Minutes of a meeting of the
ICNDT General Assembly and 41st ICNDT Meeting
Internet Meeting
Friday 31st July 2020
Participants:

S K Babu
B Alves
D Andrews

ICNDT Chair
RELACRE (Portugal)
CINDE (Canada)

VotingVotingVotingC Belinco
M Carboni
T Chady
F Champigny

AAENDE (Turkey) and PANNDTAIPND (Italy)
PTBNIDT/SIMP (Poland)
COFEND (France)

VotingVotingVotingVoting

J ConteN Couture
L DickT Erhard
P Fisch
A Garcia Cueto
F Gomez
C Hakan Gur
J Hansen
G Idinger
J Jingyuan
M Kazakevich
P Kecskes
T Kek
O KwonP MazelA Mullin
B Muthuramlaingam
G Nicolescu
T Ogata
S OokaIk Keun ParkE Romero
V Syasko
J Toivonen
J Verkooijen
P Wadyalkar

ABENDI (Brazil)
ASNT (USA) and PANNDTNZNDT (New Zealand) and APFNDTDGZFP (Germany)
SGZP (Switzerland)
IMENDE (Mexico)
AEND and EFNDTTURK NDT (Turkey)
BINDT President (UK)ÖGFZP (Austria)
ChSNDT (China)
USNDT (Ukraine)
MAROVISZ (Hungary)
SSNDT (Slovenia)
KSNT (Korea)
CNDT (Czech Republic)
ICNDT WG1 Chair and EFNDTNDTSS (Singapore)
ARoENd (Romania)
JSNDI (Japan)
JSNDI (Japan) and APFNDTKSNT President (South Korea)
AEND (Spain)
RSNTTD (Russia)
Danish Society for NDTKINT (Netherlands)
AINDT (Australia)

VotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingVotingG Aufricht
C BirdA BlaauwY Cho
S K Choksi
J M Farley

ICNDT Treasurer
ICNDT ICEC Secretary
KINT President (Netherlands)
KSNT/WCNDT President
ISNT (India)
ICNDT Past Chair

Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting

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D Gilbert
A Elezovic
O KwonP Pugalendhi
C Rizzetti
R Rodriguez
T Sakagami
C Bailey
Apologies:
1.

ICNDT General Secretary
COFREND (France)
KSNT (Korea)
NDTSS (Singapore)
AIPND (Italy)
AEND (Spain)
JSNDT (Japan)
BINDT (Minute Secretary)

Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting
Non-Voting

H Jansen, SAIW (South Africa)

Welcome and background to the meeting
S Babu welcomed all to the online General Assembly and the 41st Annual Meeting. It was good to see
such good participation at this virtual meeting which was a result of how COVID-19 has forced us to workin this ‘new normal’. 16.1 million people worldwide have been affected by the pandemic with the highest
numbers in America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. COVID-19 has affected us in a number of ways
and has had a huge economic impact.
We were able to hold our Annual Meeting in Glasgow in January this year but then one month later theeffects of the pandemic started to show in Asia, Europe and then USA. This did affect the planned
WCNDT in Korea this year and a number of brainstorming meetings between the ICNDT and the KSNT
organising committee were held to discuss how best to handle this.
On the 4th March 2020 it was decided to delay the WCNDT and on the 10th April there was an official
announcement that the event was to be postponed. It was agreed that the existing officers would
continue in their roles until the postponed WCNDT in 2021. Several members requested to have an
online GA, hence this meeting today.
D Gilbert ran through the agenda and the meeting etiquette. It was pleasing to welcome so many people
to the meeting today, all of whom were thanked for their participation.
All participants introduced themselves and a quorum was established.
Apologies were received from H Jansen due to ill health and everyone wished him well.

2.

Memoriam
We had not been informed of any deaths since the last meeting.

3.

Minutes of the 40th GA – June 2018
The minutes of the last GA has been circulated prior to the meeting. On a proposal by P Wadyalkar,
seconded by L Dick, the minutes were approved as a true record.
Actions from the last meeting:
Action Ref.
No.
GA/2018-06-14/..
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Action Ref.
No.
GA/2018-06-14/..
2.

Desc.

WHO

Send email to all societies
regarding the new fee
structure.

DJG

Desc.

WHO

Remove Kazakhstan, Latvia
and Moldova from the list of
ICNDT Members.

DJG

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STATUS/COMPLETE BY
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2Action Ref.
No.
GA/2018-06-14/..
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4.

Desc.

WHO

Societies to advise thesecretariat of any updates tothe directory and website.

Societies

STATUS/COMPLETE BY
Ongoing.

Procedure for Voting and Quorum
M Farley advised that there was one vote for each regional assembly, one vote for each region and
one vote for each member society. However, it was not expected that there would be many items to voteon at this meeting and normally voting is only carried out if information has been circulated in advance.

5.

Annual Report 2019 (Balance and Budget)
The Annual Report was presented. S Babu advised that the report had been approved at the Annual
Meeting in January. The draft budget for 2020 had also been approved and G Aufricht was invited togive some detail on the 2020 finances.
The 2020 Budget, Rev 1 and 2 were presented. G Aufricht pointed out that the income from the WCNDT2020 has been postponed until next year so revision 2 of the budget shows zero income for WCNDT.
Under the new structure, membership fees for 2020 were €22,792 which is more than the amount shown
in Rev 1 of the budget. There was no change to the other items in the budget. The membership fees had
been broken down into the different regions but not all fees for 2019 have been paid.
G Aufricht asked for acceptance of Rev 2 of the budget. The balance showed no meeting costs,
income of €128,955 and expenditure of €9,282.
G Aufricht advised that a slight change to the accounting framework for 2021 will be considered. For
example there will be a new cost of personal expenses for the new WG1 Secretary. A Mullin pointed outthat C Bird is Secretary of ICEC and not WG1 so this expense is not related to WG1. A Mullin and
G Aufricht to discuss outside of the meeting.
We have taken out the €30,000 donation from WCNDT and have taken out the membership fees throughthe new structure for the four regions.
S Babu advised that a balance of €152k was approved in January but our rolling forecast as of today is
expected to be €120k due to the shortfall from WCNDT. Overall our finances are healthy and G Aufricht
was thanked for keeping our finances on track.

6.

Officers and Secretariat (2020-2021 update)
S Babu thanked BINDT for their support over the last four years in providing the secretariat to enable
ICNDT to function efficiently. He also thanked all of the officers for their contributions over the period
2016-2020, as well as all members for their continued support.
The current officers will continue in role until WCNDT 2021.
In accordance with OP1, six months before the WCNDT next year, a request for nominations will be sentby email. Nominations will then be reviewed by the IEC,

7.

