to comply with the Vienna agreement (1)
CEN/TC 138(2) Liaisons Committees to ISO/TC 135 (13)
ISO/TCs (12): TC 11, TC 17, TC 20, TC 26, TC 44,
TC 67, TC 79, TC 107, TC 112, TC 261
SCs (2): TC 85/SC 6, TC 108/SC 5
IEC/TC (1): IEC/TC 87(3)Liaisons Committees from ISO/TC 135 (22)(4) Liaisons with other organizations (8)Liaisons A (5) : CEOC, ICNDT, IIW, INLAC, TIC Council
Liaisons B (3) : EC, IAEA, WCO

3

Sharing key perspectives in ISO◼ Pursuit of SDGs, global warming countermeasures,
DX utilization, and safe and secure society◼ Relationship between technology development
for solving industrial challenges andstandardization for trusted products and services

4

Sharing key perspectives in ISO- Resonating themes -Pursuit of SDGs, global warming countermeasures,
DX utilization, and safe and secure society◼ Sustainable and inclusive growth◼ Responsible AI for all◼ Safe, reliable, and of high quality
5

Sharing key perspectives in ISO- Technology development & standardization -Relationship between technology development
for solving industrial challenges andstandardization for trusted products andservices◼ ISO proposals through organization standards
and national standards◼ A positive cycle of further development
created by standardization
6

Structure of ISO/TC 135/SCs

ISO/TC 135 Non-destructive testing, Japan (JISC)SC 2 Surface methods, South Africa (SABS)
SC 3 UT, Germany (DIN)
SC 4 ET, France(AFNOR)
SC 5 RT, Germany (DIN)
SC 6 LT, Japan (JISC)
SC 7 Personnel qualification, Canada (SCC)
SC 8 Thermographic testing, Korea (KATS)
SC 9 AE, China (SAC)7

Structure of ISO/TC 135/WGs(1)TC135/WG1 General terms and definitions
SC 2/WG 3 Magnetic Flux Leakage testing _ Corrosion
SC 3/WG 5 Ultrasonic test equipment
SC 3/WG 7 Basic principles
SC 4/WG 1 Equipment for eddy current examination
SC 5/SG 1 Gammatopography of shielding integrity
SC 5/SG 2 Sensitivity monitoring of CT systems

SC 6/WG 1 Leak testing in pressured vessels andunderground pipelines using radioactive
tracer methods

8Structure of ISO/TC 135/WGs(2)SC 7/AHG 1 Interpretations to standards
under the purview of SC 7
SC 7/WG 10 Visual acuity
SC 8/WG 1 Terminology and vocabulary
SC 8/WG 2 NDT-IRT-General principles
SC 8/WG 3 NDT-IR-System and equipment
SC 8/WG 4 NDT-IR-Guidelines for examination ofelectrical installations
SC 9/WG 7 Revision of ISO 12716 (Vocabulary)SC 9/WG 8 Acoustic emission testing of metallic structures
SC 9/WG 10 Acoustic emission testing of atmosphericpressure storage tankSC 9/WG 11 Leak detection by acoustic emission…
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Number of standards published(Number)
35
9

30
12
]

・Characteristics of focal spots
in industrial X-ray systems

25■ ISO STANDARDS UNDER DEVELOPMENT, Total: 28■ PUBLISHED ISO STANDARDS, Total: 100

・Ultrasonic guided-wave testing using
20 the phased-array technique

15

・Magnetic flux
leakage testing1
0

・Robotic ultrasonic test
systems
2

27

Metallic pressure
equipment

22

10
1

1

14

5

1

7

0

4

SC 2
Surface

SC 3
UT

SC 4
ET

SC 5
RT

13

・Qualification andcertification of NDT
personnel7・Integrated
5 performanceof system and equipment

SC 6
LT

SC 7
Qualification

SC 8
TT

SC 9
AE

1
1

TC135

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Next ISO/TC 135 Plenary- Potential meeting venues ➢ June 2025 PANNDT (Niagara Falls, Canada)➢ May 2026 APFNDT (Hawaii, USA)or
June 2026 EFNDT (Verona, Italy)
Scheduled for discussion at the ISO/TC135 Plenary Meeting,
1-3 June, 2024
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Thank you foryour attention.

