Boosting quality while saving costs: Morocco beefs up its industry with radiation technology (Russian Edition)

Small, nearly invisible cracks are no longer the costly threat they once were for Moroccan industrial operators. Equipped with highly sensitive and precise radiation technology, operators are now uncovering flaws before they compromise production — which has helped to boost production quality and save millions of dollars in maintenance and repair costs. Moroccan industrial operators have worked with CNESTEN (National Centre for Nuclear Energy, Sciences and Technology in Morocco) specialists trained by the IAEA in using non-destructive testing to inspect industrial equipment and conduct quality assurance tests. In Morocco, these techniques, which represent more than 98%of the technical controls carried out on industrial plants worldwide, have been applied in diverse branches of industry, including the petrochemical, phosphates production and processing, metal, transport, food and cement sectors.