ICNDT Awards and Honorary Memberships
ICNDT awards and Honorary Memberships will continue until the 2021 WCNDT.
S Babu thanked all Federations for their support and advised that we have 64 member societies and 4
regional members.
On behalf of all members, M Farley proposed a vote of thanks to S Babu who has worked very hard,sometimes under difficult circumstances, over the last four years and who has agreed to remain in post for
at least one further year.

8.

Membership
J Conte reported that there are 64 organisations within ICNDT; 55% from Europe, 27% from Asia Pacific,
12% from PAN America and 6% from the Africa region. A copy of J Conte’s report is attached.

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S Babu advised that there have been a lot of changes to the Operating Procedures and asked M Farley tobrief the meeting on the changes. M Farley reported that the IEC has been reviewing and revising OP11
– Membership. We wanted to clarify that any society that is accepted into a region is automatically
accepted into ICNDT but the starting point for the application would be through the region. The new text
has now been agreed within the IEC and, after some small editorial changes, will be sent to members forapproval by postal ballot.
G Aufricht asked if OP1 would also include clarification of members who do not pay their fees and what
would happen to their membership. M Farley advised that the procedure does not currently say anything
about non-payment of fees and he suggested that this be referred to the IEC for review.
The general view is that fees for membership for small societies have been reduced dramatically and wewould expect these fees to be paid. If members do not pay, the immediate sanction would be no vote at
the next GA and then soon after, removal of that society from membership. We will check to see where
this is actually stated in our documentation. G Aufricht agreed that societies should commit to pay the€100 low membership fee or leave ICNDT. Under normal circumstances we would collect somemembership fees in cash at WCNDT but unfortunately we will not have the opportunity this year.
S Babu thanked members from Europe, Africa, Asia and Pan America who have been supporting us
financially. There will be a significant change for the growing states in Category D or E membership which
will be really helpful. This will be acknowledged at the next General Assembly. We know that this is adifficult period but we would request all members to support ICNDT by paying their fees. If anyone isexperiencing difficulties they are asked to let us know.
9.

Regional Reports
9.1

AFNDT

The AFNDT report is attached.
9.2

APFNDT

N Ooka presented the attached report.
P Wadyalkar pointed out that the APFNDT wants to grow and accommodate more societies. He did notagree with the policy that if members do not pay their fees they should be asked to leave. We could
cancel their voting rights but we should not cancel their membership if they cannot pay. P Wadyalkar
requested that the IEC gives consideration to developing societies.
S Babu commented that it would be good if the regions that are close to member countries have goodcommunications with them. He believed that the regions should have a role in communicating with thecountries that are not paying.
9.3

EFNDT

F Gomez presented the attached report.
The EFNDT has 31 Full Members and 9 Associate Members.
M Farley asked F Gomez to explain what the RIMA project is. F Gomez advised that RIMA is a European
Union’s Horizon 2020 funded project on Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance. The project was
launched last year and a lot of companies and countries are participating in it. Peter Trampus is the
EFNDT contact for the project.
With regard to NDE 4.0, M Farley advised that there is an ICNDT specialist international group led by
Dr J Vrana. An NDE 4.0 Ambassador has been appointed and an international conference, co-sponsored
by ICNDT has been organised. M Farley was concerned that there were too many groups looking at NDE
4.0 and he asked all to support the ICNDT specialist group.
F Gomez believed that it was important to improve communication between ICNDT and the Federationsor there could be problems with competition between the groups. F Gomez suggested some combined
meetings with EFNDT and ICNDT perhaps every three months. M Farley commented that this is an
important topic to work on internationally across the globe. There was going to be a large workshop on
NDE 4.0 at the WCNDT so we will need to organise something leading up to the WCNDT next year.

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D Gilbert advised that this point was taken on board at a meeting last week and things will change withimproved communication being implemented.
P Wadyalkar advised that the first meeting on NDE 4.0 was held in the USA last week and it was reported
that the sub groups i.e. EFNDT and APFNDT should all be reporting through ICNDT. M Farley waspleased to hear about all of this cooperation.
T Erhard advised that a small meeting was held last week and the conclusion of that meeting was that aroadmap will be created. Once the roadmap has been completed we will discuss together and see what
is going on around the world. It was also agreed that national societies and regional members of ICNDT
would participate as ambassadors.
D Gilbert commented that the people who drove this in the first place wanted as much publicity anddissemination of the information as possible which is understandable, but the coordination has beenlacking until now.
9.3

PANNDT

J Conte presented the attached report on the activities of the PANNDT.
10.

Strategic Plan
S Babu reported that the plan is updated every two years and was last updated in 2018. The ICNDT
carries out the actions in accordance with the Strategic Plan. S Babu thanked all of the working groupmembers and chairs for diligently responding to their actions.
We are now preparing Rev 11 of the Strategic Plan for the next four years and S Babu, M Farley and
D Gilbert have been working on this which will be presented at the General Assembly next year.
We have established good relationships with other organisations such as ISO, IIW, IIE etc. and these
relationships are important to keep our Strategic Plan up to date.
The ICNDT specialist group for NDE 4.0 is taking the lead and we are planning to hold a webinar thisyear.
Moving forward, we are also seeing an increasingly mobile workforce and the national certification
schemes are very well recognised internationally and more and more sister societies are working closer
together.
The ICNDT MRA continues to grow with more certification bodies being recognised under Schedule 2.
In terms of Action 5 of the Strategic Plan, NDT is surviving well in terms of the economic downturn but weare also seeing serious threats due to COVID-19.
Since 2018 we are seeing more close collaboration with the regional federations and more and moreregional federations are supporting the smaller societies as well as the new fledgling societies. The
ICNDT has a global role to play in this.
The SWOT analysis is being reviewed and will be presented to the IEC in the coming months. The firstdraft of Rev 11 of the Strategic Plan will be circulated by the end of this year for deliberation and approvalat the next General Assembly.
WG1 – Qualification and Certification
A Mullin presented the attached report.
A Mullin was thanked on behalf of the ICNDT for chairing WG1 and for the excellent work that he is doing.
ICEC
C Bird presented the attached report.
All but three of the 25 PCBs have responded to the request to update their date. Y Cho advised that
KSNT will be ready to move to Schedule 2 by the time of the next WCNDT in June 2021.
C Bird advised that CSWIP are also in the process of becoming a Schedule 2 member.

