Furthermore, it would make it possible to assess on field various components that now-a-day can only be assessed either by calculation or by means of very expensive sample gaining techniques. This last factor would mean a terrific increase in EC citizen safety.

About the feasibility, it has to be noted that a growing numbers of publication on the subject are appearing more and more in the proceedings of International Conferences like the recent ICONE Conference.

This AMES-NDT Concerted Action is aiming to undertake the intermediate needed step of listing all known techniques, their application and limits and the report on sample demonstration tests before a proper systematic qualification of techniques.