ASNT evolved from The American Industrial Radium and X-ray Society which was founded in 1941.
ASNT is a nonprofit organization, which is governed by the Board of Directors and the national officers.
[2] There are four councils within ASNT: ASNT publishes and maintains an important standard, SNT-TC-1A, which, with the addition of Codes of Practice ANSI/ASNT CP-189 and ANSI/ASNT CP-105, covers all aspects of qualification and certification of NDT personnel.
SNT-TC-1A specifies an employer based certification scheme for ASNT NDT Level I and ASNT NDT Level II Certification Program personnel, which is extensively used worldwide, in countries not enforcing ISO 9712 such as the European Union or Canada.
ASNT awards annually individuals with significant contributions to the field of NDT,[3] including: