Public Security and Safety NDT Technology,

Chaired by Vjera Krstelj,  CrSNDT, Croatia

Deputy; Kurt Osterloch, DGZfP, Germany

Science should be at the service of humanity as a whole and should contribute to quality of life for everyone as well as to insure healthy and productive environment.

Objectives:

• to enhance the implementation of NDT Technology recognizing it as powerfull tool in Public and Environment Security and Safety,
• to motivate and support EFNDT members and expert in R&D activities for NDT diagnostic technology considering all kind of materials, explosive objects and devices as well as remnents for public threats,
• to encourage the harmonization in education and certification of personel in humanitarian demining and generally detection of explosive objects, devices and remnants
• to foster the EU Safety and Security standardisation of the requirements, procedures and activities.  

Tasks:

• to analyze the present situation of existing NDT methods and to search for suitable physical principles not yet used but promising in the field of Security and Safety in civil environment
• to organize exchange of experience and benefit from experience between the groups oriented to demining operation and those detecting explosives since their underlying methods have substantial similarity,
• to improve reliability of detection and diagnostic methods related to explosive objects and remnants
• to involve EFNDT WG5 members in EU research programs fortering partnerships in designing,  proposing and lunching NDT technology's projects of Security and Safety,