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ISO/TC 135/SC 7
NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING - PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONCANADA (SCC)ICNDT WG 1
Recent TC135 SC 7 Activities
Darcy Corcoran
May 2024

ISO TC 135 SC 7
Overview
1.

ISO 18490 WG 102.

Ad Hoc Group 1.
3.

Near, Far, Color vision.
Responses to interpretations from any of our TC 135 SC 7 documents.
Terms of reference being finalized.

Presenting our roll out to the TC 135 group.



Next steps are developing a process for next meeting in the fall.

Revisit making TS 25107 and TS 25108 into ISO standards.
 Revisit the documents for this change to ensure they are up to date.

ISO 18490
Committee
 WG 10
 8 Meetings were held thus far.

draft to SC 7.

Ready to present CD Optometrist experts Dr. Brenna Fletcher (Canada) and

Dr. Wolfgang Radner (Austria).

 Countries regularly attending, Argentina, Austria,

Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, UK, US

ISO 18490
Near Vision
Wolfgang and Breanna Recommendations
 Remove tumbling E use reading chart Use as an example the Radner Reading Chart 32 cm or 40 cm (with different requirements)
 References on the reading chart to: Log RADM
 Snellen Decimal

ISO 18490
Near Vision
Committee Summary Summary•

Acceptance criteria 20/30•

Common distance 32 cm•

Reading chart test to be used Radner Reading Chart•

Optional requirements for 20/25 @ 40 cm

ISO 18490
Near Vision
Radner Reading Chart

ISO 18490
Far Vision
Summary 20/25
 Distance 4 meters Landolt Ring ISO 8596
 Table next slide

ISO 18490
Colour Vision Summary Ishihara Test
 17 plates (17 out of 17)
 Failure requires an employer-based Trade Test
 Standardized form
 Documentation sent from Employer to CB
 Frequency every 5 years

ISO 18490
Shades of Grey
Discussion
 Type of test
 Skerik grey scale Contrast of 2% and above shall be clearly discriminated (BINDT) Dr Kolbl ONE/TUV/BV Eye examination
 30- 50 cm distance Correctly read 20 out of 25 boxes (BINDT)ISO 18490
Grey Scale Perception
Summary Grey scale testing(not a requirement of this Standard) could be

used in addition to the colour test requirements to further test aperson’s ability to differentiate between shades of grey forradiography and or time of flight diffraction.
 Dr Kolbl ONE/TUV/BV Eye examination
 Skerik grey scale

ISO 18490
Low Contrast Visual
Acuity Summary Low contrast visual acuity testing (not a requirement of theStandard) could be used in addition to the colour test
requirements to further test a radiographic interpreter.

 ASTM E3168 details the procedure for determining the low-

contrast visual acuity of a radiographic interpreter by evaluating
the ability of the individual to detect linear images of varying
radiographic noise, contrast, and sharpness.

ISO 18490
Schedule moving ahead.
 WG 10 meeting (virtual and in person) afternoon July 5,2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.

 Report to SC 7.
 Approval to move forward with CD.
Move straight to DIS.

Ad Hoc Committee First AHG 1 meeting April 22, 2024.
 Group will help when

there is need for interpretations
within our SC 7 documents.

 Terms of reference were discussed, and draft was sent

around for comments.

 Next step will be setting up an interpretation process.

TS 25107
TS 25108
 TS 25107 NDT Training Syllabuses 2019
 TS 25108 NDT Personnel Training Organizations 2018Move these to IS status as they have been in existenceover 6 years.

 Normative or informative?


WGs setup to start revising to make sure they are current
and up to date before we make them normative??