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G Aufricht commented that we should be very careful when we talk about compromises such as paper
verification during COVID-19. We should at least meet the process quality of the European accreditors. If
we are weak, our customers may have problems. S Babu said that the compromise is not on the qualityof the renewal paperwork, it is on the timeline and a six months extension has been granted to submit allof the necessary paperwork.
WG3 – Education and Research
The report presented by T Erhard is attached.
D Gilbert presented some information on the first International Conference on NDE 4.0(https://conference.nde40.com/), being organised by DGZfP and co-sponsored by ICNDT. Thisconference is split into a virtual conference in 2021 (with invited presentations only) and an in-person
conference in 2022, planned as follows:•
Virtual Conference April 14/15/20/21 2021 with four days of invited presentations on the subject of NDE
4.0 (3 hours each day including a panel discussion, 2 time slot options to choose from to accommodate
all time-zones)•
In-person Conference April 26 - 28 2022 in Munich, the call for abstracts is online.
WG4 – Communications
S Ooka presented the attached report.
Progress is being made with the new website at an estimated cost of around €20k. It is hoped that thewebsite will be open for testing at the end of this year with the full website up and running by the time of
WCNDT.
T Erhard asked how many ICNDT meetings would be held after the WCNDT. With regard to TC135 SC7,
S Ooka will be contacting KSNT to see if we can hold the TC135 meeting before or after WCNDT and theexact date will be confirmed.
WG5 – Radiation Protection and Safety
D Gilbert gave a brief report on the ISEMIR-IR project.
WG6 – CM and Diagnostic Technology
A report from C Belinco/L Gelman is attached. Anyone interested in joining WG6 was asked to let
C Belinco know.
11.

WCNDT
Y Cho presented the current status of WCNDT participation. There are still more than 1,000 abstracts
submitted, which is record breaking.
D Gilbert asked if anyone who had originally submitted an abstract to the conference would have toresubmit. Y Cho advised that this is not the case.
As of today, there are a total of 25 sponsors.
The official title ‘WCNDT 2020’ will be the brand name.
We may still face further challenges this year and next year with the COVID-19 situation and we will needto come up with an alternative contingency plan as soon as possible.
The overall numbers for next year are still looking very promising and Y Cho thanked everyone for theirstrong support.
S Babu suggested that it would be a good idea to create a WCNDT 2021 link to the existing WCNDT 2020
website and he asked KSNT to look into this.
It is hoped that we will have a clearer position at the end of this year as to whether there will still be travel
restrictions in place next year due to COVID-19.

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12.

APCNDT Conference 2021
P Wadyalkar presented the plans for the Asia Pacific conference in 2021, organised by AINDT. The
rescheduling of WCNDT to five and a half months before the APCNDT Conference has had a big impact
in terms of the number of delegates, exhibitors etc. The APCNDT was scheduled to be held in Melbourne
from the 18th October 2021 and Melbourne is in the same Asia Pacific Federation region as Korea.
We are exploring options to postpone to October 2022 but we would have to involve the chairs of allnational societies in the region so that the damage that would happen to AINDT will not also happen toother societies.
P Wadyalkar felt that the WCNDT organising committee should have invited the APFNDT Chair to every
meeting where discussions on deferring the WCNDT had taken place, then both countries and federations
would be less effected compared to the mammoth challenge that APFNDT may have in October 2021.
APFNDT was willing to hold a joint conference with WCNDT because we were in the same region. AINDT
was prepared to make some adjustments but the lack of consultation in a timely manner was notbeneficial to all of the parties involved.
The AINDT as part of the APFNDT is committed in that our actions will not lead to any hardship,difficulties or challenges to any other international conference or NDT body. The AINDT will consult withall other federations and NDT bodies to ensure that our rescheduled dates do not clash or overlap withother events or force them to postpone their conferences.
As the EFNDT Conference is scheduled to be held in Lisbon from 6-10 June 2022, the AINDT wouldcancel the APCNDT until after this event so that there is negligible effect on the EFNDT or the Portuguese
Society of NDT and we will show this same consideration to all other societies.
The worst case scenario will be that the APCNDT will go ahead as planned in October 2021 and we will
do our best to invite, encourage and entice most world leaders in NDT to visit Australia in 2021. However,unless a COVID-19 vaccination is in place for all, P Wadyalker believed that it will be difficult for people toenter other countries next year.
For the AINDT to go ahead with the APCNDT next year, we will incur major losses and may even have to
move the event to a cheaper venue in another city. The AINDT is a small society and we do not want togo bankrupt or end up with huge conference losses because of the decision to hold the WCNDT just a few
months before our event.
P Wadyalker went on to say that, although we have been affected by the rescheduled WCNDT we will doour best to accommodate all countries and ensure that other societies do not go through the same
hardship that the AINDT may go through. P Wadyalker requested that ICNDT and federation leaders
should learn lessons from this and each of the four federations should prepare procedures for the future toensure that conferences do not occur in the same region for at least two years. If something like thiscannot be avoided, then the WCNDT and the local federation should have a provision that they
accommodate each other and run a joint conference rather than individual conferences. There should
also be a provision in our OP for a decision on conference cancellation. Under no circumstances should asociety have to endure hardship due to the actions of another society.
With regard to the position of WCNDT 2020, S Babu advised that the decision is made every four years,
two cycles in advance, which meant that the decision on the 2020 WCNDT was made in 2012. The
decision to hold the APCNDT in Australia was decided in 2013 so there was a one year gap. The
decisions on the regional conferences are made by the federations. S Babu pointed out that the ICNDTWorld Conference is encouraged to move around the different regions.
We do have to be careful as the conference cycles are very close other than Europe where there is a twoyearly cycle between EFNDT and ICNDT conferences.
The COVID-19 pandemic was unavoidable but it was acknowledged there should have been closer
dialogue between AINDT and KINT to ensure that these discussions happened. KSNT is responsible forthe profit and loss of the conference so has to take into account the views of those who have already paid
money. We will however look at our OPs to see if improvements can be made. The OPs are on the
ICNDT website and S Babu invited all society presidents to look at these and consider any improvements
for discussion at the next GA.
Y Cho commented that he was very sorry to hear the comments from P Wadyalker and the AINDT but
nobody expected this pandemic situation to happen. We had to consult with all of our returning clients

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D Gilbert supported everything that S Babu had said and reiterated that it was a very difficult,unprecedented situation which the WCNDT organising committee was faced with. The committee reallydid endeavor to try and take everything into consideration and we believed that the correct dialogue wastaking place. We were also informed that the exhibitors and sponsors would support both the WCNDTand APCNDT event. We also believed that many of the delegates would continue to support both events.
All of this was taken into account and D Gilbert guaranteed that everything was done in the best interestsof all concerned. We will be looking closely at our OPs with this in mind and we perhaps need to have arisk management system in place so that we are prepared for this eventuality happening again.
L Dick remarked that the APFNDT was not consulted on regarding the postponement of the WCNDT. We
all have a lesson to learn and we need to write some procedures around how to deal with this in the
future.
P Wadyalker apologised if his message was taken in the wrong way. The intention was not to tell KSNT
that they had done something wrong.
M Farley pointed out that there must still be concern as to whether either conference can go ahead next
year and we may need to think about having an alternative plan to include both WCNDT, Australia and
EFNDT because it may be that none of these events are able to physically happen.
13.

Reports from international societies.
Presentations were given by a number of societies as to how they are dealing with the COVID-19
situation. The following nations’ societies presented:
Argentina
Australia
Austria
BrazilCanadaChina
Czech Republic
FranceGermany
India
Iran
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Romania
RussiaSingapore
Spain
SwedenSwitzerland
UKUSA
The presentations are available to download from the ICNDT website.

