Ceylon Chamber presentation on ‘Value Addition through Irradiation’
Tuesday, 19 August 2014 02:48
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The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce in association with the Sri Lanka Gamma Centre will be organising a presentation on ‘Value Addition through Irradiation’ on 4 September at 9 a.m. at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce auditorium.
It will focus on explaining the role of the Sri Lanka Gamma Centre (SLGC), what irradiation is, benefits of Irradiation for manufacturers/exporters, facilities available and services provided, etc.
Irradiation is the process by which an object is exposed to radiation. The exposure can originate from various sources, including natural sources. Most frequently the term refers to ionising radiation, and to a level of radiation that will serve a specific purpose, rather than radiation exposure to normal levels of background radiation.
The term irradiation usually excludes the exposure to non-ionising radiation, such as infra-red, visible light, microwaves from cellular phones or electromagnetic waves emitted by radio and TV receivers and power supplies.
The Sri Lanka Gamma Centre, which comes under the purview of Lanka Automic Energy Facilities Ltd. of the Ministry of Technology and Research Sri Lanka, is now ready to provide irradiation services at Biyagama Export Processing Zone.
It is also the first Government-owned multipurpose gamma irradiation facility and started operations in 2014 to provide irradiation service to industries which need irradiation in their manufacturing chain.
The product sectors, which could make use of the Gamma centre’s facilities comprise Ayurvedic products, coir pith, cosmetics, gloves – rubber, industrial, medical, onions, potatoes, garlic, packaging, seafood, spices, vegetables and wooden objects, etc.
