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:

1. 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.