14.

Reports from ISO/TC135
Mr Shohei Ooka presented a report on the activities of ISO TC/135 – copy attached.

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African Federation of NDT – AFNDT2019 / 2020 Regional Report

Doc Ref. No. : HJ / 004 / 2020

Date:

29 July 2020

Dear Dr. Babu and ICNDT Executive Council,
African Federation of NDT : Regional Report 2019 / 2020
1.

Current Full Membership / Participation
The following countries are represented on the African Federation for NDT:
1.1.

1.2.

1.3.

1.4.

MoroccoAlgeriaSouth Africa

Cameroon

Moroccan Confederation for Non Destructive Testing

Dr S Kamal(Comend)

AFNDT President

Research Center in Industrial Technologies

Dr M Zergoug(CRTI)

Immediate Past President

South African Institute Non-destructive Testing

H Jansen(SAINT)

AFNDT Ex. Secretary

Hydrocarbures-Analyses-Controles

B Moussa(HYDRAC)
1.5.

Ghana

Ghana Atomic Energy Commission

E Diawuo(GAEC)
1.6.

Kenya

Kenya Bureau of Standards

M Gatari / S Ndeti

KEBS
1.7.

Sudan

Sudan Atomic Energy Commission

O T Osman(SAEC)
1.8.

Tunisia

Mechanical & Electrical Industries Technical Centre

K Bouaziz / A Kharrat(Cetime)
1.9.

Libya

1.10. Angola

Welding Center Tripoli - Advanced Occupational Centre for Welding Technology
National Technological Centre(CTN)

1.11. Mauritius

Mauritius Standards Bureau

L Bhujohory(MSB)
1.12. Egypt

Quality Control – Egypt

1.13. Uganda

A H Hassanein
D Mabungizi

AFNDT Secretariat: Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW)New membership request received:
1.14. Nigeria

Institute of Non-destructive Testing (Nigeria)

F Nakashima(Previous communication via Mr U Duaka)
The Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW), an affiliate member of ICNDT, is the secretariat of the AFNDT.
Note: Bold indicates those countries that signatories to the existing constitution dated April 2014

2.

Regional representation
In order to facilitate participation and encourage co-operation, the following sub-regional structure has been adopted
since 2016:
Sub-regions:North Africa

Sub-regional Leader

Countries:

Algeria, Libya, (Mauritania), Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia

Sub-regions:

East Africa

Countries:

Sudan, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eretria, Somalia, South Sudan and Uganda

Sub-regions:

Central Africa

Countries:

Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial

Sub-regional Leader

Sub-regional Leader

Algeria

Sudan

Cameroon

Guinea, Sao Tomi and Gabon
Sub-regions:West Africa

Sub-regional Leader

GhanaCountries:

Ghana; Benin; Burkina Faso; Cape Verde; Gambia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Ivory Coast; Liberia;
Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone and Togo

Sub-regions:Southern Africa

Sub-regional Leader

South Africa

Countries:

South Africa; Angola; Botswana; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia;
Seychelles; Swaziland; Tanzania; Zambia and Zimbabwe

3.

Annual General Assembly
Due to a combination of non-related factors, a physical Annual General Assembly (AGM) was repeatedly rescheduled,
without any of these dates being realized. Factors that diverted the efforts of holding an annual general assembly inSouth Africa included the following:a)

COVID-19 pandemicb)

Restructuring within the current secretariat

Subsequent arrangements have been initiated to hold a virtual AGM prior to the end of 2020. Items on the agenda
include the following:a)Adoption of the new constitution and structureb)

Establishment of the Board and election of relevant signatoriesc)

Establishment and adoption of related operating proceduresd)

AFNDT Strategy and action plane)Regional Conference : 8 ACNDT Conference – Moroccothth

The 7 ACNDT (26 to 28 November 2016) was held in Oran, Algeria, under the leadership of Dr Zergoug.

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4.

Impact of COVID19
The COVID19 pandemic has highlighted the deficiencies within the current AFNDT, regional NDT activities andinfrastructure relating to communication and operations, increasing the criticality of an AGM. Some of the items that
require attention include the following:a)

Localization of skills
Most African countries utilize foreign NDT personnel to perform testing, due to the limited local personnel
compliant with international code / standard requirements or due to contractual stipulations. The restriction ofinternational travel, as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, has had a significant impact on statutory /maintenance inspections, because foreign personnel were no longer allowed to travel internationally. These
inspections therefore had to be postponed or even cancelled, resulting in additional burden on alreadyoverstressed infrastructure. In most instances these inspections were regarded as essential services andconsequently would not have been affected by the relevant lockdown conditions was it not for the need of foreign
personnel.
Therefor the localization of skills is critical to ensure that national infrastructure is tested and maintained in orderto facilitate ongoing delivery of essential services relating to water and sanitation; power generation & distribution
and transport. Related economic sectors such as petrochemical, mining and fabrication, while not necessarily
considered as essential, adds to the economic growth within a region and needs to be maintained until lockdown
conditions allows for these sectors to become active again.

b)

Training
Training of personnel has been performed via a direct face-2-face interface between lecturer and students at
various approved training organizations. Due to travel restrictions and personal distancing requirements, thisoption of transferring knowledge and skills, no longer prevails and a large number of training organizations faces
the very real possibility of closures.
The anticipated accommodation of a blended learning approach within ISO 9712 has provided a much needed
life-line to training bodies that are in the process of adopting a technology based theoretical interaction followed
by a limited face-2-face practical interaction with students. The consequent advantages relating to travel andaccommodation as well as scheduling and time allocation can therefore be unlocked.

c)Qualification & Certification
Qualification and certification processes, requiring an assessment / examination have also been influenced.
Various options are being investigated in this regard, with the help of other regional federations, but again, asustainable national qualification and certification body would be the end-goal in each of the AFNDT countries inwhich NDT forms an integral part of engineering.

d)Statutory recognition of NDTWhile statutory recognition of Inspections / Inspectors is in place for some of the regional countries, recognition of
Non-Destructive Testing & Personnel remains a challenge. The NDT industry within South Africa has embarked
on this process and positive outcomes are anticipated within the not too distant future.

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5.

Conclusion
The AFNDT faced challenges prior to the COVID19 which was just exponentially amplified as a result of the pandemic
and has to be resolved prior to the end 2020.

