RESUME - BERNARD L. COHEN
Birth: June 14, 1924,
Pittsburgh, PA
Education:
B.S., Case-Western Reserve University,
1944
M.S., University of Pittsburgh, 1947
D.Sc., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1950
Employment:
Permanent Positions:
1950-58: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Group Leader for Cyclotron Research
1958-1994: University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Physics
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Adjunct Prof. Of Chemistry
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Adjunct Prof. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
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Adjunct Prof. of Radiation Health,Grad. School of Public Health
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Adjunct Prof. Of Environmental and Occupational Health, GSPH
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Director, Scaife Nuclear Laboratory (1965-78)
1994-present: University of Pittsburgh,
Professor-Emeritus
Temporary Positions (1-9 months):
1959-60: - General
Atomic Co., LaJolla, CA
1962: - Institute
for Defense Analysis, Washington, D.C.
1964: - Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
1965: - Brookhaven
National Laboratory
1969: - Los
Alamos Scientific Laboratory
1971: - Stanford
University
1974-75: - Institute
for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1975: - Electric
Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
1978-79: - Argonne
National Laboratory
AWARDS:
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Am. Physical Society Bonner Prize(Nuclear
Physics) - 1981
Am. Nuclear Society Public Information
Award - 1985
Health Physics Soc. Distinguished
Scientific Achievment Award -1992
Am. Nuclear Society Walter Zinn Award
(Advancement of Nuclear Power)- 1996
Am. Nuclear Soc. Special Award (Health
Effects of Radiation)-1996
Landauer Award (Health Physics Soc. -
N. California Section) - 1981
OFFICES:
Chairman, Am. Physical Society Div. of
Nuclear Physics - 1974-75
Chairman, Am. Nuclear Society Div.of
Environmental Sciences - 1980-81
National Council, Am. Assn. of Physics
Teachers - 1973-78
Chairman, Health Physics Soc.
Intersociety Liaison Com. - 1984-86
Chairman, Am. Physical Society Bonner
Prize Committee - 1982
President, Physical Society of
Pittsburgh - 1963-64
President, West PA Section, Am. Assn.
of Physics Teachers - 1969-70
NATIONAL COMMITTEES:
Am. Physical Society Panel on Public
Affairs - 1977-79
Am. Assn. of Physics Teachers Com. on
Science Education for the
Public
- 1977-79
ASTM Sub-Committee E-06.4109 on Radon
Infiltration into Buildings
ASTM Sub-Committee D-22.05 on Indoor
Air Quality
ASTM Sub-Committee E-10.04.43 on
Radiation Protection Cost-Benefit
Am. Physical Society Bonner Prize Com.
- 1970, 1976, 1982
Am. Phys. Soc. Div. of Nuclear Physics
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Executive Com. - 1970-73, 1973-76
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Com. on Economic Concerns (Chairman) - 1973-76
Am. Nuclear Soc. Div. of Environmental
Sciences
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Publications Com. - 1977-78
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Program Com. - 1978-79
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Executive Com. - 1979-82
Health Physics Society - Publications
Com. 1988-1991, 1994-1997
Health Physics Society - Committee on
Risk Assessment 1988-1994
Health Physics Society - Public
Information Committee 1991-1994
Royal Society of Canada Committee on
Health and Safety -1989
ADVISORY BOARDS:
American Council on Science and Health
Americans for Energy Independence
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow
(CFACT)
BOOKS AUTHORED:
Heart of the Atom, Doubleday (1967)
-Translations in French, German, Italian, and Japanese
Concepts of Nuclear Physics,
McGraw-Hill (1971) -Translation in
Arabic, Republished by Tata McGraw-Hill
(India)
Nuclear Science and Society, Doubleday
(1974)
Before It's Too Late: A Scientist's
Case for Nuclear Power, Plenum
(1983)
- Translation in Turkish
Radon, Consumer Reports Books (1987),
Avon Books (1989)
The Nuclear Energy Option, Alternative
for the Nineties, Plenum
(1990)-Translations in Japanese and
Spanish
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
about 300 articles in Scientific
journals
about 80 articles in other journals and
books
SPEAKING ENGAGENENTS
-about 160 invited papers at scientific
meetings
-about 500 invited visiting talks at
universities, laboratories, etc.
-Invited talks in 47 U.S. States (+DC),
6 Canadian Provinces,
6 Australian states and territories, 7
Japanese prefectures,
24 other countries in Europe, Asia, and South
America
-about 50 television appearances, about
100 radio appearances
-TV appearances include shows with
Barbara Walters, William
Buckley, Charlie Rose, Geraldo Rivera, Rolanda
RESEARCH AREAS:
Health effects of radiation
Probabilistic risk assessment
Radon problems
Plutonium problems
Radioactive waste
Societal risks and risk aversion
Energy and the environment
Nuclear physics
"Theory of Natural Alpha Radioactivity," B. L. Cohen,
Phys. Rev., 80, 105L, 1950.
"(n,2n) and (n,p) Cross Sections," B. L. Cohen, Phys.
Rev., 81, 184, 1951.
"Angular Distributions from (alpha,n) and (d,n)
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 81, 632, 1951.
"(d,n) Reactions with 15 MeV Deuterons. II Neutron Energy
Spectra and Yields," B. L. Cohen and C. E. Falk, Phys. Rev. 84, 173, 1951.
"High Energy Neutron Threshold Detectors," B. L. Cohen,
Nucleonics, 8, 2, 29, 1951.
"Angular Distribution of Deuterons from Be9(p,d)Be8," B.
L. Cohen, E. Newman, T. H. Handley, and A. Timnick, Phys. Rev., 90, 323, 1953.
"Gallium-64," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 91, 74, 1953.
"Theory of the Fixed Frequency Cyclotron," B. L. Cohen,
Rev. Sci. Instr., 24, 589, 1953.
"An Experimental Search for a Stable Dineutron," B. L.
Cohen and T. H. Handley, Phys-. Rev., 92, 101, 1953.
"The Statistical Theory of Nuclear Reactions," B. L.
Cohen, Phys. Rev., 92, 1245, 1953.
"Angular Distributions of 22-MeV Protons Elastically
Scattered by Various Elements," B. L. Cohen and R. V . Neidigh, Phys.
Rev., 93, 282, 1954.
"Experimental Studies of (p,t) Reactions," B. L. Cohen
and T. H. Handley, Phys. Rev., 93, 514, 1954.
"Measurement of Angular Distributions of Nuclear Reaction
Products with an Internal Cyclotron Beam," B. L. Cohen and R. V. Neidigh,
Rev. Sci. Instr., 25, 255, 1954.
"Potassium-44," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 94, 117, 1954.
"(p,pn) and (p,alpha n) Excitation Functions," B. L.
Cohen, E. Newman, R. A. Charpie, T. H. Handley, Phys. Rev., 94, 620, 1954.
"Angular Distributions of Fission Fragments from 22-MeV
Proton Induced Thorium Fission," B. L. Cohen, W. H. Jones, G. H.
McCormick, and B. L. Ferrell, Phys. Rev., 94, 625, 1954.
"Manganese-57," B. L. Cohen, R. A. Charpie, T. H.
