A review on the status and future trends of radiation processing in Iran

Abstract

A comprehensive review on the status of radiation processing and its future in Iran is presented since 32 years ago up to now to show the development of Iran's irradiation industry. Additionally, annual throughput of treated materials with their types and names are also given and also all of the radiation facilities both in service and under construction as well as the plans and estimations for establishing the new facilities are outlined. Our investigations show that the trend of radiation processing industry in Iran is growing rapidly.

Keywords

• Iran
• Radiation processing
• Radiation facilities
• Sterilization
• Food irradiation