Kind regards
Dr S Kamal
AFNDT President - Morocco
Compiled by

Harold Jansen
AFNDT Executive Secretary

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Regional Report at ICNDT GA

Report of APFNDTAsia Pacific Federation for Non-Destructive Testingwww.apfndt.org

Dr. Norikazu Ooka
President of APFNDT

31 July 2020
Web meeting

Members of APFNDT・ Full Members , 15 societies (2017 - 2020)

・Associate Member, 8 societies (2017 – 2020)
・Regional Representative Group One - Western Asia,
Central Asia, South Asia-2 members
・Regional Representative Group Two - East Asia,
South East Asia-4 members
・Regional Representative Group Three - Pacific,
Oceania 2 members
・1. Members of APFNDTFull Members , 15 societies (2017 - 2020)
AINDT - The Australian Institute for Non Destructive Testing
ASNT - The American Society for NDTChSNDT - The Chinese Society for Non Destructive Testing
CINDE - Canadian Institute for NDE
ISNT - The Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing
JSNDI - The Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection
KSNT - The Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
MSNT - The Malaysian Society of Non Destructive Testing
NDTSS - Non-Destructive Testing Society (Singapore)*Board Members

Members of APFNDTNZNDTA - New Zealand Nondestructive Testing Association Inc.
RSNTTD - The Russian Society for Non Destructive Testing and Technical
Diagnostics
SNTCT - The Society for Nondestructive Testing and Certification of Taiwan(SNTCT)PSNDT - Philippine Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc.
AZNDT (Azerbaijan NDT Society) 2017~
SNDT - Society for Non Destructive Testing, Sri Lanka*Board Members

Members of APFNDTAssociate Member, 8 societies (2017 – 2020)
BSNDT - The Bangladesh Society for Non Destructive Testing
ISNDT - Indonesian Society for Non Destructive Testing
MSNDT - Mongolian Society for Non Destructive Testing
PASNT - Pakistan Society for NDT
Under formation - Myanmar Society for Non Destructive Testing
TSNT - Thai Society for Non Destructive Testing
VANDT - Vietnam Association for Non Destructive Testing
SNDT – NDT Board, Sri Lanka

Report of APFNDTAEC & GA Meeting, Singapore
5-6 December, 2019 , Marina Bay Sands
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General APFNDT matters
・ Membership status
・Finances
・Communications & Website
・Operating Procedures

Task Groups activities
Conference matters・Update on 16th APCNDT Preparation ,Melbourne, 2021
・ 17th APCNDT Preparation, Hawaii, 2025

Tasks for next Board meeting and GAGeneral Business- IAEA Support
APFNDT Events & Meeting ScheduleReport of APFNDTMain Activities for 2019-2021 in APFNDTTG1 Membership
TG2 APFNDT Journal
TG3 Communications and website
TG4 Education and Training
TG5 Certification
TG6 Standards
TG7 NDE 4.0 (New TG from 2020)* To discuss the detailed plans and their budget at AEC meeting
held in Tokyo and Singapore ,2019
Report of APFNDTA Signing Ceremony –Memorandum ofUnderstanding between APFNDT and
AWF(Asian Welding Federation) regarding NDTin SINCE 2019
APFNDT President:
Dr. Norikazu Ooka
AWF President:
Mr. Sze Thiam Siong

Executive Membersof APFNDT and
AWF
December 4, 2019

Report of APFNDTNDT Events in APFNDT・ASNT Annual Conference 2020, ASNT, November 10-13,2020・Malaysia International NDT Conference and Exhibition
2020(MINDTCE’20), MSNT ,December 7-8,2020・The Gulf Nondestructive Testing Expo 2020(GNDT Expo2020),
ASNT, December 8-10 2020
・ASNT Research Symposium2021, ASNT ,April 26-29,2021
・The 20th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing (WCNDT2020), KSNT, May 31-June 4,2021
・7th US-Japan NDT Symposium, ASNT- JSNDI, July 5-9,2021
・The 16th Asia Pacific Conference for Non-Destructive Testing, (APCNDT 2021), AINDT, October 18—22,2021
・ASNT Annual Conference 2021, ASNT ,November15-18,2021
・The 17th Asia Pacific Conference for Non-Destructive Testing ,(APCNDT 2025), ASNT, 2025

Report of APFNDT
Total Cases of COVID-19 in the area of APFNDT(1)Report of APFNDT
Total Cases of COVID-19 in the area of APFNDT(2)Country

Total Cases

Total Deaths

Asutralia

12,069123

America

3,900,000

143,000

85,921

4,653

111,000

8,858

India

1,155,920

28,113

Japan

25,096985

Korea

13,816296

Mongolia

287

0Maylaysia

8,800

123

Singapore

48,035

27

1,555

22

68,898

1,835

Pakistan

265,000

5,599

Russia777,000

12,427

Taiwan455

7

Sri Lanka

2,724

11

Thailand

3,250

58

Myanmar341

6207,000

2,668

88,214

4,239

China
CanadaNew ZealandPhilippines

BangladeshIndonesia

Schedule on APFNDT Meetings
Year

Event

Place

AEC

Board Meeting General Assembly

WCNDT 2016

Munich

Yes

Yes

No

15th APCNDTSingapore

Yes

Yes

Yes

ECNDT

Gothenburg, Sweden

yes

yes

Regional Event
AEC
WCNDT
2020 Postponed
to 20212021 16th APCNDTSingapore
Tokyo
Seoul

Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Melbourne

Yes

Yes

Yes

2025 17th APCNDT

Hawaii

Yes

Yes

Yes

2016
2017
2018
2019

Regional Report EFNDT, GA 31/7/2020

Since the last ICNDT meeting, EFNDT, whose members in all European
countries have been confined, during the last 5 months, in their homes invarying degrees and usually teleworking, have made no progress on our
projects.
Even so, the following actions have been carried out:
- The president has contacted with the president of the EWF (Michal
Kubica.) to resume work between both federations to continue with the
preparation of the European NDT Engineer- The president and the treasurer have contacted with Antonio Puerto(PO of the RIMA Project) and with Christophe Leroux , Secretary, tosolve administrative problems- Attendance at the Jury Days of the RIMA project (Peter Trampus
and Jan Verkooijen) and continuous participation in the project- Two meetings of the AFNDTB to carry out the extensions of the EN4179
certificates due to COVID-19 (extended until Octorber-November)- Support two webminars sponsored by AIPND, AEND, AAENDE as well asother private organizations on NDT in structures and NDT in structuresthat have suffered earthquakes.
- Contact with Dr. Johannes Vrana, into NDE 4.0 Ambassadors towards
NDE 4.0,, about NDE 4.0 for best-practice sharing and creation of aEuropean roadmap and to propose the creation of an EFNDT Working
Group to the Board of Directors. In the next future is planned the 1st
International Conference on NDE 4.0
Bento Alves has been invited to participate in this project in the beginning
April and Bento participate in 3 first meetings: 29th April, 27th May and8th July- Peter Trampus has launched and NDT session with the ESIS Virtual
Summer School project. The project is ongoing
Fermin Gomez Fraile
President

WWW.ECNDT2022.ORG

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMESCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Artur Lopes Ribeiro – Instituto Superior Técnico
Helena Geirinhas Ramos – Instituto Superior Técnico
Jaime Santos – FCT-Univ. Coimbra
Mário Santos – FCT-UNL
Miguel Machado – FCT-UNL
Telmo Santos – FCT-UNL

POOL FOR SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE FROM FULL MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:o 106 recommendations for reviewers

SCIENTIFICPROGRAMMESPONSORSHIP& EXHIBITION
o 14 submitted application forms
o 1 Platinumo 2 Bronze
o 11 Exhibitors

SEE YOU IN LISBON!