Handley, and E. L. Olson, Phys.- Rev.-, 94, 953, 1954.
"Fission and Total Reaction Cross Sections for 22-MeV Protons
on Th232, U235, and U238 ," G. H. McCormick and B. L. Cohen, Phys.
Rev., 96, 722, 1954.
"Comparison of Nitrogen- and Proton-Induced Nuclear
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, H. L. Reynolds, and A. Zucker, Phys. Rev 96,
1617, 1954.
"Angular Distributions and Yields of Neutrons from (p,n)
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 98, 49, 1955.
"Angular Distributions of Fission Fragments from 22-MeV
Proton-Induced Fission of U238,U235,U233,Th231" B. L. Cohen, B. L.
Ferrell-Bryan, D. J. Coombe, and M. K. Hullings, Phys. Rev., 98, 685, 1955.
"(p,pn) and (p,2n) Cross Sections in Medium Weight Elements
B. L. Cohen and E. Newman, Phys. Rev., 99, 718, 1955.
"(p,pn) + (p,2n) and (p,2p) Cross Sections in Medium Weight
Elements," B. L. Cohen, E. Newman, and T. H. Handley, Phys. Rev., 99, 723,
1955.
"(p,gamma) Cross Sections," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev.,
100, 206, 1955.
"Proton-Induced Reactions in Na23, A127, and Si29," B. L
Cohen, Phys. Rev., 102, 453, 1956.
Energy Distribution of Mass-97 Fission Fragments from Thermal
Neutron Fission of Uranium-235," B. Cohen,
A. Cohen, and C. Coley, Phys. Rev., 102, 1046, 1956.
"(p,He3) and (p,t) Cross Section Measurements," B.
Cohen, E. Newman, H. Blosser, G. McCormick, Jour. Inorg.
Nucl. Chem., 2, 269, 1956.
"Anomalous Inelastic Scattering of 23-MeV Protons by Heavy
Elements," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 105, 1549, 1957.
"Inelastic Proton Scattering and (p,d) Reactions in Heavy
Elements," B. L. Cohen and S. W. Mosko, Phys. Rev., 106, 995, 1957.
"Cyclotrons and Synchrocyclotrons," B. L. Cohen,
Handbuch der Physik, Bd44, Springer-Verlag, 1957.
"Coincidence Studies of the Ni 58(p,2p) Reaction," B. L.
Cohen, Phys- Rev., 108, 768, 1957.
"Equilibrium Charge of Fission Fragments in Gases," B.
Cohen, and C. Fulmer, Phys. Rev., 109, 94, 1958.
"Magnetic Analysis of the Long-Range Particles from
Fission," B. Cohen and C. Fulmer, Phys. Rev., 108, 270, 1958.
"Fission Fragment Mass Separator and Nuclear Charge
Distribution of Single Mass Fission Fragments," B. Cohen and C. Fulmer,
Nucl. Physics, 6, 547, 1958.
"Further Studies of Anomalous Inelastic Scattering," B.
L. Cohen and A. G. Rubin, Phys. Rev., 111, 1568, 1958.
"(p,alpha) Reactions in Heavy Elements," C. B. Fulmer
and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev, 112, 1672, 1958.
"Inelastic Proton Scattering in Medium-Weight
Elements,"B. L. Cohen and A. G. Rubin, Phys. Rev., 113, 579, 1959.
"Determination of Nuclear Reaction Mechanisms from Energy
Spectra of Emitted Particles," B. L. Cohen and A. G. Rubin, Phys. Rev.,
114, 1143, 1959.
"Resolution of Accelerator Magnetic Analyzing Systems,"
B. L. Cohen, Rev. Sci. Instr., 30, 415, 1959.
"Reaction Mechanism in Direct Interaction Inelastic
Scattering," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 116, 426, 1959.
"Geiger Counter Backgrounds," B. L. Cohen, Jour. Sci.
Instr., 37, 475, 1960.
"The Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron," B. L. Cohen, H.
G. Blosser, E. D. Hudson, R. S. Lord and R. S. Bender, Nucl. Instr. Meth., 6,
105, 1960.
"Energy Spectra of Protons from (d,p) Reactions," B. L.
Cohen, J. B. Mead, R. E. Price, K. S. Quisenberry, and C. Martz, Phys. Rev.
118, 499, 1960.
"Preparation of Thin Targets from Powders," G. Fodor and
B. L. Cohen, Rev. Sci. Instr., 31, 73, 1960.
"Studies of Low Lying Levels in Even-even Nuclei with (d,p)
and (d,t) Reactions," B. L. Cohen and R. E. Price, Phys. Rev. 118, 499,
1960.
"Location of 3s1/2 Level in Various Nuclei," B. L. Cohen
and R. E. Price, Rucl. Phys., 17, 129, 1960.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Lead Region with (d,t)
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, S. Mayo, R. E. Price, Nucl. Phys. 20, 360, 1960.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Lead Region with (d,p)
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, R. E. Price, S. Mayo, Nucl. Phys. 20, 370, 1960.
"The Low Energy Protons Produced in the Deuteron Bombardment
of Nuclei," E. W. Hamburger, B. L. Cohen, R. E. Price, Phys. Rev., 121,
1143, 1961.
"The Preformation Factor in Emission of Complex Particles
from Nuclear Reactions," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 120, 925, 1960.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Tin Isotopes with (d,p) and
(d,t) Reactions," B. L. Cohen and R. E. Price, Phys. Rev. 121, 1441, 1961.
"Regularities of (d,alpha) Reactions in Heavy Elements,"
J. B. Mead and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev. Lett., 3, 105, 1960.
"Nuclear Reactions - Evaporation Model," B. L. Cohen,
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Physics, J. Thewles, Editor, Pergamon Press, 1961,
p. 858.
"Survey of Inelastic Scattering of Deuterons by Heavy
Elements," B. L. Cohen and R. E. Price, Phys. Rev., 123, 1961.
"Low Resolution Survey of (d,alpha) Reactions in Heavy Nuclei,"
J. B. Mead and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 125, 947, 1962.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Zirconium Region with
Stripping Reactions," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 125, 1358, 1962.
Location of Single Particle Levels in Medium Mass Nuclei," B.
L. Cohen, R. H. Fulmer, and A. L. McCarthy, Phys. Rev. 126, 698, 1962.
"Limitations of Accelerator Magnetic Analyzing Systems,"
B. L. Cohen, Rev. Sci. Instr., 33, 85, 1962.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Lead Region with Stripping
Reactions," P. Mukherjee and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev. 127, 1284, 1962.
"Spin-Orbit Splittings in Nuclear Shell Model," B. L.
Cohen, P. Mukherjee, R. H. Fulmer and A. L. McCarthy, Phys. Rev., 127, 1678,
1962.
"Neutron-Proton Interaction Between States of Same Orbital
Angular Momentum in Nuclear Shell Model," B. L. Cohen, Phys-Rev., 127,
597, 1963.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the 82-Neutron Region with
Stripping Reactions," R. H. Fulmer, A. L. McCarthy, and B. L. Cohen, Phys.
Rev., 128, 1302, 1962.
