Conclusions of the 5th European American Workshop on Reliability of NDE

The tradition of discussing the newest achievements in the consideration of NDE reliability was continued with the 5th European American Workshop on Reliability of NDE (5th EAW) in Berlin in 2013. The focus of this workshop was to determine the "delta" between the laboratory-like conditions, in which reliability assessments are usually carried out, and the everyday field conditions. Which obstacles need to be still overcome and how do we get closer with our estimations to the real field reliability? With the joint effort of international researchers and in-field practitioners the up-to-date research was presented and discussed, culminating in a half-a-day long "Open Space Technology" discussion. This paper presents the main conclusions of the workshop.