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April 2002 Newsletter

Volume 31, Number 2

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In This Issue

Forum Affairs

  • Election Results
  • Comments from the Retiring Chair

Articles

  • Advanced Fast Reactor: A Next-Generation Nuclear Energy Concept: Yoon I. Chang
  • Humanitarian De-mining and the Quest for Better Ways to Locate Buried Non-metallic Objects: Surajit Sen and Ronald L. Woodfin

Commentary

  • Gaps in APS Postion on Nuclear Energy: Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford
  • Nuclear Terrorism: Donald D. Cobb
  • Radiological Terrorism: Steven E. Koonin
  • Does New Nuclear Posture Review Foster Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons?: Kurt Gottfried

Letters

  • Manufacturer's View of "Customer's View": Stephen E. Rock
  • Criticism of a Criticism: John Laughlin
  • Validity of Epidemiology: Tom Rokoske

Reviews

  • Nuclear Energy--A POPA Status Report: David Bodansky
  • Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage: Marc Ross
  • The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: D. Elizabeth Pugel
  • A Beautiful Mind: Michael Lieber

Physics and Society is the non-peer-reviewed quarterly newsletter of the Forum on Physics and Society, a division of the American Physical Society. It presents letters, commentary, book reviews and articles on the relations of physics and the physics community to government and society. It also carries news of the Forum and provides a medium for Forum members to exchange ideas. Opinions expressed are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of the APS or of the Forum. Contributed articles (up to 2500 words), letters (500 words), commentary (1000 words), reviews (1000 words) and brief news articles are welcome. Send them to the relevant editor by e-mail (preferred) or regular mail.

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