"Center of Mass Corrections in Nuclear Reaction
Experiments," H. Lorenzi and B. L. Cohen, Rev. Sci. Instr., 33, 278, 1962.
"Studies of 15 MeV Inelastic Deuteron Scattering," R. K.
Jolly, E. K. Lin, and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 128, 2292, 1962.
"Activation Cross Section Survey of Deuteron Induced
Reactions," N. Baron and B. L. Cohen, Phys.- Rev., 129, 2636, 1963.
"Location of Neutron Single Particle Levels from Stripping
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, R. H. Fulmer, A. L. McCarthy, P. Mukherjee, Rev.
Mod. Phys., 35, 332, 1963.
"Observations on Energies of Single Particle Neutron
States," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 130, 227, 1963.
"Nuclear Orbital Structure," B. L. Cohen, International
Sci. and Tech., November, 1963, p. 65.
"Angular Distribution from Elastic Scattering of 15 MeV
Deuterons," R. K. Jolly, E. K. Lin, and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 130,
2391, 1963.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Zirconium Isotopes with
(d,p) and (d,t) Reactions," B. L. Cohen, and 0. V. Chubinsky, Phys. Rev.,
131, 2184, 1963.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Zinc Isotopes with
Stripping Reactions," E. K. Lin and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev.,132, 2632,
1963.
Deuteron Stripping Studies in the Light Isotopes of Nickel,"
R. H. Fulmer, A. L. McCarthy, B. L. Cohen, and R. Middleton, Phys. Rev., 133,
B995, 1964.
"A Simple Treatment of Potential Barrier Penetration,"
B. L. Cohen, Am. Jour. Phys., 33, 97, 1965.
"Neutron Binding Energies in Heavy Nuclei," B. L. Cohen,
R. Pattell, A. Prakash, and E. J. Schneid, Phys. Rev., 135B, 383, 1964.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Molybdenum Isotopes with
(d,p) and (d,t) Reactions," S. A. Hjorth, B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 135B,
920, 1964.
"Isomers with Half Lives in the Range 5-1000 Microseconds
Observed in Pulsed 15 MeV Deuteron Beams," A. L. McCarthy, B. L. Cohen,
and L. H. Goldman, Phys. Rev., 137, B520, 1965.
"Spectroscopic Factors from Deuteron Stripping Reactions
Leading to Ground and First Excited States of Even-Even Spherical Nuclei,"
R. A. Sorenson, B. L. Cohen, and E. K. Lin, Phys. Rev. 142, 729, 1966.
"Nuclear Structure Studies in the Tin Isotopes with Stripping
Reactions," E. J. Schneid, A. Prakash, and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 156,
1316, 1967.
"High Resolution Study of the Fe54(t,p)Fe56 Reaction,"B.
L. Cohen and R. Middleton, Phys. Rev., 146, 748, 1966.
"Locations of Neutron Single Particle States," Am. Jour.
Physics, 33, 1011, 1965.
"Production of Carrier-Free Radioactive Isotopes with the
University of Pittsburgh Cyclotron," B. L. Cohen and A. J. Allen, Isotopes
and Radiation Technology, 3, 85, 1966.
"Inelastic Deuteron Scattering from Isotopes of Mo, Cd, Sn,
and Te," Y. S. Kim and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., 142, 788, 1966.
"Nuclear Reactions," B. L. Cohen and D. Halliday,
Handbook of Physics, Edited by E. U. Condon and H. Odishaw, McGraw-Hill, 1967.
Heart of the Atom, B. L. Cohen, Science Study Series, Doubleday
Publishing Company, New York, 1967. Also translations in French, German,
Italian and Japanese.
"High Resolution Study of the Fe 56(t,p)Fe58 Reaction,"
B. L. Cohen, C. L. Fink, J. B. Moorhead, and R. A. Moyer, Phys. Rev., 157,
1033, 1967.
Nuclear Structure in Te127 from the Te126(d,p)Te127
Reaction," C. L. Fink, B. L. Cohen and S. Hinds, Phys. Rev. 157, 1114,
1967.
"Isobaric Analogue Resonances in the Scattering of Protons by
Cd114," E. W. Hamburger, J. Kremenek, B. L. Cohen, J. B. Moorhead, and C.
Shin, Phys. Rev., 162, 1148, 1967.
"Detection of the Singlet Deuteron(sd)and the Be9(p.sd)Be8
Reaction," B. L. Cohen, E. C. May and T. M. O'Keefe, P4s. Rev. Lett., 18,
962, 1967.
"Nuclear Structure Studies with (d,p) Reactions on Pd 106 and
Pd ," B. L. Cohen, J. B. Moorhead and R. A. Moyer, Phys. Rev. 161, 1257,
1967.
"Quantum Mechanical Treatment of the Hydrogen Atom without
Complex Mathematics," B. L. Cohen, Am. Jour. Physics, _35, 849, 1967.
"Isobaric Analog Resonances in Proton Scattering from
Sn116, Sn118, and Sn124, E. W. Hamburger, E. J. Schneid, and B. L.
Cohen, Phys. Rev., 161, 1208, 1967.
"Pulse Shapes in Surface Barrier Detectors," B. L. Cohen
and C. L. Fink, Nuclear Instr. and Meth., 57, 93, 1967.
"Deuteron Disintegration by Au, Rh, Cu, and C from 8 to 15
MeV," E. C. May, B. L. Cohen and T. M. O'Keefe, Phys. Rev., 164, 1253,
1967.
"High Resolution Studies of (d,p) Reactions on Cd114 and
In115" J. B. Moorhead, B. L. Cohen, and R. A. Moyer, Phys.
Rev., 165, 1287, 1968.
"The g7/2-h11/2 Anomaly in Stripping Studies Near A
~110," B. L. Cohen, J. B. Moorhead, L. H. Goldman, and R. C. Diehl, Phys.
Rev., 176, 1401, 1968.
"(p,p'n), (p,p'y) and (p,np') Reactions on Sn119 and
Ni61," B. L. Cohen, E. C. May, T. M. O'Keefe, C. L. Fink, and B. Rosner,
Phys. Rev. Lett., 21, 226, 1968.
"Similarity Between Neutron and Proton Single Particle States
At the Same Mass Number," B. L. Cohen, Phys. Lett., 27B, 271, 1968.
"Singlet Deuterons (sd) from (p,sd) Reactions," B. L.
Cohen, E. C. May, T. M. O'Keefe, and C. L. Fink, Phys. Rev., 179, 962, 1969.
"Spectroscopic Factor Ratios for States of the Same I and
parity from (d,p) Reactions at Different Energies," B. L. Cohen, R. C.
Diehl, R. A. Moyer, and L. H. Goldman, Physical Rev., 180, 1210, 1969.
"Anomalous Behavior of orbital angular momentum zero Transitions in Mo98(d,p) and (d,t)
Reactions," R. C. Diehl, B. L. Cohen, and R. A. Moyer, Phys. Lett.,30B,
637, 1969.
"The Nemets Effect in Deuteron Break-up by Heavy
Nuclei," C. L. Fink, B. L. Cohen, J. C. Van der Weerd, and R. J. Petty,
Phys. Rev., 185, 1568, 1969.