TC135 SC 7
Schedule moving ahead.
 WG 10 ISO18490 meeting June 1, 2024.
 Ad Hoc Group meeting fall 2024.
 Main TC 135 SC 7 meeting June 3, 2024
 TC 135 meeting June 3, 2024.
 Discussion on AGH 1 work.

TC135 SC 7
Summary WG 10 ISO 18490
 ADH 1 Interpretations
 TS 25107, 25108
 Upcoming activities

ISO 18490
Questions or Comments

darcy@qcccanada.com if you require any further
information.

To be presented at the World Conference in NonDestructive Testing, Korea, May 27-31, 2024

Affum, Hannah, Maghella Gerardo

Report for the International
Committee of Non-Destructive Testing(ICNDT), May 27, 2024

IAEA report for ICNDT Conference in Korea.docx

Page 2Introduction
Non-destructive testing (NDT) plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety and reliability of awide range of equipment and structures. NDT methods can detect defects or irregularities
without causing any damage to the materials being tested, making it a valuable tool in manyindustries, including nuclear. Through its programmatic actions, the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) promotes the use of NDT technology in member states recognizing theimportance of maintaining high quality control standards for the safe operation of nuclear andother industrial installations. By providing training and necessary equipment to its Member
States, the IAEA helps ensure that these standards are met globally. This report provides
highlights of key activities undertaken by the Agency in NDT for industry and in the emerging
area of civil engineering.
Key Activities
NDT for Civil Engineering and Cultural Heritage
1. A Third Consultancy Meeting on Preparation of Training materials and e-learning
modules for Non-Destructive testing Applications in Civil Engineering was held at the
IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria from May 13-17, 2024, to develop training
materials (including e-learning) for Non-Destructive Testing techniques applicable incivil engineering. In a meeting last year, the expert group finalised the draft training
syllabi for Non-Destructive Testing techniques applicable in civil engineering. The
technical document on ‘Guidelines on Training Syllabuses in NDT for Civil
Engineering (NDT-CE) is now in review for publication as an IAEA technicaldocument. 15 experts from member states participated in this meeting.
2. A Consultancy Meeting on Development of Training materials and e-learning modules
on Radiographic Testing for Non-Destructive testing (NDT) for Cultural Heritage
Studies took place from 4-8 March 2024 at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria
to prepare training materials in accordance with the developed syllabus for international
capacity building in Radiographic Testing for Non-Destructive testing (NDT) for
Cultural Heritage Studies. About 5 experts attended the meeting.
3. An NDT for civil engineering laboratory has been established at the IAEA laboratories
in Seibersdorf to train and build capacity in member states to support NDT for disasterrecovery and management efforts. The NDT lab collaborates with the IAEA
collaborating centres in NDT and a network of NDT CE experts in member states. The
laboratory is equipped with state-of -the-art NDT equipment including the reboundhammer, proformeter, infrared camera, ultrasonic pulse velocity tester, impact echotester, digital radiography set up, ground penetrating radar for soil and concrete.
Training programmes are scheduled to begin in 2025.
4. An Asian regional project on ‘Enhancing regional capabilities in Advanced NonDestructive Testing Techniques for improved safety and improved performance inindustries’ is ongoing. The aim of the project is to establish regional advancement in
NDT to fulfil the requirements set by global standards for self-reliance and sustainable