Call for papers on September 15th
Online Submissions opens on October 1st

41st MEETING (On-line General Assembly)
ICNDTJuly 31st, 2020

PANAM – REGIONAL REPORTPANNDT
PANAMERICAN FEDERATION OF NDTMEMBERS / MIEMBROS

PAÍS/COUNTRY/PAÍS

SIGLA/ACRONYM/SIGLA

Argentina

AAENDE

Bolívia

ASBOSENDIC

BrasilCanadaABENDI
CINDE

Chile

ACHISEND

Colombia
Costa Rica
EcuadorEstados Unidos / United States
MéxicoACOSEND*Costa Rica
ESPOL
ASNT
IMENDE A.C.

MéxicoPeru
Uruguay

AMEXEND A.C.
APEND
AENDURRAZÃO SOCIAL/BUSINESS NAME/RAZON SOCIAL
Asociación Argentina de Ensayos No Destructivos y
Estructurales
Asociación Boliviana de Soldadura, Ensayos No Destructivos,
Inspección y Corrosión
Associação Brasileira de Ensaios Não Destrutivos e Inspeção
Canadian Institute for Non-destructive Evaluation
Asociación Chilena de Soldadura Inspección y Ensayos no
Destructivos
Asociación Colombiana de Soldadura y Ensayos No
Destructivos
Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica
Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral
The American Socity for Nondestructiv Testing Inc
Instituto Mexicano de Ensayos No Destructivos, A.C.
Asociación Mexicana de Ensayos no Destructivos Asociación
Civil
Asociación Peruana de END
Asociación Uruguaya de Ensayos No Destructivos

MANAGEMENT BOARD- President: João Conte (Abendi - Brazil)- Vice Chairman: Dave Bajula (ASNT - USA)- Treasurer: Jorge Amsler (AAENDE - Argentina)- Secretary: Glenn Tubrett (CINDE – Canada)

PANNDT ACTIVITIES- May 21st - 11st. Management Board meeting - main topic: nominationof Mr Neal Couture, executive director of ASNT, as a representative of theregion together with Cesar Belinco, AAENDE;- June 18th – 12th PANNDT Meeting : online, 15 participants, main
subjects:a) Current status of the societies due to the Covid-19 pandemic;b) Chilean society awaiting the normality to become official;c) Annual fee structure payment for ICNDT/PANNDT;d) Next COPAEND – Niagara Falls, Canada, 2023.

João Antonio Conte
Diretor Executivo
joao.conte@abendi.org.br |Tel. (11) 5586-3173 | 3174

Abendiabendinews.org.br

abendi.org.br

ICNDT Working Group 1 on Qualification
and Certification
Report to GA
31st July 2020
Alexander MULLIN
WG 1 Chair

WG 1 Membership

Currently – 23 members
representing thefollowing countries:
Austria, Australia, Brazil,
Bulgaria, Canada, China,
Denmark, Germany,
France, Japan, Iran,India, Republic of Korea,
Russia, Singapore,
Spain, South Africa,
Turkey, Ukraine, UK,
USA

2020 – 2 new members:
Yordan Mirchev(Bulgaria)
Améla Elezovic (France)WG 1 Meetings

2016 – Munich, Germany - 11 June 20162017 – Vienna, Austria - 5 June 20172017 – Singapore - 15 November 20172018 – Gothenburg, Sweden - 13 June 20182019 – Mexico-city – 22 October 20192020 – Seoul – 07 June 2020 – cancelled
2021 – Incheon – May 2021 – date TBD

WG 1 Terms of reference

WG 1 Terms of reference was updated in October
2019.
Main amendments:
New statement: Three successive absences,
except in case of emergency, i.e. illness, lead tothe cancellation of membership and to thenomination of a new member.

Deletion of Note 1. Membership of the ASNT
President and incoming ASNT President should be
automatic so that continuity will be maintainedWG1 Action plan

Action plan.
Part of ICNDT Strategic plan
Last update – 22 October 2019

Workshops on qualification and certification2014 – Prague

2016 – Munich

2017 – Singapore

2020 – Seoul – cancelled
2021 – Incheon - planned

Workshops on qualification and certification

25th of May 2020. On-line Workshop
Main topics

 COVID situation in the country
 Government restrictions impacting Training andCertification
 PCB actions to date, including interactions withAccreditation Bodies
 PCB plans Views on need for ICNDT Guidelines and whatshould be included

Workshops on qualification and certification

25th of May 2020. On-line Workshop

Workshops on qualification and certification

25th of May 2020. On-line Workshop
General Situation
All PCBs who took part in the workshop haveextended the period of validity of the certificates andaddressed how this extension is to be controlled.
All the PCBs are considering both the long term andshort term issues including acceptance of distancelearning and ways to conduct examinations via
electronic distancing providing compliance with
ISO/IEC 17024 requirements in regards of integrity,
independence and impartiality.

Workshops on qualification and certification

25th of May 2020. On-line Workshop
Follow Up WorkWG1 will organise and consider how to help withthe short and long term measures associated with
the Covid-19 situation.

The considerations to include interpretation of thegoverning standards and how these standards canbe addressed with respect to distance learning andexamination processes.

ISO 9712 revision process

TC 135 SC7 meetings
November 16 & 17, 2017, Singapore
SC7 meeting Comments to ISO 9712:2012 were considered Seven Task Groups for identified items for the revision of
ISO 9712 were established

June 16-19, 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden
SC7 meeting Continuation of consideration of comments to ISO 9712:2012
 Work of Task Groups on revision of particular items

ISO 9712 revision process

TC 135 SC7 meetings
October 28-30, 2018, Houston, Texas, USA
SC7 meeting Continuation of consideration of comments to ISO 9712:2012
 Work of Task Groups on revision of particular items

March 4-6, 2019, Munich, Germany
Task Group Convenors meeting Compilation of the first version of CD ISO 9712 (Committee
Draft)

ISO 9712 revision process

TC 135 SC7 meetings
June 17-19, 2019, Edmonton, Canada
SC7 meeting Request to ISO in order to extend the project timeframe for thedevelopment of ISO 9712 from 36 months to 48 months
 Consideration of the first version of CD ISO 9712 (Committee
Draft) prepared by Task Groups
October 15-16, 2019, Paris, France
Task Group Convenors meeting Review of CASCO commentsCompilation of the final version of CD ISO 9712 (Committee
Draft)

ISO 9712 revision process

TC 135 SC7 meetings
January 2020
 CD ISO 9712 ballot has been be launched
March 2020
 DIS 9712 was approved
 392 Comments were received
 CASCO Comments were received

June 24 and 30, 2020
Task Group Convenors on-line meeting Consideration of comments to CD ISO 9712
 Consideration of CASCO comments

ISO 9712 revision process

TC 135 SC7 meetings

Next on-line SC7 meeting - September 22-24, 2020
Aim of the meeting - final draft for the DIS ballot

The publication target date is September 2021

WG1 participation in ISO 9712 revision process

Representatives of WG1
in TC 135 SC7 Task
Groups were nominated.

