E155: Dr. Riccardo Bevilacqua - Radiation safety, Physics and Product design
Trigger Warning: This episode discusses cancer and radiation treatments.
Description: In this educational episode, Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara sit down with Dr. Riccardo Bevilacqua, a nuclear physicist with a PhD focused on neutron data for Generation IV nuclear reactors, Riccardo has worked as a scientist with the European Commission and at various international research facilities. His career has evolved from research to radiation safety, and now back to his roots in medical physics, a field that first captured his interest as a student in Italy. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Riccardo currently drives global radiation safety initiatives at Elekta. Beyond work, Riccardo is a father, a stepfather, and enjoys writing popular science articles about physics and radiation.
Episode 155 of our Education and Workforce Development series (part 53).
CPD:
- Work through the IAEA Radiation Safety Culture Trait Talks Workbook and complete the reflective sections. https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/21/01/radiation-safety-culture-trait-talks.pdf
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Links from the Episode:
- IAEA. Radiation Safety Culture in Medicine. https://www.iaea.org/resources/rpop/resources/radiation-safety-culture-in-medicine
- Radioactive talks. The story of the visionary PhoNeS project, where a brilliant nuclear physicist discovered how to transform standard radiation oncology medical linacs into neutron factories, dreaming to bring the BNCT cancer treatment directly into hospitals.
- Gamma Knife Society
- Elekta Gamma Knife
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Credits: Music and jingle credits: Dr. Ben Potts and Adam Cooke.