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NDT systems. 21 member states are participating in this project which started in 2023
and will end in 2026.
Standardisation of NDT for Civil engineering Applications
1. During the drafting of training syllabi for NDT CE, it was agreed among the expertsthat the content of the training syllabi and its format to be in accordance with ISO/TS
25107:2019. The decision was taken to enable the general acceptance by international
standard bodies and organizations i.e., ICNDT, ISO, and IAEA, to align with existing
format of international standards. Following the completion of the document, theChairman of the Standards working group of the ICNDT is to provide guidance to the
IAEA in moving this forward into the development of standards.
NDT and Artificial Intelligence for Civil Engineering in disaster recovery
NDT has the potential to make a key contribution to engineering risk assessments, improving
the resilience of built infrastructure and supporting disaster recovery efforts. In recognition ofthis the Agency, in response to disasters in member states, has already implemented several
regional and national projects related to building local capacity in using NDT for integrity
assessment of civil structures. The Agency’s NDTCE laboratory is a major resource centre forcontinuous training in this field. The Agency’s capacity building effort has been supported
through strategic partnerships with engineers and NDT specialists from international
professional associations. Through international missions the IAEA has deployed experts tomember states to support emergency response decisions by providing a rapid assessment ofcritical infrastructure. However, despite these valuable steps, currently there remain significant
barriers to realising the full potential of using NDT in disaster recovery contexts.
1. A Technical Meeting on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assisted Non-Destructive testingfor post natural and non-natural disaster management was held at the IAEA headquarters
in Vienna, Austria from Feb 20-24, 2023, to brainstorm and establish linkages between
AI and Non-Destructive testing and propose a coordinated research project in this field.
10 experts from Member states attended the meeting.
2. A consultancy meeting on integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI), data science andrelated Computer tools with Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) for disaster management
was held at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria from February 26 to March 1,
2024, to develop a coordinated multi-staged roadmap for the systematic integration of
AI into Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) for disaster management. An output of thismeeting is a proposed coordinated research project(CRP) on ‘Improving disastermanagement capabilities and outcomes by augmenting Non-destructive Testing (NDT)
with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enhanced for engineering assessment methods’ Toenhance the value of the capacity-building projects already being undertaken by the
Agency in Member States, this CRP will bring together those involved in DM and therelated technical disciplines (including civil and structural engineers, NDT and AI
technology specialists, and in AI and others relevant fields) to engage in collaboration,
research and capability-building activities to better prepare for future disasters andimprove disaster recovery outcomes.

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3. The CRP will be launched in 2025 and is expected to attract proposals from research
institutions, academia and industry from 15 member states.

Practical Arrangement (PA)
1. Recognising the ICNDT as a strategic partner in the achievement of the Agency’s
programmatic actions related to NDT, both entities have initiated efforts to formalise
their engagement and collaboration through a practical arrangement which is anticipatedto be signed Q4 of 2024. The scope of the PA will include:-Exchange and dissemination of unclassified information, including publications andsharing of experiences and best practices in the area of NDT, for example NDT for civilengineering structures and materials and cultural heritage.
-Assistance in training and capacity building in NDT for civil engineering structuresand materials and cultural heritage, including development of educational materials,
training programmes.
-Cooperation in training and capacity building in specific NDT methods for otherapplication areas, including development of educational materials, training
programmes, schemes for qualifications and input to relevant standards.

Other activities
The IAEA has representatives on the following:
1. The ICNDT Specialist International Group (SIG) WG 3
2. Sub-group 1 on NDT CE Standardization.
3. Sub-group 2 on NDT CE Applications.
4. Sub-group 3 on NDT CE Emerging technologies.

ICNDT-IAEA• Through its programmatic actions, the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) promotes the use of NDT technology in member statesrecognizing the importance of maintaining high quality control
standards for the safe operation of nuclear and other industrial
installations. By providing training and necessary equipment to its
Member States, the IAEA helps ensure that these standards are met
globally. This report provides highlights of key activities undertaken by
the Agency in NDT for industry and in the emerging area of civilengineering.

NDT for Civil Engineering• A Third Consultancy Meeting on Preparation of Training materials
and e-learning modules for Non-Destructive testing Applications
in Civil Engineering was held at the IAEA HQ in Vienna in May
2024, to develop training materials (including e-learning) for NDTtechniques applicable in civil engineering.
• The technical document on ‘Guidelines on Training Syllabuses in
NDT for Civil Engineering (NDT-CE) is now in review for publication
as an IAEA technical document.

