TENTH WORLD CONFERENCE
ON NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTINGMINUTES OF THE 15TH INTERNATIONAL MEETINGMoscow, Russia – USSR
August 22, 1982

List of Attendants
M. Mikheev
V. Klyuev
L. Heard
V. Gerasimov
T. Goldfinch
J. ColeO. Ganglbauer
G. Aufricht
P. De Meester
A. Skordev
S. Brisighello
G. Shewchuk
J. Zirnhelt
C.F. Ying
L. Cizek
J. Obraz
S. LundK. Rimmer
J. Sillanpaa
B. Vieillard-Baron
H. J. Kopineck
W. Bock
W. Morgner
R. RetiT. Konkoly
O. Singhania
G. Colombi
G. Nardoni
N. Niwa
S. Saito
G. Van Dijk
A. Jensen
Z. Pawlowski
J. Mottl

USSR, President
USSR, Vice-President
Australia, Vice-President
USSR, Vice-President
Australia
Australia
Austria
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
BrazilCanadaCanadaChinese People’s RepublicCzechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Denmark
FinlandFranceFRG
FRG
GDR
Hungary
Hungary
India
Italy
Italy
Japan
Japan
Netherlands
NorwayPolandPoland77

J. Villate
B. Holmgren
R. Sharpe
A. Bond
J. AmanB. Risinger
A. Sirco

Spain
SwedenUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom
USAUSA
Yugoslavia

1. President’s WelcomeThe President welcomed delegates of the NDT International Meeting andwished them an enjoyable and profitable visit.
2. Changes in Delegations
The list of delegates which is compiled according to the letters received by
the Secretariat of the 10th Conference, appears above.
3. Approval of the Minutes of the 14th Meeting held in Melbourne on
November 22, 1979
The minutes of the 14th Meeting were adopted subject to the following
amendment of Mr. Kopineck (to item 4 of the agenda, the last paragraph), who
proposed to concentrate all efforts in the field of personnel qualification. Heasked the ICNDT to recommend the following procedure.
a) installation of a 3-level systemb) concentration of this system on the testingc) definition of minimum requirements of knowledge, experience, andskills for the testing methods and levels.
He said that the FRG NDT- Society was willing to produce a first draft ofdetailed requirements for US Methods at three levels.
4. Report on the activity of the International Committee since the 9thConference
The President stated in the Report that since November 1979 till now theICNDT, its delegates, and its president have been performing all round activities
aimed at the organization of the 10th World Conference in Moscow in August,1982.
Contacts with numerous scientists, experts, companies and enterprises inmany countries had been established.
Coordinating work on preparing reports covering the subjects of theConference had been carried out.
A Glossary of terms frequently used in nondestructive testing had been
composed and published for the participants and interpreters.

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Certain steps had been taken to bring various institutes and companies
into participating in a specialized exhibition on nondestructive testing devices(“Introscopiya-82”).
Seven volumes of the Conference Proceedings had been publishedincluding all the papers received from foreign scientists and experts despite thelate submission of some of the foreign papers.
Hardware (translation services) for the 10th World Conference on
Nondestructive Testing in Moscow has been provided.
Thus, the required conditions for the Conference work in the Centre ofInternational Trade and Scientific and Technical Cooperation with Foreign
Countries had been created.
Much attention has been given to the implementation of the decisions
taken earlier and resulting from the ICNDT Terms of Reference.
ICNDT performed its activities on the basis of the aims to promoteinternational cooperation in the field of development and utilization of various
NDT methods.
The ICNDT activities induce the formation of not only national but also
regional NDT organizations like European and Pan-Pacific, two European
conferences having already been held (Meinz-1978, Vienna-1981) and the third
one scheduled for 1984 (Firenze).
While discussing the President’s report, the delegates thanked the USSR
Organizing Committee for the successful preparation of the conference andexpressed a desire for further edition of “News Letter” being of help in
coordinating the work.
The Committee took into account the declaration of the Italian delegationthat the question of Italian membership in the ICNDT would be settled inside theircountry.
Mrs. Brisighello expressed for Brazil to receive regular information on theICNDT activities.
S. Brisighello, B. Holgren, J. Aman proposed that the national reports ofICNDT member countries be collected.
Mr. Pawlowski proposed to include a list of the NDT national conferences
into Supplement B to the Report. Mr. Villate advised that the 4th National NDTCongress will be held in Spain in September, 1982.
The Committee recommended to the WCNDT members to submit to the12th WCNDT Organizing Committee within the period of three months additional
materials on the activities of NDT national committees.
The Committee requested that the USA National Committee summarize
the materials and distribute them among the ICNDT member countries.
5. Approval of the Terms of Reference and recommendations fororganizing future NDT Conferences
Mr. Kopineck proposed to hold the WCNDT once every four years, with
regional conferences being held between them.

