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FPS Home   |   Newsletters   |   Physics & Society: January 2013

Physics & Society: January 2013


Volume 42, Number 1

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Editor's Comments
Editor's Comments
Cameron Reed
Message from the FPS Chair
Pushpa Bhat

Forum News

Forum news – award winners, fellows, etc.

AIP FYI on Senate Bill on Nuclear Waste
Richard M. Jones

Students Garner Awards for Poster Papers

Letters to the Editor
Letter
David Hafemeister
Articles
Nuclear Reactor Safety: Lessons from Three Mile Island and Fukushima
Alexander DeVolpi
The Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST)
Cameron Reed
Who Speaks for Science? Experience from Canada
Rees Kassen
Reviews
Switching to Solar: What we can learn from Germany's success in harnessing clean energy.
Reviewed by Michael DuVernois

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, technicalities are encouraged), 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.

Editor: Cameron Reed, Alma College, Alma, MI 48801. Assistant Editor: Jonathan Wurtele, UC-Berkeley. Reviews Editor: Art Hobson. Electronic Media Editor: Andrew Post-Zwicker. Editorial Board: Maury Goodman; David Harris. Layout at APS: Leanne Poteet. Website for APS: webmaster@aps.org.
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