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Francesco RAIOLA

  • Joined 09/12/2025
Innovative technologies consultant

Nuclear physicist (PhD) and senior technical consultant with over a decade of experience supporting the EC-JRC. Specialized in data management, interoperability, Power BI analytics, ETL workflows, digital transformation, and knowledge management in highly technical and regulated domains such as nuclear decommissioning.

Currently IT consultant as data analyst and knowledge management expert for IDOM Consulting, Engineering, Architecture S.A.U. in the decommissioning knowledge management initiative. 
Previously, senior engineer at the Despe/Vuje consortium and NUVIA Process, as responsible for quantitative analysis of gamma spectrometry for the INSIDER project. Assessment of dose rate as well as nuclear radioisotopes identification in difficult environment. With the same manner, I collaborate in the evaluation of the content distribution of radioactive materials on fuel rigs (from the ESSOR research power plant in Ispra, Italy) in GIOCONDA project.
In the last years I was a scientific technical support officer for EC in the Nuclear, Safety and Security domain.  I was a scientist matter expert as part of the RN team the CoE CBRN Risk Mitigation initiative under the EU to strengthen the institutional capacity of countries outside the EU to mitigate CBRN risks. I was a project evaluator of EU CBRN CoE projects and facilitator for cooperation between network member.

I was also a scientific expert under ITSP Project and in NDA Decomm and MetroDECOM work-packages, in the Imaging and Tomography study for development fuel characterization in support of R&D for ND&WM programme.
Training responsible for activities like: supporting the organization of ESARDA Course, training for DG ENER, JAEA and Decomm. Summer School (in lecturing, conducting group exercises, lab visits and logistic).

Licensed UAV operator A1/A3 for radiological survey of nuclear decommissioning facility. Use of photogrammetry and heat map to analyze the status of different structure or field.

Latest activities

GLOSSARY ITEM | 15 July 2026
Nuclear Decommissioning Assistance Programme provides funding for the decommissioning of the Kozloduy and Bohunice nuclear facilities and the nuclear installations owned by the European Commission, as well as the management of radioactive waste...
PAGE | 22 December 2025
The European Learning Initiatives for Nuclear Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation is a training programme in nuclear decommissioning.

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