"The Symmetry Energy Term in the Semi-Empirical Mass Formula
for Nuclei," B. L. Cohen, Am. Jour. Physics, 38, 766, 1970.
"The Reaction Mechanism in (p,pn) Reactions at 17 MeV,"
B. L. Cohen, C. L. Fink, J. C. Van der Weerd, and R. J. Petty, Phys. Rev., C 1,
1237, 1970.
"An Effective 6 x p Force in Nuclear Matter," B. L.
Cohen, Phys. Lett., 31B, 195, 1970.
"Spectroscopic Studies of Molybdenum Isotopes with (d,p)
Reactions," R. C. Diehl, B. L. Cohen, R. A. Moyer, and L. H. Goldman,
Phys.Rev., C 1, 2132, 1970.
"Nuclear Structure Studies with (d,t) Reactions on Pd110,
Pd108, and Ru104" R. C. Diehl, B. L. Cohen, R. A. Moyer, and L. H.
Goldman, Phys. Rev., C 1, 2086, 1970.
"EO Transitions from 0+ --> 0+ States in the Z = 82
Region," L. H. Goldman, B. L. Cohen, R. A. Moyer, and R. C. Diehl, Phys.
Rev., C 1, 1781, 1970.
"Separation of Direct Reaction and Compound Nucleus
Contributions to (p,p') Reactions in Sn Isotopes," B. L. Cohen, G. R. Rao,
C. L. Fink, J. C. Van der Weerd, and J. A. Penkrot, Phys. Rev. Lett., 25, 306,
1970.
Concepts of Nuclear Physics, B. L. Cohen, McGraw-Hill, New York,
December, 1970. Translation in Arabic, Republished by Tata-McGraw Hill (India)
"The Excited Levels of Au195," L. H. Goldman, B. L.
Cohen, R. A. Moyer, and R. C. Diehl, Phys. Rev., C 2, 561, 1970.
"Angular Distribution and Excitation Function of Singlet
Deuteron (sd) in d(p,sd)p 7-17 MeV," J. C. Van der Weerd, T. R. Canada, C.
L. Fink and B. L. Cohen, Phys.Rev., C 3, 66, 1971.
"Analysis for Impurities by Nuclear Scattering," B. L.
Cohen, and R. A. Moyer, Analytical Chemistry, _43, 123, 1971.
"Excitation of States in Pb 207 by Pb 208(d,t), Pb 206(d,p),
and Pb207 (d,d') Reactions," R. A. Moyer, B. L. Cohen and R. C. Diehl,
Phs. Rev., C 2, 1898, 1970.
"Non-Destructive Analysis for Trace Amounts of
Hydrogen", B.L. Cohen,
C.L. Fink, and J.H. Degnan, Jour. Appl. Phys. 43, 19, 1972.
"Low Energy Neutron Spectra from (p,n) Reactions," B. L.
Cohen, J. H. Degnan, C. L. Fink, G. R. Rao, and R. Balasubramanian, Phys. Rev.
Lett., 26, 23, 1971.
"Energy Loss Straggling of Protons in Nickel," J. A.
Penkrot, B. L. Cohen, G. R. Rao, and R. H. Fulmer, Nucl. Instr. Meth, 96, 505,
1971.
"Compound Nucleus Contributions to (p,p') Reactions," G.
R. Rao, R. Balasubramanian, B. L. Cohen, C. L. Fink, and J. H. Degnan, Phys.
Rev., C 4, 1855, 1971.
"Gamma Ray Multipicity in Decay of Residual Nuclei from
Nuclear Reactions" J.H. Degnan, B.L. Cohen, R.C. Petty, C.L. Fink, G.R.
Rao, and R. Balasubramanian, Phys. Rev. C5, 836, 1972
"Estimation of E-L Strength Functions by Direct Reaction
Inelastic Scattering," R. Balasubramanian, B. L. Cohen,
G. R. Rao, C. L. Fink and J. H. Degnan, Nucl. Phys., A_18_5, 488,
1972.
"Comparison of Gamma Ray Multiplicity for Compound Nucleus
and Direct Reaction Mechanisms," J. H. Degnan, B. L. Cohen, G. R. Rao, and
K. C. Chan, Phys. Rev., C 6, 248, 1972.
"Production of Short-Lived Isotopes by Van de Graaff
Accelerators," B. L. Cohen, and T. R. Canada, Phys. Med. Biol., 17, 416,
1972.
"Major Element Analysis with Accelerator Beam Induced Gamma
Rays," L. Shabason and B. L. Cohen, Analytical Chem., _45, 284, 1973.
"A Study of the (p,2p) Reaction at 17 MeV in the Ni
Region," C. L. Fink and B. L. Cohen, Phys.-Rev., C 6, 1673, 1972.
"Reaction Mechanism in (p,p') Reactions Exciting the High
Energy Continuum," B. L. Cohen, G. R. Rao, J. H. Degnan, and K. C. Chan,
Phys. Rev., C 7, 331, 1973.
"Low Energy Neutron Spectra and the 'Inverse Reaction' Cross
Section," G. R. Rao, B. L. Cohen, J. H. Degnan, and K. C. Chan, Phys.
Rev., C 7, 733, 1973.
"Inelastic Proton Scattering Angular Distributions," J.
H. Degnan, B. L. Cohen, G. R. Rao, K. C. Chan, and L. Shabason, Phys. Rev., C
7, 316, 1973.
"Quantitative Trace Element Analyses in Thick Samples with
Heavy Ion Induced X-Ray Fluorescence," L. Shabason, B. L. Cohen, G. H.
Wedberg, and K. C. Chan, Jour. Applied Phys., 44, 4749, 1973.
"High Resolution Comparison of (p,p') and (d,d')
Reactions," B. L. Cohen, J. E. Holden, G. R. Rao, K. C. Chan, J. H.
Degnan, and J. Alzona, Phys. Rev., C 9, 1025, 1974.
"Gamma Ray Multiplicity Measurements for (a,p), (a,a'),
(d,a), (p,a), (d,p), and (p,p') Reactions," J. H. Degnan, B. L. Cohen, G.
R. Rao, K. C. Chan, and L. Shabason, Phys. Rev., C 8, 2255, 1973.
"Compound Nucleus Contribution for (p,a) Reactions from Sn
and Cd Isotopes," K. C. Chan, G. R. Rao, B. L. Cohen, J. H. Degnan, and L.
Shabason, Phys. Rev., C 8, 1363, 1973.
Nuclear Science and Society, Doubleday - Anchor Books, 1974. (Also
translation in Spanish)
"Danger: Radiation--Play it Cool," B. L. Cohen, Public
Utilities Fortnightly, _93, 9, 55, 1974. Reprinted in District Heating 60, 2,
34, 1974. Reprinted in The Calendar, 7, 2, 6, 1975.
"An X-Ray Fluorescence Study of Atmospheric Particulate in
Pittsburgh," G. H.
Wedberg, K. C. Chan, B. L. Cohen, and J. 0. Frohlinger, Env. Sci.-and Tech., 8,
1090, 1974.
"Perspectives on the Nuclear Debate," B. L. Cohen, Bull.