WG1 participation in ISO 9712 revision process

ICNDT view on revisionof ISO 9712:2012 was
prepared and submitted
to TC 135 SC7.

WG1 participation in ISO 9712 revision process

ICNDT comments to
CD ISO 9712 was
prepared and submitted
to TC 135 SC7.

ICNDT Working Group 1 on Qualification and Certification

Thank you!

Report from the ICNDT Certification
Executive Committee (ICEC) for 2020
Compiled by Colin Bird. Secretary ICEC
Presented by Harold Jansen, Chairman ICEC

Contents▪ ICNDT MRA Schedule 1 Members▪ ICNDT MRA Schedule 2 Registrants▪ Certification Bodies which are under renewal process▪ New Certification Body Applications▪ PCBA status▪ Member challenges▪ Current activities for Conformity Assessment - OP20

ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA) Current Status of Schedule 1
46 National Societies/Institutes, which are
Members/Associate Members of ICNDT have signed the
ICNDT MRA Schedule 1:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,
China, China Taiwan, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India,
Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico,
Morocco Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa (SAINT & SAIW), South
Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK and
Uzbekistan.

They have thereby agreed to promote the recognition of thecertification awarded by the Personnel Certification Bodies(PCBs) which are registered with ICNDT under Schedule 2.

ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA)Recent changes to signatories

Recent signatories to MRA Schedule 1 (National Societies)▪ Lebanon

October 2018

▪ Morroco

June 2018

ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA) Current Status of Schedule 2
17 Personnel Certification
Bodies (PCBs) are registeredwith the ICNDT MRA
Schedule 2:
IRAM Argentina,
AINDT Australia,
ABENDI Brazil,
ChSNDT China,
TUV Nord Czech, s.r.o.
Inspecta Sertifiointi Finland,
SECTOR Cert Germany,
Malaysia,
IMENDE Mexico,

UDT-CERT Poland,
RELACRE Portugal
RTC Russia,
SAIW Certification South
Africa,NDTSS Singapore,
NCNDT Sri Lanka.
PCN UK,
Ukr-SRINDT UkraineICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA)Recent Changes to Registrations
Recent new registrations to MRA Schedule 2 (Personnel
Certification Bodies)

▪
▪
▪
▪

IRAM – Argentina
TUV – Czech
Department of Skills- Malaysia
IMENDE – Mexico

June 2019
June 2019
September 2019
September 2019

Recent renewals of registration to MRA Schedule 2 (PCBs)

▪
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪
▪

UKrSRINDT Ukraine
RELACRE Portugal
RTC Russia
AINDT Australia
PCN UK
UDT-CERT Poland
NDTSS – Singapore

January 2020
March 2020
March 2020
July 2020
July 2020
July 2020
July 2020

Inspecta Sertifiointi Finland

August 20202019/20 was a very busy year for ICEC MRA review teams.
THANK YOU for your hard work and dedication

ICNDT Multilateral Recognition Agreement (MRA)Other activities
Schedule 2 Applications in Progress▪ Inspecta Sertifiointi Oy Finland
Schedule 2 Continuity Check (Form C)▪ All MRA Schedule 2 members have been contacted to complete form C andregister their continuity of registration.
▪ To date Malaysia and China have sent me their documentation.
▪ The OP19 form C does not apply to OP20 registrations such as China andBrazil. This needs to be discussed.

ICNDT Conformity Assessment of Personnel
Certification Bodies (OP20)▪ In situations where independent accreditation of PCBs is notavailable or considered sufficient, ICNDT may offer aconformity assessment to support an application forregistration under the MRA Schedule 2.

▪ There were no conformity assessment audits required during
2019 or 2020. However one audit will be required for
ChSNDT in 2021. It is suggested that an auditor is appointed
in December 2020.

PCBA Status

Currently 13 out of 25 PCB have responded to the request to
update their data. They have been reminded and informed thatthe update is required by 30th June 2020. They have been
reminded again and we plan to wait to the end of July for
responses.
One or two of the responses have relied that the data is up to datebut the number of certificates has not changed. This had beenquestioned but no response to the question of no change.

WG3 REPORTAt 41 st MEETING (On-line General Assembly)
Friday, 31 July, 2020 by Prof. Younho Cho
ACTIVITY PROGRESS REPORTWG3 Workshop/Meetings Preparation
1) After discussion at the meeting on 27th Feb, 2020 with ICNDT IEC members, we drafted a programof WG3 workshop during WCNDT 2020.
2) We made a decision that Academia Research Day Joint Session for Higher Education NDT will beheld on Wed, 2nd June, 2021 at WCNDT 2020.
3) The WG3 off-line meetings at ASNT 2020 Annual Conference and COFREND DAYS 2020 havebeen canceled due to COVID-19.
4) The 1st WG3 Committee Meeting will be on Mon, 31st May, 2021 during WCNDT 2020.

ISO/TC135 New International Standards
1) We are trying to expand a close cooperation with ISO/TC135
2) We are boosting an approval for New International Standards from ISO/TC135.

PicturesDraft of WG3 Workshop Program during WCNDT 2020

MISCELLANEOUS-

Report2020 ICNDT General Assembly (Web Meeting)2020-07-31
ICNDT WG 4, Chair, Shohei Ooka

Member of ICNDT WG 4, Communications
Chair
Past Chair
MemberMemberMemberMemberMemberObserverObserverMr. Shohei Ooka
Mr. David Gilbert
Ms. Sharon Bond
Mr. Stefan Cullmann
Ms. Garra Liming
Mr. Don Courchesne
Mr. Antonio Aulicino
Dr. Mike Farley
Dr. SK Babu

JSNDI
BINDT
CINDE
DGZfP
ASNT
CINDE
ABENDI
Chair- IAC
Chair-ICNDTMain Activities of ICNDT WG 4
◆ ICNDT Journal✓ Issues 4 times a year
◆ ICNDT Website✓ Update and maintain✓ Under the discussion of Renewal◆ SNS (Facebook, Linked-In, Instagram, Twitter, etc.)✓ Facebook is open
✓ Others are in progress◆ Other✓ ICNDT Photo Competition for WCNDT 2020

New ICNDT Website is in ProcessWhat you can do with new website.
◆ On time ICNDT Activities◆ On time NDT Events around the world◆ My page for Society Members◆ Society Status◆ Pay ICNDT Membership Fees
◆ Much more

ICNDT Photograph Competition 2020 - 13 February 2020
"NDT Stories in Pictures“ Photo Competition

The deadline for entries was 31 March 2020. It
is now postponed to 28 February 2021, andthe winner will be announced at the end of
March 2021, with a view to a certificate ofcommendation being presented to the winnerat the World Conference in Seoul.

