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June 1997

Volume 50, Issue 6

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Special Issue: Radioactive Waste

John F. Ahearne
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Radioactive Waste: The Size of the Problem

John F. Ahearne
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In 50 years of producing electrical power and weapons from nuclear fuel, the US has accumulated millions of cubic meters and tens of billions of curies of radioactive waste.

Nuclear Waste Disposal: The Technical Challenges

Kevin D. Crowley
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Public safety and billions of taxpayer dollars are at stake in the efforts to solve formidable technical problems associated with the disposal of spent nuclear fuel and defense waste.

Hazards of Managing and Disposing of Nuclear Waste

William E. Kastenberg and Luca J. Gratton
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When we bury long‐lived nuclear wastes in geologic repositories, we have to worry about what may happen ten thousand—or even a million—years in the future.

Unresolved Problems of Radioactive Waste: Motivation for a New Paradigm

D. Warner North
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Having failed to achieve geologic disposal, the US should shift to a strategy of ongoing management and research.

Nuclear Waste Management Worldwide

Charles McCombie
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Numerous countries around the world are tackling the task of managing nuclear waste. By considering their approaches, we gain a broader perspective on the US program.
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Physics Update

Phillip F. Schewe and Stephen G. Benka
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DOE's Jefferson Lab: What's in a Name?

Catherine Westfall and Hermann A. Grunder
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US Position on Test Ban Treaty Explained, Key Terms Clarified

Sidney Drell
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Alan Sokal's Hoax and A. Lunn's Theory of Quantum Mechanics

Samuel I. Weissman and Michael Weissman
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Exception Taken by Quotee in Piece about Sokal Affair

Steven Weinberg
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Schwinger Credited with Finding Anomaly, Exploring Cold Fusion

Kimball A. Milton and Douglas R. O. Morrison
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South American Site of Auger Project Is Still Up in the Air

Richard Branham
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Book Defended, Artful Solution Proposed as Way Out of Color Bind

Sidney Perkowitz
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Corrections

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Finally a Gamma Ray Burster Shows Optical and X‐Ray Afterglows

Bertram Schwarzschild
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We don't know whether the enigmatic gamma‐ray bursters are near or very far away. But now, at long last, we're beginning to accumulate vital clues at other wavelengths.

Can Phonons Squeeze their Way Into the Company of Photons?

Barbara Goss Levi
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The noise can be squeezed out of a light signal until it falls considerably below the quantum, or shot, limit. Now researchers are trying to use a similar trick to reduce the noise associated with phonons.
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An Exhibit Denied: Lobbying the History of Enola Gay

Martin Harwit and J. L. Heilbron, Reviewer
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Conceptual Developments of 20th Century Field Theories

Tian Yu Cao and James T. Cushing, Reviewer
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The Very First Light: The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe

John C. Mather, John Boslough, and Lyman Alexander Page, Reviewer
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The Life and Legacy of G. I. Taylor

George Batchelor and Russell J. Donnelly, Reviewer
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Symmetries in Quantum Physics

Ugo Fano, A. R. P. Rau, and William P. Reinhardt, Reviewer
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Principles of Lightwave Communications

Göran Einarsson and Mark Leeson, Reviewer
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Quantum Theory of Matter: A Novel Introduction

Antonis Modinos and Theodore L. Einstein, Reviewer
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New Books

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Focus on Test and Measurement

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AAPT Awards Presented in Phoenix

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APS Honors Two at Vancouver Meeting

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OSA Prizes Recognize Optics Contributions

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60 Elected to the Ranks of the NAS

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In Brief

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Victor Amazasp Ambartsumian

Artashes R. Petrosian, Haik A. Harutyunian, and Areg M. Mickaelian
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Henry Herman Barschall

Willy Haeberli, Paul M. DeLuca, Jr, and Jay C. Davis
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Włodzimierz Kołos

Bogumił Jeziorski, Lucjan Piela, and Krzysztof Szalewicz
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David Rittenhouse Inglis

Stanley S. Hanna, Dieter Kurath, and Gerald A. Peterson
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Edward Patrick Greeley

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Rumors Denied on Gibbons and Deutch

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington Ins & Outs: NIST and DOD Research Chiefs Depart; OSTP Gets Help

Irwin Goodwin
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Washington Dispatches

Irwin Goodwin
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Solar Neutrino Observatory Gets New Lease on Life

Toni Feder
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A Besieged SAGE Is Safe, for Now

Toni Feder
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Physics Programs Threatened by Productivity Review in Massachusetts

Toni Feder
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New Master's Degree in Beam Physics Is Offered

Jean Kumagai
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Gehrz Will Be Next President of AAS

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Web Watch

Graham P. Collins
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Graduate Enrollments in Physics and Astronomy Plunge

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In Brief

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Solution to Last Month's Puzzle

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