Atom. Sci., 30, 8, 35, 1974. Reprinted in "L'Homme et Les Techniques
Nouvelles," 79, 29, 1975.
"Nuclear Structure Studies with (d,t) Reactions on
110Cd," K. C. Chan, B. L. Cohen, and L. Shabason, Phys. Rev.C 11, 1065,
1975.
"Compound Nucleus Contribution to (a,a') Reactions in Ni, Zn,
and Sn," J. E. Alzona, K. C. Chan, L. Shabason, and B. L. Cohen, Phys.
Rev., C 11, 1669, 1975.
"Learning to Live with Radiation," B. L. Cohen, Science
Digest, April, 1975, p. 61.
"Pittsburgh Rainwater Analysis by PIXE," K. C. Chan, B.
L. Cohen, J. 0. Frohliger, and L. Shabason, Tellus, _28, 1, 24, 1976.
"Analysis of Compound Nucleus Contributions from (a,p)
Reactions in Ni and Sn Regions," K. C. Chan, L. Shabason, J. E. Alzona,
and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., C _13, 1112, 1976.
"(d,p) Reactions Exciting the Continuum," K. C. Chan, L.
Shabason, J. E. Alzona, and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev., C _12, 1844, 1975.
Impacts of the Nuclear Energy Industry
on Human Health and Safety,
The American
Scientist, Sept.-Oct. 1976, p. 550.
Conclusions of the BEIR and UNSCEAR
Reports on Radiation Effects per Man-rem,
Health Physics 30, 351 (1976).
The Potentialities of
Terrorism,Bul.Atomic Scient.June 1976,p.34.
Environmental Impacts of Nuclear Power
due to Radon Emissions,
, Bulletin
of. Atomic Scientists, Feb. 1976, p. 61.
Some Issues in the Nuclear Power
Controversy, Public Utilities
Fortnightly 98(4), 31 (1976).
Storing Radioactive Waste Need not be a
Problem, Nuclear Engineering
International,
Sept. 1976.
Plutonium Toxicity, Nuclear
Engineering.Int. Nov. 1976, p. 35.
Health Risks from Nuclear Waste AFL-CIO
Viewpoint,3rd Quart.1976,p10
.
Search for the Double-Direct (p, 2p)
Reaction at 17 MeV, L.Shabason, B. L.
Cohen and T. Congedo, Phys. Rev. C15, 260 (1977).
Compound Nuclear (alpha, p) and p,p')
Reactions on Odd-A Nuclei in the Ni Region, K. C. Chan, L. Shabason, B. L.
Cohen, J. Alzona and T. Congedo, Phys. Rev. C15, 1698 (1977).
High Level Waste from Light Water
Reactors, Reviews of Modern Physics 49,1(1977).
Hazards from Plutonium Toxicity, Health
Physics 32, 359 (1977).
Body Weight as an Application of Energy
Conservation, American
Journal of Physics 45, 867 (1977).
The Terrorist Threat, Nuclear
Engineering International, Feb. 1977
.
Are Nuclear Side Effects Hazardous to
your Health, Family Health,,Jan.1977, p. 52.
The Case for the Breeder Reactor,
National Review, Sept. 16, 1977, p.1044.
Disposal of High Level Radioactive
Waste from Nuclear Reactors,
Scientific
American, June 1977, p. 21.
Methods for Calculating Population Dose
from Atmospheric
Dispersion
of Radioactivity, B. L. Cohen, H. N. Jow, and I. S.
Lee,
Health Physics 34, 569 (1978).
Profiling Hydrogen in Materials Using
Ion Beams,J.F.Ziegler + 19
authors
including B.L.Cohen; Nucl.Instr.& Meth.149,19(1978).
A Generic Hazard Evaluation of Low
Level Waste Burial Grounds,
B.L.Cohen
and H. N. Jow, Nuclear Technology, 41, 381 (1978).
The Relative Risks of Saccharin and
Calorie Ingestion, Science 199,
983 (1978); Nature 271, 492 (1978).
Cross Sections, in “Handbook of
Radiation Measurement and
Protection,”
A. Brodsky (Ed.), Chem. Rubber Co. (1978).
Health Risks of Nuclear Power,The
Physics Teacher,Nov.1978,p.526.
Laws of Statistics Ignored by
Statisticians, Health Physics
35,582(1978).
A Tale of Two Wastes, Commentary, Nov.,
1978, p. 63.
Weighing the Risks of Life Today, Los
Angeles Times Syndicate,
June,
1978.
A Catalog of Risks, B. L. Cohen and I.
S. Lee, Health Physics 36,707 (1979).
Indoor-Outdoor Relationship for Air
Particulate of Outdoor Origin, J. Alzona, B. L. Cohen, H. Rudolph, H. N. Jow,
and J.O.Frohliger,
Atmospheric Envir4onment, 13, 1, 55 (1979).
Cancer and Low Level Radiation,
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Feb.1979,
p. 53; follow-up letter December, 1979,
p. 56.
Understanding a Trillion Dollar
Question (with R. Brookhiser),
National
Review, Feb., 1979, p. 142.
Living Can Be Hazardous to Your Health,
Catholic Digest, March
1979,
p. 110.
The Situation at West Valley, Public
Utilities Fortnightly, Sept.27, 1979, p. 26.
The BEIR Report Relative Risk and
Absolute Risk Models for
Estimating
Effects of Low Level Radiation, Health Physics 37,
509
(1979).
Radon:
Characteristics, Natural Occurrence, Technological
Enhancement,
and Health Effects, Progress in Nuclear Energy 4,
1
(1979).
Methods for Predicting the
Effectiveness of Uranium Mill Tailings
Covers, Nuclear Instruments and Methods 164,
595 (1979)
.
Tests of the Linearity Assumption in
the Dose-Effect Relationship
for Radiation-Induced Cancer, A. F. Cohen and
B. L. Cohen,
Health
Physics 38, 53 (1980).
Protection from Being Indoors Against
Inhalation of Suspended Particulate of Outdoor Origin, Atmospheric
Environment 14,183
(1980).
The Low Level Radiation Link to Cancer
of the Pancreas, Health
Physics
38, 712 (1980).
Ocean Dumping of Radioactive Waste,
Nucl. Technol. 47,163 (1980).
Society's Valuation of Life Saving in
Radiation Protection and
other
Contexts, Health Physics 38, 33 (1980).
Occupational Risks of Radiation
Workers, Health Physics (L), 39, 121 (1980).
Final State Interaction in (3He,
2He) Reactions, T.V. Congedo, I.S.
Lee-Fan
and B. L. Cohen, Phys. Rev. C22, 985 (1980).
Compound Nucleus Contribution and
Even-Odd Effect for (3He, p)
Reactions
in the Nickel Region, I. S. Lee, B. L. Cohen, and T.
Congedo, Nuclear Physics A344, 409 (1980).
Analysis, Critique, and Re-evaluation
of High Level Waste Water
Intrusion
Scenario Studies, Nuclear Technology 48, 63 (1980).
The Cancer Risk from Low Level
Radiation, Health Physics 39, 659
(1980).
Health Effects of Radon from Insulation
of Buildings, Health
Physics
39, 937 (1980).