79Mr. Mikheev and Mrs. Risinger suggested that this proposal be consideredwhen discussing item 6 of the agenda of the present meeting.
The suggestion was accepted.
Mr. Sharp said that clause 3.22 of the Terms of Reference should provide
for assistance in formulating national standards.
The Committee adopted the Terms of Reference and recommendations
for organizing future NDT conferences in view of the amendments and additions
made at the 14th Meeting. The Committee also recommended to introduce
further amendments as they are submitted beginning with the 12th WCNDT.
6. Place and Date of the next World ConferenceAt the 14th Meeting it was decided in principle that the 11th Conference beheld in the USA in 1985.
Mr. Aman informed the delegates about the work being carried out for thepreparation of the 11th Conference.
The Committee unanimously adopted the proposal to hold the 11thConference in the USA in 1985. Mr. Singhania expressed a desire that thecountries, organizers of future conferences, should try to make reasonable theexpenses of the participants.
In view of the different opinions expressed by the ICNDT members
concerning Mr. Kopineck’s proposal to hold conferences once in four years, theCommittee decided to consider it in the lobby and return to this question at the16th meeting.
Mr. Kopineck proposed that the question concerning the 12th WCNDT be
discussed in 1985.
At Mr. De Meester’s request the delegates were informed about the official
proposals received by the Secretariat from Japan, the Netherlands, and India tohost the 12th WCNDT.
Mr. Colombi informed the delegates that Italy could also host the 12thWCNDT and wished to consider this possibility.
The Netherlands and Brazil expressed a desire to host the 13th WCNDT if
the 12th WCNDT should be held in some other country.
The Committee decide to consider these proposals at the 16th meeting.
7. Consideration of Membership Applications
Mr. Morgner informed the delegates of the state of the NDT activities inthe GDR and on behalf of the GDR National Committee applied for membershipin the ICNDT.
The Committee unanimously accepted the German Democratic Republic
for membership of the Committee and congratulated Mr. Morgner on this event.
8. Training and certification of NDT personnel
Mr. Kopineck reported on training and certification of NDT personnel. He80

proposed that the requirement for training and certification of personnel in thefield of ultrasonic and radiographic inspection be accepted.
The delegates thanked Mr. Kopineck for the information.
The Committee received documents on training and certification of NDT
personnel from the Scandinavian countries, the FRG, Italy, the Netherlands, andBrazil.
The Committee states that a three level program of training of NDT
personnel for acoustic methods could be considered as basically effected atpresent. Favourable opinions of the program’s basic concepts have beenreported from representatives of several countries.
Messrs. Pawlowski and De Meester proposed a draft program on radiation
methods. Programs are being developed in some countries in the field ofmagnetic, eddy current, and other methods.
The delegates proposed for achieving coordination of national training
programs on a bilateral basis. They also spoke for common training standards.
It was pointed out that more precise criteria are needed to distinguish the levelsof training.
Mr. Sharpe advises that the programs on ultrasonic and radiographic
methods should be considered by the Working Group.
Mr. Mikheev proposed that the prepared programs be approved and theWorking Group be enlarged. He said that Prof. V. Gerasimov was a USSR
candidate for membership in the Working Group. The Committee considers it
necessary to intensify the Working Group activity and calls for all the members ofthe ICNDT to contribute to it.
At Mr. Pawlowski’s request the Committee asks Mr. Kopineck to arrange aWorking Group meeting inviting all those interested from the ICNDT member
countries to participate in it. The Committee also asks the participants in themeeting to work out recommendations as to the candidature of the WorkingGroup chairman.
Dr. Reti pointed out that the Hungarian delegation accepted the draft. The
minimum requirements for NDT personnel training in Hungary are as follows:
At present the first and second levels of training are realized together. In
the future the two levels may be separated, alternatively the first level training
could be organized at the working place with an examination followed by alecture and another examination.
Hungary is the first country where the NDT personnel training andcertification is exercised on the basis of official procedure. The problem is whichof the two above ways to choose.
Mr. Sharpe proposed that national NDT training standards be approved.
The composition of the Working Group is to be approved of at the 16thMeeting when considering item “Miscellaneous’ of the agenda.
The Committee asks the Working Group to report its work at the 17th
Meeting of the ICNDT.
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The Committee adopted the Agenda of the 16th Meeting in view ofamendments concerning places and dates of future conferences.
10. Miscellaneous
Mr. Klyuev informed delegates on the procedure of the opening ceremonyof the 10th Conference, as well as the order for the 16th Meeting. The President
thanked all those present for the work done and declared the meeting closed.
The meeting closed at 17:00 hours.

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