The Bo Lindell award was introduced by NSFS in 1996. Below is a list of the Bo Lindell awardees and the title of their talks for the respective NSFS conference. The procedure for the Bo Lindell award follows specific Criteria and Rules.
Criteria
The Bo Lindell award can be appointed to a person whom the society wishes to acknowledge for his/her great merits in the field of radiation protection. Such merits may be achieved by e.g. promoting or contributing to good radiation protection theoretically and/or practically over many years or in other ways contribute to achieve the objectives of the Society.
Rules and procedure
The board of the chairing country nominates a person, that is not a member from the same country, by announcing this to the boards of the other Nordic countries at least 15 months before the ordinary meeting.
The boards of the other countries must submit their endorsement or comments to the proposal within three months. The Bo Lindell awardee is then decided by the board in the chairing country. After that, the President contacts the intended person and ask if he/she accepts the proposition of the Bo Lindell award.
The awardee is given the honour to hold the first lecture during the conference in connection with the regular meeting, on any topic in the filed of radiation protection. The Bo Lindell awardee is also awarded with a diploma.
The Society provides travel reimbursement (low-cost options), the conference fee and possible costs for accommodation.
The above was decided at the NSFS Board meeting in Rättvik 28th of August 2005.
Year Conference Venue | Conference theme Name of Bo Lindell awardee Affiliation Title |
2023 NSFS XIX Malmö | Sharing knowledge and caring about the society and nature via radiation protection |
2019 NSFS XVIII Helsinki | Next Level in Radiation Protection Mette Øhlenschlæger Danish Health Authority Making a difference |
2015 NSFS XVII Roskilde | Radiation Protection – Personnel, Patient and Public Sigurdur Magnusson Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority Nordic co-operation in an international context |
2011 NSFS XVI Reykjavik | Challenges and opportunities Jack Valentin Former scientific secretary, ICRP Past, present, and future problems – are there any solutions? |
2008 NSFS XV Ålesund | Sten Carlsson Uddevalla Education and training – the basis of radiation protection for medical exposure |
2005 NSFS XIV Rättvik | Radiological Protection in Transition Hans H. Brunner Paul Scherrer Institute, PSI, Villigen, Switzerland From Pandora’s box to Sisyphus |
2002 NSFS XIII Åbo | Radiation protection in the 2000s – Theory and practice Sören Mattsson Medical Radiation Physics, Malmö, Sweden Radiation protection among populations, patients, personnel, plankton and plants – What can we learn from one another? |
1999 NSFS XII Skagen | Anneli Salo Radiation and nuclear safety authority, Finland Environmental radiation protection and information expectations of the public – past and future |
1996 NSFS XI Reykjavik | Roger H. Clarke ICRP, United Kingdom Towards ICRP 2000: Issues that are of importance for radiological protection as the millennium approaches |