Thank you foryour attendance and cooperation

ICNDT WG5:
Radiation Protection &SafetyISEMIR-IR!ISEMIR is the acronym for the Information System on

Occupational Exposure in Medicine, Industry and Research.

!ISEMIR-IR is a web-based tool for non-destructive testing

companies carrying out industrial radiography (IR). ISEMIRIR is developed as a tool for regular data collection andanalysis of occupational doses for individuals in IR, and forthe use of this information to improve occupational radiation
protection.

!It assists IR facilities in benchmarking their arrangements inradiation protection and safety, and hence in promoting of,
implementation of optimisation of occupational radiation
protection.

ISEMIR-IR!In 2019 in the IAEA General Conference Resolution

GC(63)/RES/7, Member States requested the Secretariat
to promote ISEMIR to strengthen the safety of workers who
have a risk of exposure to ionizing radiation in the fields of
medicine and NDT services and recommended that
Member States provide data on occupational exposure to
the ISEMIR programme.

!For the purpose to promote and assist the development of
ISEMIR-IR the ISEMIR-IR Working Group (WG) has been
established.

!One in-person meeting and 3 webex meetings held in

2019; one in-person and one webex meeting 2020 andanother to be held 5 August.

WG5: Radiation Protection & Safety!In order to increase the number of active users in the system,
as well as enhance users’ experience, two new surveys arebeing launched: one for to regulatory bodies and one for NDTcompanies.

!New impetus in promoting ISEMIR-IR and encouraging
completion of the surveys.

!WG5 basically consists of the ISEMIR WG members but

others are invited.
David Gilbert (UK); Charlotte Kaps (Germany); Richard van
Sonsbeek (Netherlands); Francisco Da Silva (Brazil).

Brief report to the ICNDT from the ICNDT’s
Working Group 6
Condition Monitoring• Conferences
The WCNDT 2021
WG6 is actively supporting WCNDT 2021 byorganizing multiple structured sessions. WG6 ispreparing to publish the best CM papers fromthe WCNDT in the International Journal of CM
and the best-case studies in the International
Newsletter Condition Monitor.
Some members of WG6 are planning to make
CM/NDT presentations at the WCNDT 2021.
The Third World Congress on CM, 2021
WG6 is actively supporting WCCM 2021 byorganizing multiple structured sessions and by
making NDT/CM plenary keynote talks. WG6 ispreparing to publish the best CM papers fromthe WCCM in the International Journal of CM
Secretariat: The British Institute of NDT, Newton Building, St George’s Avenue, Northampton NN2 6JB UK
Tel: +44 1604 89 3811 Fax: +44 1604 89 3861 Email: icndt@bindt.org
The ICNDT is registered as a legalised Association with its seat in Vienna, Austria.

and the best case studies in the International
Newsletter Condition Monitor.
• CM/NDT publications
Preparation of a special issue of theInternational Journal of CM to cover CM/NDT
topic is still an ongoing task.
WG6 was involved in selection, review andpublication of the best CM papers from the
WCNDT 2016 and WCCM 2019 for theInternational Journal of CM.
WG6 was involved in selection, review andpublication of the best CM case studies fromthe WCNDT 2016 and the WCCM 2019 for theInternational Newsletter Condition Monitor• CM/NDT Continuing Professional
Development
WG6 was organized CPDs, related to CM/NDT,in Glasgow, at CM/MFPT 2019
• Joint CM/NDT cross-forums

WG6 was organized “invited overview
speakers”, covering CM/SHM/NDT in Glasgow,
at CM/MFPT 2019
WG6 was involved in organizing “invited
overview speakers” and plenary keynote
speakers, covering CM/SHM/NDT, at World
Congress on CM, 2019•

TC 108 SC5Argentina offers to discuss in WG6 allstandards of the TC 108 SC5 “Condition
Monitoring & Diagnostics”.
As that committee has a strong relationshipwith some aspects of assets management(there is a liaison officer between both ISO TC
committees, TC 108 and TC 251”AssetManagement”), the offer is also to discuss at
WG 6 the subjects of TC 251, related withcondition monitoring.

The next WG 6 meeting in person will be at
WCNDT 2021.
Co-Chairs of the WG 6
Cesar Belinco and Len Gelman

International Organization for Standardization

Report of ISO/TC 135- Non-destructive testing ICNDT General Assembly
July 2020
Web meeting

Structure of ISO/TC 135
ISO/TC 135 Non-destructive testing
SC 2

Japan (JISC)
Surface methods
South Africa (SABS)
SC 3
Ultrasonic testing
Germany (DIN)
SC 3/WG 5 Ultrasonic test equipment
Germany (DIN)
SC 3/WG 6 Inspection using guided waves
Germany (DIN)
SC 4Eddy current testingFrance (AFNOR)SC 5Radiographic testing
Germany (DIN)
SC 5/WG 8 Gamma scanning
Austria (ASI)
SC 6
Leak testing Japan (JISC)
SC 7
Personnel qualification
Canada (SCC)SC 8Infrared thermography for
non-destructive testing
Korea (KATS)
SC 8/WG 2 NDT-IRT-General principles
Japan (JISC)
SC 8/WG 3 NDT-IR-System and equipment
China (SAC)SC 8/WG 4 NDT-IR-Guidelines for examination of electrical installations
India (BIS)SC 9 Acoustic emission testing
China (SAC)Members of ISO/TC 135
Secretariat (JISC, Japan) ■Participating Members (40) ■Observing Members (28) ■「ISO HP」引用

Liaisons with other organizations(1) Special liaison to comply with the Vienna agreement (1)
CEN/TC 138(2) Liaisons (within ISO and with IEC) (16)
ISO/CASCO
ISO/TCs (12): TC 11, TC 17, TC 20, TC 26, TC 44, TC 58,
TC 67, TC 79, TC 107, TC 112, TC 119, TC 261
SCs (2): TC 85/SC 6, TC 108/SC 5
IEC/TC (1): IEC/TC 87(3) Liaisons with other organizations (7)Liaisons A (4) : CEOC International, ICNDT, IIW, INLAC
Liaisons B (3) : EC, IAEA, WCO

Activity ReportFuture Plan / New Items

Next ISO/TC 135 Plenary
2020 WCNDT (Korea) Postponed
2021 WCNDT (Korea)
Next ISO/TC 135/SC 7 Meeting
Virtual meeting, 7 am to 11 am EST
September 22 – 24, 2020
Registration is now open at ISO Portal

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