Proceedings of the FNCA 2006 Workshop on Application of Electron Accelerator; Radiation processing of natural polymer, 12-16 December 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tamada, Masao; Kume, Tamikazu

This workshop was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Malaysia and jointly organized by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency and the Malaysian Nuclear Agency. The main objectives of the workshop were to discuss the commercial status of radiation processing of natural polymer in the participating countries and to prepare the work plan for the FNCA activities on radiation processing of natural polymer. Experts on radiation processing from China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam attended the workshop that consisted of a National Executive Management Seminar, exhibition, invited lectures, country reports, technical visit and discussion. The work plan for the FNCA activities was provided including the collection and compilation of data on the commercialized products, expert mission to assist FNCA member countries and preparation of FNCA Guidelines for the end-users. The FNCA 2007 workshop on EB will be held in Vietnam.