• An NDT for civil engineering laboratory has been establishedat the IAEA laboratories in Seibersdorf to train and build
capacity in member states to support NDT for disasterrecovery and management efforts• The NDT lab works with the IAEA collaborating centres in
NDT and a network of NDT CE experts in member states.
The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art NDTequipment including the rebound hammer, profometer,
infrared camera, ultrasonic pulse velocity tester, impact
echo tester, digital radiography set up, ground penetratingradar for soil and concrete. Training programmes arescheduled to begin in 2025.

Standardisation of NDT for Civil engineering
Applications• During the drafting of training syllabi for NDT CE, it was agreed
among the experts that the content of the training syllabi and its
format to be in accordance with ISO/TS 25107:2019.
• The decision was taken to enable the general acceptance byinternational standard bodies and organizations i.e., ICNDT, ISO,and IAEA, to align with existing format of international
standards.
• Following the completion of the document, the Chairman of theStandards working group of the ICNDT is to provide guidance tothe IAEA in moving this forward into the development ofstandards.

NDT and Artificial Intelligence for Civil Engineeringin disaster recovery• A Technical Meeting on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assisted Non-Destructive testingfor post natural and non-natural disaster management was held in Vienna in Feb
2023, to brainstorm and establish linkages between AI and NDT and propose acoordinated research project in this field.
• A consultancy meeting on integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI), data science andrelated Computer tools with Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) for disastermanagement was held in Vienna in February 2024, to develop a coordinatedmulti-staged roadmap for the systematic integration of AI into NDT for disastermanagement. An output of this meeting is a proposed coordinated research
project (CRP) on ‘Improving disaster management capabilities and outcomes byaugmenting Non-destructive Testing (NDT) with Artificial Intelligence (AI)enhanced for engineering assessment methods’

NDT for Cultural Heritage• A Consultancy Meeting on Development of Training materials
and e-learning modules on Radiographic Testing for NonDestructive testing (NDT) for Cultural Heritage Studies took placefrom 4-8 March 2024 at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna,
Austria to prepare training materials in accordance with thedeveloped syllabus for international capacity building inRadiographic Testing for NDT for Cultural Heritage Studies.

Advanced NDT Techniques• An Asian regional project on ‘Enhancing regional capabilities inAdvanced Non-Destructive Testing Techniques for improved safety
and improved performance in industries’ is ongoing. The aim of the
project is to establish regional advancement in NDT to fulfil therequirements set by global standards for self-reliance and sustainable
NDT systems. 21 member states are participating in this project whichstarted in 2023 and will end in 2026.

Practical Arrangement (PA)Recognising the ICNDT as a strategic partner in the achievement of the Agency’s
programmatic actions related to NDT, both entities have initiated efforts toformalise their engagement and collaboration through a practical arrangement
which is anticipated to be signed Q4 of 2024. The scope of the PA will include:• Exchange and dissemination of unclassified information, including publications
and sharing of experiences and best practices in the area of NDT, for example
NDT for civil engineering structures and materials and cultural heritage.
• Assistance in training and capacity building in NDT for civil engineering
structures and materials and cultural heritage, including development ofeducational materials, training programmes.
• Cooperation in training and capacity building in specific NDT methods for otherapplication areas, including development of educational materials, training
programmes, schemes for qualifications and input to relevant standards.

ISEMIR-IR –Information System on
Occupational Exposure in Medicine,
Industry and Research

Richard Van Sonsbeek
Richard.vansonsbeek.gmail.com

Contents:

 IAEA objectives
 ISEMIR (IR, IC, N) ISEMIR-IR aims and access ISEMI-IR system
 How does it work? Who can participate?
 ISEMIR-IR global surveys
 National Contact Persons

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Objectives of IAEA effort
Keep radiation protection of workers
optimized:
1. the dose due to normal exposure• if normal exposure is justified!
2. the risk of exposure due to accidents• (risk: combination of probability for andconsequence of an accident)