Far Greater Dangers than Nuclear, Jour.
Am. Scient. Affil., June,
1980, p. 89.
Radiation Fantasies, Reason, March
1980, p. 24.
The Role of Radon in Comparison of
Environmental Effects of Nuclear
Energy, Coal
Burning, and Phosphate Mining, Health Physics
40,19
(1981).
Plutonium Containment, Health Physics
40, 76 (1981).
King Coal and the Meltdown Myth,
National Review 33, 667 (June
12,1981).
Long Term Consequences of the Linear-No
Threshold Dose-Response
Relationship
for Chemical Carcinogens, Risk Analysis 1,267
(1981).
How Much are We Willing to Spend to
Save a Life, Public Utilities
Fortnightly, Nov., 1981, p. 22.
The Storage of Radioactive Waste, The
Military Engineer, March,
1981,
p. 96.
Proposals on use of the BEIR-III Report
in Environmental
Assessments,
Health Physics 41, 760 (1981).
Perspective on Occupational Mortality
Risks, Health Physics 40,703
(1981).
Q and A on Waste, Nuclear Industry 28,
p. 28 (1981).
How Dangerous is Radiation?, Ascent,
Vol. 2, No. 4 (1981).
Limitations and Problems in Deriving
Risk Estimates for Low-level
Radiation Exposure, Yale Jour. Biol & Med.
54, 329 (1981).
High Level Radioactive Waste, Natural
Resources Jour.,Oct.1981,p.
703.
The Risks You Run, Consumers Research,
May 1981, p. 16.
High Level Radioactive Waste from Light
Water Reactors, in
“Environmental
Radiation”, A. W. Klement (Ed.), CRC Press, p.
269
(1982).
Health Effects of Radon from Coal
Burning, Health Physics 42, 725 (1982).
Failures and Critique of the BEIR-III
Lung Cancer Risk Estimates,
Health Physics 42, 267 (1982).
Physics of the Nuclear Reactor Meltdown
Accident, Nuclear Science and Engineering 80, 47 (1982).
Health Effects of Radon Emissions from
Uranium Mill Tailings,
Health
Physics 42, 695 (1982).
Radon Daughter Exposure to Uranium
Miners, Health Physics 42, 449 (1982).
Health Effects of Radiation, in M. Kaku
and J. Trainer (Ed.),
Nuclear
Power-Both Sides, W. W. Norton (New York) 1982.
Effects of ICRP-30 and BEIR-III on
Hazard Estimates for High Level
Radioactive Waste, Health Physics 42, 133
(1982).
Radiation Pollution and Cancer, Cato
Journal 2, 255 (1982).
Applications of ICRP-30, ICRP-23, and
Radioactive Waste Risk
Assessment
Techniques to Chemical Carcinogens, Health Phys. 42, 753 (1982).
Foreword in book - H. Inhaber,”Energy
Risk Assessment”, Gordon and
Breach (New York) 1982.
Is Nuclear Power Too Risky? The American Legion Magazine, Jan.
1982,
p. 16.
Genetic Effects of Radiation, Ascent,
Vol. 3, No. 3, p. 8 (1982).
Breeder Reactors - A Renewable Energy
Source,
Am.Jour.Phys.51,75(1983).
The Wrong Answers to the Right
Questions, Electric Perspectives, Jan. 1983, p. 23.
Health Risks from Electricity
Generation, Comments on Molec.Cellular Biophys. 2,1 (1983).
Impacts of the Nuclear Energy Industry
on Public Health and Safety,
in
L. C. Ruedisili and M. W. Firebaugh
(Ed.),Perspectives on
Energy
(1982).
Nuclear Power, OUI Magazine, Sept.
1983, p. 52.
Before It's Too Late (book), Plenum
Press (1983).Also, translation in Turkish
Nuclear Journalism, Policy Review,
Sept. 1983, p. 70.
Effects of Recent Neptunium Studies on
High Level Waste Hazard
Assessments,
Health Physics 44, 567 (1983).
The Case for the Clinch River Breeder,
Philadelphia Inquirer
(Op-Ed),
Aug. 22, 1983.
Theory and Practice of Radon Monitoring
by Adsorption in Charcoal,
B.L.Cohen and E.S.Cohen, Health Physics 45,
501 (1983).
Large Scintillation Cells for High
Sensitivity Radon Monitoring, B.L. Cohen, M. El Ganayni, and E. S. Cohen,
Nuclear Instruments and
Methods
212, 403 (1983).
Most Scientists Don't Join in Radiation
Phobia, The Wall Street
Journal,
Nov. 30, 1983.
Radiation Exposure: Risks Put in
Perspective, New York Times, Oct.18, 1983 (letter)
Risk and Risk Aversion in Our Society,
Bulletin of Am. Ceramic
Society
62, 1285 (1983).
Discounting in Assessment of Future
Radiation Effects, Health
Physics
45, 687 (1983).
Long Term Waste Problems from
Electricity Production, Nuclear and
Chemical
Waste Management 4, 219 (1984).
Perspective on Genetic Effects of Radiation,
Health Phys. 46,1113 (1984).
A Generic Probabilistic Risk Assessment
for Low Level Waste Burial
Grounds, Nuclear and Chemical Waste Management
5, 39 (1984).
Misunderstandings about Nuclear Power,
in H. Kahn and J. L. Simon
(Ed.),
The Resourceful Earth, Basil Blackwell Publ. Ltd.
(Oxford),
1984.
Radon Concentrations Inside Public and
Commercial Buildings in the
Pittsburgh
(PA) Area, Health Phys. 47, 399 (1984).
Nuclear Power: Economics and Prospects, in “Free Market
Energy,” S. Fred Singer (Ed.), Universe Press (1984).
It's Safe,It Works,It's our Only
Choice, USA Today, Jan.24, 1984.
Probability for Human Intake of an Atom
Randomly Released into
Ground,
Rivers, Oceans, and Air, Health Physics 47, 281 (1984).
Nuclear Alternatives are Killing
People, Philadelphia Inquirer
(Op-Ed.),
Jan. 14, 1984.
Anomalous Behavior of Tellurium
Abundances, Geochim. et
Cosmochim,
Acta 48, 203 (1984).
The Cost per Million BTU of Solar Heat,
Insulation, and
Conventional
Fuels, Am. Jour. Phys. 52, 614 (1984).
Bioaccumulation Factors in Marine
Organisms, Health Physics
49,1290 (1985).
Transport of Elements from Soil to
Human Diet: An Alternative
Approach
to Pathway Analysis, Health Phys. 49, 239 (1985).
Do We Really Have a Radioactive Waste
Problem, American Legion
Mag.119,
1, p. 24, July 1985.
Criteria for Technology Acceptability,
Risk Analysis 5, 1 (1985).
Radon in Homes, Currents 3, 4, p. 5
(1985).
Survey of One Year Average Radon levels
in Pittsburgh (PA) Area
Homes,
Health Phys. 49, 1053 (1985).
Articles in “Nuclear Energy-A Sensible
Alternative”, K. O. Ott and
B.J.Spinrad (Ed.), Plenum Press(New York),
1985.
-
Chap. 16 - The Waste Disposal Risk
-
Chap. 17 - Radon Problems
-
Chap. 18 - Risks in our Society
-
Chap.
19 - Health Effects of Low Level Radiation
-
Chap.
20 - Routine Releases of Radioactivity from the Nuclear
-
Industry
-
Chap. 22 - The Myth about Plutonium Toxicity
-
Chap. 23 - Myths about High Level Radioactive Waste
Putting Risk in Perspective, Fusion,
March, 1985, p. 37.
Comments on ABC-TV Program ``The Fire
Unleashed'', Accuracy in
Media
Bulletin, July 1985.
The Origin of Iodine in Soil and the
I-129 Problem, Health Physics
49, 279 (1985).
Comparison of Radiation Health Impacts
from Nuclear Power and Coal
Burning, Health Physics 48, 342 (1985).
A Simple Probabilistic Risk Analysis
for High Level Waste
Repositories,
Nuclear Technology 69, 1, 73 (1985).
Risk and Risk Aversion in Our Society,
Radiation Prot.in Australia 3, 3 (1985).
Radon and Lung Cancer in Swedish
Miners, New Eng. Jour. Med. 313,
1158 (1985).
Hazards from Sinking of Ships with
Uranium Cargo, Health Phys. 49,
318 (1985).
Critique of the National Academy of
Sciences Study of the Isolation
System
for Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Nuclear
Technology 20, 433 (1985).
Long Term Waste Problems from
Electricity Production, Radiation
Protection
in Australia 3, 95 (1985).
A National Survey of Radon in Homes and
Correlating Factors,
Health
Physics 51, 175 (1986).
Risk Analysis of Buried Waste from
Electricity Generation, Am.
Jour.
of Phys. 54, 38 (1986).
Radon:
Our Worst Radiation Hazard, Consumers Research, Apr.1986.
p.11
A Poll of Radiation Health Scientists, Health
Phys. 50, 639 (1986)
.
A Simple Compact Apparatus for
Measuring Diffusion Properties of
Radon
through Soils (with J. Rakowski and R. Nason), Health
Physics
50, 133 (1986).
A Diffusion Barrier Charcoal Adsorption
Detector for Measuring
Radon
concentrations in Indoor Air, Health Phys. 50, 457
(1986).
A Generic Probabilistic Risk Analysis
for a High Level Waste
Repository,
Health Phys. 51, 519 (1986).
Comparison of Track-Etch and DBCA
Methods for Measurement of
Radon
Levels in Indoor Air, Health Phys. 50, 828 (1986).
Radon Chamber for Calibration of
Charcoal Detectors (with R.
Nason),
Health Physics 51, 135 (1986).
Correlation Between Radium in Soil,
Radon in Soil Gas, and Radon
Inside
Adjacent Houses(with R.Nason),Health Physics 52,73
(1987).
Alternatives to the BEIR Relative Risk
Model for Explaining A-bomb
Survivor Cancer Mortality, Health Phys. 52, 55
(1987).
Indoor Radon Levels in Cumberland
County, PA, Environment
International
13, 293 (1987).
Nuclear Energy-Hazards of Nuclear
Power, Encyclopedia Americana,
p.511U (1987).
Reducing the Hazards of Nuclear
Power: Insanity in Action, Physics
and Society 16, 3, 2 (1987). Reprinted in
Collage, Summer
issue,p.
6,7,12.13 (1988)
Radon (book), Consumer Reports Books
(1987); Avon Books (1989).
Radon in U.S. Homes, Int. Rad. Phys.
Soc. Newsletter, Vol. 1, No
. 4
(1987).
Tests of the Linear-No Threshold
Dose-Response Relationship for
High-LET
Radiation, Health Phys. 52, 629 (1987).
Radon:
How Great a Hazard, Natl. Counc. for Environ. Balance
Pamphlet
(1987).
Is Reducing the Hazards of Nuclear
Power Cost Effective, Health
Physics
Newsletter, November 1987, p.8
Survey of Radon Levels in U.S. Homes as
a Test of the Linear-No
Threshold
Dose-Response Relationship for Radiation
Carcinogenesis,
Am. Chemical Soc. Symposium Series No. 331,
p. 462 (1987).
Comparison of Purchased Measurements
with Measurements in Randomly
Selected Houses as a Source of Information on
Mean Radon Levels in Houses (with P.
Pondy), Health Physics 53, 409 (1987).
Univ. of Pittsburgh Radon Measurements
in New Jersey and Eastern
Pennsylvania,
(with N. Gromicko), Proc. of Ramapo College Symp. on Radon and the Environment
(1987).
The Nuclear Reactor Accident at
Chernobyl, USSR, Am.Jour.Physics 55, 1076
(1987).
Risk Analyses of Buried Wastes from
Electricity Generation, Chapter
15
in “Environmental Risk Assessment: A
Textbook of Case
Studies”,
D. J. Paustenbach (Ed.), John Wiley and Sons (1988).
Let Nuclear be our Cooling Power, USA
Today, Aug. 23, 1988 (invited
editorial).
Adequacy of Time Averaging with
Diffusion Barrier Charcoal
Adsorption
Collectors for Radon Measurements in Homes (with N.
Gromicko), Health Phys. 54, 195 (1988)..
Dissociation between Lung cancer and a
Geological Outcrop, Health
Phys. 54, 224 (1988). (Letter)
Disassociation between Lung Cancer and
Precambrian Granite, Archives of Environmental Health 43, 313-314; 1988
(Letter)
Foreword in book - M. A. Robinson, “100
Grams of Uranium Equals 290
Tons of Coal”, RID Eng. (1988).
Cost Effectiveness of Reducing Radon in
Homes, Jour.Nucl.Medicine
29,
268 (1988).
A Survey of Radon Levels in U.S.
Homes: Results and Correlating
Factors,
Jour. Air Pollution Control Assn. 38, 129 (1988).
Journalism's Failure on Nuclear Power
Information, Journal of
Hazardous
Materials, 21, 255 (1989).
Expected Indoor Radon Levels in
Counties with Very High and Very Low Lung
Cancer Rates, Health Phys., 57, 897 (1989).
Radon Levels in Low Income Households
(with N. Gromicko), Health
Phys.
56, 349 (1989)
Expected Radon Levels in Counties with
Very High and Very Low Lung
Cancer Rates, Health Phys. 57, 897 (1989).
Measured Radon Levels in U.S. Homes, in
``Radon'', NCRP
Proceedings
No. 10 (1989).
Error Prevention at a Radon Measurement
Service Lab (with F.
Cohen),
Rad.Protection Management 6, 43 (1989).
Performance Characteristics of DBCA
Radon Detectors, Rad. Protection Management 5, 47 (1989).
Radon Levels by Zip Code, Am.Jour.of
Radon, February, 1989, p.7.
An Experimental Test of the Linear-No
Threshold Theory of Radiation
Carcinogenesis, Environmental Research 53, 193
(1990).
Radiation and our Society, Heritage
Foundation Backgrounder No.765,
Apr.1990.
Seasonal Variations of Radon Levels in
Homes, Rad. Protection
Management
7, 62 (1990).