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ISEMIR - Information System on Occupational Exposurein Medicine, Industry and Research- Tool for optimization of occupational radiation protection- Online web-based information system- 3 specific topical areas:

https://nucleus.iaea.org/isemir/

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Rationale for an International Database (iDB)• The worldwide surveys of the IAEA showed– significant occupational doses do occur,– accidents do happen, and– the variation in occupational dose per radiographic exposure isconsiderable• This in turn shows that there is a need for– considerable improvement in occupational radiation protection– implementation of optimization of protection

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ISEMIR-IR aims and access

ISEMIR-IR is free of charge via a NUCLEUS
account

ISEMIR-IR aims at:• facilitating the implementation of ALARA
practices and effective exposure management;• providing efficient collection and maintenance ofdata on occupational exposure, radiation
practices and incidents;• allowing non-destructive testing (NDT)
companies to benchmark their own facility andindividual radiographers’ performances against
global or regional data to define follow-up actions
to address identified gaps and disseminate
lessons learnt; and• contributing to minimizing the likelihood ofaccidents, e.g. by identifying pre-cursors, user
feedback and experience.

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What are the benefits of participation?

- To improve occupational radiation protection of workers- To provide for efficient data collection and maintenance on
occupational exposure and radiation practices- To analyze the trends of occupational doses of individuals,
companies against global or regional data
- To identify good practices as well as gaps
- To define follow-up actions to address identified gaps anddisseminate lessons learnt

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How does it work?

Registration

Benchmarking andanalysis

Data entry

Publishingof dataDatasubmissionVerificationof data by
IAEA

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Who can participate in ISEMIR-IR?
Primary for operators (facilities) from:
Non-destructive testing (NDT) companies carrying out
industrial radiography
Participation is free
Current registry: 46 users from 29 countries

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ISEMIR-IR: Data entry

 6 UN languages
 Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian,
Spanish Reporting is done annually Data is confidential and anonymous 2 datasets:
 Company/facility Individual Flexible in terms of data collection
 Mandatory fields related to dose
information

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ISEMIR-IR Data entry

IR data entry – personnel and company: Annual collective doses, minimum detectable level Annual dose distribution
 Radiographic workloads - number of radiographic films exposed
 Radiation protection training Radiography sources used
 Compliance inspections of radiographers, preventive maintenanceof devices
 Use of collimators, survey meters, reading dosimeters, etc.
 Number of incidents
 Professional roles in ISEMIR-IR: assistant to the radiographer,industrial radiographer, manager, RPO, source recovery, trainee
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ISEMIR http://nucleus.iaea.org/isemir
Global Surveys on industrial radiography

1st Survey: 2012
2nd Survey: 2020
3rd Survey: 2022
4th Survey: 2024 Q4Radiographers, NDT companies, Regulators (paper)
NDT companies , Regulators (paper)
NDT Companies, Regulators (paper & online)
NDT Companies, Regulators (paper & online)

General findings of the surveys conducted in 2012, 2020 and 2022
 Significant occupational doses do occur Radiation protection is not being effectively optimized
 Detailed information at the operational level is lacking – confirmed the needfor an international database Results of 1st survey published in IAEA-TECDOC-1747
 Results of 2nd and 3rd surveys available athttps://www.iaea.org/topics/information-system-on-occupational-exposure-in-medicineindustry-and-research-industrial-radiography

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National Contact Persons• Nominated by National Liaison Officers and Regulatory
Bodies• Objective is to assist in ISEMIR-IR promotion in their country• IAEA will organise webinars to explain the NCP role
• Total number of NCPs for ISEMIR-IR is 31– i.e. majority of member states still need to appoint an NCP• Please help IAEA to appoint an NCP in your country

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More Information

Please contact ISEMIR-IR through:
ISEMIR-IR.Contact-Point@iaea.org.