Ecological vs. Case-Control Studies for
Testing a Linear-No Threshold Dose-Response Relationship, Int.Jour.of
Epidemiology.19, 680
(1990).
Inconsistencies in Recent BEIR Reports,
Health Phys.52,233 (1990).
The Role of Darwinism in Environmental
Decision Making, Bul.of
Science,
Technology and Society 10,270(1990).
The Nuclear Energy Option: Alternative for the 90's, (book.)
Plenum
Publishing Co.(1990). Translations in Spanish and
Japanese
Experimental Tests of the Linear-No
Threshold Theory of Radiation
Carcinogenesis,
Chap. 24 in S. K. Majumdar, R. F. Schmalz, and
E.W.
Miller (Editors), “Environmental Radon: Occurrence,
Control,
Health Hazards.” Pennsylvania Academy of Science,1990
An Experimental Test of the Linear-No
Threshold Theory of Radiation
Carcinogenesis. In E. Cothern and P. Rebers,
(Editors),
“Radon
in Drinking Water”, Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, MI (1990)
Risk as a Framework for Standard
Setting, Proc. Of Int. Cong. On
.Mine
Safety, Perth, Australia (1990)
Radon levels in United States Homes by
States and Counties, Health
Phys. 60, 243 (1991).
Variations of Radon Levels in U.S.
Homes Correlated with House
Characteristics,
Location, and Socioeconomic Factors, Health
Phys. 60, 631 (1991).
Radiation Standards and Hazards, IEEE
Trans. on Education 34, 260 (1991).
Catalog of Risks Extended and Updated,
Health Phys. 61, 317- 335
(1991).
Liquid Scintillation vs Gamma Ray
Counting in Radon Measurements with Charcoal, Am. Jour. Public Health 81, 1676-77
(1991).
Radon in Buildings, Handbook of
Hazardous Materials, Academic Press
Should We Worry About Radon in our Homes?,
Consumers Research,
April
1991, p.10ff
Search for Correlations between Radon
in Homes and Various Types of
Cancer, The Lancet 337, 790 (1991).
Indoor Radon Levels in New York State,
North and South Carolina,S.I. Rahlenbaeck, J. A. J. Stolwijk, and B. L.
Cohen, Health
Phys.
61, 879-884 (1991).
Radon Risk, Science 251, 726 (1991)
(letter)
Articles in J.H. Lehr (Ed), Rational
Readings on Environmental
Concerns,
Van Nostrand and Reinhold; 1992
--Perspectives
on the Cost Effectiveness of Life Saving, p
. 461-473
--The
Radioactive Waste Disposal Problem. p. 606-609
--The
Truth about Three Mile Island, p. 610-616
How to Assess the Risks You Face,
Consumers Research, June 1992,
p.11-16
(Cover Story)
2042 Here We Come: The Next 50 Years,
Nuclear Industry, Oct. 1992 p.37
Multi-stratified Multiple Regression
Tests of the Linear No-
Threshold
Theory of Radon-Induced Lung Cancer, in F. T. Cross
(Ed), “Indoor Radon and Lung Cancer: Reality
or Myth.”,
Battelle Press,
1992, p.959-975.
Problems in Ecological Studies
(letter), Internat. J. Epidemiol.21,
422-424 (1992).
Percentage of Lifetimes Spent in Area
of Residence at Time of
Death,
Environ. Res. 57, 208-211 (1992).
Relationship between Exposure to Radon
and Various Types of Cancer,
Health Phys. 65, 529-531 (1993).
Irradiated Food: Is There a Need?, Nuclear News (Am. Nuclear
Soc.),
June 1992, p. 60-68, Reprinted in NRRPT News (National
Registry of Radiation Technologists, Jan.
1993), p. 6-11.
Compilaiton and Integration of Studies
of Radon levels in U.S.
Homes
by States and Counties, Critical Reviews in Environmental Control
22, 243-364 (1992).
Introduction to Nuclear Technology,
Proceedings of Symposium on “50 Years
from the Fermi Pile”, Pisa, Italy (1992)
Test of the Linear- No Threshold Theory
of Radiation
Carcinogenesis,
in T. Sugahara, L. A. Sagan, and T. Aoyama
(Ed),
“Low Dose Irradiation and Biological Defense
Mechanisms”,
Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam (1992)
Work, Traffic, or Liesure Time -- Which
Is More Dangerous?, Proc.of
International Congress on Safety Together,
Vienna (1993)
The Saga of Fernald, Chap. 14 in P.
Huber and K. R. Foster, Ed.,
Fantom
Risk, MIT Press 1993.
Benefits to a Life Insurance Company
from Providing Radon Tests for
Clients, Health Phys. 65, 295-297 (1993).
Test of the Linear - No Threshold
Theory of Radiation
Carcinogenesis,
in C. Zuur (Ed),Epidemiologie en
Radiobiologische
Effecten, NVS Publikatie No. 23 (1993)
A Laboratory Experiment on Measuring
the Calorie Content of Food by
Calorimetry (with C. Schilken),
Jour.Chem.Education 71,342-
345(1994)
In Defense of Ecologic Studies for
Testing a Linear- No Threshold
Theory, Am. Jour. Epidemiol. 139, 765-768
(1994)
Lung Cancer Mortality and Radon
Exposure: A Test of the Linear-No
Threshold Theory of Radiation Carcinogenesis,
in J. P. Young,
Ed.
Radiation and Society”, Am. Chem. Soc.
Books (1994).
Test of the Linear - No Threshold
Theory of Radiation
Carcinogenesis,
in E.J. Calabrese (Ed),Biological Effects of
Low
Level Exposures, Lewis Publishers (1994)
Radon Maps of the United States (with
C. A. Stone), Health Physics
66,
201-205 (1994).
Radiation: The Risks and the Benefits,
Health Matters, March 1994
Test of the Linear- No Threshold Theory
of Radiation
Carcinogenesis,
Strahlenschutz 2, 3-9 (1994)
Human Radiation Experiments: Looking
Beyond the Headlines,Nuclear
News,
March 1994, p. 72-75.
Human Radiation Experiments, Health
Physics Society Newsletter 12,3, 12-13
(1994).
Dose-Response Relationship for
Radiation Carcinogenesis in the Low
Dose
Region, Int.Arch.Occup.Environ.Hlth. 66, 71-75 (1994)
Test of the Linear -No Threshold Theory
for Lung Cancer Induced by
Exposure to Radon (with G.A. Colditz),
Environ. Res.64, 65-89
(1994)
Nuclear Power, in Encyclopedia of the
Future, Macmillan Publ. Co.(in press)
Test of the Linear - No Threshold
Theory of Radiation Carcinogenesis for
Inhaled Radon Decay Products, Health Phys.68,157-174 (1995)
How Dangerous Is Low Level Radiation,
Risk Analysis 15, 645-653
(1995)
Can an Ecological Study Give Useful
Information on the Smoking-Lung
Cancer Relationship, Statistics in Medicine
14, 327-328
(1995)
The Costs of Nuclear Power, Chap.29 in
J.L. Simon (Ed), The State
of Humanity,
Blackwell Publishers, 1995; p.292-300
The Hazards of Nuclear Power, Chap. 51
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