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Thank You

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International Institute of Welding

IIW
The global Welding &Joining Organization

The International Institute of Welding• In 1948 national
welding organizations in 13
countries agreed to create
the International Institute of Welding• The objectives of the Association
shall be to act as the world-wide
network for knowledge exchange ofjoining technologies to improve theglobal quality of life.
• Currently 51 countries from allcontinents are represented by
Responsible member societies:

VisionThe leading global
welding community
linking industry,
research and education

Mission

Advance welding andjoining through aworldwide network• Non-For-Profit organisations• Representing the sector of welding andallied processes in their countries

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The IIW at a glance• 22 Working Units (Groups andCommissions) meeting twice a year
• Every year the IIW Annual
Assembly hosts 800 experts anddelegates (the “who’s who” inwelding and joining)• IIW Knowledge Center••

More than 5,000 registered users
About 20,000 downloadable
documents (members restricted)

Standardisation(recognised by ISO)
Publication of deliverables(journal, Books, Software)
Meetings and Gatherings(international/regional)
Qualification and certificationof personnel and companies(global Network)

IIW Commissions (scientific activities)
C-I
C-II
C-III
C-IV
C-V
C-VI
C-VII
C-VIII
C-IX
C-X
C-XI
C-XII
C-XIII
C-XIV
C-XV
C-XVI
C-XVIIC-XVIII
C-XIX

Additive Manufacturing, Surfacing, and Thermal Cutting
Arc Welding and Filler Metals
Resistance Welding, Solid State Welding, and Allied Joining Process
Power Beam Processes
NDT and Quality Assurance of Welded Products
Terminology
Micro joining and Nanojoining
Health, Safety, and Environment
Behavior of Metals Subjected to Welding
Structural Performances of Welded Joints - Fracture AvoidancePressure Vessels, Boilers and Pipelines
Arc Welding Processes and Production Systems
Fatigue of Welded Components and Structures
Education and Training
Design, Analysis, and Fabrication of Welded Structures
Polymer Joining and Adhesive Technology
Brazing, Soldering and Diffusion Bonding
Quality Management in Welding and Allied Processes
Physics of Welding and joining

Technical
Management
Board

Industrial Support
Structural Integrity
Processes

IIW Technical Production

Standards

30 Published standards

Books

145 Books Published

WitW

SCI® IF 2.1 (2022)

White Paperand vision documents

IIW Knowldege Centre (www.iiwelding.org)

IIW International System of Qualification andCertification• Worldwide recognized diplomas• Centralized management of
examinations, in the national
language• System working on continuously
updated guidelines• Periodical audit of ANBs and ATBs

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International Additive Manufacturing Qualification
System (IAMQS)• The International Additive Manufacturing Qualification System(IAMQS) was created to ensure that companies and professionals
are equipped with the right set of skills to implement AM at theindustrial level.
• It currently covers Metal AM Qualifications for Operators,
Designers, Supervisor, Inspector, Coordinator and Engineers.
• The International AM Qualification System is managed by EWF(European Welding Federation)

IIW legacy programs• IIW Young Professional activities support the growth of
future leaders in welding• Dedicated events and rates for IIW General Events (YPIC)• Mentorship• IIW Student Chapters• David Landon IIW Future Leaders Project, Supports future
leaders in attending the meetings of IIW Board of Directors• IIW Welding Charity Fund Supports initiatives related to
welding and allied activities in accordance with theobjectives of the Association• IIW New Welding Capabilities Project guides the growth of
Welding Associations and their relationship with the UN
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

IIW events

The IIW Annual Assembly

IIW Strategy 2023-2028
VisionThe leading global welding
community linking industry,
research and education

Mission

Advance welding and joining through aworldwide network
IIW Core Values

Committed to the advancement of welding and joining for a safer and sustainable world
Operates based on mutual respect for diversity, culture and languages

Objectives
1. Improve IIW visibility through communication and marketing
2. Expand industrial relevance of IIW by sharing fundamental and applied research, best practices, andthrough standardization
3. Increase the value of IIW to its community and all stakeholders
4. Improve and expand our IAB system to meet the needs of industry and the global welding community
5. Optimize organizational and management structure to ensure it meets IIW stakeholders expanding needs

Many thanks for your attention

The best International provider of certification
and best practices: ensuring the highest
standards for all welding projects with global
scope and impact

www.iiwelding.org